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Hopped-up on speakeasy hemp smoke and zoot-suit slang, Calloway took scat singing to solar heights in the '30s, paving the way for Chuck Berry, rap, you name it. Are You Hep concentrates on corny and samey novelties from the '40s, when Cab's seediest storytelling and craziest vocal twisting were already behind him. But his rhythm section never stops jumping, and ''Minnie the Moocher'' still shows how to kick the gong around.
Posted Oct 07, 1994
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