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BIG GRAMS<br />
VERSUS<br />
PHANTOGRAM<br />
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CD REVIEW By Alison Ross<br />
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Adam Ant once said that there were no fresh ideas, but that the way he<br />
"clashed" different things together was novel. I think that is a discerning<br />
assessment of the discrepancy between perceived innovation and genuine<br />
novelty: Nothing new under the sun, except how disparate ideas are<br />
juxtaposed and sculpted into a coherent whole.<br />
I would say that Big Grams' EP most assuredly falls within the purview of<br />
this perspective: The collective, made up of OutKast rapper Big Boi and<br />
New York dream-pop duo Phantogram, cultivate writhing rhythms that<br />
collide with jarring cadences and tangle up with southern-fried raps. There<br />
are guest stars on the EP as well, such as Skrillex (bouncing away on the<br />
fluffy, freak-funk of “Drum Machine”) and Killer Mike, whose unfortunate<br />
feature is a misguided melange of misogynistic lyrics and bland beats.<br />
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