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Manufacturer: 5-star Express
Their remake of "Killing Me Softly" was the hit, but that's only the beginning of the story. A hip-hop trio whose talents reach out into the world of the pop song (Wyclef Jean is a fine guitar player, and Lauryn Hill's a heck of a singer), the Fugees are also all distinctive, inventive rappers--you find yourself waiting for each of them to take the next verse in turn. The beats are the familiar ...
Manufacturer: Ruffhouse
They call this ghetto bass or booty bass--a grimy fusion of electro, techno, and gangsta rap, straight from the deprived inner cities of America and its message is offensive, pornographic and unremittingly sexist. There's 38 tracks here, culled from over two years of releases on Detroit underground labels, and placed in a 70-minute mix. It might all sound a bit of a daunting prospect --but "Belle ...
Manufacturer: Mo Wax
Having successfully fused music and politics from their start, inspiring both moshing and young minds in the process, Rage Against the Machine emerge in peak form with merely their third album in seven years. Guitarist Tom Morello is one of the most distinctive and innovative players of his era, and his foil, vocalist/lyricist Zack De La Rocha, is as unrelenting and inspiring as ever on The ...
