White Guys Can Rap! Furry Drum Sets BJORN MYRUM staff writer JENNIFER BRAATEN contributing writer Little T and One Track Mike are white sound of the album is fresh and inviting guys who can rap w ithout trying to be in the current music scene. With a showing of at least as many always, Oleander gave it their all. angry clones of Eminem. More similar Fome is Dape should help replace the Oleander devotees as Tantric ones, Besides, how can you not love a band to De La Soul than Slim Shady, their monotony of Eminem as the token Cau- the billing at the House of Blues Sept. with a furry-orange drum set? album, Fome is Dape, is clever, insightful casian rapper and also replace his homo- 20 could have sparked arguments Next, Tantric took the stage. While and fun. The album has clever lyrics, both phobic rhymes with more intelligent about who should have been head- perhaps not as good as their prede- sung and rapped. The Offbeat rhythms, sounds. It should appeal to anyone who lining the tour. No battle of the bands cessors on stage, Tantric put on a good intermixed with catchy tunes, are all writ- loves rap, pop, or even rock. This album ensued, however, (to my mild disap- show. Standout songs were their new ten by these two Rutgers University stu- proves wrong whoever said white guys pointment) an d both groups per- single "Mourning" and "Breakdown." dents. Many people may remember their couldn't rap and have soul. formed very w ell on their ow n They played well, and the crowd liked current single "Shaniqua" from MTV. account, despite sound-technician them. The only thing that might have The album has many highlights, all of injustice. made it better is if they brought Ole- which showcase the band's skills as musi- Beautiful Creatures opened for the ander onstage for a duo perfo rmance. cians, and every track on the album is two bands. Their '80s-ish guitar rock One of the best thing about this worth listening to. This is not Vanilla Ice was good, even though the sound was how was that the two band stayed white-boy rap, but truly soulful and a little too loud afterward to thoughtful music. Unlike many current for even a heavy talk with the hip-hop artists, Little T and One Track band. The band fan.:;. While a Mike play their own instruments and entertained the lot of bands arrange their own songs. Little T's lyrics crowd \.vi.th poet- will pack up are both funny and entertaining. The ically titled ｳ ｯ ｮ ｧ ｾ and leave a such as "Where oon a they the Hell Are are done You?" They even playing, for- played for u getting that Long live Bob pylan ''t their O\.Vn 'ew "our fans are Orlean " ong the most JOH •. ZEISS ffiEPHOTO staff writer about, of all important things, getting So, um, please, um buy our cd k? thing to u " What's left to say about Bob Dylan know, i exactly one day). That song, drunk. How line, Thurs- after all these years? He's quite easily the "Missi sippi," and "Tweedle Dee and sweet. day night' ｧ ｲ ｯ ｵ ｰ ｾ made it a point to most important creator of American cul- Tweedle Dum," a song you can actually Oleander took the stage next. tay afterward and hang out" •ith ture, and has been for some time. If the boogie to, start off the album. They're Despite some ·ound problems (no fans to ､ ｩ ｳ ｣ ｵ ｳ ｾ everythino- from record WWII generation was the greatest hero- both instant Dylan classic and set the one but the front row could hear busme - politic to the recent hap- ically, then the children of the '60s - album up to be one a well. Thomas' vocal at the beginning), the pening in the l orthea t. An undL- Dylan, Lennon, Jagger, Morrison, Hen- Though this may be the time of post- band was great. Just coming back from ｣ ｬ ｯ ｾ ･ ､ ｾ ｯ ｵ ｲ ｣ ･ say to look for a in- drix - were the most important musi- rock, mo t of the songs on Love and Theft a touring break, Oleander's set till gle to benefit the victim of the tragedy cally, with Dylan leading the pack both are pre-rock. "Summer Days," "Floater had a few kink that needed to be from one of the e band_. Overall, it then and now, and he is the only one to (Too Much to Ask)," "Moonlight" and ·orked out, but they put on an awe- wa a great night, and any of the e defy the "Die young, stay pretty" (or "opt "Po' Boy" sound like some sweet and some show nonetheless. Oleander' band· would be worth checking out out before your music gets bad") rule of lowdown jazz. "Lonesome Day Blues" dynamic varied from the energetic when they make a return vLit. rock and roll. When people look back in is appropriately sanguine for its title and rock of "Ignorance" and "Stupid" to a few generations, it may be only Dylan includes the great Dylanism "Funny how the beautiful, haunting "Halo." As and Lennon they still remember. the things you have the hardest time part- Not that Dylan wasn't without his low ing with/ Are the thing you need the period, through most of the '80s. But since least;" ditto the bluesiness on "High Water a death-scare in the late '90s, Bob has (For Charley Parker)." It has come to the emerged as a modern-day Midas-€very- "Honest With Me" is the only all-out thing he now touches turns to gold. Trme rocker. And "Sugar Baby" is a typical out of Mind, a dark masterpiece that rambling, revealing Dylan closer, recall- arcade's attention that made his divorce-fueled '70s opus Blood ing "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" on the Tracks seem like a party album, off Blonde on Blonde and "Highlands" off our average reader can won him the respect of a whole new group Time. of kids and a Grammy for Best Album. Love and Theft shows that it's not dark only count to four. "Things Have Changed," a little throw- yet for Dylan, and thankfully it no longer away that found its way onto the Won- appears to be get!ing there. Therefore, we decided to der Boys soundtrack, won him an Oscar. And his new album, Love and Theft, challenge them and makes him a musical monument that spans millennia. Dylan seems to have gotten over the make our reviews out of near-death doom and gloom that birthed Time out of Mind. The biggest problem five stars. Happy Dylan sings about on this CD is staying in Mississippi a day too long (which, any- Counting! one who has ever been to that state will . 12 10.05.01 revi ews arcade