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Speaking of late Saturday night entertainment, Entertainment Weekly this week features Dido as the "breakout" star to watch, even though "Thank You"-the song sampled on Eminem's latest single "Stan"-has been around for about two years. Apparently not many people were listening to the Sliding Doors soundtrack or were fans of Faithless (her brother's band), and only noticed her when she performed with Eminem on "Saturday Night Live." It's strange how celebrity works. One day you're nobody, the next day Eminem samples you. I wonder why Labi Siffre, (whose "I Got The" was sampled...
What's creepy, though, is I got the EW issue on Friday, the newsstand release date, and then I popped into Tower Records on Saturday and the quote from the magazine was already on a sticker on the Dido album. Either they're really efficient, or the quote was released in advance. Conspiracy theory time...
...other hand, the conspiracy theorist in me thinks though that maybe the bands or the recording companies themselves might be releasing these songs to convince people that Napster is a useless tool...
...supporting such weighty content. Guest producers such as Erick Sermon and Joe N.O. inject vitality into the increasingly formulaic sound of Southern rap, particularly with the unsettling keyboard whistle of the title track. Guest rappers such as Jay-Z and Too $hort deliver solid turns on the mic, though their verses pale in comparison to the urgent booming of Scarface himself...
...Even though there is a narrative, the play is mainly a study of a diseased mind. The Son thinks in music. He is a child prodigy at the piano, and his musings flit around the tones of baseball bats, humming power lines and clicking typewriters. But he becomes disillusioned with music after the accident. The piano is a lifeless manifestation of the comfortable suburban lifestyle that is wrecked forever...