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| From | Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> |
| Subject | Re: revisiting the White Stripes |
| Date | Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:42:05 -0500 |
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At 08:35 AM 10/30/2003 -0500, John L. Micek wrote:
>> Until Outkast's "Hey Ya" came out -- and as a side note,
>
>I finally heard the Outkast song for the first time the other night, and it
>is sheer, freaking genius. The groove is undeniable, and it's great to hear
>a hip-hop act finally drop the bling-bling and mine the P-Funk vein.
Outkast's earlier albums are even more P-Funk-inspired than this, so if
you're into that sound, you've got a lot to look forward to! Andre 3000's
half of the double CD (it's basically a pair of solo albums put together)
is like the great lost Prince album from that '82-'88 run when he was at
the top of his game, only it's even more wildly eclectic: I don't think
even Prince would start an album with an orchestral intro (with
Sinatra-style vocals yet) that leaps into a Hendrix-style guitar freakout,
then into some kind of mutated electronic bebop, then into a solo acoustic
guitar piece over which he has a conversation with God, then into some kind
of fantasy collaboration between mid-'70s Marvin Gaye and Basement Jaxx.
Incredibly inventive, well-done stuff. (Big Boi's disc is probably of less
interest to many here, as it's basically Dirty South beats mixed with '70s
R&B -- as in the killer single "The Way You Move" -- but like Dre's record,
it's way more imaginative and interesting than anything you'll find on a No
Limit or Murder Inc album.) Highly recommended.
Just to clarify: "Hey Ya" = killer pop single. Audities = list devoted to
killer pop singles. I had realized as I was playing the album again last
night that I didn't think I'd heard the song mentioned here, and I was
surprised about that, considering how omnipresent the song currently is.
End of story. I could have just as easily mentioned that I was surprised
that during the Mandy Moore thread last week, no one piped up that Hilary
Duff's "So Yesterday," which is equally pervasive, is a much better song
than you might expect given her earlier stuff.
S
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