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Tone Loc at the tiki bar
By SEAN DALY
Published August 31, 2006
And we go a little something like this . . . Way back in 1989, before rap went gangsta and when hip-hop was still primarily a party favor, Los Angeles rhymer Tone Loc was king of the MCs. The gravel-voiced, ample-bellied star scored two Top 40 hits that year: the randy rumpus Wild Thing, which swiped a riff from Van Halen's Jamie's Cryin', and Funky Cold Medina, a Spanish fly update that borrowed riffs from KISS, Foreigner and many more. I was a sophomore at Syracuse University that year, and from what I could tell, Anthony "Tone Loc" Smith was responsible for more dance-floor hookups than Anheuser-Busch. Mr. Loc is 40 now, and although he has been relegated to two-hit-wonder status, his best songs are ageless and continue to pack a great, booty-moving punch. So go check out Tone at, of all places, the Tiki Bar at Shephard's Beach Resort. Something tells me a wet T-shirt contest will break out. Just a hunch. Tone-Loc performs Friday at 9 p.m. Shephard's Beach Resort (Tiki Bar), 601 S Gulfview Blvd., Clearwater Beach. $10. (727) 441-6875. - SEAN DALY, Times pop music critic
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