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N.A.S.A. – The Spirit of Apollo

February 18th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Album reviews

The sprawling, star-studded music collaboration known as N.A.S.A. is likely to fall somewhat short of the inevitable Gorillaz comparisons and your expectations when you see the list of guest stars (featuring the likes of David Byrne, Chuck D, Method Man, Karen O, Tom Waits, Kanye West, Santogold, M.I.A., George Clinton, and Ghostface Killah, to name a few), but it functions very well as a big, feel-good hip-hop album that runs a gamut of sounds and topics as diverse as its cast of creators. More »

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The Lonely Island – Incredibad

February 11th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Album reviews

Most of The Lonely Island’s viral hits from Saturday Night Live, sans videos and already well-entrenched in popular culture, fall somewhat flat on Incredibad, but their newer numbers will certainly guarantee some laughs (“Boombox”, “Ras Trent”, “Incredibad”) and their talent for satirizing the sound and posturing of modern pop music is undeniable.

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