University of South Carolina Libraries
Common r< j ~ the-zodi mon s* ^TilTTiTiwiXi[jihH point oi I that ei quotabl DEREK K. SCOTT Staff Writer bei^s iss ONE DAY IT'LL MAKE SENSE calizing Common (Relativity Records) worth J OOOO'/j (out of five stars) also tal By maintaining the blue-collar "bring it on" mentality, like the grand- j-^e a ] mother in Eddie Murphy's version of "The Nutty Professor," Chicago native ?lon'p' (0 id hip-hop's version of a Pulitzer an Prize-winning poet, Common p.k.a. ^h Big Illinois, does a phenomenal job of ^ah, Cc doing what many would refer to as South" "dropping science" on his third LP, One J0"13 Day It'll All Make Sense. reli&j?r Common's verbal dissertation is not the run-of-the-mill, dumber-than- *\^e Q] /Georgia's Fiv m ROB BERNTSEN Staff Writer GASOLINA Five-Eight (Velvei Records) 000 (out of five stars) ^y BtSE it ^ Wk ** w|Ej mm, , || wM ^Bl.A: \fc- i'S ^HnwHi III Wr ' *% 1 * . 1 ptiiffl? with AAU f T JLwJLJ lac or more-annoying-than-peo- hand from f? sing-out-Zipsheets style. In- business, B1 Common hits a broad range of n today's world. ........... ;'!s the cut "Retrospect i e," featuring Lauryn I im the Fugees, Com- jC tares a black male's , f view about abortion I irned him "hip-hop I 8HHH le" honors in Septem- | [ PBBHHhPBH 3ue of The Source, vo- ^0tKj ;"... $315 dollars ain't rour soul." Common kes a jab at Bad Boy guru Puff Daddy on tion," denoting "I wrap nummy, not for the I could've sampled Diiss a long time ago." ;f | / v e revolutionary bud- _ , se-Lo from the Dirty m '*! ? . ; * group Goodie Mob mmon on the cut about V t ijt? - i, titled "G.O.D. (Gain- -==== s's Definition).^ Painting the onth oints of his house bemg broken mto t tt j ttt a tour, Common gets a helping ' ' e-Eight rock Some time ago, there was this thing m; ents and Joan Jett called rock 'n' roll. Yeah, I didn't know what it was either. MTVs marketing ploy called alternative i is as dead as the station's creativity, fc who would have been stamped across the head with a big A are now being seen as they always were: rock 'n' roll bands. Five-Eight doesn't have some guy se "You wanted the best, you've got the bes " troducing their shows, but the Georgian - putting post-alternative into something tangible than a time frame and more worth _ than the predecessors' stranglehold on mj vision. BP' ? ^?rpp j? IX. JB *<4p JBB s Milr ^,. i :5i jir lUili ii,ijn **" fr iS^M _/ iuEBSBi ? ": jH HH|tf iflR ig^k ETC. l possible hip illow brilliant poets of the Debating the image of a "tl lack Thought and Q-Tip, adise," on the song "1'2 Man Common argues "simple peopl hard is criminal, those sam a ers you thought was ha pour out your liquor fo\' The first single from bum, "Reminding Me (C featuring Chantay Sava dedication to Common's and poet, Malik "The Wor Yusef, who recently passs and is featured on the c Day ItTl All Make Sense v. 'I ,^1^' ' || by NO I.D., Dug Infin: Ynot. These are the sam< 1 who had production influ * ' W~: r Common's first album Ca r M W&0 / I row A Dollar, which feati /'*> j hit songs "Breaker W ai ....vr? They also helped o: mon's second release, Resui " Stolen Moments... Part which featured the title cut an ry about his love for hip-hop, i Used To Love H.E.R.," whicl s with newest ( y par- Five-Eight's newest CD, Gasolina, tries to capture the band's show intensity on disc. g. Produced by Ed Stasium of Living Colour fame, the album successfully accomplishes that lands ?oal' which is tough considering Five-Eight is 1 fore one ^ew ^)anc^s wh? can actually keep imwhat L7 fans from throwing chairs and beer bottles at the opening act. The most recognized song, "Stanley," is tying, catchy and listener-friendly but still too good a it" in- song to actually be on the radio. ls are Toes tap uncontrollably, there's unconscious m?