Throw Your Hands in the Air

Comments (0) By Robert Christgau Tuesday, Jan 29 2002

CHOICE CUTS:
Busta Rhymes, "Holla," "Intro" (Genesis, J); Mystic, "Ghetto Birds" (Cuts for Luck and Scars for Freedom, Goodvibe); Freestyle Fellowship, "Ghetto Youth" (Temptations, Ground Control).

DUDS:
A*Teens, Teen Spirit (Stockholm/MCA); Atom and His Package, Redefining Music (Hopeless); Chocolate Genius, Godmusic (V2); Mark Twain: A Film Directed by Ken Burns (Columbia/Legacy); Monster Magnet, God Says No (A&M); Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific: Music From the ABC Premiere Event (Columbia/Sony Soundtrax); Sugar Ray (Lava/Atlantic); Young Fresh Fellows vs. Minus 5, Because We Hate You/Let the War Against Music Begin (Mammoth/Melt).

ADDRESSES: Anticon, anticon.com; Astralwerks, 109 West 29th Street, NYC 10001, astralwerks.com; Delmark, 4121 North Rockwell, Chicago, IL 60618, delmark.com; Dictators Multi-Media, Box 220-330, Brooklyn, NY 11222, thedictators.com; Dischord, 3819 Beecher Street NW, Washington, DC 20007, dischord.com; Domino, Box 1207, NYC 10276, dominorecords.com; Headlock, P.O. Box 580, NYC 10018, thebullys.com; Mush Music, dirtyloop.com; Music Club, c/o Koch, 2 Tri-Harbor Court, Port Washington, NY 11050, musicclub.com; RetroAfric, Box 2977, London W11 2WL, England, retroafric.com, or c/o Stern's Africa, 71 Warren Street, NYC 10007, sternsmusic.com; Riverboat, c/o World Music Network, 6 Abbeville Mews, 88 Clapham Park Road, London SW4 7BX, England, post@worldmusic.net; Stray, 4430 Telegraph Avenue, PMB 72, Oakland, CA 94609, strayrecords.com.