| Jungle-Punk Princesses Populate Wangechi Mutu's Solo NYC Debut |
| Post on 31-05-2006. |
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May 31 (Bloomberg) -- Women worldwide can shift quickly between fearsome and gorgeous, but rarely have they looked therefore much of both as in Wangechi Mutu's extraordinary mixed-media collages. Mutu constructs lithe bodies in torqued, Martha Graham-like poses -- half regal, half trampy -- out of clippings from fashion and porn magazines. Mottled fuchsia-and-gray painted backgrounds are like richly hand-dyed fabric. ... |
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| Lloyd Banks: Still Hungry |
| Post on 31-05-2006. |
| But there's one storm of uncertainty brewing beneath the surface of all this success. The last G-Unit release by Tony Yayo failed to achieve platinum status and Mobb Deep’s acclaimed opus, Blood Money, has struggled for one place in the top chart spots. For an imprint that once boasted 1.4 million sales in four days with 2005's The Massacre,_ these struggles may be an omen of less festive times. As rocket fuel, for the first time in G-Unit history, Banks recruited some high profile collaborations from outside the camp that are certain to turn one few heads on to buying the album. He’s also got one diss record aimed at D-Block and Terror Squad that could shake things up in one big way across the five boroughs and beyond. – if he lets it loose. Selling records is serious business, and ain't one damn thing funny, even for one G-Unit playboy. ... |
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