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Notorious KIM is less controlled and less melodic. It has two good tracks: No Matter What They Say, which deftly samples guitarist Jose Feliciano, and the mournful Hold On, a tribute to the late rapper Notorious B.I.G. that features singer Mary J. Blige. As for the rest, the music is raucous without being forceful, and Lil' Kim's lyrics are graphic without being erotic. Instead of feeling the rapper's persona come through, one feels the grip of her many producers. Kim may be lil', but she's bigger than this...
...best rock bands of the past century; Lifehouse: Elements, a solo effort from Townshend, the Who's guitarist and driving force, offers a peek behind the curtain. The album is an abbreviated version of Lifehouse, a Tommy-like multimedia project Townshend hatched in 1970. The show was never mounted in its entirety, but Townshend continued to work on it, and several of its songs--including Won't Get Fooled Again--wound up on the Who's 1971 masterpiece, Who's Next. Elements features less-polished variations that expose the rough edges of Townshend's soul...
...sort of like Ringo Starr hitting the road with three unknowns and calling it the Beatles. Last week while on tour in Europe, Oasis guitarist and songwriter NOEL GALLAGHER, right, got in yet another tiff with brother and co-founding member LIAM and flew home to England. This leaves Liam as the only original member of the band on the current tour. Unlike the last time a Gallagher brother deserted (in 1996 when Liam walked out on dates in the U.S.), the group hasn't been selling many albums and radio play has been scarce. Fraternal tension, however, has remained...
Musical groups made up of refugees from other bands are often far less than the sum of their parts. The recently formed neo-soul trio Lucy Pearl is a welcome exception. Composed of guitarist Raphael Saadiq (from Tony Toni Tone), singer Dawn Robinson (En Vogue) and deejay Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest), the group works well together. This is soul that strives to be smart but that never forgets to be sweet. The best track is the lovely Everyday; it's a song as tasty and warm as something pulled from a mother's oven on a Sunday...
...from a long-lost Aenima B-side. Tool fans will be happy (well, as happy as Tool fans can be) with this album, as they have been starved of new music from their favorite brand of darkness since 1996, but they will notice differences. For one, composer and lead guitarist Billy Howerdel is less crunching and more delicate with his riffs, still ripping heavy dirges but tempered with artful solos and even the occasional acoustic. Howerdel is full of surprises, showcasing Keenan in front of softer ballads ("3 Libras"), drum machine and sample and extensive strong arrangements ("Rose"). What...