March, 1999 - LIONS EYE - Page 7 A Year In Review: R.C.’s View on the Best by Rob Coyle Best Movie — Saving Private Ryan Anyone who has seen this movie will leave the theatre with a new concept of what war really is. To name any. other movie best pic- ture this year would be a travesty. Runner-up: Office Space was freak- ing hilarious. Best Actor/Actress — Tom Hanks I thought he was amazing in Saving Private Ryan. He truly cap- tured a man torn between his job as the leader of these men and the feel- ings he felt concerning the atrocities he witnessed first hand. It finally caught up to him by the end. Runner-up: Bill Clinton during all of his apology speeches to the na- tion. Biggest Hype — Viagra Older men and their wives everywhere are having much more fun in the bedroom or anywhere else the urge may hit because of this won- -der drug. But did we really need to hear that Bob Dole was the first to use it? Best Band — Pearl Jam Last year I wrote an article .about how Pearl Jam was on the way out. Oops. After a hugely success- ful tour and a renewed interest in marketing, Pearl Jam is once again one of the best acts in town. Even frontman Ed Vedder is happy, and that in itself a minor miracle. And another thing: Where the heck . 1s the Tuch-awalied Chris Cornell album? Best TV Show — Whose Line is it Anyway? | OK, so it is an old British improv show that ABC (?) stole and inserted half of the cast of The Drew Carey Show into it. But still, it is the funniest half-hour on television today. Runner-up: That 70’s Show — funny stuff, man. Best Local Hangout Spot — South Street I don’t know about anyone else, but I love the place. It has gota ton of different stuff to do and the Dicint’ S List of Fall 1998 (Continued from page 3) Panagiota; Naseef, Jennifer; Nasino, Jason Lyle. Needles, Elizabeth J.; Nevarez, Monica; Ngo, William; Nuby, Robin Tracy’ O’Berg, Joseph P.; O’Berg, William T; Palumbo, Nicole; Pasela, Christopher; Paylor, Michael; Persons, Edgar N. Petta, Michael J.; Pfaff, Francis M.; Pham, Kim-Lien Thi; Polidor, Autumn M.; Pranton, Kimberly; Quinlan, Mark J.; Quinn, Robert Joseph; Ran, Li; Randazzo, Kimberley; Refford, Melinda. Reilly, Kathleen; Reilly, Michael Robert; Rhodes, Carl Jesse; Robbins, Shari Kate; Romero, Cesar Agusto; Roussey, Brian Scott; Rubin, Leonid; Rudisill, Eleanor; Russo, Patricia M.; Salerno, Melissa Ann. Sambuco, Thomas A.; Scott, Erica Mariko; Scott, Shonda N.; Sebastiani, Christina; Sheaffer, Shannon Lee; Shepherd, Amy Theresa; Shermer, David John; Simone, Michael C.; Smith, Dawn Marie; Spillane, Steven. Staeger, Edward R.; Stanton, Michelle L.; Stover, Sarah R.; Taylor, Kathleen; Temple, Brandan; Thaara, Everlyne; Tifft, Douglas B.; Vantine, Shannon Marie; Vara, Meghna Khimji; Venturini, Liona There. Vlaminck, Steven R.; Vo, Phuong Hoang; Walmsley, Daniel; Waters, Karen M.; Weischedel, Allan P.; Wentworth, Emily; Whang, John J.; Wheeler, Noelle J.; Wolen, Joseph; Wolff, Alyece Victoria; Wooten, Craig Courtney; Yerkes, Heather R.; Zhou, Qunsheng. Pontiac Grill features some of the best Philly bands around. Plus, its Philly, so you are close to all the other places the city has to offer. Best Student Run Event on Cam- pus — BSL’s Soul Food Friday Food. Lots and lots of food. Good food. Lots and lots of good food. For free. Any questions? Best Student Run Publication on Campus — The Lion’s Eye Nevermind that we are the only student run publication on cam- 5 P= pus, we rock. So read the newspa- per, ok? Best Campus Sports Team - Delco Women’s Basketball Team Forget the Sixers or Temple, we have the best basketball team in town right here at Delco. They had their best record in years. National Laughs Best waster of taxpayers’ money — Ken Starr (45 million and growing) Best athlete rehabilitation — Mike Tyson (not!) Worst Natural Disaster — Linda Tripp’s hair Worst babysitter — Mary Kay Laterno Worst smoking partner — President Clinton Most heart-wrenching tears — Dennis Rodman’s pre-signing press conference Supa Speaks His Mind on Rap Music By Regis Fields Assistant Editor The past and next six months to come have been full of really cool ups’ and some really disgusting lows with respect to music, fashion, TV, and even social events. Let us break down for you what we think those highs and lows were. Starting with music, and of course starting with the opinion of the Supa’, we turn our attention to the one genre in that in- dustry that just blew up, Hip-Hop or more specifically Rap. The past six months saw a good deal of newcom- ers into the game and most of them, in my opinion, represented the dirty South. Two cats that I am really lov- ing that came up are Juvenile and Ghetto Mafia. “ That’s you with that big baller Benz Ha!” You might recognize that lyric from my man Juvenile, coming out of New Orleans at Cash Money Records, the song entitled “Ha,” caught everyone for a loss and even produced a remix with Jigga’ Jay-Z who put his thoughts with Juvenile’s and came up with some tight lyrics. The other fella’s to come out of the South came in the form of slow talk- ing, ghetto truth talking, laid back melodic sounding Ghetto Mafia. Two guys from Decatur, Georgia who appropriately named their semi- pop single of the past couple months or so, “In Decatur.” The follow up single to that, “ On the Grind,” blends a smooth beat with smooth lyrics that just seem so right that everything in the South should reflect that comfortable sim- plicity. Moving up “Noth’,” like my Uncle from Atlanta would say we hit, of course, New York. Now out of everyone that is a newcomer that I forgot in the Big Apple forgive me, but two names that hit me like my girl does are Blackstarr and Rah’sun. If you have not heard either yet...where have ya’ been. Mos’ Def and Talib Kweli or Blackstarr came into the scene this past year and blew it up lyrically. Both appearing on the Lyricist Lounge Vol. II album, an al- bum full of rapping free agents, Blackstarr soon afterwards signed with Rawkus Records and put out their self titled album this past year. There is nothing to say about that except, “ Oh my God!” There is one song on that album called, “Respira- tion,” that features Common and is so off the hook that anyone with a soulful bone in their body feels it. Now, not to spend too much time on one aspect of best or worst, the cat- egories of best lyrics, best compila- tion/mix album, and best album, must be preached on. Best lyrics in songs are; The Roots, “Next Move- ment;” The Wu-Tang Clan-Onyx, “The Worst,” Philly’s own Kurupt, “Gimmiewatchagot;” Raekwon- Prodigy-Ghost Face Killa’, “Game;” Common-Big Punisher-Noreaga, “ Verbal Murder.” But now its’ time to look at the hardest working man, Mixmasta’ Rob Coyle’s, happy ac- tion fun time list of more bests.
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