I’m reminded of this skit from Aziz Ansari in a film called Funny People. He heads on stage to a midsized bar crowd and announces that Cold Stone Creamery is an incredibly fucked up place. People picks sizes called, Like It, Love It, and Gotta Have It! It’s like picking ice cream for recovering drug…
What rock and roll artist worked with A Tribe Called Quest and Beyonce, and is completely frantic? The guy who used to wear red, white and black. Now known as the guy who wears blue, white and black. Jack White – Boarding House Reach released March 23, 2018 ******* 9/10 John Anthony White, better known…
I love it when music gets you questioning the core of things. If an album can instantaneously shift my thoughts elsewhere, I know that it is moving, effective, and worth my attention. But yet, when it comes from a source that isn’t expected. N.E.R.D. – No_One Ever Really Dies released December 15, 2017 ******** 8/10…
If I owned a sports bar, clothing line, sports agency, and multi-millions in real estate and art investments, people would probably come running to hear me too. JAY-Z – 4:44 released Jun 30, 2017 ********** 10/10 Sean Corey Carter, bettter known by his stage name JAY-Z, which has also been written as Jay-Z, Jay Z, Jay:Z and Jaÿ-ZJay-Z, Jay Z, Jay:Z and Jaÿ-Z,…
Philosophy is a wonderful thing. Rich, compelling, and full of room to experiment, because there isn’t one world view per se. Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory released Jun 23, 2017 ******* 7/10 Vincent Jamal Staples, better known by his stage name, Vince Staples, is an American rapper and member of the hip hop group Cutthroat…
When you care, you can come off a little creepy. Especially when you put a little stank on it. This is why it’s important to inject some passion and some perspective into your music, it gives the audience a point of leverage and an opportunity to empathize with you. Take this week’s album review for…
The synthesizer seems to be back in full force ladies and gentlemen. That desire for quality samples, lossless file compression and physical models seems to be something that most if not all top shelf pop music trend setters are using right now. But for why? The Weeknd – Starboy released November 25, 2016 ******* 7/10 Abel Makkonen…
At first I was afraid, I was petrified. Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side. But then I spent so many nights thinking about how you did me wrong, and I grew strong, and I learned how to get along. I Will Survive is a fantastic song, and while I have no real…
Have you ever loved something so much that you were scared to lose it? Usually that comes down to people and, hopefully very rarely, unique accomplishments and possessions. That fear is part and parcel of the human experience of love. You can’t escape it, sure you can try, but life is so much more simple…
Did you ever make mix tapes as a kid growing up? I know I was fortunate enough to experience those little cassette joys before the CD became popular and then the mp3, and now we have streaming services instead. Technically the mix-tape as it was originally created no longer exists. That’s because music is no…