Word: self
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...expected, the three newcomers who make up C.O.G. get a little help from their more experienced friends. Several of their self-title debut's 15 tracks feature better-known artists like Soultre, Mack 10, Juvenile and BG. Unfortunately, there is little that any of them can do to help the Chilldrin's situation. While C.O.G. has the lingo and feel of urban America, there is little beneath the surface. The album is a blur of repetitive basslines that bleed from one track to the next; the rhymes are lousy, and the braggadocio and self-references that make contemporary rap such...
...hungry for long. The prolific and punky folkster--who has no shortage of attitude or albums (15 in the last ten years)--comes out with her third record this year. To the Teeth is a satisfying helping of the "Righteous Babe" at her best. Poignant protest songs? Check. Gritty self-examination? Check. Groovy giggly-wiggly fun? Check. DiFranco provides her fans with everything that they would expect from her and more...
...After hearing that Al Bennett '00 and Becky Warren (a Wellesley senior) produced their debut album, Two Stories, by themselves, you may approach it rather warily. How good could a couple of college students possibly sound on a self-produced album...
...pretension of the royal pain's latest album begins with a bizarre insert ranting about sheep's rights and urging everyone to "Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic." The album's self-important title track is a sorry answer to the promise held out by the artist who previously claimed the year of 1999 as his own. In fact, there is little Joy Fantastic in this album. and the Artist certainly makes no effort to party like it's...oh, you know. The Artist's songwriting talent shines in the track "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold," but his megalomaniac performance...
...punctuates these tunes with seemingly incongruent sections. The chorus of "Milk and Honey" is radio-worthy arena rock; "Sexx Laws" breaks for a synthesizer-slide guitar-banjo trio. Yes, a banjo. This would seem to be either an odd attempt at musical novelty or a drug-inspired venture into self-indulgence. But, like the rest of Midnite Vultures, the banjo works, and brilliantly...