] "Bombs Over Baghdad" sounds even more like ] self-contained, self-conscious artillery. The title ] promises internationalist fervour, but in fact seems to ] be just a clever metaphor for the repetitive vagueness of ] other hip hop artists - "don't pull the thang out unless ] you plan to bang... don't even bang unless you plan to ] hit somethang" - which is ...ironic... under the ] circumstances. But Outkast impart their message better ] than Dead Prez did on "Hip Hop", and with more reason to ] feel confident; the music is utterly blinding. What ] Outkast, or perhaps producer Earthtone III, seem to have ] realised is that much of the truly scary, fervent ] sounding music made during the nineties (hardcore techno ] and jungle being the relevant examples here) has been ] made in digitalised circumstances, without conventional ] ideas of meaning and feeling propelling them. Or otherwise the song doesn't really mean anything... However, I really like it anyway. I think I might buy this CD... :) |