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Notorious – Music Inspired By The Motion Picture Review
IGN CA
f course one could have done quite a bit better as well. As is too often the case with popular music infused soundtracks this one is filled with a mixture of songs supposedly “inspired” by the film (though inspired is a rather amorphous term considering that more than half of the songs included here were actually inspirations for the film not the other way around). Not surprisingly a large chunk of this release is taken up by previously released tracks included here to showcase Biggie’s talent at specific times and places throughout his career. The chunk of the album that hardcore fans will most be interested in however are the tracks that are “new” and in many cases previously unreleased. Biggie’s sophomore effort Life After Death gets top billing as the first two tracks “Notorious Thugs” and “Hypnotize” are culled from it. “Notorious” from Born Again makes an appearance as does “Juicy” from Ready To Die but it’s the appearance of “Party and Bullsh!t” from the long out-of-print Who’s The Man? soundtrack that will resonate the most with the historically minded.
Pop & Jazz
Los Angeles Times CA
Animal Collective A semiannual rite of passage for the cool kid bloggerati is seeing how progressively more foamy-’round-the-mouth they can get in anticipation of every new Animal Collective album. The band’s psychotropic loops caveman percussion and baby-coo vocals will either lull you into blissful somnambulance or make you want to stab somebody but if you make it inside the doors here you know you’ve arrived as a Hype Machine reader. Music Box @ Fonda 6126 Hollywood Blvd.
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Critics’ picks – pop music
Boston Globe United States
That way when you find out she’s only 20 you’ll be properly surprised by how literate and fully formed she already sounds. The Texas native studies at Berklee College of Music and she’s part of the school’s student convocation free and open to the public.