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Also, it’s hard not to appreciate a band that knows the value of a good horn sample, and this album has plenty, notably opening “My Humps,” an appropriately disco-ish bit on “Disco Club,” and throughout “They Don’t Want Music”—a tribute to adding jazzy musicality to beats. The song might be the Black Eyed Peas’ theme song. They didn’t invent any of the things they do, but they...
...parties and it has recently evolved into recorded “diss tracks.” But many of the same motivations that fuel today’s rap battles are shared by those in the rock world—the stress of life in the spotlight, the diva-ish tendencies of celebrities—and result in trashed vans, fistfights, and verbal bouts.The most primal musical beef is that of the theft or “turf” feud: admonishment for stealing a style, lyrics or even a whole genre. The rap world is full of MCs claiming...
2005’s TOP 20-ISH SONGS (Not Including Weezer)By RIVERS CUOMO“Pon de Replay” — Rihanna“Mr. Brightside”—The Killers“Let Me Hold You”—Bow Wow and Omarion“I’m Sprung”—T-Pain “Must Be Nice”—Lyfe Jennings“Seasons of Love”—Rent“Best of You?...
...missed it. Literally.But have any of the shows I’ve been to actually achieved That One Show status? Um, sort of? I mean, weirdly enough, I think the only concert I went to where I actually really felt good and gratified the whole time was a Steamroller-ish mega-event: Prince, live at the Allstate Arena in summer 2004. But those things aren’t even guarantees—the one hip-hop mega event show I ever went to (J-Kwon and the Ying-Yang Twins were there!) was really slow, the crowd didn?...
...ignorance is always an easy choice. But after three years of wading through urine in the streets and seeing people sleep outside in freezing temperatures, I’m sick of it.At the risk of surprising a lot of people who are familiar with my libertarian-ish, somewhat conservative views, it is time for a massive increase in local, state, and maybe even federal aid to combat this serious problem. Before this column turns into a Howard Dean campaign shriek, however, I should note that my homelessness recipe comes with a healthy portion of tough love and a massive side...