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...acoustic rehearsal track, he offers an expressive, almost tearful dirge for lost love; on the commercial release, however, bland instrumentation and uninspired vocals turn the song into middle-of-the-road pop. Side-by-side, the recordings are almost an apology for such a bland sound. The compilation??s charm—and it does have charm—comes not from its aesthetic, but from its history. One can just imagine, as described in the liner notes, frenzied Rude Boys holding up deejays for copies of Wailers records. Marley holds a prominent place in that vision...
...genuine Wu members GZA and U-God show up, but their contributions are forgettable. In fact, the only real Wu-Tang reference point is 1997’s “Forever,” the bloated, lifeless double album that marked the start of their slow demise. The compilation??s beats, mostly produced by Wu satellite producer Bronze Nazareth, suck. They all chug along painfully at the same plodding tempo, with the same drums, the same string samples, the same disembodied voice. They are neither funky, nor ominous, nor reminiscent of anything but the worst of Bobby...
...Bottle” (whose post-Kraftwerk synths and four-on-the-floor thump sound made for anime dancefloors) and a Telefon Tel Aviv rework of Midwest Product’s “A Genuine Display.” The latter’s rainy fragility is the compilation??s wildcard, showing that indie introspection can paint hip-hop and tech-house rhythms as beautifully as ambient did in the early...
Dispatches from the Tenth Circle—the newest Onion compilation??delivers all of the uncannily mundane humor which has made the newspaper wildly popular...
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