OutKast, Jay-Z: Ngubani utata wakho?

Inye into onokuyithetha malunga nehip-hop kwezi ntsuku kukuba izele ziindlovukazi zemidlalo yeqonga.

Ayisiyiyo nje ukuba u-Jay-Z (u-Shawn Carter) uphikise u-Swizz Beatz-umculo ovelisiweyo ovela kwimveliso ye-Broadway ka-Annie no-Oliver, kukuba uthathe indlela ye-Biggie Smalls yokugcwala iinyembezi, u-mama-unqula u-thuggery ukuzibaxa izinto.

Thatha apho ubuye khona, umkhondo wokuvala wentsha, i-Dynasty Roc La Familia (2000-) (Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam), apho uJay-Z etyhola utata wakhe ongekhoyo kubomi bobugebenga umse encotsheni. Ukubanjwa emqaleni ka-Jay-Z njengoko ebiza utata wakhe nge-pussy ngokuqinisekileyo yiJolsonesque kwi-bathos yayo-kwaye liphambi kwelizwi lakhe ukufumana zonke iinyembezi kunye nekwayara yabantwana inyathela kwi-chorus. Isiqingatha esinye silindele isampulu eqhutywa yi-banjo yoMlambo i-Old Man ngokuphela komkhondo.

Intiyo kaJay-Z kuyise ngumxholo ophindaphindiweyo kule albhamu-Andikucaphuki, Utata / Holler kwinkwenkwe yakho utsiba kwiZitalato Uyathetha- kodwa iza isongelwe ngohlobo lwe-melodrama efumaneka ngokufuthi Intambo yenethiwekhi yoBomi bonke.

Kwaye kusebenza kakhulu. I-Dynasty yingqokelela eqinileyo uninzi lwayo olungenamagama abavelisi, enendawo eninzi enikwe istokhwe sikaRay-Z sikaJay-Z (ubukhulu becala uBeanie Sigel kunye noMemphis Bleek; uJa Rule akekho, njengomvelisi uSwizz Beatz). Xa kufikwa kumculo, uJay-Z unikezele ngemigqomo kwiiRekhodi zoLwazi ngeenyawo ukuze iingoma zigcwaliswe ngepiyano elula, imarimba kunye neengoma zeglockenspiel ezikhumbuza uSlick Rick (oyena mlandeli wakhe mkhulu, uSnoop Dogg, ubonakala kwi-Get Your Mind Right Mami).

NjengoSnoop Dogg, iimvumi zeRoc-A-Fella zenza isandi esivakala ngokungangxamanga kwisithuba se-post-Wu Tang.

Kodwa sisantya esivumelana nomyalezo. UJay-Z uveza imeko yezoqoqosho ethi izahlulo zibe ntathu iiHoward Hawks ziye kwelinye icandelo likaThomas Frank: Ungumntu ophithizelayo kuba akanandlela yimbi. Ufumana ukuba simsizele ngenxa yobutyebi bakhe-kwaye ukuba oko akuyiyo inkcazo yodumo, andazi ukuba yintoni.

Ngelixa uJay-Z ehambisa iintlungu zakhe ze-Oedipal, abanye abathengisi be-monster abathengisa i-OutKast babesongela ukhokho wabo kwi-sloppy bear hug. Kwimeko yabo, u-Daddio u-beatnik ongapheliyo uGeorge Clinton, ogama lakhe lingu-P-Funk, zombini kunye nefilosofi, kwi-Stankonia (LaFace / Arista) ngendlela esingazange siyibone kuba wonke umntu wenza i-Humpty Dance. Njengo Mnu.Clinton, i-OutKast-rappers iBig Boi kunye ne-Dré, ngoku eyaziwa njenge-Andre 3000-indlela ye-funk ngakumbi njengengqondo yesayensi-yeentsomi yesini-umphefumlo womphefumlo kunohlobo lomculo (ingoma yesihloko ithatha oku ngokoqobo, ibuza ukuba Luthini uthando Njenge?). I-albhamu yabo yangaphambili, i-Aquemini, yayidunyiswa ngokubanzi njengayo nayiphi na i-hip-hop ekhutshiweyo kwisiqingatha sokugqibela se-90's kodwa, ukunyaniseka, kwakungalunganga kakhulu. Nangona inokuba ndim ndedwa umgxeki ocinga njalo, iqela elincomekayo lemveliso yoLungelelaniso lweNoize sisiqhu seeklutzes ezinesingqi. Kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ubuqhetseba obunobunzima baphathwa ziingxaki zokuhamba kunye ne-gangsta-ngokuchasene-nomshumayeli owayefana no hammy njengo Kid 'n' Play's isenzo.

