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Entries tagged “Lost Treasures”

LOST TREASURES: Luscious Jackson

By Jim Shearer on 07/02/2008
Filed under: LOST TREASURES

Oh how the world needs a Luscious Jackson right now, an all-girl indie-minded group with eclectic tastes, roots in New York City punk-rock, and the ability to go from funky to gentle in two seconds flat. Luscious Jackson brought all that and more to the stage during their stellar fast-break run in the mid to late 90's. I'd like to think if they were around today they'd be winning fans over weekly on the summer festival circuit. (left to right: Jill Cunniff, Gabby Glaser, Kate Schellenbach, Vivian Trimble)... MORE »

LOST TREASURES: Alternate Rap Lyrics

By Jim Shearer on 04/11/2008
Filed under: LOST TREASURES

In this edition of Lost Treasures we wipe the cobwebs off an art-form that is rarely used in music these days--alternate lyrics in hip-hop. Today when an explicit-filled rap song is played on the television or radio (or even ring tone), the clean-version will usually sound something like this, "Yo, I was messin' wit that mutha [silence] [silence], she was suckin' my [silence] cause I'm mutha [silence] rich." Some songs have so many edits in them, it almost sounds like the emcee has a chronic case of the hiccups. If the original is minced to pieces, why even release... MORE »

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