The Travails of the Astounding!

What do Philip Glass, Qtip, Busta Rhymes, Small Jonathan, and the Beastie Boys have in common? Not much till you hear yet another unfortunate remix album by Boston's own DJ bc. This latest travesty entitled Glassbreaks, chunkily combines some of Glass's best orchestrations with some of today's hottest hip-hop vocal tracks. On their own, the vocals range from mediocre to pretty good. When combined with Glass however, both aspects lose their color and instead of lending new meaning to the music it felt more like a kid playing with some shiny new computer software. Laughable really. It does make me wonder what sort of hip-hop music would come of a collaboration between Glass and a producer who gave a damn about doing something interesting, like our old pal Doom. But that brief fantastical flight of mental meandering was the best thing to come out of Glassbreaks.
Hah, no really, it's awful. Check it out! or click there for a handy dandy torrent!
Speaking of MF Doom and subpar remixes, he and DJ Dangermouse (who really impressed me with his work on the new Gorillaz) are combining their powers to work on a new concept album based on Cartoon Networks Adult Swim characters!!! You KNOW there's gonna be a Frylock rap, ohh I can't wait! ALSO! I just found out recently but if youre as gaa gaa over that MF Doom's music as I am then you'll appreciate the fact that just about every track from all of his albums since his resurfacing has been rereleased sans-vocals. That's right! TO date there are ten volumes of MF's rap instrumentals. Each 'Special Herbs' release also has a really neat cover featuring Marvel comics Dr. Doom. Part of the attraction to this strange artist is not only the clever lyrics and fun imagery, but his far-out sample choices. One track samples heavily off of the 60's Spiderman show, another sounds just like something you'd hear in the elevator going to hell.

Mom: Anybody thirsty for more?
Kids: More Doom, pleeease!


Tight Like That from the album "Clutch" by Clutch