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André’s all over the map, singing like Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix or Billie Holiday when it suits his fancy. The masterpiece of his genre-bending adventure is “Hey Ya!” The hook is sticky sweet, with André crooning over an immaculate loop—hand claps, nylon guitar strings and xylophone synths...
...Flip Flop Rock”, features a twangy guitar riff and hi-hats that fade out every measure. It’s a beauty of a battle-rap track, no doubt, but what makes the song is Jay-Z’s rhythmically irresistible hook: “Young Hov in the place to be, Big Boi in the place to be / André 3000 … Shout out to public housin’ … I brought the whole hood with me! Yeah! Yeah!” Apparently, Jigga isn?...
...rousing bit of Friday night nostalgia, Wavy Gravy chords slinking as lead singer Julian Casablancas relates, “We’d go out and get 40s, then we’d go to some party.” Yet, despite its infectious central hook, the single hasn’t caught on with audiences the way “Last Nite” did last year. It’s evident that Room On Fire will earn the band few fans, and certainly won’t convert any non-believers, a recipe for less than spectacular sales...
...surprisingly, kids at Harvard didn’t date when Broussard lived in Lowell House. A former FM columnist, Broussard wrote “Dating, sex and pop culture” for the magazine, with such articles as “Le Big Mac: How to hook up at Harvard” and “Dating Games...
...thousand MP3 tracks. All this in a package that weighs just 0.35 kg. The Archos ($1,000) can record straight from TV or hi-fi, so you don't have to waste time compressing audio and video files on your computer. And when you land, you can hook it up to your hotel's TV or stereo and play your downloads...