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1. Emergency & I
Imagine Talking Heads, Prince, and Fugazi forming a musical think-tank in order to make a sassy, astoundingly literate, infinitely danceable masterwork.
2. “Heartbreaker” 12-inch remix
I hate Mariah Carey, but this song could be 12 minutes long, and it still wouldn’t be enough.
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3. Eternalz
4. Mission: Control!
I really believe this may be some of J. Robbins’ best work ever. A classy infatuation with a tuneful pummel.
5. Starters & Alternators
The Ex, Europe’s answer to Fugazi, ditches the Beefheart art and delivers some walloping punk and political punches.
6. Sean Na Na covering R. Kelly’s “When a Woman’s Fed Up” live
Sean Na Na is rumored to be mutating into a full-time slow-jam R&B-style outfit, Har Mar Superstar. Sean Tillman, ex of Calvin Krime, is Jermaine Jackson trapped in a white indie-rock kid’s body.
7. “Back That Azz Up”
This makes me wish my little Corolla was filled with cash-money models and had ground effects.
8. Things Fall Apart
The Roots made the most emo record of the year. Lyrically, production wise, it’s a fuck-you to what rap has become, and gives the ultimate dis by showing what hip-hop can be.
9. Vaya
The Bad Brains of tomorrow is the At The Drive In of today.
10. Guilty Party
I grabbed this because it was the ugliest record cover I had ever seen. Turns out five kids make a mess somewhere between Pere Ubu and Massive Attack. Expect future genius.
The Dismemberment Plan
DeSoto Records
Mariah Carey featuring Da Brat & Missy Elliott
Sony Records
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Eternalz
Touch and Go Records
Burning Airlines
DeSoto Records
The Ex
Touch and Go
Juvenille
Uptown/Universal Records
The Roots
MCA Records
At The Drive In
Fearless Records
Out Hud
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