Word: funke
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...there’s still the feeling that Beck is reliant on his old tricks. Opening track “Elevator Music” is pure “Odelay”-style funk, featuring Beck’s signature off-key rhyming and a raw drum beat. On tracks like this one Beck seems afraid to stretch out, sticking with what he’s done before and throwing in some digital sounds for decoration...
...months, music critics have been announcing the demise of reggaeton. Here come the paramedics: two middle-class half brothers from Puerto Rico. Calle 13 has eschewed the genre's obsession with machine-gun beats and opted for new-wave keyboards, funk-inspired bass lines and even the occasional clarinet lick. The lyrics are clever--often hilarious--and go beyond babes, bullets and bling. Atrvete-te-te dares an intellectual girl to come out of the pop-rock closet and embrace reggaeton. No doubt Calle 13 will persuade others to do the same...
...indigenous sounds of Veracruz--and synthesizing them into a fluid, singular brand of rock en espaol. The song El Fin de la Infancia puts brassy Mexican banda music to a ska beat. Eres is a pop ballad served straight. And Chilanga Banda is a nod to funk. It makes for manic concerts. This two-disc set captures Tacvba's epic 15th-anniversary blowout in Mexico City...
...softening real estate market poses yet another problem for retirees, who, with some luck and good health, might live to 95 or 100. With so many years left, they need assets that generate growth and can outpace inflation. Historically, real estate (entering a funk) and stocks (still trying to recover from the bust) have been the answer. They will be again one day. But the longer it takes for them to recover, the more you need in your nest egg before pushing the retirement button...
...Call it "Katrina stress" or the "Katrina funk", but it's all too real - and it has real implications for the future health of the city. While the physical devastation of New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina has been well documented, the psychic toll is just becoming clear. The suicide rate has nearly tripled, depression is common, domestic abuse is on the rise, and self-medicating with booze is a favored method of forgetting...