February 26, 2001

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DIFFUSER

injury loves melody
Hollywood

injuryovesmelody

These guy’s are out of
NYC, and started life as
“Flu. Thirteen” in ‘94,

releasing two indie label

MEMPHIS BLEEK

The Understanding
ROC-A-FELLA-RECORDS

Praising

records in ‘96, and one in
‘98 titled “In the Foul Key
of V” .You can hear their
latest single “Karma” on
the Ml2 soundtrack as well
as your local radio station.
During the last six years
they have done extensive
touring, and, “if injury
loves melody is any indi-
cation (states their web
site @
hollywoodrec.com)”, their
time spent on the road
was “six years well spent”.
You could of fooled me!

Honestly, these guy’s

Hustlin’ bitches, ridin’ low,

and smokin’ trees. Yeah
that’s what this album is
all about. Be it V’s, dope,
guns, or whatever your
vice, Memphis, Jay-z and
the rest of the Dynasty are
ready and waiting with
thick bricks and pockets
full of sticky.

sound to me like a bad
Blink 182 rip-off, complete
with cheesy lyrics about
high school love gone
sour, and without any
catchy hooks to spare. It’s
like these guys sing about
stuff just because it’s
there to sing about, not
because they have some-
thing to say, and if they
do, | didn’t catch it. That’s
probably because | could-
n’t stay interested from
one song to the next.
Listening to this album is
like reading a text book,

For those of you who fol-
low the scene, you might
want to check this out if
you haven’t already, but if
you’re looking for some-
thing a little more laid
back, or if your offended
by harsh language and
explicit content, then this
probably isn’t for you.

you finish a chapter to find
you can’t even remember
what it’s about, it’s that
boring! And there’s also a
complete lack of originali-
ty for a band who claims,
that they’re “always striv-
ing to be different” (drum-
mer Billy Alemaghides),.
To me they sound just like
all those other fluff bands
you hear on the radio, and
their online biography
sums it up perfectly, “not
rock, not punk, not pop”.
Yeah, a little bit of every-
thing, not much -of any-

Personally, this stuff
wears thin on me pretty
fast. The first few songs
are alright, but then | get
bored and it’s time for a
change. Like all the rap
album’s they sent in the
press kits, this one’s the
same. Compared with big
brother Jay-z’s “Dynasty”

_thing, and a whole lot of

kik
ah Saas

{ have to tell you straight
up, this album sucks! |
don’t even know why they
send me this crap, proba-
bly because no one else
wants it! If however, you
think you might want it,
you're welcome to it! Just
swing by the office and
state your claim, and it’s
yours.

this one’s close, but it
sounds to me_ like
Memphis is _ still the
“apprentice”.

CHILLOUT

>2001 V.1
NETTWERK

GHILLOUT
>eQOO1 v -

+ Syrrsne Beings
vs DRPUtAED & Sys
Yorn > Cerppoenicc Brees

Chillout 2001 is a compi-
lation of “mellow tunes
and cool beats”, courtesy
of Nettwerk Productions.
Featuring such artists as
FATBOY SLIM (The
Weekend Starts Here),
GROOVE ARMADA (At

The River),
SWAYZAK (State Of
Grace), SUPREME

BEINGS OF LEISURE
(Ain’t Got Nothin’), it “cov-
ers the full spectrum of
electronic flavors”.

At first listen | wasn’t
very inspired, just another
collection of mellow tech-
no tracks. And basically
that’s all it is, after some
time though it started to
grow on me, good back-

ground music for studying.
As for the different tracks,
| found that none in partic-
ular stood out, except
maybe Swayzak’s “State
of Grace”, which is more
lively and might even work
for entertaining your “spe-
cial company” if you know
what | mean. This album
definitely works best as a

whole, put it on, sit back
and chill, that’s what this
one’s all about.

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