Reviews by beamer4444

I'm not crazy about the constant high falsetto singing. Other than that it was okay.

I think the best setting for this album is at your friend's expensive downtown penthouse apartment. A beautiful luxurious apartment that you know he can't afford and he knows he can't afford either, but he's been slowly ignoring that fact by doing heaps of cocaine and ecstasy. You decided to join him tonight on his last drug fueled bender before he is evicted from the property in the morning.

He puts on this album and then goes to get dressed in a suit that costs more than your car. He tells you that it's actually an investment because you have to invest in yourself before you can make money. On the way to the club, and without your knowledge, you meet up with two escorts that he hired. They look bored and annoyed to be there, because they can tell the difference between someone who's actually rich and someone pretending to be rich like your friend.

The blending waves of cocaine and ecstasy cause you to black out periodically throughout the night, but you can still remember that this album is also playing at the club your at. While your buddy is doing a bump in the bathroom, you notice the escorts sneaking off with the rest of the coke but you don't do anything to stop them. The next thing you know you're following your friend down an alley because he quote "Knows a guy who owes me some coke". When you get there you find out it's the opposite and your buddy owes this guy thousands. He roughs up your friend and throws him into the street all while your friend is screaming about how he's going to sue him for messing up his $15,000 suit. The rest of the night is a blur wandering around the streets listening to your buddy talk about how he has this whole town figured out and will be running wall street soon. His babbling drowns out most of the street noise, but you swear that you can still hear that MJ Cole album playing.

You finally come to your senses the next morning, and find yourself laying on the floor of an Apple store with a pounding headache. Someone is standing over you and is asking you if you'd like buy the protection plan on the iMac you just purchased. Your friend is nowhere to be seen, and somehow this album is still playing in the background over the speakers of the store.

Definitely not my favorite rap album we've got so far. The beats are pretty straight forward, so these songs are carried mostly by their lyricism. To be fair, they are good, but that doesn't really help someone like me who struggles paying attention to lyrics. I can see why someone would like this album, but it got old for me pretty fast. Not great especially when it's over an hour long.

I've never been the biggest The White Stripes fan outside of "Seven Nations Army". It's not that I think they're bad, they've just never really grabbed me. This album was interesting. It was more varied than I thought it would be with some standout songs. It's still not something that I'll come back to though.

The Kinks are nice. These songs are nice. This album was nice.

Not a lot subtlety in these lyrics, huh?

I did enjoy this album. It's like seeing a friend from highschool for the first time in 15 years. They've changed and matured, but they're still the same person deep down. Never would have expected this album art from The Beach Boys either. I'm glad this is on the list, and I can now reference more than "Surfin' USA" from The Beach Boys.

My wife and I took 3 years of Salsa dancing lessons about 7 years ago. We listened to a lot of Salsa at that time. This album doesn't standout from any of the other songs we listened to back then. It's good music to dance to, but I don't know how it's claimed as the best Salsa album of all time.

I love the music. I hate the vocals. Find a new lead singer.

How can an entire genre be completely dominated by one man who died in 1981? When most people say they like Reggae what they really mean is they like Bob Marley. Maybe that's an ignorant statement, but for the United States I think it's pretty accurate. There's just something special about him. I have a couple other Reggae albums by other artists, but they just don't hit the mark. It's Marley or nothing.

This album is a big hitter in general. The first half has some solid songs, but it just keeps getting better and better as it goes on. "Natural Mystic", "Exodus", "Jamming", "Waiting In Vain", Three Little Birds", and "One Love" are all greatest hits songs. 6 radio songs on a 35 minute album is really impressive, and it's back loaded rather than front loaded like most albums. The further into the album you get, the more you want to listen to it. This is a genre defining album. How can it not be a 5?

Here's to everyone who played Halo 2 in the basement listening to Bob Marley - Gold with me.

I was excited to go into this album blind, but I unknowingly knew way more songs than I thought I did. Mostly from osmosis of my friends playing them all the time. The big songs are great, but what I really blows me is Kendricks story telling abilities. The songs that aren't necessarily big hits are usually telling a story that's easy to understand and follow with. He brings you into his life. Most of the other rap albums on this list have a couple of radio hits with the rest being skits or songs about how cool they are. The off songs on this record hook you further into his life. Really good album and understand why all my friends like it so much.

I really want to know what happened to those dominos!

The song, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", might have the most boring drum solo of all time in it.

It was good, but I'll probably forget about it in a week.

Not what I was expecting at all. Some lofi beats with a different artist featured on every track. Definitely a cool listen, but I probably won't be coming back to it.

I have some major respect for Bob Dylan's song writing. He really is unmatched. However, as I've stated in the past, I prefer when other artists play his music.

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Is this mumble rap for white people?

I kind of like it, but I don't think I would ever recommend it. It is definitely a vibe.

I think these early punk albums work better as an EP rather than a full length album. I was starting to get a headache by minute 25. There were a couple songs that I did like. I've heard "Lexicon Devil" on a few skate punk playlists before, and I added it to my own. I didn't hate this album, but it's kinda like drinking a bottle of whiskey for dinner rather than eating a full meal.

I've been really enjoying the jazz albums we've been getting on this list, but this one doesn't really do anything for me. I don't know why this one doesn't speak to me. I should probably give it another listen in a different mood.

A really solid album. I love the somba sound. It was really consistent throughout, and I would really enjoy listening to the whole thing again.

Also, did Rod Stewart just straight up steal "Taj Mahal" for "Do You Think I'm Sexy"?

The year was 1988. Professional skateboarded Jeff Grosso was high on shrooms, getting kicked out of his house, and had one day to turn in his video part for Speed Freaks or he would lose his sponsorship. His tripping mind decided that the best course of action was to shave off all his hair, shave off his eyebrows, draw on new ones with a sharpie, skate a halfpipe, and film the whole thing. That's exactly what he did. Was this his best video part? No. Was this his most memorable part? Yes! It saved his professional career and cemented him as an all time great. He later explained that without his eyebrows sweat was constantly getting in his eyes. The only way he made it through his session was to close his eyes and let the shrooms takeover.

This album feels a lot like that. Is this Miles Davis' best album? No. Is this long one take his most memorable? Possibly.

If you want to see the Grosso part (12m16s):
https://youtu.be/Ydj4RBDDUOk?si=gH_WUW1n2bFSsn4Y&t=12m16s