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The all time greatest summer song ever. 17 years later, this song puts a smile on my face every time I hear it (and I’m not terribly fond of Will Smith, so that says a lot). Hope everyone had a restful weekend.
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Say what you want about Weezer, they have made some awesome videos over the years. From “Buddy Holly” (the “Happy Days” video) to “Keep Fishin’” (the Muppets video) to “We Are All On Drugs” (with the word “love” happily suited for the word “drugs” although the word “drugs” seems to be mouthed), Rivers Cuomo and his boys have probably been the most consistent video artists of the past decade or so. However, for the first video from their new self-titled album (the third self-titled album of their career), they might have outdone themselves.
Snarkily winking at internet celebrity, they’ve grabbed the “Chocolate Rain” dude, Chris Crocker (the “leave Britney alone!” guy), the numbskulled beauty pageant contestant, and…well, I’ll let you guys check it out for yourselves…
Less than a year after his Gold-selling, Grammy-winning “Finding Forever” album, Chicago MC Common is back with a new single and a new sound.
“Universal Mind Control” is very obviously a Neptunes production, and finds Common and Pharrell Williams on the club tip, a sound quite atypical from the normally righteous and soulful Common.
That said, it’s not a bad look. While it’s not at the level of, say…anything from 2005’s “Be” (his best album to date and a modern classic), it’s better than most of the songs from “Forever”, which was essentially a low-grade Xerox copy of “Be” and found the normally dexterous emcee writing and reciting some of the worst lyrics of his career. With most artists, I’d call this a shameless grab for a hit, but Common and The Neptunes have worked together several times before (when Common was significantly less well-known), and…well, you’ve gotta love any song that pays lovable homage to “Planet Rock”, right?