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Busta Rhymes slams out another CD full of jams just in time for summer.
The album also showcases many high-profile guest appearances.
Busta Rhymes Dishes
Out Hot Summer Jams
Michael Woods
Staff Writer
It’s summer time, boys and girls. And
in case the cut-off shorts and wife-beat
ers didn’t give it away, check your radio
for a musical reminder. Somewhere on
the dial, you’re sure to find the unmis
takable voice of Busta Rhymes blaring
forth.
Since his
double plat
inum solo
debut in 1996,
Busta Rhymes
has been
churning out
summer jams
H| CD Review
Busta Rhymes
Anarchy
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faster than you can say “Gimme Some
More.”
This summer is no exception.
Incorporating a sample from “The Ugly
Duckling,” as well as cute kids in the
video, the playful “Get Out!!” has
blazed up the charts and is in heavy
rotation on the radio and MTV.
“Anarchy” continues the apocalyptic
title theme employed for his previous
releases “The Coming;, * “When
Disaster Strikes” and “E.L.E.” - is prob
ably the most appropriately-titled CD
since Biggie’s “life After Death.”
Eight of the album’s first ten tracks
are so poorly conceived and executed
that, had these songs been on his demo
tape, Busta Rhymes would still be with
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Leaders of the New School. Most of the
beats and lyrics are identical to those
from his preceding albums - just much
worse.
On “Live It Up,” Busta tries to deliv
er “the kind of sh*t that makes you just
go get the keys to your whip and just
bounce.” But with a hackneyed beat and
sing-song chorus, the only thing likely to
be bouncing is the tape - right into the
used CD bin. However, the remainder
of this 22-track epic proves rewarding.
Much of the credit for the save
belongs to the guest appearance. On
five of the last ten songs, Busta teams up
with an impressive array of artists,
including Lenny Kravitz, M.O.P and his
own Flipmode Squad.
Even though the duets are impres
sive, the most outstanding efforts on the
album - “A Trip Out of Town” and
“Street Sh*t” - contain three idiosyn
cratic verses from Mr. Rhymes. The first
is an intricate narrative woven over a
smooth violin loop. The second isn’t as
technically notable, but features some of
the album’s best lines.
But in the end, enjoying the latest
installment in the Busta collection
requires more skipping than hopscotch.
Were it shorter, this might have been a
memorable album. This, however, is
just “Anarchy.”,
The Arts & Entertainment Editor can
be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu.
Arts & Entertainment
Man Battles Sea in Near-Perfect 'Storm'
By Justin Winters
Arts & Entertainment Editor
With a dazzling array of visual effects
that sufficiently mask the film’s few
problems, “The Perfect Storm,” the lat
est from director Wolfgang Petersen
(“Air Force One”), is a nail-biting film
that will make you think twice before
ever becoming a fisherman.
“Storm” is based on the true story
from Sebastian Junger’s fantastic book
about the rare set of weather events in
1991 that
spawned the
fiercest storm
in history in
the Northeast
Atlantic on an
October night.
Movie Review
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“Storm” takes place in Gloucester,
Massachusetts, a small town which
revolves around its swordfishing indus
try. Captained by Billy Tyne (George
Clooney of “Three Kings”), the boat
called the Andrea Gail, after a run of
small catches, finds itself in the middle
of a storm that tests every member on
the six-man crew in a fight for survival.
Petersen must have had some
extremely large cajones to take the task
of making a water-based film after the
notorious film-making problems of
“Titanic” and “Waterworld.” His efforts
pay off ten-fold as he ends up making a
rare type of true-story film. “Storm”
mirrors the events rather faithfully and
comes out being as thrilling as any fic
tional film in the theaters this year.
The visual effects that create the
powerful storm, which are seamless
rather than blatantly obvious, practical
ly take films like “Twister” out to lunch
in terms of believability. Petersen makes
the sea a main player in the film, giving
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The fishing boat Andrea Gail faces some rough seas caused by unusual forces of nature in the new drama
"The Perfect Storm." The movie is based on a true story and stars George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg.
it personality and a constantly changing
mood which gives the setting substance.
Clooney, with his gruff face and
macho sensibility, does admirably at
playing a fisherman who is on the brink
of being a failure in his craft. Mark
Wahlberg, who last worked with
Clooney in “Kings,” successfully nails
his native Boston accent but seems at
times to be too pretty to fish.
The only problem with the otherwise
near-perfect film is that screenwriter Bill
Witliff (“Legends of the Fall”) provides
a backstory of another troublesome
boat which could have been left out
completely. These extra fifteen minutes
would have made the film flow more
smoothly or provided more backstory
to the Andrea Gail members.
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final 90 minutes while giving you a
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