Word: rocks
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...this feature in September). Both shows proved a network sitcom could be both good and popular. Each show had a distinctive voice: on Earl, that of a good-at-heart petty crook (Jason Lee) trying to make his life right, on Chris, the hard-edged nostalgia of narrator Chris Rock, looking back on his childhood in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. They share another, less fortunate attribute: neither show has developed its characters much beyond their hilarious but cartoony pilots, and if they had, they'd be higher on this list. But after years in which sitcoms have been either...
...Hell’s Winter” was released this fall on underground arbiter Definitive Jux Records (home to indie heavyweights Aesop Rock and RJD2), and with a new glossy video on MTV, Cage is riding the underground hip-hop wave like few others...
Cage: I don’t know, I don’t really care. I’m healthy, that’s all I care about…I think Aesop Rock is really important to indie rap. El-P, I just happen to be friends with all the guys that I listen too. I think Atmosphere is really important to hip-hop right now…I wanted to get real musicians on my record, not just other dudes that just spit on my record because they are more famous than me. I don’t give...
Than you have the whole battle scene, of just battle rappers. To me that’s old, that’s tired. That’s like in Rock n’ Roll making music like Chuck Barry now; it’s been done. Progress, move...
...Unfortunately, it’s a pale copy of that legendary psychological comedy—these urbanites are not as sophisticated, nor as funny as the Family Crane.3. “Everybody Hates Chris”The critics’ favorite, but it’s really unclear why. Rock and partner Ali LeRoi have never written anything remotely funny together, and this is merely another link in the chain. The humor is weak and recycled—not to mention the title. 2. “My Name is Earl”This show has now landed, along with...