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ADVISORY

CEPLICHT CONTENT

= INFAMY

starninc: HAVOC AND PRODIGY

Telefuzz

Sleep

2002 Nettwerk/Upstairs
Recordings

Telefuzz is the brainchild of
Don Verbrilli, a strange char-
acter who apparently disap-
peared into the rainforests
sometime in the sixties. While
he was there,. he was
allegedly searching for snake
venom and butterfly wings,
which kept him young and
helped him to gain wisdom.
When he returned to civiliza-
tion in the late nineties, he
“had miraculously grown
younger, and had come back
to impart he wisdom he had

Fieldy’s Dreams
Fieldy’s Dreams

2002 Sony Music Canada

The: still-born brainchild of
Korn’s bass guitarist Fieldy,
this sampler of his forthcom-
ing solo-effort screams its
message out loud and clear,
“Fieldy should stick to what
he knows best, and whatever
that is, it sure as hell ain’t rap-
ping’. Among many other
hip-hop sacrileges, __ this
album boasts, incredibly
infantile lyrics, boring hooks
and simplistic beats repeated
ad nauseum and some of the
most lackluster lyrical flows to
this date. The only true shin-

The Infamous Mobb Deep
Infamy

2002 Sony Music Canada

Often touted for being one
of the most lyrically adept
and hard-hitting hip-hop
groups around, Mobb Deep
has become well renowned
within many circles for their
own brand of dark and
insightful street poetry. This
highly respected reputation
has been developed by the
Mobb through their lyrical
content, a means which is
more and more often ignored
in the modern music industry.
Through their lyrics Mobb
Deep paints cold and unglori-

gained through the medium
of music”. Uh, yeah, right.
Sleep is the first solo album
to be released by Telefuzz to
date. It is a nice ambient
record, with slow beats and
plenty of mellow, trance-like
melodies. However, Verbrilli’s
smooth harmonies are occa-
sionally interrupted by some
meaningless and annoying
vocal sample that the album
would be better off without.
The nice mellow mood the
album invokes would be shat-
tered by these interruptions,
and the flow of the music
takes a little while to get back
on course. There are some
decent tracks on the album

ing moment of listening to
this sampler was hearing
Fieldy unintentionally sound-
ing like Slim Shady getting a
root canal (I like to laugh).

In conclusion, this reviewer
feels that you could buy the
full length version when it hits
the stores, if you really want-
ed to, or you could go down
to the local Pharmasave and
ingest a pound of laxatives.
Either way you'll end up with
a pile of shit. Can’t possibly
say enough bad about it.

-Ken

fied pictures of the street life
of the now famous 41st side
of Queens Bridge New York.
Unlike many other so-called
street rappers, Mobb Deep
traditionally avoids speaking
in typical braggadocio terms
and acts more as objective
participants thereby giving
their songs the feel of a Mario
Puzo (Writer of the
Godfather) novel.

Infamy represents the fifth
installment into the Mobb
Deep legacy (excluding
Prodigy’s critically acclaimed
H.N.I.C.) and it is most defi-
nitely worth a listen. For this
album Mobb Deep has cho-
sen to exchange their tradi-

such as Hindenburg and
Dream of the Dendreons.
Unfortunately the music
tends to blend into itself so as
to make the middle part of the
CD indistinguishable from
itself, except for the occa-
sional interruption of some-
one talking about some guy
named Joe who had pictures
in a funny little book. If you
don’t mind the occasional
brain fart in your music, then
these little flights won’t bother
you, but | think I'll wait until
Telefuzz learns the wisdom of
leaving them out.
-Dana

tional head-nodding serial
beats for the ass-moving
beats of Loud producer
Jonathan “Lighty” Williams.
Unfortunately, with this heavy
duty production of bustin’ shit
open beats, the lyrical con-
tent has been lowered some-
what by its usual amount for
a Mobb Deep album, but of
the lyrics present...
STRAIGHT GUTTER! (that
means | like it!)
-Ken