Lyrics from your own computer. Includes: One Hundred Bottles of Pop, Do Your Ears Hang Low?, If You're Happy and You Know It, Pass the Hot Potato, Head, Shoulders, Knees And Toes, Apples And Bananas, and more!  (less)

(which was the impetus for this recording), his computer crashed and, by means of a pre-recorded phoneme voice, uttered the syllables, 'It's not my fault. Please make sure the Apple Talking Network is connected.' This happy accident inspired Curran to re-evaluate both our penchant to so strongly rely on technology, and the propitious results when such technology leads the artist into unexplored and unimagined territories by reason of necessity. From this standpoint, the composer examined the entire recordings from all 10 past Angelica Festivals from 1991 to 2001, and set about to mix disparate but somehow complimentary performances together to create a new work. These are otherwise impossible combinations: Fred Frith plays ...  (less)

with Bruce are featured in three of his books. Bruce writes and publishes books used in universities. He was the creative director for a President of the USA. He helped Apple Computer develop a strategy system. He produced Popeyes jingles with Dr. John, the Neville Brothers, Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and more. Cool stuff. On "Can't Sing. Don't Care" you'll hear "songs from the hip." They cover life, love, and politics, "like a martini with an ironic twist." We like Bruce. We love his music. Great lyrics. He makes us laugh.  (less)

includes: Nas, Raekwon, Method Man, Big Noyd, General G, Ty Knitty, Gambino (rap vocals). Engineers: Mario Rodriguez, Kenny Ifil. Recorded at Platinum Island Recording Studios and Axis Recording Studios, New York, New York. This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Mobb Deep's 1995 classic, THE INFAMOUS, was that kind of album that could silence other MCs. On HELL ON EARTH, the duo continues to deliver hard-core production and vocals that rage with anger. Never smiling and always painting their lifestyle with harsh lyrics, rappers Havoc and Prodigy are still the most feared rappers east of the Mississippi. HELL ON EARTH's dark production lays the ground for both Havoc and Prodigy to catch wreck on this, their third album. Hav's in-your-face rhyme style and Pee's eerily monotonous flow bring drama to each of the 14 tracks. Visited by a wicked lineup of guest artists (including Nas, Raekwon and Method Man), Mobb Deep turn HELL ON EARTH into a lyrical battle field.Spin (1/97, p.88) - 8 (out of 10) - ""...pursues retribution like Charles Bronson in the Death Wish flicks. If the subject matter is somewhat limited to this `I'm gonna get you first, sucka' motif--well, Mobb Deep's big payback always sounds bitchin'..."" Entertainment Weekly (11/22/96, p.138) - ""...this young rap duo creates a haunting portrait of New York-style thug life. Into a thumping mix where gunshots clash with eerie strings, Mobb Deep drop urban folk tales of violence and retribution over the crackle of scratchy vinyl..."" - Rating: B+ Q (7/01, p.88) - Included in Q's ""50 Heaviest Albums of All Time"". Q (6/00, pp.126-8) - 4 stars out of 5 - ""...Inflates every cliche about life on the street...until they reached biblically fantastic proportions....As guides to the Big Apple go, it's a stylish, wonderfully exaggerated hoot."" Vibe (12/96, p.165) - ""...Even darker than its predecessor, HELL ON EARTH is yet another astounding work that impresses with its unswaying devotion to the group's disturbingly insular environment....Truly hip hop's antiheroes..."" The Source (12/96, p.123) - 4.5 Mics (out of 5) - ""...Mobb Deep are probably the most intense, most authentic, most powerful practitioners of a specifically Eastern hardcore feel to touch the mic this decade..."" Rap Pages (12/96, p.31) - ""...jewels bright enough to truly shed light on what's going on in the QB projects....Mobb Deep have made another soundtrack for the StrEASTs....classic material..."""  (less)

2 Paintings, 2 songs, Out of my Hands, and No Grapes.  (less)