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May 15th, 2006 2:17pm


I Can’t Feed My Culture No Fallacy

Cam’ron “I.B.S.” – Stuck in the middle of an album otherwise concerned with his typical lyrical tropes (not exactly a complaint, mind you), Cam’ron Giles throws down the guantlet of “realness” hard on this track, which documents his struggles with Irrital Bowel Syndrome. Thankfully, the song generally avoids TMI territory and sticks to discussing the embarassment, stress, and paranoia brought on by his illness, and his efforts to lose weight and get healthy. Aside from the surprisingly private and vulnerable lyrical subject matter, the track is fantastic, an early RZA-ish composition built around a clinky piano figure played on either the highest notes on the far right of the keys, or pitched up significantly. (Click here to buy it from Amazon.)

Mecca Normal “I’m Not Into Being the Woman You’re With While You’re Looking for the Woman You Want” – Alternately evoking sympathy and discomfort, the new Mecca Normal album mostly documents singer Jean Smith’s experiences with online dating as a woman in her 40s. Her lyrics are dry and matter of fact, so the awkward situations and most self-involved moments related in the songs are especially cringe-inducing, mainly because they are so mundane and depressing that you’re bound to either recognize them from your own life, or the lives of people you might know. Worst of all, you can get the gnawing fear that you might end up living some of this later on if you’re not lucky. (Click here to buy it from Buy Olympia.)

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