^e humming and maybe a little air guitar when the w , e coast is clear. 7 tplfX. "Shut Me Off' and "Right to Drive" show brains behind the hooks, even if the latter is IIm^ jpgF* ^ ^jj| 13"(D Sign i ||||b c DEPARTMENT ( hop classic B lugpar- what is now squashed beef between \ y... ,n Common and Ice Cube. tV \ le think The Philadelphia-based group The e broth- Roots produced on the song "All Night {LJl rd, you Long," featuring Erykah Badu, and. the joint "Gettin' Down At The Am- ppjp the al- phi theater," featuring De La Soul, are )f Sef)," "wild hot" ? meaning you shouldn't _ ige, is a expect them to be played at the next CUW j friend D.J. B Lord party, better known as dsmith" "King Retro." # ? id away Other featured artists include ]V :ut My Group Home Entertainment MC G Canibus on the gem "Making A Name 0 . on One For Ourselves," and Common's father, # g ras done Lonnie Tops" Lynn, on "Pop's Rap Part p ite and 2/Fatherhood." ' P^pfe After receiving a medium-sized ence on buzz in the industry (not in the hipin I Bor- h0p community) after the release of iwJ tl^Q ! /?.. 11 r\ r.tii a 11 " ^ his hrst two albums, Une Day it u all id Soul Make Sense should bullet Common's Ji popularity in hip-hop. There's no doubt R a Com- Common is coming with "more power , U Tection, than forwards do" (from the joint "Hun- g. id a sto- gry"). The bottom line: MC's beware, titled "I Word up! * ^ 1 began ETC ?, Gasottna ' to US r about nothing more than Milk Duds and the excitement of driving. Mmmm, chocolate. ace ater & Like any rock band, Five-Eight has THE k j0] ballad. "Connect the Dots" is fairly free from Qage. cliche and inspired. free ^ It does what good ballads are supposed to: It brings out some emotion that either says life is crap or it's really not that bad. Sure, Five-Eight can be dissected for not being incredibly innovative or having songs like 1 "Doubter," which is alternative rock in its worst last tl form and a thesis statement for what was wrong concei with music circa 1991 to 1995. concei Besides some minor flaws, Five-Eight is musei very entertaining. And sometimes, that's all mu- the co sic has to be. wight Mai >n-3 basketb tournamen - All Semi-Finalists will receive t-shirts. - Winners will receive Converse Shoes, and autographed basketballs ip in the Office of Campus Re 202 Blatt PE Center, all 777-5261 for more informa )F STUDENT LIFE/DIVISION OF STUDENT AND ALL s of the Day ICERT CALENDAR 'old Fusion Tour: Sister lachine Gun, Hanzel und rretyl, Pink Noise Test, TEA, >ct. 11, Rockafellas Iton John, 8 p.m., Oct. 15, . i* ri i* aronna uouseum pider Monkey, TBA, Oct. 16, lbow Room obins Cradle, TBA, Oct. 17, [other Tuckers ayhawks, TBA, Oct. 17, ockafellas usted Root w/ Laura Love, 30 p.m., Oct. 19, Characters Mary 3 w/ The Honeyrods, BA, Oct. 19, Rockafellas . BRIEFS admission to Tace/Off offered IC students larolina Productions will present 'Off' in the Russell House The-. 18 p.m. Oct. 15 and 16. Directed tin Woo, the film stars Nicolas and John Travolta. Admission is ?r all USC students. elle Howie performs at final Thursday pARTy 'he Columbia Museum of Art's lird Thursday pARTy summer rt features Danielle Howie. The rt is held on the front lawn of the nm from 6-9 p.m. Admission to ncert is $5. )NESS ALL T \ Ill creation, tion. JMNI SERVICES/USC HHHi