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...known for. Whether this plays to the strengths of the new material is up for debate—there are certainly moments that are lost in the continuum. It’s unclear whether those more sedate tracks like “Evil,” “If?? and “Sagittarius Silver Announcement”—which are transitional in the way that previous albums’ instrumental tracks were—are engaging or expendable. Production remains consistently eclectic throughout, raising the question as to whether certain songs even make sense...
Ferguson is known for his revisionist accounts of history that have earned as much controversy as attention. He is a supporter of counterfactual history—asking “what if?? questions on what could have happened. Unlike Mankiw, he’s not camera shy, has done interviews on Charlie Rose, and has four television documentaries based on his works...
...there’s a brief studio dialogue between the Monsters. Someone says “That’s pretty cool,” and the others mutter their bemused agreement. Ultimately, that attitude of “wouldn’t-it-be-cool-if?? leads to some generally good but poorly executed ideas that pale significantly in contrast to the album’s several standout tracks. The true gems here are the few songs like “Slow Down Jo” and “The Brakeman, the Sandman and Me?...
...only victory by a 16-seeded team over a top-seeded team in the NCAA tournament. That win by Harvard’s 1998 squad over top-ranked Stanford—a game that Delaney-Smith admitted was “full of ‘act as if??s’”—featured prominently in Johnson’s film, complete with an ESPN interview in which Delaney-Smith compared the happiness of that day to that of her wedding day.But it had been a long and varied road until that point...
...Grown & Sexy,” and the track accordingly sounds as if a DJ played a negligible role in its creation.Luckily, “The Bridge” is not completely devoid of convincingly boisterous party starters. The brooding “What If?? is followed by a much-needed upswing in the form of “Tribute To The Breakdancer,” an exuberant celebration of hip-hop’s very own dance form. Saddler builds up intensity with a spirited salute, bellowed over hand claps and a prerecorded roaring crowd. By the time...