The song itself sounds perfect on sunny Saturday mornings, but it's also surprisingly dark. The video is great - Britney Spears in James Bond mode, slithering across the screen, delivering fatal kisses. I was with my roommate, and we were looking at each other like: ''Is this good? Can we like this?'' Then we went upstairs to the computer, went to iTunes, and downloaded it. The beat is so nasty, with those high-pitched strings and that surf-music guitar line. There's a spooky track with a vibraphone called ''Mother Will Die,'' which almost makes me want to avoid seeing the film, just to make sure it doesn't ruin the music.īRITNEY SPEARS - As soon as I saw the video for ''Toxic,'' I loved it.
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The ''Goodbye, Lenin!'' soundtrack includes ''Summer 78,'' sung by Claire Pichet, but mostly it's full of melancholy instrumental pieces. It was composed by Yann Tiersen, a French composer who wrote the music for ''Amélie'' and who also plays accordion on the new Divine Comedy album. But I love the soundtrack, which came out earlier this month on Virgin Records. Prior to this album, we were more than aware that West's stature as a producer was undeniable now we know that he's also a remarkably versatile lyricist and a valuable MC.'GOODBYE, LENIN!' - It's a German movie, just released in America, and I've never seen it. One of the most poignant moments is on "All Falls Down," where the self-effacing West examines self-consciousness in the context of his community: "Rollies and Pashas done drive me crazy/I can't even pronounce nothing, yo pass the Versacey/Then I spent 400 bucks on this just to be like 'N*gga you ain't up on this'." If the notion that the album runs much deeper than the singles isn't enough, there's something of a surprising bonus: rather puzzlingly, a slightly adjusted mix of "Slow Jamz" - a side-splitting ode to legends of baby-making soul that originally appeared on Twista's Kamikaze, just before that MC received his own Roc-a-Fella chain - also appears. Even though those with their ears to the street knew West could excel as an MC, he has used this album as an opportunity to prove his less-known skills to a wider audience. From a production standpoint, nothing here tops recent conquests like Alicia Keys' "You Don't Know My Name" or Talib Kweli's "Get By," but he's consistently potent and tempers his familiar characteristics - high-pitched soul samples, gospel elements - by tweaking them and not using them as a crutch. All of this momentum keeps rolling through The College Dropout, an album that's nearly as phenomenal as the boastful West has led everyone to believe. Heartbreaking and hysterical ("There's been an accident like Geico/They thought I was burnt up like Pepsi did Michael"), and wrapped around the helium chirp of the pitched-up chorus from Chaka Khan's "Through the Fire," the song and accompanying video couldn't have forged his dual status as underdog and champion any better. The week The College Dropout came out, three singles featuring his handiwork were in the Top 20, including his own "Through the Wire." A daring way to introduce himself to the masses as an MC, the enterprising West recorded the song during his recovery from a car wreck that nearly took his life - while his jaw was wired shut. Producer Kanye West's highlight reels were stacking up exponentially when his solo debut for Roc-a-Fella was released, after numerous delays and a handful of suspense-building underground mixes.
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