Reviews by ron_penis

i always complain about albums being too long, and to be fair, this is a little bit of a unique situation in that regard since truly this is two solo albums-- if you think it's too long, just listen to one! but it is still packaged and presented as one, so i feel it has to lose some points for that. the bigger issue with the runtime though, is that while i do quite enjoy the Big Boi half, once you get to The Love Below, it just doesn't do that much for me. it's very poppy and fun and well made, but i don't respond to it as much as Speakerboxxx. maybe if i did listen to it in isolation i'd feel differently, since the fatigue of the runtime probably isn't doing it any favors, but if i'm rating the whole thing as one album, i can't go above 4

as someone who hates "Loser" and has allowed my knowledge of Beck to begin and end there, i was extremely skeptical, but let's be real: this shit goes

pretty enjoyable mix of jazz and prog, like it quite a bit, would have liked it more if Robert Wyatt had kept his trap shut on Moon in June

probably tolerable if you, like many of these other reviewers, were 13 when it came out and listened to it a lot. i was 13 when it came out, but i did not

put this one down as pleasant surprise; like many I'm not usually one for Bob Dylan's voice, but i didn't mind it here and the song writing is pretty good as per usual. but a lot of it feels kind of samey to me, and i can only listen to so much harmonica

blandly pleasant music to play in a "cool" clothing store

this? now this is that kinda stuff i do not like

very pleasant surprise, the vocals are usually what make or break metal for me, and this has exactly the vocal style i typically dislike, so i immediately was a bit down on it but i tried to keep an open mind. good thing i did, because while i never really came around to the vocal performance, the blending of sounds and styles here is really something, and excellently performed. I don't know that I'll be listening over and over by any means but it's definitely interesting, and very enjoyable

The TBI Beatles

the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was getting two albums by the prodigy put onto this list

a combination of engrossing, forceful and endlessly inventive percussion, beautiful and heart wrenching lyricism, and a gorgeous, insanely expressive vocal performance. it didn't hit me quite right on my first listen when it came out, but from then on it's just grown on me more and more; on every listen it just opens up more and more.

just dreadfully boring

I've only ever heard more recent stuff from queens of the stone age and never loved it, but compared to this, those albums at least have some unique and interesting artistic qualities even if they aren't for me. the best words to describe this are boring and generic

always loved Ball and Biscuit, but the rest just doesn't do that much for me

you almost have to appreciate a white guy bringing into reality the most debased, terrible version of what so many white people have imagined all rap music to be

a bona fide classic from one of my all time favorites. joyful and powerful and what music should be

i somehow wasn't very consciously aware of little simz before listening to this, but that has been permanently corrected

this was coasting to a cool 2 until he said "noivus" in "I'm Shakin'." the atrocious vocals of "Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy" are just the nail in the coffin

a little too laidback for my tastes and a bit annoying but not bad by any means

waffled a lot between 4 and 5 but at the end of the day Essex Dogs clinched it