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Take the rebel romanticism of Jodeci and the pleading sincerity of Boyz II Men, and add a dash of the martial-arts mythologizing of the Wu-Tang Clan. Let simmer, and you'd have something approximating the R.-and-B. vocal quartet Dru Hill. Dru Hill's vocal recipe doesn't always work--the group sometimes settles for flashy sentiment instead of striving for true emotion. Still, numbers like the thoughtful remake of The Love We Had (Stays on My Mind) and the delicately felt ballad Angel make this CD really cook...
...Love" about love in all forms, but for every one of these slick arrangements, there is a lame and unmemorable tune waiting to follow it. "4 Moms" is an enjoyable instrumental respite, but the album hits bottom in "Give Me" when Ali Shaheed inexplicably spins in samples from Boyz...
Seen Pulp Fiction? Want to see it again? Af-Am 187y: "Black Cinema as Genre-From Blaxpoitation to Quentin Tarantino" includes movies like Boyz 'n the Hood, Girl 6, and Superfly. Students are expected to "read" the movies, analyzing them in an effort to explore gender, race and society. The class meets Wednesdays from 1 to 4 p.m. and experience in film theory is recommended, but not required...
...Terence Trent D'Arby? No? Well, he was that guy...never mind. The point is, in the '90s, the face of cool in R. and B. has been the face of a gangsta. Puff Daddy, Dr. Dre, Master P and the like dominate the aesthetic space in black music. Boyz II Men may sell more albums, but when you think of what's hot, what's hip, what's real, what's representative, gangsta rap has symbolized the cutting edge...
...Singer WANYA MORRIS of Boyz II Men came down with a severe case of laryngitis, sidelining him for 48 hours and causing the group to cancel at least four dates of the California leg of the group's tour. The tour, now in its first month, is scheduled to continue for 2 1/2 years. By then the group will be called Men II Viagra Userz...