Word: successful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Brand New, because chances are that somewhere, sometime, you've heard most of it before. But isn't that true for most music these days? What makes Brand New such buoyant, brassy fun is that Salt 'N' Pepa are savvy enough to market their own dues-paying and past success as an uptown version of street cred: call it Workhorse Chic...
...album opens with "My Dream." Shaggy eases his listeners in with this song which has obviously been influenced by the recent success of Sean "Puffy" Combs and entourage. The beat is simple but infectious and the lyrics resonate with references to cash, female body parts and luxury cars. Some of the lines that Shaggy wails to his female audience include the classic: "Tickle up me fancy with you sweet smelling leather/Smooth like silk you could be rough like a feather." Obviously, these are not some of the most insightful comments on romanticism and relationships between the sexes, but he manages...
...sugar-cookie role) only to confront the ghost of his past in his sister, "Jackie O" (a delightfully demented Parker Posey), who sports an obsession with the JFK assassination among her myriad kooky charms. What makes this setup more than just a gimmicky grab-bag for originality is its success in mixing the familiar and the disturbing in the composition of the characters...
Pelzig's greatest success is in the role of Mercutio, brilliantly performed by Robert Wallace, because it succeeds in incorporating humorous acting with a healthy dose of solid ballet--something that seems missing everywhere else. Wallace is a delight to watch as he dances drunk, pirouettes, and step-dances off a stone bench; one wishes he were given the opportunity to dance the role of Romeo...
...Still, if the primary objective is, as Fisher says, "regularizing the relationship," then in order to be deemed a resounding success, all the visit has to do is pass without calamity. Clinton and Jiang are on that tightrope together, and recognize the need to help each other along...