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~m /TTTT THEY SAID IT PONTAPT TT^ ■ / I I E.B.WWTE:“Computingmachinesper Irllj 1 Ukj I » / ■ ■ haps can do the work of a dozen ordinary Story ideas? Questions? Comments? I W I I / % vmen, but there is no machine that can do E-mail us at gamecockmixectitor(cvhotmail.com^^ -A- » —■ ■- -m- the work of one extraordinary man.” ' I Director Wes Anderson and actor Owen Wilson’s films have produced some of the most innovative stories this century Anderson and Wilson have paved the way for untradi tional comedy in Hollywood, and their fans consider their work the new comedy of their generation. The friendship between Anderson and Wilson began at the University of Texas, where they met in a play writing course. In a 1999 People Online interview, Wilson spoke about meeting Anderson. “I was friends with a kid who grew up with Wes in Houston. He intro duced us, and we became friends. We had similar in terests and backgrounds. He has two brothers like me, one older and one younger, we both saw every movie that ever came out, and we boih wrote short stories for the literary magazine.” Wilson and Anderson be came roommates and churned out a full-length script about the mistakes of slackers who try to be rob bers. The duo worked hard to turn the script into a film, with Anderson directing and Wilson and his broth ers, Luke and Andrew, act ing in the main roles. Unfortunately, lack of funding forced Wilson and Anderson to cut production short and edit the footage to only 13 minutes. With en couragement from filmmak er L.M. Kit Carson, they sub mitted it to the 1993 Sundance Film Festival, and eventually, Columbia Pictures signed on to the pro ject and released the full ver sion, “Bottle Rocket,” in 1996. “Bottle Rocket, not well ♦ WILSON, SEE PAGE 9 PHOTOS SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK Friends and collaborators Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson are the creators of a new kind of dark comedy. These were the most requested songs on USC’s student radio station from Aug. 18-25. 1. “SINCE WE’VE BECOME TRANSLUCENT _Mudhoney 2.000H!” Mekons 3. “AMERICAN CHEESE’’ f Nerf Hearder 4. “THE TIGHT CONNECTION” I Am The World Trade Center 5. “BYO SPLIT SERIES VOL. 4” _ Bouncing Souls/Anti-Flag 6. “URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAM" _Various Artists 7. “HOT CHARITY" _Rocket From The Crypt 8. “REAL TUFF __ Rotten Apples 9. “ETERNAL YOUTH” _ Future Bible Heroes <10. “CONCRETE" " Fear Factory revisiting the CLASSICS m _|_|_ ■ usic is a timeless form of art. The best music from the recent past might someday find its way into classic radio rotation. The rest has been nearly forgotten, and it deserves to be rediscovered. This semester, The Mix will re-examine some of the most monumental (and possibly underrated) albums of the past two decades in a 15-part series leading up to the announcement of the best albums of2002. This week: 1982-1987. ‘Gods’ of hip-hop praised in full BY JUSTIN BAJAN THE GAMECOCK The mid ‘80s signified a chunk of time in music history that remains the golden age of hip-hop. Typically, artists before this golden age were more concerned with party-influ enced choruses: songs relating more to the locomotion of the body than the evocation of the mind. So many influential artists and groups were part of this renais sance, including Boogie Down Productions, Public Enemy, Big Daddy Kane, and Eric B. and Rakim. These artists were the Rembrandts of their time, adding an acute sense of aestheticism while raising the lev el of intellectualism in hip-hop. But one group stands out as the chief representative of this influx of talent: Eric B. and Rakim. In this seminal group, Eric B. controlled the DJ/production side while Rakim emceed. Their first album was called, “Paid in Full,” a name that seems to equally fit the bling-bling stylings of main stream hip-hop. But more than 15 years ago, flashy jewelry and large amounts of money were not a sick ening element that dominated the ra dio, just the trappings of success. Eric B, left, and Rakim. Some consider Rakim the greatest emcee of all time. PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK Most people consider Rakim to be the greatest emcee of all time, a proclamation that has earned him the title the “god” of hip-hop. This album features Rakim spitting lines full of multi syllabic rhymes, a fea ture that separated him from his peers. “My Melody” clearly shows this, as Rakim raps, “I’m not a reg ular/competitor/first rhyme edi tor/melody arranger, poet, etc.” Although Rakim clearly out shines Eric B. as the most signifi cant and talented member of this group, B. provided the canvas on which Rakim painted. B.’s produc ♦ ERIC B., SEE PAGE 8 BY ASHLEY VAUGHAN THE GAMECOCK Eccentric, quirky and ab surd describe the films that have resulted from the col laborations between Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson. The unique deadpan humor and atypical characters that appear in their films provide a proverbial breath of fresh air in the movie industry which, has traditionally fa vored remakes, sequels and run-of-the-mill plots. Through their efforts,