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Niggy Tardust and The Cool Kids
November 21, 2007Two artists to put on your radar for the rest of the year:
1.) Saul Williams, who has his album "THE INEVITABLE RISE AND LIBERATION OF NIGGY TARDUST", on the internet for free.
Don't get offended too quickly people. I don't know if he's trying to make a statement out of the title, but it's clear he's a fan, of some sort, of David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" character.
It's produced by Trent Reznor, yes that Reznor - the leading cog in the Nine Inch Nails wheel. It's progressive hip-hop, but a pleasant surprise right out the gate is his U2 cover of "Sunday Bloody Sunday."
I find it interesting that U2 just released their 20th anniversary edition of "The Joshua Tree," just in time to coincide with Saul Williams' cover?.. Odd huh?...
It's an amazing sound. You don't know if someone's playing the drums or laying into a drum machine. I highly recommend it. You can go to his album and elect to "support" the artist, with a optional $5 payment, or you can just get it for free. I recommend paying -- it's that good.
2.) The Cool Kids.
I saw them in my recent Rolling Stone magazine and almost instantly fell in love with the two guys from Illinois.
Check out their Myspace page and listen to either "88" which has a Nas-ripped hook, or check out "Black Mags." "Black Mags" is a non-skateboarding approached to Lupe Fiasco's "Kick, Push."
I end by saying that the new Mike Jones, if you can actually call it an album, is a better coaster than it is an album. I've heard the Eazy-E sampled "My 64" before, and that song is the only thing new he has to offered.
The album comes with some type of DVD, but I wouldn't buy it if Mike Jones personally asked me to do so.
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