Came across this John Leland review while perusing the Google Books Spin archive, cause Vibe is too high brow and The Source ain't digitized. His argument that "Go See The Doctor" is anti-woman and anti-sex is palatable; his quibble with the anti-crack message of "Monster Crack" is harder to comprehend. As far as matters of the glass pipe were concerned, it seems that Leland was an early advocate of the avant-garde need not be moral bromide.
Did he want something more crack positive? "Scenario" is the closest such item coming to mind, its endorsement of crack falling second or third in order of problematic content. "PSK" rips are always welcome. Good on the Beasties for bringing rap and hardcore as close as providence would allow without damning them to an eternity of manning the La Coka Nostra merch table. With that said, here is a photo of Adam Yauch and Harley Flanagan.
Passed me off back in the day when I copped the Pump Up The Volume OST and Scenario wasn't on there.
ReplyDeletePisces me off even more now since Christian Slater plays a CDQ version of it in the movie but the only version that's ever been released is an unmastered demo.
S/O to Samantha Mathis' stripey tights.
HARDEST SONG THE BEASTIES EVER MADE
ReplyDeleteThat movie has been on my list for over 10 years and I still ain't seen it :(
ReplyDeletejuvenile + master p rolling stone review in 2000 is equally ridiculous: http://web.archive.org/web/20090210095254/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/119304/review/6068164/tha_gcode
ReplyDeletetbf neither of these records were the artist's best work but that new york bias is still the theme here
"choruses sound sloppy, almost painfully country" vs "east coast sophistication"
Ugh. Wouldn't expect anything less from Rob Sheffield.
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