"Memphis may have lost its edge once Stax folded, but the city's homegrown talent still had what it took ... "Stone Crush" can't assert Memphis' supremacy during a decade where all but the die-hard had moved on from its soul and rock'n'roll roots - nor does it attempt to. Stylistically, the tracks are too disparate, taking in too many external influences, to suggest the city had anything approaching a unified sound once its major players had folded. Replacing that, however, was an artistic freedom that Memphis' local stars-in-waiting may never have enjoyed while Stax called the shots"