Category: Music
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Project Pat – Mista Don’t Play
Artist: Project Pat Title: Mista Don’t Play Label: Loud Rating: 6.5/10 Project Pat brings Memphis out of the street and into the worldwide arena with hitmakers Hypnotize Camp Posse. Pat loves the thumping beats that put Sir Mix-A-Lot in our ears. “Chickenhead” is a clucking yet hilarious hook-lover’s dream. The squawks are funny enough, but…
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Flybanger – Headtrip To Nowhere
Artist: Flybanger Title: Headtrip To Nowhere Label: Columbia Rating: 7/10 Flybanger have cut their chops since ’95. Signed, sealed, and delivered by Columbia Records is Headtrip To Nowhere. The album is ready for prime time thanks to producer Matt Wallace (Deftones). The album gets off quickly with “Cavalry”. “Radical” brings more of a metal element…
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B.G. – Interview
Inside the world of the baby gangster B.G.! Back in 1991, Ronald “Slim” Williams and his brother, Bryan “Baby” Williams, heard about the infamous B.G., Baby Gangsta, and soon signed him to their new Cash Money label. As Slim likes to tell it, “BG is the first artist we had. We’ve been raising him up…
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Duncan Shiek – Interview [2001]
I hate to open with a question I’m sure you get from lots of people, but how was this new experience collaborating with someone for the album? The thing is that I didn’t wake up one day and decide I wasn’t going to write the lyrics for this record. It was a long and winding…
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American Hi-Fi – American Hi-Fi
Artist: American Hi-Fi Title: American Hi-Fi Label: Island Rating: 5/10 American Hi-Fi is fronted by Stacy Jones. The story goes that Jones played drums for one hit wonders Letters To Cleo and Veruca Salt. Certainly not enough history to offer a record contract. So is American Hi-Fi up to snuff? Well, the opener, “Surround”, is…
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Caleb – Fear of Success
Artist: Caleb Title: Fear of Success Label: Universal Rating: 5.5/10 Born in Rome and the son of a composer, Caleb grew up in New York City, a student of the school of performing arts that Fame made more widely known to the masses. You have to believe he is talented. It seems music is in…
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Coldplay – Parachutes
Artist: Coldplay Title: Parachutes Label: Capitol Rating: 9.5/10 Artist: Coldplay From: England Inspiration: Jeff Buckley and Radiohead. Track by track: Don’t Panic – ‘bones sinking like stones’ sounds like a deceptive device but when Chris Martin reminds us that ‘we live in a beautiful world’ all that misunderstanding comes full circle. Shiver – starts out…
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Rod Stewart – Human
Artist: Rod Stewart Title: Human Label: Atlantic Rating: 8/10 After his throat surgery, Rod Stewart is back with the remarkable Human. The title track is a mix of rock and hip beats that remind me of something Madonna has done. “Smitten” may sound a little familiar. It has the flavor of Macy Gray, but that’s…
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Crazy Town – Interview
Up in Crazy Town with guitarist Squirrel! You guys go from obscurity to Mtv in what seems overnight fashion, but the album has been out for a year. What are you up to these days? I’m actually going to be heading out to rehearsals. We’re working on some new material and rehearsing for some upcoming…
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Boy George – Essential Mix
Artist: Boy George Title: Essential Mix Label: Sire Rating: 4/10 I remember reading once in a British tabloid newspaper that Boy George would succumb to his drug addiction and be dead within a week after the breakup of 80’s pop group Culture Club. You could say he’s been underground for a while. Over the past…