Oct 16, 2026 · 2 hr 10 min · 13 segments
On this week's installment of Destiny's Bastard Children: DBC Full Coverage - checking out 3 tracks from the new all-covers album from Meshell Ndegeocello The next installment of season 2 of the…
So what we are talking about here is the, uh, new studio record from Michelle Ndegeocello.
Um, she has put out an album, uh, that was released two weeks ago, October 2nd, uh, called "Synonym," and it is a full, uh, 15-track cover record.
Right?
That's long.
Yeah.
I mean, it is a very long record.
It's over an hour.
Did she not get, did she not get the memo that it's 2026? We don't do 15-track albums anymore.
[chuckles] Hey, uh, Carly Rae Jepsen put out a double, didn't she?
Yeah, and then added eight more.
My God.
So it's-
Yeah
... that, that record's 32 songs now.
Yeah.
She, [chuckles] Michelle Ndegeocello got the message.
Mm-hmm.
This is not...
Um, so, uh, there's, there's a lot of interesting stuff on here.
It's not the usual covers, and she goes all over the map.
Um, 'cause she is, uh, she's kind of a rocker at heart.
I mean, she's a bassist.
Um, she is a rocker, but she's soulful.
Mm-hmm.
She's jazzy.
So what we are talking about here is the, uh, new studio record from Michelle Ndegeocello.
Um, she has put out an album, uh, that was released two weeks ago, October 2nd, uh, called "Synonym," and it is a full, uh, 15-track cover record.
Right?
That's long.
Yeah.
I mean, it is a very long record.
It's over an hour.
Did she not get, did she not get the memo that it's 2026? We don't do 15-track albums anymore.
[chuckles] Hey, uh, Carly Rae Jepsen put out a double, didn't she?
Yeah, and then added eight more.
My God.
So it's-
Yeah
... that, that record's 32 songs now.
Yeah.
She, [chuckles] Michelle Ndegeocello got the message.
Mm-hmm.
This is not...
Um, so, uh, there's, there's a lot of interesting stuff on here.
It's not the usual covers, and she goes all over the map.
Um, 'cause she is, uh, she's kind of a rocker at heart.
I mean, she's a bassist.
Um, she is a rocker, but she's soulful.
Mm-hmm.
She's jazzy.
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