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Death can be a highly overrated experience. Just ask rapper Everlast. There were no brilliant shafts of light, no trumpets sounding, no beating of wings, none of the spectacular revelations that Hollywood films and Oprah segments have conditioned us to expect along the passage to the other side. When Everlast suffered a coronary two years ago at age 29, it was lights out--fade to black. His doctors saved him by putting him into a deep freeze--a kind of virtual death--so they could stop his damaged heart and repair it. He awoke in a hospital three days later...
...ordeal's aftermath gave him a new artistic life. As he lay in a hospital bed recovering from the surgery, Everlast found himself filled with a wealth of new ideas, many of which he explores on his captivating new cd, Eat at Whitey's (Tommy Boy). The album grapples in a smart, nonpreachy way with heavy issues--love, death, faith--that usually don't spend much time on the radar screen...
...will have its place, with U2 and the Wallflowers readying new CDs, and soul will have its day, with Erykah Badu making a welcome return and Sade making a welcome and long-awaited one. As for hip-hop, the Atlanta-based duo Outkast, jazz rapper Guru and rap rocker Everlast are ones to watch. With so much to choose from, Napster never had it so good...
...SANTANA Supernatural (Arista). Let's face it: most '60s rockers have headed out to pasture. But with a little help from his friends (Lauryn Hill, Everlast), 52-year-old Carlos Santana stayed alive by renewing the formula that once took him to the top: blues, Hendrix-style guitar work and chugging Afro-Latin rhythms. Rock history, written by lightning fingers...
...Davis roped in a marquee full of guest stars to lend a hip, young edge: Dave Matthews, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Everlast and Rob Thomas of the rock band Matchbox 20. Radio is lapping up the star-packed bill, powering the album's rise. And, not least, the songs are flush with energy and redemptive beauty...