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...about to take the biggest risk of his professional career and step out from the safety of his studio. Like Puffy, he has been known primarily as a producer, but on July 21, Dupri will showcase his talents as a rapper-performer and release Life in 1472, his debut solo album. Well, it's sort of a solo album; hedging his bets, Dupri's CD features an impressive array of already successful guest performers, including rappers Snoop Doggy Dogg, Mase and Lil Kim, as well as R.-and-B. singers Carey, Usher and Keith Sweat. "It's a ghetto version...
...hasn't reared its ugly head of late, but the Treasury wants investors to be ready if it returns. Last week the government introduced a new class of affordable, inflation-indexed savings bonds to protect investors even if the cost of living is ballooning. Interest on the bonds, which debut Sept. 1 in denominations ranging from $50 to $10,000, will be tax deferred until cashed in and may be tax exempt if used to help fund college or other higher learning...
Whether you fancy the convoluted lyrics or not, Into the Sun is definitely a solid debut. On his first headlining tour, however, Lennon is far from pleasing. He deserves the reactions of disgust and puzzlement that his live show evokes. The impressiveness of the record plummets so dramatically in the transition from studio to stage that you must question his intentions or point out his ignorance...
After reading Daniel Lyons debut novel, Dog Days, one cannot help but be dazed and confused. Although the 224-page book certainly reads very quickly and has its humorous moments, the basic premise upon which it is founded makes little to no sense. The novel could have been a much better first effort had it not relied so heavily upon ethnic, particularly Irish and Italian, stereotypes, homophobic jokes, scatological humor and ridiculous portrayals of Mafia types in Boston's North End. Had Lyons focused more on developing real characters and a stimulating plot, Dog Days might actually be a worthwhile...
...Angelo too is looking for alternatives. His 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, sold more than a million copies; more recently he recorded a sultry, spacious duet with Hill, Nothing Even Matters, that will appear on her solo CD. He's now holed up in Electric Lady Studios (where Jimi Hendrix recorded) working on his own album. "I avoid the radio," says D'Angelo. "I want to take hip-hop and funk and make it new again. I want to take it back to basics. I'm tired of all the synthetic stuff...