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Ghostface is a rapper of intellectual abundance. He crowds each track with so many narrative wobbles that just trying to keep up can make the listening experience as frenetic as the stories themselves...
...assault gives Ghostface something to yell over, and he transforms the vague “I’m better than you guys” slog into a universally potent threat. It’s a boast song that’s so good, it sounds like a diss track, and it’s the best once I can think of since Jay-Z’s “The Takeover...
...departure from the dancehall theme of her two previous singles, “If It’s Lovin’ That You Want” and “Pon de Replay.” Gone are the beach scenes, the DJs, and the Caribbean backing track. In fact, this video is shot against an erratic monochromatic background, features few choreographed dance scenes, and a thundering beat that is an obvious appropriation of Soft Cell’s eighties hit “Tainted Love.” As a result, Rihanna’s choreography...
...minimalist drum machine beat and screeching synthesizer effects. Prince’s animated vocal performance deserves a richer melodic backdrop—the kind provided by a studio band, rather than studio equipment. Unfortunately, “Black Sweat” isn’t the only track on which Prince relies more heavily on Pro Tools effects than the New Power Generation’s funky virtuosity. “Love,” the album’s sole flirtation with hard rock, is produced to within an inch of its life: it has more bleeps and blips...
...While Harvard’s undergraduate admissions officers familiarized themselves with many details about this year’s 2,109 admits during the application process, they may also keep track of those students’ lives long after the admissions cycle is over...