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...paths toward salvation. The songs on the California-based band's new album have names like Bloodclot, Black Lung and Cash, Culture & Violence; the guitar work is raw and roaring; and the quartet's two singer-guitarists, scraggly-voiced Tim Armstrong and bellowing Lars Frederiksen, both tend to slur and snarl their way through songs...
...Wait. Most prominent inconveying the genre are the title song, "WrongfulSuspicion" and "Coppers." Jamaican reggae starBuju Banton guests on these tracks, strengtheningthe new Rancid voice with an authentic tongue. OnLife Won't Wait, a good chunk of the vocalsare provided by Banton, although Armstronguniquely offers his gravelly, unadorned slur tothe mix. One of the best punk-reggae confluenceson the album, "Hooligans," will get you hoppingalong to the beat and the message(and wonderingwhether Rancid inadvertently stole a short Blondieriff...
Shadows are now climbing up the tall buildings facing the Common, and an unusually long white limousine cruises south on Tremont in front of them. A tuxedoed man rolls down the back window, pushes his head and shoulders out, and hollers in a drunken slur, "Arizona number-one, baby...
...clear that the intent of BostonMagazine was to try to spin their way out of thiscontroversy rather than to deal with the problemthey had created by using a racial slur on thecover of their magazine," Stith said. He saidRivers' support of the magazine is based solely onmonetary influence...
Some terms generally considered racist or otherwise derogatory change meanings depending on the contexts in which they are used. The homophobic slur "queer," for example, can be empowering when co-opted by the gay community. Stereotypes of Jewish women, however, do not have this redeeming quality, according to Weisbard...