Kodwa iStankonia bubugcisa obuncinci bokulinganisa, nangona izama nzima kakhulu ukuhlutha iwigi yothusayo katata. NgeNoize eQuquzelelweyo ubukhulu becala igxothiwe yaza yathatyathelw 'indawo yimveliso yokuzenzela, kunye nokudlwengula okuphuculweyo, i-OutKast idlala iFunkadelic kwiPalamente yangaphantsi yedijithali. Bawenze ngenene umsebenzi wabo wesikolo, nabo, belingisa yonke into ehlekisayo evela kuMnumzana uClinton (Toilet Tisha), ezopolitiko eziqhubela phambili (Ibhombu ngaphezulu kweBaghdad) kunye nokuthetha ngesondo (Ndiza kubiza ngaphambi kokuba ndize) kumalungiselelo akhe antsonkothileyo, ukuguqulana okungaphelanga Kwaye nokusebenzisa ii-synths ezingama-70, ikatala yeHendrix kunye neebhokisi zesingqisho.

Kukuzinikela ebukhobokeni okuthintela i-albhamu ekuphefumlweni ngokunzulu, kodwa ikwagxininisa iminqweno yeqela ebelibonakalisile ngaphambili kwi-utopian-iminqweno engekho ngaphantsi kukaFreudian kunentiyo kaJay-Z. Abayibizi ngokuba nguMama ngelize.

-D. UStrauss

UManson ukhutshiwe

UMarilyn Manson akayomvumi kangako njengestylist. Ufumana isiginci sakhe kunye nemigqomo ukuba ivakala ngathi zizoyikeka kwaye zinezixhobo ezithandekayo, kodwa ukucula kwakhe konke kukukhonkotha kungabikho kuluma. Ekugqibeleni, uyadikwa yiyo yonke into ukuze abeke emngciphekweni uhlobo lwentsebenzo olunokushiya umbono ongapheliyo.

Kodwa ulutsha olongeze iihormoni belusoloko luthanda ezo ntlobo zeembali zembali, kwaye beziphumile nge-14 kaNovemba ngo-toast to albham entsha kaMnu Manson, Holy Wood, eSaci kufutshane neTimes Square.

Bekukho amarhe okuba inkwenkwezi yomntu ojamelene ne-ghoul izakudlala iseti yakhe ye-acoustic yokuqala, intshukumo eyaqhubela uKurt Cobain kwisikhundla sokuba ngumculi we-rock ngo-1994. Kodwa uMnu Manson wavula ngohlobo olu-plug-in lweplodding. U-GodEatGod, ingoma yokuqala kaWood Wood. Kwakukho i-droning bass ngoncedo luka-Twiggy Ramirez, kunye nohlobo lwe-twangy guitar figure esasazeke macala onke, kodwa yonke loo nto yayithe tyaba. Amagama ale ngoma ayenzima ukukhupha ubuso obuchanekileyo, obunokuchaza isidingo sikaMnu Manson sokwenza izinto ezininzi kangaka. Uhlobo oluthile lokuxubusha iinxalenye zemibongo, njengoThixo othandekayo, isibhakabhaka sakho siluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka njengesilonda sokudubula / Thixo othandekayo, ukuba ubusaphila uyazi ukuba siza kukubulala, undishiye ndicinga, Thixo othandekayo, into endiyenzileyo ngekhe ndinike i-pyrotechnics ukuba isuse ingqondo yam kula mazwi.

Emva koko yayiye kwingoma kaMnu Manson eyintandokazi kaJohn Lennon, Iqela lokuSebenza leQela, ekuphela kwenani le-acoustic lobusuku, njengoko kwavela. Le yingoma emnandi-ebuhlungu kwaye inyanisekileyo, kwaye uMnu Manson ufanelwe kukunconywa ngenxa yokuyithanda, ucinga ukuba ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo kuyaphazamisa amaxabiso ephiko lasekunene ekuthiwa ulithanda kangaka. Kwaye kwakhona, usenokuba wayehlekisa.

Kwimeko nayiphi na into, wayengenakugubungela ingoma ngokuqinisekileyo. Ubhinqile. Watsho. Uye wamithisa. Kwaye xa wayesebenza nyani, wongeza igama elithi fucking. Uhlwempu uJohn Lennon.

