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112 – Interview
At the time I got to speak with the amazing R&B group 112, their album debuted at the number two spot on Billboard. Pretty amazing for a group that started out just around the time when they were as concerned about the eye chart for their drivers license test as they were about the chart…
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Destiny’s Child – Survivor
Artist: Destiny’s Child Title: Survivor Label: Columbia Rating: 7.5/10 Survivor isn’t the title I’d expect since Destiny’s Child are already on top of the world and it looks like they are there to stay with their latest release. Survivor opens with two huge tracks that I’m sure everyone has already heard: “Independent Women” (Charlie’s Angels…
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Idlewild – Interview
Does it get annoying constantly getting the REM comparisons? Not annoying, it does get tiring, however. But I can understand it too. I mean, if I ask a friend what a certain group is like and he’ll say, ‘They’re a bit like Blur, REM, or Nirvana,’ then I get a good understanding of what they…
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G. Love – Electric Mile
Artist: G. Love Title: Electric Mile Label: Epic Rating: 6/10 G Love & Special Sauce brings something different every time his voice coaxes a microphone. Electric Mile is no different. Electric Mile opens with the air of invisibility and G Love’s voice singing about a ska beat on “Unified”. They flip it with the jam-induced…
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Driven
Cast: Sylvester Stallone Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 5/10 Sly wrote Rocky what seems ten lifetimes ago, and now comes another original script from the mind of Stallone, Driven. Driven is a tour of races that revolve around the life of Stallone’s character, Joe Tanto. Tanto is a man who is facing the end of his…
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Manic Street Preachers – Know Your Enemy
Artist: Manic Street Preachers Title: Know Your Enemy Label: Virgin Rating: 8/10 “Found That Soul” – Complete anthem that gets you on the first listen. “Ocean Spray” – Not the deepest gun in the Manic’s arsenal, but a tribute to their melodic skills. “Intravenous Agnostic” – Brings the punk back to the men. “So Why…
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Slimm Calhoun – The Skinny
Artist: Slimm Calhoun Title: The Skinny Label: Elektra Rating: 7/10 Slimm Calhoun is holding hands with this year’s biggest group, Outkast. But I don’t think Slimm would want us to compare him with them. Slimm does draw from the same pool, but as Outkast walks the deep end, Slimm walks around in the shallow waters.…
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Sophie B. Hawkins – Timbre
Artist: Sophie B. Hawkins Title: Timbre Label: Ryko Rating: 3/10 Sophie B. Hawkins is known best for the hit “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover”. On that note, we dive into her third release, Timbre. Hawkins still seems to be trying to find a style that fits her. “No Connection” is actually the one…
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Angie Martinez – Up Close & Personal
Artist: Angie Martinez Title: Up Close & Personal Label: Elektra Rating: 6.5/10 Angie Martinez has been ruling the airwaves on New York City’s Hot 97 hip-hop station for a good majority of the ’90’s. It’s on these airwaves that she befriended many of the most influential artists working today, from Jay-Z to Wyclef to Snoop…
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Factory 81 – Interview
The biggest impact a heavy band can make now is in Mtv or radio picking them up, being heard amongst the Limp-Korn-Roach mass that has washed out any hope of talented metal bands truly making it. Factory 81 knows what they’re up against, and they don’t really give a shit. They’re not planning on becoming…
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