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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
Left-eye Lopez’s tragic demise
By Gillian Couch
I have to admit, I’ve not listened to BRMC since 2002, in the days of their debut album B.R.M.C. But despite the five-year gap, I love Baby 81, their fourth album, even more than their first.
This album features their recently released single Weapon Of Choice, which is basically, bloody good. It’s an anthem with raw guitars, rasping but melodic vocals, and an adrenalin fuelled pace. The album retains the heaviness of their former selves, but it’s evident that their sound has been spiked with a wider variety of instruments. Need Some Air, is punchy and catchy, while Killing The Light takes the mood down to bluesy rock, with a dynamic chorus.
This album is massively addictive and there’s not one dull track, far from it; it’s elating, challenging and inspires the listener in a way which is normally only found at live shows.
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In Review: Urban dictionary
In between spay-painting small horses with swastikas and sniffing glue the youth of today still like to chew the fat from time to time. Unfortunately the cretins have adopted a bizarre type of new-speak which can leave “me-mans” (myself and some of my close friends) “well vexed” (Perplexed, Peeved). That’s where the Urban dictionary comes in. With this peer monitored compendium of British and American slang you can find out what the little twazocks actually said to you before you walked off full of impotent rage and self loathing. Yay. To elaborate. After hearing a rap-tune recently I heard the word “skeet” a term with which I was unfamiliar. Consulting the Urban dictionary I discovered that skeet is a verb that describes, “Bustin’ a nut in a skizzles grill” or, the act of ejaculating onto a woman’s face. Other notable explanations submitted included the rather quaint: “To drop a banana item in Mario Kart 64, thereby causing a trailing opponent to slip on it and skid out” and the colorful “Something I would love to do on the Olsen twins. “The real fun lies in contrasting the Neanderthal with the surely mock-serious entries. Of course some helpful souls point out the real meaning of the word (something to do with clay pigeon shooting) but it is all done very tongue in cheek. A running dialogue on the site led one poster to claim it was a word which White people only heard about from the comedian Dave Chapelle. This in turn led one of his fellows to inform us that it is a completely fictional word invented by black people because they needed something to do in between collecting welfare cheques. As if via osmosis the stupidity seeps into you brain and you can impress the Gs in your hood with your newfound knowledge and/or prejudices lest ye be merced by your in the know peers.
Mr Hudson Vs Sway - Ask the DJ re-mix
This collaboration works. Sway’s tight-fitting rapping about charity, football and his rise to success all work with the intermittent Mr Hudson lyrics. The two musical styles merge well together, as the remix is underpinned by the backing of the original song, which is invigorated by Sway’s lyrics.