Numbers like Nicotine And Gravy or Sexx Laws showed the boy to be as danceable as hell. The lyrics remain as delightfully obtuse (has anyone ever worn a 'hepatitus contact lense'?), yet it also proved that the mutant funk evident on the best cuts of Odelay were no accident. Yes, Midnite Vultures is Beck's sex album. well, Prince.Īll those years spent in the lo-fi bedroom were now discarded as Beck went out on the town and celebrated sexuality, albeit in his own collage-based way. But with Midnite Vultures he was to turn into. With a mild diversion into tropicalia and blues with Mutations he'd briefly wrong-footed his fans and proven that he was an extremely versatile little Scientologist. His eclectic sampleology, mixed with a canny ear for a folk lope had made both Mellow Gold and Odelay into massive testaments to slacker culture and were the apotheosis of post-modernism in popular music. By 1999 Beck Hansen had established himself as the king of cut 'n' paste hip-pop.
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