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2003*$ shining star, 50 Cent
has ushered in a slew of new
artists and given them the potential to drop debut classics.
The Game is the latest G Unit
member and he's determined to
enhance his own legacy with
"The Documentary "
His autobiographical style is
complimented well by Kanye
West's signature soul-sampling
formula on "Dream." He talks
about the dreams of deceased
Mack icons, like Huey Newton,
B Y SHEENA FURNACE
life editor
To criticize Ani Drfranco is like
criticizing The Beatles, if they
were folky bisexual feminists
with dreadlocks. Its just sacrilegious.
Difranco *s most recent release,
"Knuckle Down", is not a bad
album. There's the same fast?
paced, tough acoustic guitar, folk
musk mat tans have come to
expect
Diftanco is a slam poet with
musk in the background. This
woman changes tempos and scats
with her voice and her guitar like
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associate life editor
Unwritten Law has put out a
good effort with their fourth fullWngth album. The C D s first single; "Save
Mc," sounds like a testimonial
from lead singer Scott Russo,
with the lyrics, "I had a relapse;
I'm bad at rehabs. it ruins
everything. So point your finger
at the singer, he's in the
pharmacy"
While the first single is good,
the singles off of their 2002
release, "SeehV Red" and "Up afl
Night," were a little better.
Martin Luther King Jr. and RAB
stars, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez and
Aaliyah.
His name. The Game, embodies his knack to overkill his influences, rk quotes everybody nxxn
Big L to Nas. and hip-hop's
purists might hate that But his
pure emotion shines on "Hate It
Or Love IC; "Whenever I'm in
the booth and 1 get exhausted/1
think what if Mark Baker got
that abortion? 1 love you room."
The influences do get really
over-bearing though. By the 16th
2Pac reference you might want to
quit The Game altogether.
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in a
it's her job.
Personally, I miss the varied
tempos and occasional upbeat
tunes from "Lhtle Plastic Castle"
and "Dilate ~ The past few
albums feel like a cloudy day in
Buffalo.
The only difference on this
album is Difranco's collaborations, including co-producing
with musician Joe Henry. A few
songs to pay attention to are jazzy BY C ASSY RYAN VOCK
"Manhole" and "Seeing Eye
staff writer
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My favorite is the last on the
The "Cassell Dictionary of
album, "Recoil." It's an honest
and personal account of her Superstitions" explains that many
long-standing superstitions have
father, hope and perseverance.
surrounded me subject of babies,
reflecting parents^ natural concerns for their offspring. Thus,
horror and thriller movies seem
to gravitate toward theme)
Other songs on the new album involving children. Films as early
that stand out are "Lost Control" as The Exorcist embodied this
and "She Says."
characteristicUnwritten Law got some help
Recently, however, desperate
from No Doubt's Adrian Young, horror flicks have chmg to it like
who played drums on oyer half of fbes on dung. Now. the notion is
the songs on the album.
almost cliche Terrifying experiThe last song on the CDy ences can happen, to anyone, and
"Wahus," had a different style should be inorerandomly CBStruV
from the rest but was still pretty uted with respect to writing for
good. Most of the other songs on the screen- Yet.a child has been
the album are a tittle faster and chosen for the focus of yet anothmake the listener want to "get up er lackluster thriller - "Hide and
and go."
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For these who like fast-paced
As do most Hollywood bumpunt pop music, the new album bles, tms attempt by director John
from Unwritten Law is worth a Poison serves a salad of stars
listen
wim nothing better to do than sell
themselves into a mess. David
Callaway (Robrt DeNtro), should
be ashamed of hpmself for acting
in such a stinker. No viewer could
possibly be ready for the ugly
display he puts on late in the film.
Dakota Fanning, cast as his
atk
'Hide and Seek' delivers cliche performance
(Name: Anfa Brand
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daughter Emily, is indeed a talented young actress, but her aura
will inevitably lead her to the
same rok repeatedly. That is
unless her parents are wise mis
seemingly unending film has perverse, twisted undertones of sexual abuse strewn throughout and
that is just one of the typical, stupid characteristics writer An
Schkjssbcrg, has dreamed up.
After witnessing what appears
to be her mother's sukide. little.
Emily is relocated to upstate New
York. But. of course, trouble
starts quick as she fabricates a
friend. Charlie, who is helping
her cope with the trauma David
struggles desperately with her
agitating misbehavior.
Creepy neighbors lead theviewer to wonder about some
bizarre sexual abuse twist but
that is just part of the obstacle
course they encounter here.
Apparently, mis was meant to
help enforce spook mess later.
This faik miserably, however.
Simply too much is going on
under the surface.
Through the entire firm the
conscientious viewer wonders
why Emily is distraught over the
sukide o f her mother De Niro's
character seems to be just fine
This is a blatant foreshadow to
with him about exiled wnters
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There's just too aaany All of the
experiences Fve had and peopk
I've met are aH so important.
5 ) Win* wan the teat Imfc yam
Cue the attractive, well-known
faces from Hollywood: Elizabeth
Shoe and Famke Janssen. David
immediately begins a relationship
with Shue. cast oddly enough as
Elizabeth. Janssen plays a child
psychologist Katherine, who
remains in contact with the
Callaways after they move.
Mail
Trying to figure out why the filmmakers crafted a story so boring
and uneventful is far scarier than
-the
the movie itself
The unbelievable turn taken
toward the end of the movie
reveals how Jink thought and
The
time went into it When it finally
happens, the viewers have no reason to care, to the same manner
as "Mystic River", the story
unfolds to the viewer by way of
increasingly detailed flashbacks.
This concept is corny? The elite of
Hollywood must senouslv think
that the American audience is
ignorant - why else would they
slap them in the face, nppmg
them off? Why do directors and 1
wnters in Hollywood feel it necessary to produce tacky honor -My
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Certainly there is a market for
tembry bad thrillers, but this film
is perhaps too cheesy, thanks to
De Niro. for anyone to possibfy
enjoy.
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