Xa egqibile, Mnu. Manson wathi, Le ngoma ilandelayo iyadandathekisa kwaye iyacaphukisa kunayo nantoni na ebendinokuyibhala. Ngoku kukudumisa okuphezulu. Kodwa inani kwafumaniseka ukuba ukuzibulala akunantlungu, nguJohnny Mandel-umxholo ku-M * A * S * H. Njengokuba uMnu Manson ekhazimla ngokungacacanga, imifanekiso yeRadar etsalwa yahlulwa, teddy bear ngesandla, yeza engqondweni. Kodwa loo nto ibingahlekisa kakhulu kuMnu Manson, owayeyicula njengenye yezo zenzo zokuphumla zaseJapan ezikhumbula amazwi kwiingoma zaseMelika kodwa zingawaqondi.

Umnumzana Manson uphele ngenye yeengoma ezikhutshiwe kwi-Holy Wood, Bala ukuya ku-Six kunye no-Die. Kwakuyindawo ephakamileyo yomboniso, ngokwenene. Ekugqibeleni wabonisa ukuzibamba ngelixa egalela uncuthu lwengoma ngaphezulu kwesigingci samathambo. Akukho nto intle-akukho magubu, nkqu. Ngumculo kaSathana nje uMnu Manson ocula ngokungafaniyo.

Kwaye kwakuphelele apho. Iingoma ezine, akukho encores kwaye uMnu Manson wayengekho esela kwigumbi labucala. Endleleni yokuphuma, inkwenkwana yaseGoth yayinomsindo. Olunjani lona uqhekeko! uthe. Iingoma ezine? Ndilinde emgceni iiyure ezisibhozo izolo ukungena kulo mboniso! Ngoku wayevuya ngantoni? Ndafumana amagama athi 'IQela lokuSebenza elisebenzayo,' watsho, ephakamisa iphepha likaMnu Manson lokukopela. Igama elithi fucking alizange lifumaneke ndawo.

-Ian Blecher

Uthintelo lukaPryor

Kuluhlu lwe-HBO, uChris Rock usandula ukubiza umboniso wekhonsathi emnyama kunye nabahlekisi iKings of Comedy ngento ebizwa ngokuba ziiNtloko zeKomidi. Kuyo, ukulandelelana kwamagorha amaMelika aseMelika enza i-schtick kubaphulaphuli beklabhu yasebusuku, nganye iphela nge-punch line-efanayo, kwaye ke oomama beba umhlaba wethu! Inqaku lakhe lalibonakala ngathi umsindo omnyama unokujika ujonge nje njengayo nayiphi na enye indlela yokuma.

UMnu Rock uphakathi kweebhola ezinkulu ezimnyama ezimbalwa ezaneleyo ukuba zijolise ekuxeleni inyani koontanga bakhe. Yeyona nto ikufutshane esinayo kwezi ntsuku kuRichard Pryor-kodwa akakho kufutshane. Umnumzana Pryor wayilahla ngokulinganayo kumadoda, abafazi, abamhlophe, abamnyama, abashumayeli, ii-junkies, izilwanyana kunye, ikakhulu, yena. Kwaye walungisa icala elimnyama ukuba bambalwa abanobuganga bokuza. Njengoko uMorgan Freeman ebeka kwincwadana yakhe ubungqina, ephulaphule uMnu Pryor, Uyahleka ude ulile, kwaye ekugqibeleni uyalila nje.

Enesifo sokuqina kwamathambo, uMnu. Pryor khange akwazi ukwenza iminyaka elishumi, kodwa isithunzi sakhe sisabonakala sisikhulu, ngenxa yezizathu ezingacacanga ekumameleni umsebenzi wakhe omtsha wee-CD ezisithoba,… Kwaye Kunzulu! Abazalwana abaQhelekileyo beWarner Recordings ngo-1968-1992 (iWarner Archives / Rhino). Isiqingatha sobungqondi buka Mnu. Pryor sasisemzimbeni wakhe: umzimba wakhe omzimba, ubuso bakhe obuvakalayo, ukukwazi kwakhe ukwenza nantoni na-nokuba yinjini yemoto. Abaququzeleli bebhokisi, uReggie Collins noSteve Pokorny, bayaxolisa kwinqaku labo lokuqala: Ezi rekhodi zixela isiqingatha sebali. Njengoko iifilimu zekonsathi yakhe zingqina, uRichard wayengomnye wabahlekisi ababonakalayo abakhe balithanda iqonga.

Ezine kwezi diski zisithoba zizandi ezivakalayo ezivela kwezi bhanyabhanya zekonsathi zicela umbuzo okhule kakhulu ukusukela oko kwafika intambo yeTV: Iyintoni injongo yealbham ehlekisayo kule mihla nakweli xesha?

