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October 02, 2007
Word Association: they only knew 10 hip hop acts
I hate the Run DMC-Aerosmith version of "Walk this Way." Loathe it. How's that for an intro? I'm not much of a fan of the Public Enemy-Anthrax version of "Bring Tha Noize." You might infer that I hate rock or rap or both (not true) or that I favor the separation of musical flavors (nay, I say) or revel in being contrarian (false, I say, but others (damn contrarians) may disagree vehemently). My reason: They always struck me as crass commercialization ploys. I suppose hip-hop aficionados should appreciate that is help propel the incipient genre (to the population at large), but I'm pretty confident it would have reached its current massive level, regardless.
I bring these examples up because when Sebastian passed to me "Frankenstein," hip hop-rock hybrids immediately came to mind. All in all, they are two tastes that taste poorly together, but that may be a result of the components.
(Note - for the sake of sanity and fair play, I will note that many of hip hops greatest DJs built graffiti walls of sound by dissecting, rearranging, and splicing rock tracks. So... rock is, somewhat, one of the major building blocks of rap. We're not talking about that.)
Some bad examples: "Come with Me" (diddy, jimmy page); Limp Bizkit and their descendants (is Limp Bizkit still popular enough to be comment bait, a la My Chemical Romance/Lady SOV?); Insane Clown Posse; etc.
To Keith: Frankenstein
But there is one somewhat shiny pebble in the sands of mediocrity - the Judgment Night Soundtrack. Pure, beast, Frankenstein.
Judgment Night was a throwaway move staring one-half of the the likely 2012 A&E show "We Came from Martin Sheen", the man who now fights Kevin Bacon for Michael Jordan's love, DORF!, and that dude who filmed those annoying MTV commercials. Also, Piven.
The movie = bad. If you want an-everything-goes-wrong movie,
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is more tolerable. If you want an-everything-goes-wrong movie with more bite, Very Bad Things (also, with Piven) is slightly better.
But the OST - man, is it tasty. Keep in mind we're talking about 1993, here: Pearl Jam, Cypress Hill, Sonic Youth, Teenage Bandwagon, De La Soul, House of Pain, Cypress Hill (again), Helmet, and Dinosaur Jr.
Viewed through the prism of 1993 (which places me at age 14), there were four standout tracks, four good ones, and three ehhs. Not bad, for $17.99 or whatever we paid for music those days.
The standouts:
Just Another Victim - Helmet/House Of Pain, Fallin' - Teenage Fanclub/ De La Soul, Missing Link - Dinoasur Jr./Del The Funky Homosapien, and Real Thing - Pearl Jam/Cypress Hill
The good:
Onyx and Biohazard - titular Judgment Night
Faith No More/Boo-Ya Tribe - Another Body Murdered
Freak Momma - Mudhoney/Sir Mix-A-Lot and I Love You Mary Jane - Sonic Youth/Cypress Hill
The ehhs:
Me, Myself & My Microphone - Living Colour,/Run D.M.C., Come And Die - Therapy?/Fatal, and Disorder - Slayer/Ice-T
To Yonah: The OST to Donovan McNabb's life.
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Posted by Keith O'Brien at October 2, 2007 09:45 AM
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