October 16, 2001
Armand Van Helden : Why Can't U Free Some Time
With his comeback track, he buff Van Helden has tapped the same emotional core that made 'You Don't Know Me' such a fabulous record.
With his comeback track, he buff Van Helden has tapped the same emotional core that made 'You Don't Know Me' such a fabulous record. 'Why Can't U Free Some Time' isn't quite as great but it's still touched with enough plaintiveness for a messy dancefloor breakdown and sobbing in the toilets. [I]"Why don't you free some time for me? Why can't you give me your guarantee?" demands the vocodered Dave Mason sample as beats are thrown like punches and the whole thing swings into hysteria.
Leave him, Armand! He's not worth it!
Victoria Segal
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