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M ay 5 I 8 * T he C lackamas P rint Master P shows his 'Good Side Nic Delzell T he C lackamas P rint INTERNET PHOTO Master P and Lil’ Romeo flex their skills in the follow-up to P’s 2002 release ‘Came Face.’ One of hip-hop’s finest has returned to local record stores, Master P’s “Good Side/Bad Side” double CD is in the house. This latest release from south ern-bred New Orleans rapper Master P will make hip-hop heads universally listed with delight. Disk one opens with the hard toned cut “Act a Fool” and fea tures beat production from Atlanta’s premium rapper/pro ducer Lil’ Jon. “Act a bool” has been released as the second sin gle from the album. This pound ing gangster cut is the perfect opening to this album. Lil’ Jon also makes an appearance on the club hit “Them Jeans” and the gangster cut “Who Them Boyz” making disk one an eight out of 10 on the nod-your-hcad/brcak- your-ncck o-metcr. Disk one also includes guest appearances from P’s own brothers Silkk the Shocker and C-Murder. Murder appears over the phone on two tracks, as he was recently handed a life sen tence in prison for a 2002 night club beating and si/ Murder and his family al rently appealing the corn] Disk two continues wit' massive listening pleasuJ “Good Side” of the album] es on the less “gangster”] of P’s music, therefore ger a much softer listen. Th] light of disk two comcs: form of the soft-tone! “That Ain’t Nothing.” Tl| once again features family I shows up again and P’s til son Lil’ Romeo lays dow] surprisingly mature lyric! rapper of his age. Disk! unquestionably the strong] however, disk two is also] revelation from an aging J rapper that may have lost ] his “street-cred.” “Good Side/Bad Sid] noteworthy musical exp] for anyone who would | venture into the hip-h| world. P’s flow, or his ran cry. is a very slow paced] grunt-like sound. This I flow makes it easy for the] hip-hop investor to undcl So go out and boost yl hop horizons and buy til fire album, ya’, heard. | Firefox 'rains' supreme in web browser ra Joel Gaynor Ü ber N erd After : several years of playing second fiddle to Microsoft’s Internet t Explorer, Mozilla has released its new web browser, Firefox 0.8, and with it a legiti mate claim to the title of “best” browser. Firefox (available for down load at www.mozilla.org) is riddled with features that users of other browsers would have to download from third-party developers. The built-in pop-up blocker is more effective than that offered by the Gc Toolbar (the only every Internet Explorer user should download) and is easily customizable to allow predeter mined pop-ups to pass unob structed. Speaking of Google, users can search via the powerful search engine from an integrated search field placed conveniently next to the address bar. Firefox also utilizes- tabbed browsing, which allows for multiple websites to be loaded into one browser window, eliminating desk top and taskbar clutter. Easy-to-nay- igate tabs help sort the pages. With its included extras and Mozilla’s notorious reputation of being slow to load, the most pleasant surprise is the speed at which Firefox opens. Mozilla browsers have deterred many prospective users in the past with their loathsome load times; this trend is over. Firefox is notice ably quicker than not only its predecessor but also its Microsoft counterpart. Ironically, Firefox’s strongest trait is its room for improvement. It’s open-source, which means it’s free to the public and so is its source code. Any programmer is allowed, and for that matter encouraged, to contribute to the development and better ment of the browser. Because of its open-source policy, many developers, create add-ons or “extensions” to help enhance its- functionality. Ones of the most notable extensions is one called “Adblock.” Adblock allows, via right-clicking, to remove ads from webpages by removing and blocking images, flash documents and even entire ib’ramcs from being dis played, all but eliminating annoying banner ads. Firefox is available for Windows, Linux and MacOS X, which means there’s no excuse for anyone with a computer and the Internet to not give it a try. Its meager file size (6MB com pared to roughly 20MB for Internet Explorer 6) and many features make for a guilt-free indulgence any web user can appreciate. (MF P hoto I llustration B y JOEL GAYNOR C lackamas U ltra - cool ambiguous PHOTO OF THE WEEK! —APARTMENTS— FOR RENT 1 BD. $665 757 SF 2 BD. $760-780 • 1037 SF 3 BD. $899 1247 SF All Rents Subject to Change WE PROVIDE: Extended basic cable (approx. 61 channels including Starz & Encore), 1 carport, garbage and 20% of water« M Pioneer Ridgl Apartments) CALL OFFICE! FOR SPECIAL! UP TO ; $1000 OFF ) Do you have any idea what this could be? If so, e-mail Isaiah at a&eed@clackamas.edu or stop by RR135 to win a fabulous prize. 1 m ....--. Jig PETS WELCOME UNDER 20 POUNDS (503) 557-8931 13826 Meyers Rd. Oregon City € (Behind Haggen) 1 a
