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Despite this, every song on “Once Again” is worth a listen. The instrumentals behind each track also carry out like a beautiful piece that serve to remind us that brilliant tracks can be produced without ripping off some earlier version of Pharrell. Rather, the brilliance of producers like Kanye West shine through in a low-key way, letting Legend’s voice carry smoothly over all the beats. Though it’s not a masterstroke, it’s safe to say that Legend’s sound will stand the test...
Most of the album is fine, if a little boring, taken song by song. The problem with the album as a whole is that every song aspires to be an anthem. Nearly every track ends with twice the volume, three times the vocals, and five times the instruments it started out with. Piling on the drama time after time, however, just becomes fatiguing and a little silly, especially when it’s achieved each time simply by adding more and more of everything...
...only track whose big finish is interesting is the title track, “Welcome to the Black Parade,” which takes its cue more from “Bohemian Rhapsody” than from the latter-day Green Day, which much of the rest of the album resembles. The song starts slowly with piano and military drum and ends up with a huge rock chorus, passing though the purest punk the album has to offer. The lyrics are as dark as anything else in the album, but here the music finally lets the listener have some...
...don’t want to create unfair competition, we don’t want to threaten them [non-heritage students] away,” said Feng, who is also a professor of the practice of Chinese language. Feng added that he is awaiting approval for a track specifically geared to heritage students. The program is also looking to establish more preceptor positions, which are currently lacking. “We have to have individual care, but if you have so many individuals you can’t take of them,” Feng said. “Otherwise...
...artists, merely succeeding is equivalent to betraying your roots. For others, it’s what you do with your success that counts. “I’m blowin’ up like you thought I would,” the Notorious B.I.G. rapped on the classic track, “Juicy.” “Call the crib, same number, same hood / It’s all good.” Biggie knew that he would only be seen as a sell-out if he didn’t give back to the community...