Name: Orphan [Explicit Version]
Brand: MCA (USA)
SKU: 8827
Price: 52.94 USD
Availability: InStock

Orphan [Explicit Version]

Rating

Album: Orphan [Explicit Version]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Feel So Stupid (Table 9) Album Version	More Info...	3:14
2)	Live For The Moment Album Version (Explicit)	More Info...	3:20
3)	Sometimes It Happens Like This Album Version (Explicit)	More Info...	3:17
4)	In To The Dark Album Version	More Info...	3:57
5)	Another Way Album Version (Explicit)	More Info...	4:18
6)	Spent Album Version (Explicit)	More Info...	3:22
7)	D.I.Y.M. Album Version (Explicit)	More Info...	3:31
8)	Realize Album Version	More Info...	3:25
9)	Innosense Album Version	More Info...	3:57
10)	Transparent Album Version (Explicit)	More Info...	3:46
11)	All I Have Is Me Album Version (Explicit)	More Info...	5:14

Album: Orphan [Explicit Version]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Feel So Stupid (Table 9) Album Version	More Info...	3:14
2)	Live For The Moment Album Version (Explicit)	More Info...	3:20
3)	Sometimes It Happens Like This Album Version (Explicit)	More Info...	3:17
4)	In To The Dark Album Version	More Info...	3:57
5)	Another Way Album Version (Explicit)	More Info...	4:18
6)	Spent Album Version (Explicit)	More Info...	3:22
7)	D.I.Y.M. Album Version (Explicit)	More Info...	3:31
8)	Realize Album Version	More Info...	3:25
9)	Innosense Album Version	More Info...	3:57
10)	Transparent Album Version (Explicit)	More Info...	3:46
11)	All I Have Is Me Album Version (Explicit)	More Info...	5:14

Performer Notes

This is an Enhanced CD which contains regular audio tracks, multimedia computer files and a link to the artist's website with the help of a web broswer. The Enhanced portion includes music videos for "Spent" and "Feel So Stupid (Table 9)."
Darwin's Waiting Room: Grimm, Jabe (vocals); Eddie The Kydd (guitar); Alex Cando (bass); Joe Perrone (drums).
Additional personnel: Shaggy (vocals); Dom "Domadeus" Flores (piano).
Recorded at Elysian Studios, Boca Raton, Florida.
Personnel: Shaggy (vocals).
Audio Mixers: David Boucher; Bob Clearmountain.
Recording information: Elysian Studios, Boca Raton, FL.
Photographer: Fred Weiss.
While there is nothing entirely groundbreaking on Miami rock band Darwin's Waiting Room's release Orphan, there are several winning qualities that make the group commercially appealing. The first obvious asset is the winning coupling of lead singer Jabe's vocals and MC Grimm's flows, which range from straight rap to full-throttle scream rap. For instance, this successful vocal combination is quite evident on "Feel So Stupid (Table 9)," where Jabe's sustained vocal notes cushion Grimm's aggressive rapping. It works really well and similar bands cannot claim to be able to do the same thing. Another winning attribute is the catchy guitar playing, courtesy of Eddie the Kydd, who serves up some tasty playing. His catchy hooks and melodies, and overall heavy sound, have substance and appeal and really propel the songs. Choice cuts include the energetic "Live for the Moment," a song that could wake the dead; "Sometimes It Happens Like This," a creeping rapcore number driven by dark crunching guitars; and "Innosense," which spotlights Jabe in an understated, non-throaty delivery. A laid-back hip-hop flavor pulses on with reggae flows tossed in for good measure. Darwin's Waiting Room is dynamic as hell and knows how to work well what it's got. ~ Liana Jonas

Professional Reviews

CMJ (6/11/01, p.19) - "...Thanks to a refreshingly firm grasp on melody, the band manages to sound fresh, even if they do fit comfortably under the rap-rock umbrella....rooted in essential rapcore elements, with booty-shaking rhythms, an adept rapper and driving power riffs..."