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LIL' WAYNE
3 Peat
Universal
"They can't stop me, even if they stop me . . . " On the outstanding opening track from Tha Carter III, Weezy drops non-sequiturs like my Granny drops stitches. Out of his mind and on top of his game.
Maverick
**
Give her a bass line and she'll shake it. Give her a record and she'll break it. Give her a Black & Decker power drill and she'll install that set of shelves in your bathroom you've been putting off for ages. Well, she never actually said that last part. But it's implied, I think.
"Remember, boy, you're a superstar" chants the former Adrian Thaws. It's been quite a wait. But Tricky kid (now 40 years old) is back with a bang.
On which the crown prince of hip-hop buffoonery joins forces with the reigning kings of lowest- common-denominator alt.metal to celebrate both parties having made it against the odds. Where they made it to precisely is never explicitly stated. But, on an interesting side note, they claim to have done so despite always having had their backs up against the wall. Presumably, they got there by walking sideways then. Respect.
Something Global
Model Citizen Records
"Hooks are for wimps and choruses are for gays" claim Fight Like Apes on this gnarly new track currently streaming on their website. Well, that explains Elton John, I suppose. www.fightlikeapesmusic.com
Sorry, Moby, but there's no way you're moving in here. Why? Because I can just tell you're one of those people who'll start leaving Post-It notes around the place the moment someone uses your margarine without permission. Not in my house, Moby. Not on my watch.
One reviewer described the second single from Santogold's acclaimed debut album as sounding like "The Corrs-do-The Pixies". That's not an entirely inaccurate description. The breezy new-wave harmonies certainly come as a surprise after all of those M.I.A. comparisons.
