Word: songfulness
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...recording catches the clink of ice in tumblers, as well as Bernstein’s candidly expressive language. After the Kroks sang a song he’d written for them, Bernstein gave the young musicians an analogy they were bound to remember: "You know what you understand, what very few jazz people understand, except the good ones, is that every beat is a downbeat, and no beat is a downbeat," he says on the tape...
...Despite the flamboyant life described by his associates, Bernstein also bridged the gap between high culture, elitist culture, and popular culture and the popular song...
...Hollywood Divorce”—the most star-studded track on Outkast’s latest album “Idlewild”—is equal parts love song and stinging indictment of the film industry.Over a glacial instrumental track, Lil’ Wayne spits venom at Hollywood for coming “through my neighborhood with cameras on,” but not being there for tragedies like Hurricane Katrina, which claimed the rapper’s Louisiana home, leaving him nothing but “a darn country song” in return.Then, Andre...
...alive, as he often proclaims. While he doesn’t have the technical skill to back up that claim, “Shooter”—bursting with simple but ultracharismatic swagger—shows that he just might be the best MC alive. Buried 16 songs deep into an 80-minute album, the glorious bloody mess of “Shooter” makes every other album track look like a bodyguard, a member of the faceless posse that accompanies any shining star. So why does the music video hold it back so grotesquely? Directed...
...washed ponytails of their own. Whether this is done for authenticity’s sake or simply to rip off Los Lonely Boys remains to be seen. Another question mark lies in the video’s underlying message. Despite the multiple references to Jesus and the devil, neither song nor video seems to be overtly for or against religion, adultery, or anything else. Is it, “love conquers all” or, “be glad for what you’ve got”? We don’t know, though this...