Rated 10/10
New Yorks Finest
Amazing production (fuck you Rick Rubin, fuck yeah Dust Brothers), Great flow. So fun from start to finish. Beastie Boys ran so so much shitty white boy rap could lazily copy.
Top Tracks:
Shake Your Rump
Egg Man
Shadrach
B-Boy Bouillabaisse (all tracks)
This is fun, great beats and bombastic sound. Some of the religious messaging is a little too strong for my taste but not enough to stop me from enjoying the record.
Rated 8/10
Take Five and Blue Rondo à la Turk are fantastic tracks. Such a good driving rhythm throughout and fantastic playing. Great skill on display.
Love piano being used as an actual percussion instrument. While having so much energy and power god I love the piano.
Difficult to pick a top track as it really plays as one performance in my mind.
4.5
Rated 3/10
I found this a difficult listen for the most part. There are some good moments but I found myself agitated and kind bored for a lot of it. Found it quite preachy at times as well.
Made me just want to listen to Frankie Goes To Hollywood
I wonder if I'd like this better if I watched the film
Best songs: Is There Anybody Out There?
Comfortably Numb (Scissor Sisters cover is better)
Another Brick in the wall Pt 1
Rated 8/10
A great album and was so close to being brilliant but Indian Summer is a stinker for obvious reasons.
But the composition and lyrics apart from the mentioned above, are extremely strong and has such a grand sound. Tiny Dancer is obviously a bop.
Honky Chateau is still his best album
Best tracks: Tiny Dancer, Levon, All the Nasties
Rated 9/10
A fantastic summer album. Pretty much set the direction for modern R&B in many ways.
Best tracks:
Doo Woo (That Thing)
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Strong start, Tonight Tonight is an all timer
Very long
1979 is amazing
To long
Best tracks
Tonight Tonight
Zero
An Ode To No One
1979
