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...tracks when the production does match the intensity of Busta's delivery, great music is created. On tracks like "Turn It Up" (which uses a sample from Al Green's "Love and Happiness"), Busta's hyper-kinetic word play is wedded with an inspired groove to make for bass-heavy, funk perfection. Other stand-out tracks include "So Hardcore" and the title track, in which Busta mixes his fractured rap flow with his best Motown croon, punctuating it all with an indecipherable refrain (a la Missy Elliot's infamous...
...some tracks Autoditacker is downright funky. Occasionally they play and sample live instruments, which after a few tracks of electronic barrage is refreshing. "Tamagnocci," for example, starts out with a sampled wah guitar, live drums come in, some synth sounds and a vamping bass line are mixed in and then Mouse on Mars gets down to some serious business. The result is a hard-rocking synthesis of K.C. and The Sunshine Band, Jimi Hendrix and Stereolab...
...these recordings reflect a serious departure from the structures and techniques of mainstream jazz of the time. Complex, static song structures were inhibiting what Coltrane wanted to do musically and he began looking towards Eastern ethnic music for influence. Coltrane began to experiment with instrumentation to dramatic effect, using bass clarinet, contrabassoon, oboe, oud and a second bass in different combinations...
...which are Coltrane originals, are arranged by order of performance. The first cut, "India," immediately reveals the unique musical direction Coltrane was pursuing. The droning, buzzing sound of the oud, a Middle Eastern lute-type instrument, is the first sound to present itself, followed by Coltrane's and bass clarinetist Eric Dolphy's repetition of a hypnotic two-note motif. In the solo section, the performance assumes the format of much of the music on this collection-dense, angular horn soloing over essentially no chord changes. Even the appreciative listener has difficulty comprehending the music upon first exposure, and judging...
That series included the most exciting playoff game of all time, which ended when Kevin Bass struck out against Jesse Orosco with two runners on in the bottom of the 16th inning. It haunts me to this...