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...than 28 contributors make an appearance on “The Bridge,” including lesser known MCs as well as established names like Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, and Big Daddy Kane. Unsurprisingly, several lines are dedicated to paying homage to the man laying down the tracks??“Before rappers was turning mics on, he was up at 63 Park, playing the right songs,” Lordikim notes deferentially on “Bronx Bombers.” Perhaps in a misguided attempt to echo the uncomplicated wordplay of hip-hop?...
...albums in the seasonally released serial are well worth the download (and they’re free on DFA’s website). While the content of some of these mixes can be a little dance-heavy at times, the imperfections are more than made up for by the tracks?? phrasing and a compositional sensibility that deftly complements the songs being built upon.Featured on the Winter 2005 album is Chicago’s “I’m a Man.” Perhaps it’s because I habitually confuse the bands Boston...
...string of minor masterpieces like “Master of Puppets,” “Metallica (The Black Album),” and “Load” helped spread their proggish brand of thrash throughout American suburbia and beyond. After putzing around with old garage tracks??some great covers of Blue Oyster Cult and Bob Seger are mixed in there—they took a downward spiral into Napster-hating, rehab, and the unforgivably abysmal “St. Anger”. (Remember that movie about the making of “St. Anger...
...poster child for interdisciplinary collaboration is the Mind, Brain and Behavior Initiative (MBB), a research consortium and set of concentration tracks that had already drawn the interest of 100 undergraduates in September 1995, the tracks?? inaugural year...
...tempo dance tracks, “Panic” is the most promising for a much-needed top-40 single, with a catchy beat and surprisingly appealing vocal layering. Still, “Panic” is held back—as are all the tracks??by an overproduced, synthesized sound. This highly manufactured style may have worked in the mid-nineties at the height of their popularity, but it just feels bogus and dated in 2007. “One in a Million” epitomizes the corny sound that dominates “Unbreakable...