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Apollo 440 – Gettin’ High on your Own Supply
Artist: Apollo 440 Title: Gettin’ High on your Own Supply Label: 550 Rating: 7.5/10 Posing a good question about Apollo 440, “Are we a rock band or what..?” is the first track on their third release. Apollo 440 takes elements of electronic drum and bass, rock guitars, and everything in between, to spit out what…
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The American Girls – Like The Movies Only Slower
Artist: The American Girls Title: Like The Movies Only Slower Label: Trauma Rating: 4/10 Track # 1. Simply The Most Loved Lush melodies over a lovely rock track. 6/10 2. Heavy And Struck The trumpet that pushes you right into a great song. 7/10 3. Dumb Crush A nice slower song, but a little lethargic.…
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Metal Gear Solid 2
Game: Metal Gear Solid 2 Platform: PS2 Studio: Konami Rating: 9/10 There is a lot of hype over Metal Gear 2. So is it all hype or is there some truth to the rumors? Look: The game is beautiful. There are gorgeous movie-like sequences. For the most part, even the graphics within the game itself…
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Jay-Z – Unplugged
Artist: Jay-Z Title: Unplugged Label: Def Jam Rating: 9/10 Jay-Z does it live with the all-encompassing Roots backing him up. Not since LL Cool J and De La Soul opened the door to the world of hip-hop with a live band has anyone been able to harness all the powers like Jay-Z. In all its…
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Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Game: Giants: Citizen Kabuto Platform: Playstation 2 Studio: Interplay Rating: 8/10 Does funny work in a game that is all about blowing things away? Well, read more about the fun filled Giants: Citizen Kabuto. Look: Not having the chance to play the PC version, I can only say that the PS2 version, though it has…
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Mack 10 – Bang or Ball
Artist: Mack 10 Title: Bang or Ball Label: Cash Money Rating: 5/10 Mack 10 doing the Bee Gees? For sure. “Hate In Your Eyes” borrows its melody from “Stayin’ Alive”, and liberally. Mack 10 has more talent than this. It’s too bad this is the only song really worth listening to, aside from tracks like…
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Britney Spears – Interview [2001]
Britney Spears has become a pop icon. Now she wants more. Britney has grown up, no longer singing about being so innocent or cute. Life is now more complicated and her latest release, Britney, goes deep inside of the world that Britney is living today. Parents and kids may not like it, but the facts…
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Ali
Cast: Will Smith Studio: Columbia Rating: 6/10 Muhammad Ali lived one amazing life. The film Ali finds only a decade of that life worth focusing on, starting when Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, first won a title over Sonny Liston in 1964 until his knockout of George Foreman in Zaire. Although the film lasts…
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Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
Cast: Elijah Wood Studio: New Line Rating: 10/10 “One ring to rule them all, One ring to find them. One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.” For decades, the words above have ignited the imaginations of more than one hundred million readers around the globe. They were first read in…
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Shaquille O’Neal – Interview
Wiping my sweaty hands on my pants I waited for a one on one interview with surely the biggest man in sports. Since I’m a bit of a veteran I found it odd that I was nervous. Why be anxious? Shaq is just a man after all. I tried to play a few tricks with…
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