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...heels of a smash success, any new album is like a second date. Everyone has had time to mull things over and to build up unreasonable expectations. Things went so well the last time, but that only makes the pressure even greater. You have to live up to that great first impression, every nuance can suddenly turn self-conscious and, worst of all, you can finally make that big blunder that you miraculously avoided last time round. Beck's new album, Mutations, suffers from these post-success symptoms all over the place. Rather than depart too much from his established...
...croon about the legalization of marijuana than street violence or gang warfare; but over the last decade they've been one of the industry's most reliable assets. Their fourth album, Cypress Hill IV, is a sleekly polished and satisfying blend of the upbeat, flavorful tempos of their smash second album, Black Sunday, and the solemn, brooding tones of their third offering, Cypress Hill III (Temples of Boom...
...reflexes. The top yellow light comes on when the cars can advance to the start line, then the light below comes on when they're both ready to go. Then the lower lights go on: one, two three. Then the lowest light, the green light, flashes and you just smash the accelerator into the floor...
Techno beats? Funky bass lines? Crazy sampling and distortion? How could this possibly be the same Better Than Ezra that made their smash debut in 1995 with "Good" and "In the Blood"? With their innovative third major release, How Does Your Garden Grow? the group has branched into new directions of synthetic sounds and vocal distortion while also continuing in the tradition of soft ballads and often teary-eyed lyrics. The result is an eclectic, although sometimes confused, mixture of past successes with fresh and promising new sounds complemented beautifully by Kevin Griffin's passionate vocals. Yet with...
...According to Seward, "William could probably browbeat Charles into doing whatever William wanted." Wherever the 6-ft., 1-in. William goes these days, there are echoes of his mother. Blushing, doe-eyed, coy before the cameras, the prince has been mobbed by teenage girls ever since the teen magazine Smash Hits deemed him a pinup in 1995--and Wills mania is only getting worse. On his visit to Vancouver with his father in March, hyperventilating hordes followed him about, each girl convinced she was his true Cinderella. "He's rich, he's gorgeous and he's a prince," explained Jessica...