August 25, 2004
DON'T GET TOO DEEP BECAUSE YOU MIGHT GET LOST
The new Prodigy album is as fruitfully back-to-core-strengths-and-punch-in-the-stomachy as the new Fatboy Slim album is pathetically drowning-not-waving-with-a-$15-dollar-margarita-out-of-a-bottley. There's a simultaneous release of a Prodigy remix album done by bootleg guys. Good work from Pop Razors and cry.on.my.console, but trading the crass force of the originals for mousey detail is the dictionary definition of "Holding Tool By Wrong End."
Also a bit hard to get excited about laptoppy bends and smears when you're listening to Woebotnik's Grime 04 CD. (Check the August 04 archive if you don't see the Grime 04 entry.) I'm sorry—if your job is putting out records, your FIRST JOB is putting out two or three Grime comps NOW, before the lame sex talk takes over. (Not as in "sex talk is lame," but as in "a wack version of something dancehall artists, especially women, do really well".) If your job is buying records, be careful, because things like this can happen. (Caution: Don't click that link unless you have time to spare. It takes a long time to load.)
Oh, and get this now.
Posted by Sasha at August 25, 2004 11:38 AM | TrackBack