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...anything, Hall has emerged from the flames a finer writer. Begun well before the blaze, his new novel Love Without Hope (Picador; 269 pages) carries the spirit of regeneration that comes after loss. Here the landscape of "hearty little horsewoman" Lorna Shoddy is also transfigured by fire. "A bell of silence clapped itself down over the blackened trees and turf," writes Hall, "her world curling at the edges and noiselessly crepitating, little spits of silence dodging among the ashes." Stripped of her beloved Australian Waler horses, and without the support of family, Mrs. Shoddy is reduced, by all appearances...
...that’s not to say the album has only one sound; other tracks like “Block Rock,” arguably the best song on the album, and “Blue Armor” have harder beats that sound like those of Just Blaze...
...track (targeting Cam’ron, among others), a number of poppy songs like “Anything” (featuring Usher) and “Hollywood” (featuring Beyoncé), a pacing like that of his last albums, and stellar production by such notables as Just Blaze, the Neptunes...
...Blaze produces a number of tracks on the first half of the album, showcasing his signature high-profile sampling (such as Rick James’ “Superfreak” on the title track). And Dr. Dre, who produces “30 Something,” “Minority Report,” and “Trouble,” adds just a hint of his finely-aged West Coast flavor to the album...
Ring in the holidays with memories of a crackling, warm fire...that burned the Canadian city of Halifax to the ground. In 1917, friendly Bostonians aided our neighbor to the north with that pesky blaze, and since then, the kindly folks of Nova Scotia donate the Christmas tree at Boston Common. Come for the lighting, stay for the embarrassment of Canadians everywhere...