Kwiintsuku ezingaphambi kwe-HBO kunye neComedy Central, ii-albhamu yayiyeyona ndlela yokusasaza iklabhu yasebusuku kubaphulaphuli ababanzi. Izenzo ezithile ezinje ngeCheech kunye neChong kunye neFireign Theatre-bazisebenzisa njengefom yobugcisa eyahlukileyo kwizinto ezinje ngonomathotholo ezingenakwenziwa bukhoma.

Umnumzana Pryor, owaqala ukuba sistadisi njengoBill -by-tie-tie-clad Bill Cosby wannabe, iirekhodi yayiyindlela yokusasaza ubuqhophololo, izinto zobuqu angenakuzenza kwi-TV yesizwe: ukuphononongwa kwexesha lakhe elidlulileyo elinengxaki ( ukukhula kwi-brothel yasePeoria) kwaye ngoku (iziyobisi, amadabi asezinkundleni, abafazi abaninzi). Kodwa ixesha limnike ukudumba okuncinci, ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yokuba amagama ngokwawo-ngakumbi kwiimpawu zabalinganiswa abanjengoMudbone, i-wino yakhe yakudala-ayonelanga. Kunzima ukuba nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wesizukulwana sanamhlanje esibonakalisiweyo, esine-rap esime sihleli ukuze sizonwabise.

Ngokuqinisekileyo uMnu. Pryor kufanelekile ukuba awugcine umsebenzi wakhe, kwaye ibhokisi ibonakalisa ukuvela kokuqala koninzi lwezi zinto zikwiCD. Kukho amaxesha amangalisayo, nawo, ngaphandle kokubonakalayo. Kodwa le seti ibinokuba ngaphezulu kakhulu kunokuba injalo, ngakumbi xa kuthathelwa ingqalelo irekhodi elinamandla lomkhombe njengendawo yokugcina izinto zakudala.

Kufuneka kubekho isizathu esisemthethweni sokuba… Kwaye sinzulu kakhulu! uqokelela kuphela uWarner Brothers orekhodayo; oku kuthetha ukuba, phakathi kwabanye, icwecwe lakhe leklasikhi iCraps (Emva kweeyure) -ngoku ifumaneka ngoku kwi-CD evela kwi-PGD / Polygram-ayikho apha. Inye kuphela idiski yento ebingasetyenziswanga ngaphambili, ubukhulu becala engancumisiyo ikhutshwe kunye ukusukela kwiminyaka yama-70 kunye nasekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-80, kunye nesiqhelo sikaOkthobha ka-1992 malunga nokuhlala nesifo sokuqinelwa yimithambo apho uMnumzana uPryor ancitshiswa ngokulusizi ngokuhlekisa ngokungalawuleki kwakhe.

Ndingathanda ukukhetha iMyuziyam yokwenyani yeTelevishini kunye neRadiyo: ukuqala kwangoko kuka-Ed Sullivan, umzobo woMgqibelo woMgqibelo woMdibaniso wamagama noChevy Chase, kunye nayo nayiphi na into enokuthi isebenze njengeengoma zomsindo ezivela kuthotho lweTV lukaPryor, iingcali kunye nokusebenza noLily Tomlin .

Ukupakisha, nako, kushiya into enqwenelekayo. Kukho ikhadibhodi esongwayo yokugoba ebamba ibhokisi enemikhono emincinci engaphefumlelwanga. Le ncwadana ijongeka iyilwe ngabasebenzi bencwadi yesikolo esiphakamileyo; ubungqina obuvela kubantu abadumileyo (kunye nowayesakuba ngumfazi kunye nomphathi wangoku, uJennifer Lee) bahlala bezenzela; kwaye ixesha elifanelekileyo lingena ngakumbi ngobomi buka Mnu Pryor kunomsebenzi wakhe. Kuyakhathaza ukufunda ukuba kumdlalo kaMike Douglas ngo-1974, kwabakho ingxoxo enomsindo phakathi komhlekisi oselula noMilton Berle bengakhange bafunde ukuba yintoni. (Okanye kungcono, ukukuva.)

Kwidiski yezinto ezintsha, uMnu. Pryor ucinga ukuba akafuni ukuya ezulwini kunye neebhiliyoni ezisibhozo zoomama abaqhuba iihadi, ngelixa wonke umntu esihogweni emamele uMiles [Davis] kunye nekit. Naphi na apho aphelela khona, ubukrelekrele bakhe obunye buye bamzisela ukungafi apha emhlabeni.

-UDavid Handelman