I just saw an advanced screening of this movie and it’s as if..Superbad and Half Baked got together and made babies—really hilarious, awesome, non-stop laughs type babies. I honestly give it four stars, even despite all the bro-mance between the two main characters (like romance except between bros. get it? “haha”). Anyways, it comes out on Wednesday (August 6th) so watch it some time and check out the preview/trailer below:
So the new N.E.R.D. leaked—like everything does—and a friend linked me to it. Being a fan of their production ever since Superthug, I decided to actually download it. This hesitation and the “I Guess,” in “I Guess I’ll Press Play,” is not a reflection of any negative expectations I had for this album, however. Quite the contrary, it’s just been a while. Due to time constraints I barely ever listen to full albums. Tonight though, since other contributors wrote some, I decided to listen to this in its entirety while writing this quick review.
A journey through Seeing Sounds (a chronological commentary & album review), awaits, after the jump… (Plus, a few mp3’s)
So you think break dancing was an art form that died in the ‘80s. And so you think you’ve seen it all and the dance isn’t worth five minutes of your time when you are passing through Time Square subway station. You haven’t seen the last of b-boying if you watch this dance documentary as it mines b-boying from underground and proves it is still as alive as any other dance that has ever existed.
Atmosphere, the two man duo of Slug (Sean Daly) and Ant (Anthony Davis), are back and hittin’ hard, with their new album ‘When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Sh*t Gold’ (WLGYLYPTSG). I’ll be honest, I’ve always had a love/hate for Slug’s raps - mostly because of his weird rhyme schemes and constant coke references - but after listening to ‘God Loves Ugly,’ (2003) it was his story-telling ability that changed my mind and left me wanting more. So with that said, when I first gave this CD a listen a lot of the tracks seemed contrived; almost as though Slug wrote the raps first, then found the beats for them later. However, after listening to this album for about two weeks straight his lyrics really started to take form and I found that there was more to the songs than what appeared on the surface.
You’re making ?uestlove sad and shit! For real though, he recently poured his heart out on his blog, letting out a lot of his frustrations. I guess when record sales aren’t at the level they rightfully should be at, one can only go so long without feeling discouraged. Presumably, this is especially true when acts like Soulja Boy are out there killin’ it in the sales department.
Speaking of depression, it definitely is a bit depressing to see that real music isn’t as widely popular as mainstream (production-value reliant) club bangers or whatever. That being said though, all this illustrates is that the majority of people right now generally prefer thoughtless, feel good jams over more meaningful laid back music. Ignorance is supposedly bliss, after all. A lot of people listen to music to escape from the world’s problems (and their own), rather than to hear someone summarize the world’s problems for them. Then again, people just like what they happen to like. In some cases they might shy away from an album like this for legitimate(?) reasons, and other times - let’s face it - it’s just a case of bad music taste.
I’m sure ?uesto has shaken off the funk he was in when he wrote all that (at least to some degree), but I’m sending out a big “keep your head up!” to dude anyway. You can’t expect everyone to recognize the real shit - if everyone knew what was up there would be no lames, and therefore, no one cool in comparison. Think about it, a world without cool people? F that noise, everyone plays their role.
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