MGMT “Oracular Spectacular” Review
I’m reviewing MGMT’s first major label studio album: Oracular Spectacular. This group has been around for a couple of years, but they didn’t catch my attention until Kid Cudi’s very popular track “Pursuit of Happyness”. I must admit, it took me 4 listens to actually grasp what the neo- psychedelic group was portraying. After some research I concluded that this type of music is “stoner” music and the band is allegedly on acid while they make their proclaimed masterpieces. Oh y...
Gorillaz “Plastic Beach” Review
Ten years ago, might as well say ten. I would have sworn it was a joke, but almost 10 years after Blur Front man Damon Albarn and “Tank Girl” co-creator Jamie Hewlett released their debut Gorillaz in 2001 and now the joke is on me. Dope marketing, great concept and those cartoon characters are cool. Just three things that came to mind when I thought of this collaboration but five years after the release of their second album “Demon Days” the joke’s over people. Plastic Beach is...
First To Be Next: KiD CuDi – Man on the Moon: The End of Day (Review)
Initial thought was, is this what 808's and Heartbreak was supposed to sound like minus the auto-tune? Man on the Moon is a self indulgent romp through the mind of the "Lonely Stoner", although it doesn't come off that way, I'm sure that is the point of the album. "I've got some issues that nobody can see/And all of these emotions are pouring out of me, " get the picture?
Kid Cudi, Hip-Hop's resident hipster takes you with him as he examines the effects of the death of his father, relation...
Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3 (Album Review)
Longevity in Hip Hop is rare, especially in a time when youthful "Swagger" outweighs lyricism. Since the release date of Reasonable Doubt Shawn Corey Carter has been considered one of the best doing it. Year after year he would prove this point with the exception of Kingdom Come, which did have it's moments (the way Just Blaze chopped that Rick James sample for the title track was sick) but wasn't well received by the masses. Two years after the release of American Gangster Jay-Z is up to his...
The Passion of The Purple Tape: Raekwon – OB4CL II (Album Review)
I’ve seen pictures of Big Foot and the Loch Ness Monster. Hell I even thought I saw Tupac the last time I was in Los Angeles. It was not until I held my pre-ordered copy of Chef Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx PT. II in my hands did I believe that such a thing could even exist. I heard rumors of its existence but after 14 years of rumors and myths, I’m sure you can understand my skepticism. As I started the now extinct ritual of struggling with the cd packaging and listening to the ...
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