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Morcheeba comes back with an
other classic trip-hop album despite
the loss of DJ Swamp to the under
ground hip hop circuit.
This album is an eclectic mix of
synthesizers, twangy guitars, saxo
phones and all-star cameos by classic
rappers, including Biz Markie and
Bahamadia. The album opens with a
mellow track in the style of such oth
er trip-hop greats as Sneaker Pimps,
complete with deep bass and country
guitar. However, Morcheeba’s new
project is not limited to the down-
tempo, soulful style of many trip-hop
acts. This album ranges from jazz to
loungy ballads to disco tracks,
sounding more like Faith, Wind and
Fire than conventional trip-hop acts
like'Portishead.
opens with disco-style violins and
moves into a song any Blondie fan
would be proud of — a medium-
speed disco track with a bouncy
rhythm and vocals sounding much
like '‘Rapture.”
This album varies so much in
style the listener can hardly keep up.
This is a great asset becauseeacli
song in this album is better that Ik
last. These songs should appeal!#
lovers of any genre from trip-hopi
disco to hip-hop. (Grade: B+)
—Jason
A = instant classic
D = don't buy it
B = a cut above
F = burn in effigy
C = average
Godzilla
This album’s highlights include
“World Looking In,” a trippy track
with country guitar and “In the
Hands of Gods,” a song that sounds
much like uptempo West Coast hip-
hop with bleepy synthesizer riffs, vo
cals by Biz Markie and heavy
scratching by DJ Crossphader. Per
haps the most interesting track on the
album is “Shallow End.” This track
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There are times when these obvi
ously fake effects lift the veil of se
riousness and realistic intensity
(which are staples of modern sci-fi
movies) and allow one to sit back
and have fun with a movie.
This film has plot holes big
enough for Mack trucks to drive
through, and scientific fallacies that
would leave even the scientifically
uninitiated rolling in their seats.
But, the great thing is it does not
matter. Godzilla 2()()() is a return to
the classic sci-fi flicks that inspired
an entire generation of scientists not
by proving science correct or incor
rect, but by asking, “What if?”
This is the point at which the
movie’s plot should be described,
but is that really necessary? This
movie is meant to be another in
stallment in the god-knows-how-
many Godzilla movies in which the
great, green beasty awakes, trashes
Tokyo, then saves the world from
some other abomination that some
how is worse than he is.
The adversarial monster, in this
case, looks suspiciously like the
big-budget, komodo-dragonish
Godzilla which Bopped at the box
office a few years ago and, ironical
ly enough, keeps trying to clone
everyone's favorite big buddy.
One cannot help but think thai
this film is a meager attempt by
Toho pictures to silently mock the
giant, inefficient American version
of the fire-spittin’ gargantuan.
But, ignoring this quiet stabai
the U.S. big-budget production.the
movie still delivers a good bad-
quality sci-fi flick. (Grade: B+)
— Stuart Huts
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entertain and unite the audience.
Cedric the Entertainer comes
across as likable but altogether for
gettable.
Mac begins his routine in the
same vein as Hughley but quickly
falls into describing childhood and
“alternative parenting methods”
that border on frightening. Mac’s
descriptions of the correct way to
discipline children (violence) are at
first slightly humorous, but he
drones on in this direction for near
ly 15 minutes so the routine no
longer seems like comedy and more I
like the rantings of a child abuser.
Wait for this one on video.
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