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...this would be the album for G. Love to firmly establish himself. But let's concentrate on the hits--songs with a startlingly fresh sound and a very natural appeal. These are mostly the tunes written primarily by G. Love himself and performed with the Special Sauce--exactly the formula for the goodness of the first two albums...
...songs including "You Shall See" and "Recipe," G. Love's trademark half-rapping, half-singing vocals are placed in the effective context of simple riffs and catchy choruses, propelled by the tight and punchy playing of the Special Sauce. This was the formula for the first, self-titled album, in which the dynamic accompaniment of the band made G. Love's purposefully languid vocal delivery and sloppy guitar work distinctively compelling, rather than simply ridiculous sounding. "You Shall See" has the live, acoustic instrumentation that made the first two albums so novel-- a sound that is sadly almost absent from...
...Freer trade is Clinton's magic formula for prosperity; being stripped of his negotiating powers will be a victory for Dick Gephardt, labor unions and all the other Democratic demons of the Carter-Mondale years that Clinton's 'global economy' supposedly vanquished...
Phenomenon recaptures the formula that has made him so durable--a sharp, effervescent mixture of bouncing party anthems, street-corner bravado, bawdy tale telling and, not least, smooth romantic ballads. Rap, often misogynistic, generally has little use for romance, but LL found a way to make it work, and it became his signature. In fact, his initials actually stand for Ladies Love Cool James. Although he'll probably always be remembered for high-decibel party hits like 1985's I Can't Live Without My Radio, three of his biggest smashes--I Need Love (1987), Around the Way Girl...
Whereas the Soviet Union claimed this formula in the name of socialism (the official culture of the U.S.S.R.), China now claims it in the name of Chinese culture. The masquerading of structural violence (which can be eliminated) as part and parcel of a culture is one of the most pernicious lies of this century. It duped many Americans for many years about the Soviet Union...