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Despite all of the positive things Simmons has done over the years—he founded the influential Def Jam music label, signed legendary acts like Run-DMC and Public Enemy, started the Def Comedy and Def Poetry Jams, and recorded public service announcements denouncing anti-Semitism with current Def Jam president Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter—I’ve got a beef with him and his latest proposal...
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...Baby 81” tends to run together, and though the band mixes things up slightly with dramatic synth organs (“All You Do Is Talk”), more screaming guitar (“Killing the Light”), and a very extended instrumental jam (the 9-minute “American X”), the songs still melt into one general attitude of “Yep, this is rock and roll.” The final track, “Am I Only” is the only song in which originality extends past the introduction...
Sophomore lefty Ryan Watson relieved Brown with one out and runners on second and third, and promptly escaped the jam with one pitch—Dave Fisher lined it back through the box, Watson nabbed it, and sent it over to third base to double off the baserunner. He went on to deliver his most impressive performance to date: 3 1/3 innings of hitless relief to go with five strikeouts...
...most generous adjective the album deserves is “inoffensive.” There’s nothing explicitly wrong with these covers. The production is clean, there are no meandering jam sessions, and you can get through the album relatively quickly. Patti seems to be genuinely engaged in her vocals, as always. But who cares? This album is lost. Patti is lost...