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...course of the record. And while this errant diversity could otherwise be more than a little off-putting, Chester French pulls it off (though not without a few stumbles) with a gusto that’s sure to recall a Beatles album or two for the historically-minded listener. The eclectic composition of “Love the Future” is both its boon and its bane. It reveals Chester French as more than just mass produced musicians, but occasionally this multifarious bent also leads to painful failures. Such missteps, however, are generally eclipsed by the stronger songs that...
...feels that this lack of presence stems from the tendency for rap to be misunderstood. “I don’t think people at Harvard appreciate it enough,” Lee says. “They don’t understand that you listen to it exactly like you listen to poetry—for similes, metaphors and alliteration... Even songs that seem to be ‘about nothing’ have a real poetic element to them, and it’s wasted on people who don’t take the time to think...
...highly anticipated third album, “Deeper than Rap,” is, frankly, not that deep at all. In fact, in today’s pool of rap material, the CD would sit right on the surface. While Ross is generally entertaining and enjoyable, listeners who scrutinize each song will be unsuccessful in their searcch for what sets the album apart. Laden with trends such as predictable guest cameos and treble-heavy synthesized tunes, Ross’s album may as well be titled “Rap.”Ross was propelled into the spotlight...
...grizzled veterans—this is their ninth studio album—and “Dark Days/Light Years” feels effortless, the work of a highly skilled group of musicians having fun with each other.The prevailing happiness does not preclude SFA from ambition or from surprising the listener; after all, sudden and often bizarre sonic transitions are a tradition with this band. Take the opener, “Crazy Naked Girls,” which begins with random noise that leads into a simple, maddeningly addictive riff in a manner reminiscent of Pavement?...
...Lowboy,” has not had an easy way as a novelist. He wrote his debut, 2001’s “The Right Hand of Sleep,” in a tent in the basement of a Brooklyn warehouse, where he would by-now-famously listen to rats copulate. For his second book, 2005’s “Canaan’s Tongue,” he did his publicity tour by raft down the Mississippi in a (failed) attempt to get people to notice him. New York Times writer David Carr even tagged along...