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...during the off-season, you hear the Red Sox this and the Yankees that. But people, the Blue Jays ain?...
...acrobatics. The sharp meditations, smooth sampling and trippy beats are signs of a polished emergent star aiming for mainstream visibility. But his allegiances to an avant-garde vision are also clear: “I don’t care if you just broke up with your boyfriend/ I ain??t trying to go where every other rapper’s been,” he raps, typically self-conscious and indifferent...
...voice smoother than a $1000 six-ply cashmere sweater and a rapper’s street mentality, Kels has the ability to say what other artists are scared to say. After all, who else could get away with the line, “We at the crib so there ain??t no rules. / I’m butt-nekked, sweat socks and house shoes?...
...cocky rhymes. The music is best described by its absences and by what it isn’t. Missy gave up a while ago on making sense in her rhymes, in which she makes liberal use of nonsense, free association, repetition and references to Prince. A conscious rapper she ain??t. There are almost no melody samples, leaving Timbaland’s powerhouse beats exposed and front and centre, where they belong. “Pass That Dutch” (aka “The Hoo-Dee-Hoo Song”) is so tautly constructed Missy thoughtfully allows...
...press is that it sounds a lot like Is This It, the band’s trailblazing debut. Rolling Stone has already published a four star review of the album, in which editor David Fricke simplistically claims that the record was made with an “if it ain??t broke don’t fix it” mentality. That interpretation must be dispelled immediately, because the Strokes have changed profoundly, even though the shift has been subtle. They didn’t need to contrive a dramatic change to stay relevant; they do just fine...