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| | Will Smith, Recoil, Robert Miles — Pop Stops for 1/22/98 by John Everson |
 | | That's not to say that Jeff Townes (Jazzy Jeff) isn't part of this disc — he's there in the background, with some co-writing and recording credits. |
| | Miles, an Italian club D.J., now returns with 23am, which continues in the vein of Dreamland, mixing ambient synthesizer swoops and fades with processed guitar loops, vocal coos and breathy words, a kitchen sink of backdrop sound effects and an undeniable penchant for hooky piano lead riffs. |
| | But Smith has made a determined effort to move into a more "serious" smooth urban rap style with his solo debut, and in the process, lost some of the quirky musical originality that made him a star in the first place. |
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