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They make up names?

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Sunday, 18 July 2004 13:35 (nineteen years ago) link

come on -- Sam Ubl (an Ultimate Band List pun, i presume)?

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Sunday, 18 July 2004 15:50 (nineteen years ago) link

Rollie: your science was too tight.

Continue kicking ass and handing out the dummy smacks elsewhere.

― ng, Sunday, 18 July 2004 18:05 (nineteen years ago) link

vahid, when leveling out a mark, i'd usually look at the amount of replay, amount of solid songs, how much i like said solid songs and other extinuating circumstances (album length, conceptual depth, etc.). in the case of young gunz, which i don't listen to at all, except for $$$ Girls, the few songs i do like, i really don't like that much.

also, define a 'gonzo review'.

― Rollie Pemberton (Rollie Pemberton), Sunday, 18 July 2004 19:20 (nineteen years ago) link

'gonzo review' = ***** Crazies Everywhere, Everybody's GONZO!, May 31, 2001
Reviewer: meggreg4 (Canton, NY USA)
The 10 Motown Digits of Doom at their finest. One of the great live rock and roll albums of all time (along with Seger's LIVE BULLET, Skynyrd's ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD, and Zeppelin's SONG REMAINS THE SAME). This one captures Ted at his high-energy, ear-splitting, lickety split best. Unparalleled guitar playing, Ted as the First White Rapper, Nuge's primal screams - it's all here. As a veteran of a half dozen Ted shows (most in his hometown of Detroit), DOUBLE LIVE GONZO is a terrific representation of one of the 70s' great rockers. Opens with a souped-up "Just What the Doctor Ordered" and closes, as it should, with "Motor City Madhouse." What's in between is worth cranking up the volume all the way to 11 (eh, Spinal Tap fans?). Highlights are "Stormtroopin'" and an incredible version of "Great White Buffalo" that showcases Ted's amazing guitar virtuosity. Even the album cover, with the Motor City Madman, complete with tail (yes, an actual tail), getting blasted with a wall of sound is worth the price. If you've got room on the rack for only one Nugent CD, this is the one. It's such a madhouse.

― cinniblount (James Blount), Sunday, 18 July 2004 19:27 (nineteen years ago) link

blount OTM as usual

― vahid (vahid), Sunday, 18 July 2004 19:32 (nineteen years ago) link

He sort of ruined it w/the tired "If you need one album by this artist" bit.

― artdamages (artdamages), Sunday, 18 July 2004 19:53 (nineteen years ago) link

This one time, at band camp, I stuck a flute in my pusy.

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Sunday, 18 July 2004 20:18 (nineteen years ago) link

rollie is a great writer, one of the few at Pitchfork i enjoy or respect or trust. this sucks. if you don't mind being unpaid, i'd love you to write for me at Loose Lips Sink Ships.

― stevie (stevie), Sunday, 18 July 2004 22:14 (nineteen years ago) link

is there any way to access the old pitchfork singles reviews?

― jake b. (cerybut), Sunday, 18 July 2004 22:50 (nineteen years ago) link

Ying Yang Twins [ft. Trick Daddy]: "Whats Happnin!"
I've been sitting here for at least an hour trying to figure out the most acceptable way for a white boy to sing along to this chorus. "Boom/ It's on/ Hair trigger, we'll rock your dome?" "Ditch licker, we'll rock your dome?" Maybe I'll just crank the volume up and let the Ying Yang Twins take care of business. But they can get away with so much more than just reverse racial slurring: They've dropped in a synth riff that, outside its crunk-as-fuck context, would be straight-up 80s; they boast ragged and aggressive delivery while retaining a sense of playfulness; and they can hone a three-syllable verb down to one monosyllabic grunt: "Bitch, what's hayyyhhn." The quick rise of this single lies in the ubiquitous sound that Lil' Jon made viable, and that this song preserves just enough melody in those synths to hold interest beyond their guttural, Cro-Magnon chorus. Though the kids of Cooley High are sadly absent, "Whats Happnin!" still keeps a narrow foothold over recent radio hits borne of the same blueprint. Kitsch digger, we'll rock your dome...? [Jason Crock; July 14th, 2004]

COME BACK ROLLIE ALL IS FORGIVEN

― Symplistic (shmuel), Sunday, 18 July 2004 23:31 (nineteen years ago) link

"Cro-Magnon chorus"

― Symplistic (shmuel), Sunday, 18 July 2004 23:32 (nineteen years ago) link

"reverse racial slurring"

― djdee2005, Monday, 19 July 2004 04:19 (nineteen years ago) link

"the kids of Cooley High are sadly absent"
Hey, this is fun!

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 19 July 2004 06:34 (nineteen years ago) link

"white"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 19 July 2004 08:34 (nineteen years ago) link

"g{...}o [...] away [...] Jason Crock"

― artdamages (artdamages), Monday, 19 July 2004 09:44 (nineteen years ago) link

The band's source material sends an instant message: They proudly indulge in the mainstream, and for the most part, spurn any artists who might cast a shadow of underground elitism. (Even Dizzee Rascal, a somewhat exotic phenom in the States, gets radio play in the UK.) Along with crossover heroes like Kanye West, Jay-Z, and Missy Elliott, 50 Cent's G Unit and a host of Wu alumni appear. The ominous thug melodrama is curious-- I have a hard time envisioning two skinny white kids personally relating to the desperate urgency of "Run", Ghostface Killah's panicked rant with Jadakiss. But such is the voyeuristic, class-spanning pleasure of modern hip-hop, and the gospel organ grind that haunts the track, or the gothic piano tiptoe on G Unit's "Stunt 101", keep them dark and deep.

― Symplistic (shmuel), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 02:13 (nineteen years ago) link

skinny white kids can't feel desperate urgency! white people are making mash-ups with music made by black people! where will it end??!

― Symplistic (shmuel), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 02:16 (nineteen years ago) link

If I had to relate to all the music I listened to, I'd have such horrible taste in music.

― djdee2005, Wednesday, 28 July 2004 04:31 (nineteen years ago) link

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