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...their music—the lyrics are merely a trampoline to get the band bouncing before they head off into the clouds. It all comes together beautifully on “Mr. Oysterhead,” the song that sums everything up both lyrically and musically: From the ludicrously phat funk of the bass, and the high-hat shuffle that used to send Sting into orbit, to the cocky lyrics, “When all else has been done and said / Along comes Mr. Oysterhead / He’s an inspiration to us all.” Indeed he is?...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Albums | 10/19/2001 | See Source »

...M.C.s (the guys with the microphones) -- Kit, Yan, Phat and Wah -- rap about fat girls, absent fathers, uncool triad gangsters, smoking dope and creating an authentic, home-grown pop culture. "So many kids in Hong Kong try to imitate the Japanese," says Yan, sitting in the LMF band room, meticulously rolling a Rizla cigarette paper around a line of weed. "It's not about nationalism or anything," he insists, "but no one should want to be a fake Japanese person." The group rarely uses English in their songs and resent accusations that they're just copying American hip-hop fashions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hip-Hop Goes Canto | 10/15/2001 | See Source »

...that here in North America, we don’t get touchy-feely with the girl pointing out the historic bricks used to construct Johnston Gate...even if she is looking for love in all the wrong places. Three posed pictures in front of John Harvard statue and a phat $15 tip later, I resolved to tone the smile down from yes-I-am-flirting-with-you to I’d-be-glad-to-direct-you-to-the-Coop...

Author: By Antoinette C. Nwandu, | Title: POSTCARD FROM CAMBRIDGE: Waiting for Prince Charming | 7/27/2001 | See Source »

...PHAT a. Of a person, esp. a woman: sexy, attractive; b. Esp. of music: excellent, admirable; "cool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Words | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

...Definitive Beat” is anything but. Clearly an attempt to outdo Leftfield at its own game, it fails, and miserably at that. While Leftfield’s pulsating “Phat Planet” is a listenable, likable tune suffused with kinetic joy and drenched in brilliant shades of electronic tones, Mirwais’ own entry resembles nothing so much as a broken record, mindlessly churning out the same garbage ad nauseam. The vital energy is lacking, leaving nothing behind but a sparse wasteland of broken notes...

Author: By Marcus L. Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: C’est Mal: Frenchman Mirwais Flops | 4/6/2001 | See Source »

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