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Wray lets Will tell his own story half the time, and gives the other half to Detective Ali Lateef, who’s leading the subway-centric manhunt. The novel is ripe with divergent identities: Will and his alter ego, “Lowboy”; his mother Yda and Lowboy’s name for her, “Violet;” Lateef and his given name, “Rufus White.” The alternating perspectives of the narrative themselves constitute a sort of double identity, mirroring the dynamic between the world of institutions above ground...
...perspective gets handed back and forth every chapter, which becomes monotonous over time and feels artificial as the story itself gets more dynamic. Still, the alternation lets Wray probe Will’s psyche from a number of different angles without having to stop and reflect, Victorian novel-style. Lateef, on the other hand, is a stock character; the spiritually exhausted public servant, who experiences a mid-career crisis of confidence and develops an inappropriate affection for Violet Heller. Somehow it seems like this is supposed to illustrate the novel’s metaphysical import. It just doesn?...
...latest with a folk ballad, a soul jam and a delicate guitar symphony as emotional as a telenovela. (Qu dramtico!) His more conventional hip-hop tracks pose no threat to commercial radio, but they're perfect platforms for Bay Area rappers Keak Da Sneak and Lateef the Truth Speaker to say the things Shadow's samples...
...Solesides, was founded by DJ Shadow, Gab, Blackalicious DJ Chief Xcel and their friends in the scene around the University of California, Davis in 1992. DJ Shadow was the biggest draw, with a following only rivaled by Blackalicious themselves, followed by the duo Latyrx (made up of idiosyncratic MCs Lateef the Truth Speaker and Lyrics Born, who also has a new solo album...
...only sampling restrictions that have adversely affected rap music, however. While Lateef and Lyrics Born stoked up the crowd with cries of “the real hip-hop is over here” while pointing to different sides of the room, the silliness of the whole exercise seemed an interesting parallel to the coastal posturings and fierce hometown rivalries that have done so much harm to the movement...