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...reciprocated—every time he starts his mid-rehearsal speech, the orchestra shouts “Hi Jimbo!” in unison. Although he has been in HRO since the beginning of freshman year, his musical career at Harvard began with a smattering of posters calling for hip young gunslingers to join him in a rock band—pretty unorthodox for a guy who would later become president of the biggest classical group on campus...
...result, this relaunch seems geared to find the middle ground: inoffensive hip-hop. Nothing typifies this attitude more than “Mr. Niceguy,” which asserts that Smith is, in fact, a nice guy. But Smith doesn’t want people to mistake nice for soft; in fact, he is a nice guy who will fight back when prodded. He might even—shudder with me, dear reader—buy Wendy Williams’ radio station and fire...
...Unfortunately, it lacks the growl and the danger that propels that former track’s narrative. Smith is so pure and inoffensive it’s hard to believe he would be in the type of situation that could end love. It’s hip-hop for those who like the idea of hip-hop, if not the content...
...can’t wait to tell Smith that if he “doesn’t believe what [she] believes [he’s] going to hell.” There have been far too many diss-tracks scattered amongst the denizens of the hip-hop world and far too few attacks on born-again Christians. Finally, this deficiency is rectified. Plus, there is an extended chant that religious intolerance has led us to the Crusades and the Sept. 11 attacks. And he makes the flow work. It might have been pedantic, but there was some smart producer...
...viola-base, the latter harmonized in a higher register while covering most of the guitar work himself. Indeed, Oldham would often swing his axe behind his back and concentrate on singing, switching between stances and making a variety of gestures with his hands that ranged from clasped-swinging to hip-hop-esque gun-slinging...