Reviews by happynapper45

BASS! Some good stuff here albeit pretty dated rhyming and beats. Chuck D has a great voice and some really good perspective in his lyricism, plus Flava Flav isn’t too annoying on here. Night of the Living Baseheads is probably my favorite but shout out Bring The Noise Remix with Anthrax (way cooler than Run DMC and Aerosmith) (3.5/5)

Really enjoyed this project even if it’s a bit more mainstream Bowie. The Across the Universe cover is great and Fame is a banger still. (3.5/5)

I don’t speak French so i had mixed opinions. The instrumentals were nice but the vocals felt like a cologne commercial, less singing and more spoken word sounding, and it turns out it’s because it’s a narrative. Double twist is the narrative could alternately be titled “Ode to Pedophilia”… wack

With 0 context and 0 research this is as soulless as disco was supposed to be according to those telling me about it

Maybe I’m too young to call it this, but the Purple Tape is legendary. A great step in the Wu Tang portfolio that showcased how great Rae and Ghost are as a duo. Tons of classic tracks and they hold up extremely well live (4.5/5)

Interesting album of some early James and the magic is still there. The bit where he’s away from the mic singing “I’m weak” before coming back is awesome (3.5/5)

Love to hear his younger self, but I think I prefer Live at Cook County Jail

Really interesting mix of genres and sound profiles. Surprised track to track, and enjoyed my listen through (3.5/5)

The epitome of musical integrity. Last album didn’t sell well? Fuck you here’s a 20 minute epic. The other tracks are good too, Lessons and Something For Nothing being my favorites

Ehhh it’s fine. Not my thing (2.5/5)

PLAY FREE BIRD. Memes included Free Bird is dope, it’s not even long and the guitar solo is sick. The rest of Skynyrd does nothing for me and I always thought the real snoozer was Tuesday’s Gone. (2.5/5)

Bit dated innit. Anarchy is timeless tho (2.5/5)

Appropriate for the time of year. Thriller->Beat It ->Billie Jean is a crazy 3 song stretch and probably the most well known one.

Look I love prog rock. And I love some Genesis. For whatever reason this album has never done it for me in the ways I see it placed amongst the best of the best in the genre. There are great bits but a lot of this feels off to me and wholly uninteresting. Again I lack the why behind my observation but this album feels like a over the top campy and foppish British lad caricature

A quirky little musical, I can see the line kick dances for Oh California! already, decent overall (2.5/5)

Very Talking Heads sounding but didn’t impress me as much as Remain in Light (2.5/5)

And the Next Day. And the Next Day. What’s the story of the cover art, were people confused when it released? Anyways it’s some middle of the road Bowie which is fine with me

Wasn’t as impressed with this as earlier Björk (2.5/5)

Another classic. Love the first half of this album and enjoy the second half to a lesser extent. “Talking to you is like clapping with one hand” is burned into my brain from my dad. Also s/o for talking about the mistreatment and evil done to Native Americans, this and Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden were the first concepts in my young mind that the US is historically fucked

Knew cherub rock and today which were bangers, more bangers ensued. Nice