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"bring it on" mentality, like the grand- j-^e a ]
mother in Eddie Murphy's version of
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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
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a tour, Common gets a helping ' '
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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.
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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
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The first single from
bum, "Reminding Me (C
featuring Chantay Sava
dedication to Common's
and poet, Malik "The Wor
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mon's second release, Resui
" Stolen Moments... Part which featured the title cut an
ry about his love for hip-hop, i
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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.
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"Shut Me Off' and "Right to Drive" show
brains behind the hooks, even if the latter is
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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." # ?
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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."
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ence on buzz in the industry (not in the hipin
I Bor- h0p community) after the release of
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id Soul Make Sense should bullet Common's Ji
popularity in hip-hop. There's no doubt R
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id a sto- gry"). The bottom line: MC's beware,
titled "I Word up! * ^
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about nothing more than Milk Duds and the excitement
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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.
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