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...former Fresh Prince and pop rapper turned $20 million movie actor features a song called “Switch” on “Lost and Found,” his newest attempt to prove he hasn’t lost his feel for the street. With a song like this, one is inevitably reminded that he tries to switch back and forth between the dueling spheres of cinema and compact disc...
...uniquely mature; he wonders “Why should I try to sound like y’all sound? / That’s what’s wrong with the rap game right now.” And he’s right. The sounds of Shady/Aftermath dominate pop radio; Smith’s rhymes on “Here He Comes” could never be mistaken for the familiar strains of “Bitch Please, Part...
...This is pop music in the same sense that Broken Social Scene is, and in fact head Parader Adam Pierce has employed a Broken-esque collaborative ethos on this, his fifth release, bringing in buddies from groups such as HiM and The Dylan Group to flesh out the sound. The most notable contributions come from Kristin Anna Valtysdottir, usually found vocalizing for the Icelandic pop-sensations Icelanders múm, whose airy, breathy style here is truly creepy...
...video for their new single “Banquet” is any indication, Bloc Party are on the cusp of underground superstardom. Bloc Party marries The Libertines couldn’t-give-a-fuck cool to Franz Ferdinand’s art-damaged pop, and the results are electrifying...
...opening track “Williamsburg,” for example, is full of lyrics like, “Tell me all the bands that sound like other bands / that we kinda sound like,” or “It’s a Brazilian psychedelic, pop-post-avant-garde garage punk ambient core outfit...