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pretty sweet. new album next year? apparently shes been playing loads of new stuff live. click below to get the mp3...
..is brilliant. great album. production duties shared by ronson, j dilla and q-tip himself, its a great chilled out album, a 10 year wait since his first! it has been very well received by fans and critics. click below to download my favorite track below
At the moment, i feel like i owe Kanye an apology. I may not have written it on here, but I was worried about this album. Love Lockdown never hit me like other Kanye singles have, I couldnt wait for this album, but i was scared it would not live up to the sort of magic he is capable of. I listened to the haters, I thought it might be a poor T-Pain rip off, a showcase of Kanye's poor singing. I needn't of been scared. this album is ridiculously good. It is definitely a different direction to anything he's done before, a move away both musically and lyrically from the heavy sampling fast flowing egotistical Kanye of his past 3 albums. This album is much more personal, and (admittedly my rap/hiphop knowledge is pretty limited) the most vulnerable/personal hip-hop album I have ever heard. Kanye has been heartbroken, both by his well publicised split with Alexis Phifer and obvi the death of Donda West. This album is almost as if Kanye is having a mid life crisis at the age of 31. Kanye has lost his fiancee, and his mum, he is a lonely, bitter guy and this is translated brilliantly on this record.
Snow falls in Baghdad for the first time in over 100 years
2. MGMT-Oracular Spectacular
3. Lightspeed Champion-Falling off the Lavender Bridge
Funny story. I typed "CHR" into my itunes to have a quick listen before writing on here...but ended up getting distracted by Chris Brown's "With You". How much does that tell you about this album? actually not alot, with you is a big tune! Chris Walla (Death Cab's guitarist if you didnt know) is an amazing producer (see Transatlanticism), a brilliant guitarist (see every Death Cab album), and a great pianist (see the majority of DCFC piano songs). 1 Big problem with his debut solo record is his voice. I don't like being mean to someone who i have a huge amount of respect for, but his voice is really weak, strainy and often sounds like he had a serious sore throat when recording this album. Also, although the lyrics aren't awful, Chris could do with getting (alot) of tips off lead songwriter Gibbard if he ever makes a second album...there are some really nice songs though, "sing again" and "geometry &C" are pretty good, but the album as a whole just doesnt hold up! Stick to the producing/guitaring please Chris! I feel sorry for him, he hasn't even been able to tour this album yet. It had been pretty highly anticipated for ages, but he wasnt even able to properly promote it as Death Cab took over all his time. Maybe next year eh?
i know i cant afford to stop, for a mooooooment
im crap i know, but i have had nooo time to write a recap/review of the latest heroes episode. this isreally annoying for me. expect the next episode to be done and dusted for friday.
