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...coaxing the inner beauty out of moribund folk-song fodder like Five Hundred Miles or Fire and Rain, which he performs with spellbinding verve, Ponnudorai drew on the vast musical vocabulary amassed during his barroom years, and used it to execute the material with arresting freshness. His new solo act emerged in 2000; effortlessly spanning genres and periods, and quoting songs within songs, it is perfectly attuned to ears raised on unfettered sampling, but beneath the complexity is the sincerity of a man celebrating all that is musical and the simple fact of being alive. This is the combination that...
...Chad Hugo—the core members of producing team the Neptunes and rock group N.E.R.D., who have produced and written songs for such artists as Justin Timberlake—co-founded Star Trak in 2002. In addition to putting out Neptunes records and Pharrell’s solo work, the hip hop-heavy company hosts the likes of rappers Clipse and Slim Thug. Wallach, who co-writes a column for The Crimson’s magazine, said that he and Drummey fielded offers from many parties—including rappers/producers Kanye West and Jermaine Dupri—before accepting...
...variety of different guitar motifs for the first two-thirds or so, smoothly transitioning from shrill cries to fast, distorted licks, and finally to a much heavier plunking. The last minutes of the song are all guitar noodling, accompanied by throbbing drums and a simple, fuzzy backing guitar. The solo sings out beautifully, fluctuating between leisurely slides and quick hammers. “It’s Me,” the album’s seventh track, is something of a new direction for the band with much heavier bass licks and drum parts. While not exactly their standard...
...more of an indie rock band,” he says. “An underground band, that happens to have fancy tunes.” And, according to Jenkins, a band that is back in the game.“Two years ago, I wanted to make a solo record,” he says. “I didn’t feel like Third Eye Blind was relevant. And then something changed and now I think it actually is relevant. It actually is in the present tense.” Which apparently means 3EB fans are ready...
...Avenue. And so the line went from that corner, all the way down 28th till 9th Avenue, wrapped around 9th, and then went down 29th all the way to that other corner,” he recalls.Surviving two days of grueling cuts, Oladehin freestyled and performed a solo of his signature popping moves—the sequential tensing of muscles to a hiphop beat—to beat out nearly 3,000 talented hiphop, lyrical, and ballroom dancers and become one of the 50 individuals to advance to the finals.While Oladehin was ultimately cut in the second round...