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BARACK OBAMA B+ Avoided lofty rhetoric and focused on presenting himself as deliberative and substantive. Obama more than survived (and even thrived at times) in what could be his final debate with Clinton...
...declares, “We love to suck you dry,” while a Motown female troupe relays that this is, in fact, the “Amerykahn promise.” Badu here establishes the unsettling tone that continues throughout. She simultaneously evokes and subverts President Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1965 speech “The American Promise.” In Badu’s opinion, its promise of dignity for all men remains unfulfilled. The rest of the album continues in this vein. “New Amerykah” discusses everything from racial...
...exactly the kind of superb and experienced reporter that a quality news organization hates to lose,” said Jones. “Inevitably the very best people decide they want to retire or go do something else.”—Staff Writer Christian B. Flow can be reached at cflow@fas.harvard.edu...
...heavy beat and a dark, slinky analog bass. We don’t hear much of Jackson on this track, as her vocals have been multitracked and processed into little more than a synthesizer melody. Production takes center stage, showcasing the talents of renowned hip-hop and R&B producers Rodney Jerkins and D’Mile. Stereo effects abound, and every open space has been filled with a breathy “sexy sexy sexy” or “wooh.” With lines such as “Got you feeling all hypnotized...
...This year, the richest woman in Britain joins an exclusive club, alongside luminaries like Prof. John Huston Finley, the Harvard classicist who delivered the 1982 speech, and publisher Louis B. Martin, the 1970 speaker. Neither has a Wikipedia entry dedicated to him, but at least they weren’t children’s book authors...