Word: jiving
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...only outsiders allowed near her have been the stream of French doctors making the house calls of a million teenage boys' (and dirty old men's) dreams. Britney Spears has the flu. And her sneezes are sending shock waves across France - and beyond. They're feeling them at Jive Records in New York City, that's for sure. Executives at Spears' label must be watching in horror as their grand plans for the singer's whirlwind two-week European publicity tour - to promote the Nov. 17 release of her fourth album, a pulsating dance disc called In the Zone...
...Toxic, during which they blindfold Spears, roll her around the studio on an ottoman and run their hands - among other things - over her half-naked body. (Come to think of it, that guy who licked Spears' face does look a tad peaked.) "More mature and more sensual" is how Jive Records president Barry Weiss describes Spears' new sound. Her act has indeed come a long way since the days when her best move was skipping around in a skimpy schoolgirl outfit. Her music has evolved (thanks, in part, to techno and hip-hop infusions from Moby, RedZone, Ying Yang Twins...
...appearance goes very well. Spears proves she's a good sport, holds her own bantering with her clever host, and maybe even wins over a new fan or two old enough to stay up past 10 p.m. You've got to shake hands, kiss babies, press the flesh." Jive Records' Barry Weiss is on the phone to London from his office in New York City, explaining the importance of worldwide publicity tours for the launching of a major new release. "It's standard procedure, really. Rudimentary stuff. Every superstar does it." But there are no standard procedures...
...spotlight, though. He treats his shows as an opportunity to give emerging Boston rappers exposure and support. Kabir, another Cambridge-based rapper, has opened for Lif at nearly every one of his local shows. His intellectual lyrics and damn-the-man mentality jive well with Lif’s revolutionary outlook, but Kabir’s skills are still in their infancy compared to Lif’s awesome mastery...
...Breakdown, their first full-length album with major label Sub Pop, best known as the birthplace of Nirvana. Mixing rhythmic drive with some of the catchiest hooks around, Hot Hot Heat belt out a unique brand of rock so irresistibly fun and spastic that bodies demand to twist and jive along with it. This is dance music for punk rockers...