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...last two albums the hooks mostly disappeared, and so did the fans. Jewel has taken the hint. 0304, produced by Lester Mendez (he helped Shakira cross over), aggressively mines rap, pop and dance in search of something that'll get you moving. Mendez isn't picky, and the first single, Intuition, opens with an accordion riff inspired by a Ms. Dynamite song. Still, it's a good riff, and Intuition is a tight, erotic song. Even Jewel is swept up by it, purring something about letting your mind go. On Doin' Fine, she keeps things weightless, singing, "Come on, baby...
Popularized by rap artists (Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Nelly) and NBA stars (Latrell Sprewell, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant), custom wheels come in thousands of eye-catching shapes that resemble everything from the blade of a buzz saw to the barrel of a revolver. Specific models, sold under brand names like Bling Image and AutoCouture, can race in and out of fashion in as little as six months. "People want big chrome one week, silver the next," Don Sabino says of the 10,000 customers at his Rent-A-Wheel chain in the southwestern U.S. But in the oversexed world...
...people of his adopted country. Their doctor friend Ali also clings to his Bengali heritage, and is profoundly embarrassed by his inability to prevent his wife and daughter from becoming Westernized. Nazneen's children and other second-generation Bangladeshis are the obligatory rebels - they all listen to Asian-rap DJs, fall into bad company, become junkies or run away from home. Even the mealymouthed money-lender and the neighborhood busybody are staples of Subcontinental literature, although Ali fuses them together in the unusually female form of Mrs. Islam. As a result, it is almost impossible to feel for these people...
...would have been better if there were a Jacuzzi in here, and a big crowd of screaming fans outside,” said Pereira, whose dreams of rap stardom were a bit beyond what FM was able to fulfill...
...there's some rap I do like very much. I like Eminem, Blackalicious...