Review: Wu-Tang Clan drops hip-hop excellence
When the Wu-Tang Clan fire on all cylinders, they simply operate on a different level from everyone else in hip-hop.
It’s on display throughout “The 8 Diagrams” (Loud/SRC) - the hip-hop conglomerate’s first album since 2001’s “Iron Flag,” as well as its first since the death of Ol’ Dirty Bastard in 2004 - in the moments when RZA’s dense, meticulously crafted beats get surrounded by the dark, gritty rhymes of the rest of the Clan.
The centerpiece is the epic “The Heart Gently Weeps,” based on a sample from George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” which is augmented by guitarwork from Harrison’s son, Dhani, and Red Hot Chili Pepper John Frusciante. Over the fuzzy-dream riffs and between pretty, female-driven hooks sung by Erykah Badu, Raekwon and Ghostface take turns telling a terrible tale of how staying in on a snowy night to watch “Raisin in the Sun” devolves into a murderous rampage and how revenge shootings play out in a Pathmark. It drives home the theme of darkness lurking around every corner, a feeling echoed in “Life Changes,” a touching tribute to Ol’ Dirty Bastard, built around the haunting soul hook, “I go through life pretending that time will change the ending.”
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Paris Hilton Is Looking for ‘A Nice Boy’
Paris Hilton is looking for a boyfriend and knows exactly what qualities Mr. Right should possess.
“Right now I’m single but I am looking for a nice boy,” she told reporters in Berlin on Wednesday. “He should be funny, smart and loyal.”
The celebrity heiress, author, singer, perfume designer and reality TV star was in the German capital to take part in an advertising campaign for Rich Prosecco — a sparkling wine that is to be sold in cans.
Hilton said she was planning to visit one of Berlin’s Christmas markets, the city’s famous museums and had already been partying at Berlin’s trendy Cookies club.
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Pop Tarts: Keira Knightley Can’t Keep Her Clothes On
LOS ANGELES — Keira Knightley may be a member of the young, star-studded generation, but the “Atonement” actress is pretty confident that no nude snaps, sex scandals or deep, dark secrets are hidden in her (we suspect very designer) closet.
“I don’t have anything to be worried about,” the 22-year-old screen siren told us while promoting the new period piece. “I’m certainly not perfect, but there is nothing I’m too worried about, I don’t think.”
But that doesn’t mean she doesn’t question what kind of trouble she could have gotten into had she been raised in Tinseltown instead of Teddington, London.
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Britney Spears No-Show at Deposition in Custody Battle
Britney Spears was a no-show Wednesday morning at a scheduled deposition in her ongoing child custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline.
A throng of news media and paparazzi were waiting for the pop star to show up at 10 a.m. Wednesday at attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan’s office.
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