Subject: Twins Of Twins
Content: The Twin Of Twins Curly and Tu Lox The Twin Of Twins, Patrick 'Curly Lox' Gaynor and Paul 'Tu-Lox' Gaynor, are attempting to climb out of the underground. The identical twins launched their album Stir It Up Volume 5: Crucifiction of the Ghetto at the Village Café, Liguanea, on Wednesday night. The album is a comic satire which pokes fun at popular culture and current events. The two brothers have been enjoying some popularity borne by word of mouth from their last project, Lords of the Underground. Although the project was never released officially, it survived well, buoyed by the CD burning technology. In keeping with their last project, the album features the twins imitating several popular figures. This time around they feature Mutabaruka, Beenie Man, Bounty Killer, Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, Dear Pastor and Bob Marley. The album features 20 tracks, which hinge on a fictional radio interview interspersed with music. Crucifiction of the Ghetto is produced by the twins, while mixed and recorded by Henry K. On Wednesday, rather than taking the opportunity to deliver a live performance, Patrick and Paul Gaynor decided to play parts of the CD. However, when it was time to address the audience, Curly Lox's delivery came quite close to a live performance. For most of his speech he used the Mutabaruka sounding voice, though to accentuate particular points he would switch to other voices. Indeed, much of what he had to say was quite similar to the content of the CD, reflecting a very similar stance. In explaining why the album was called Crucifiction of the Ghetto, Curly Lox meandered through a myriad of issues he claimed was causing the crucifixion of the ghetto. He stated that since the Shabba Rankin's breakthrough, uptown has latched on to dancehall as something viable, but seeks to "squeeze out the ghetto out of it". He cited the removal of 'claat' as an example of this. From what was played at the launch Crucifiction of the Ghetto will need to be accompanied by multiple parental advisory stickers, especially as the Mutabaruka character uses a scorching number of expletives. Interestingly, the CD cover has two warning stickers. One warns of the explicit lyrics and the second warns 'Uptown' that 'Ghetto Content' is contained within. "Dis music need organisation of the ghetto artistes," Curly Lox argued. "Buju Banton alone cyaan dweet." From there he launched into the homosexuality issue and the recent persecution of dancehall by gay organisations. In mid-tirade his phone rang. Curly Lox then took time out to tell the caller, whom he addressed as 'Howie', that the event had already started and then proceeded to hand the phone over to his brother. Without missing a beat, he re-launched into his lecture. In keeping with The Village Café's presence in the middle of 'uptown', Curly Lox addressed his arguments directly to those present. Indeed, on the album Sean Paul, the poster boy for the success of the 'uptown' deejay, comes under direct attack. It was therefore with a level of irony that the first song the house deejay selected, as soon as the official segment of the launch was finished was Sean Paul's Punkie.a
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