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Genre hopping is the favorite sport of today's pop stars, and few performers play the game better than Beck. On his major-label debut, Mellow Gold (1994), Beck helped re-energize folk motifs by combining them with hip-hop beats. On his new album, Mutations (DGC), Beck has mostly abandoned hip-hop. His new sound draws largely from older, traditional styles: pure folk, blues and, on the spirited song Tropicalia, bossa nova. The energy of Beck's hip-hop/folk experimentation is missed here; this is a ruminative album that's more about quiet revelation than sonic revolution...
...Mellow rhythms and pacifist rhymes come rolling from the voice of the legend's formative years. Marley is mixing with women's voices, echoing and harmonizing, "moving and grooving," with serenity in several tunes. The faster music and louder voice of Marley is substituted with romantic sounds and very tranquil moods. Experimental scales and variations prove Marley's command of the music realm. Even some instrumentals similar to Creedence Clearwater slide through in "Black Progress...
...advertising it as a supplement without citing any specific medical benefits. Until formal studies are conducted, those restrictions will stand. Even without a government green light, however, kava will probably remain popular, sold as an antianxiety herb that dare not call itself that. "People like the idea of feeling mellow but staying alert," says Blumenthal. "That's what kava does." The question is, At what cost...
...playing ability. A searing version of "My Sister," and two songs from 1995's Only Everything, "Fleur de Lys" (sung entirely in French!) and a spirited "Live On Tomorrow" were tight, focused rockers. Similarly, the new song "Down On Me" was as angry and biting as "My Darling" was mellow and delicate...
R.E.M.'s 11th CD in 18 years opens with a mysterious blend of overlapped keyboards with a low, pulsating bass in "Airportman," giving the album its mellow feel right off the bat. The overbearing power chords grizzly feedback and odd dissonance are gone, and the listener is left with more R.E.M. tunes to put on his "R.E.M.'s Greatest Hits" tape. "Daysleeper" exhibits commercial potential, but the music scene has changed so much that "Daysleeper" may be deemed just another good R.E.M. song by the listening public, rather than a big hit like it would've been...