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brendan62442

the sharpest knife in the west

Apr 11, 2008 13:46

- The Magnificent Ambersons is exciting but ultimately a let down. You can tell just from watching the release version what other things must have been in the one that got burned. Sometimes it gets really majestic and you think, "If only this were a real movie."

- There Will Be Blood is exciting but ultimately a let-down. Paul Dano was of course ( Read more... )

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weasel_seeker April 22 2008, 06:27:47 UTC

I (unfortunately) agree on the Cool. Lupe has an astounding sense of wordplay and (at least after his early mix tapes) an inflated sense of IMPORTANCE and a general lack of great hooks. And production can be same-y at times ( ... )

brendan62442 April 22 2008, 20:45:40 UTC

I am completely okay with Kanye being just a producer even when he's a rapper, and I think I'm also okay with Kanye being full of himself. But I only know maybe a dozen of his songs -- singles and Chris's favourites -- so it's possible that this stuff gets more annoying on the deeper cuts. Jon Brion is maybe the best producer in music.

I haven't really discovered rap mixtapes, but I'm enough into Little Wayne that I've been meaning to look into them.

The Cool was a weird experience because I only listened to it when Chris insisted. I hated Chris for the hooks, but then I realized the words were clever and I got kind of confused. It took at least a dozen plays before I knew what I thought of it.

weasel_seeker April 26 2008, 21:51:51 UTC

Well. I mean, I say that, but I am a Kanye fan. I just have to...I don't know. I love Kanye in spite of his faults and because of them ( ... )

brendan62442 April 27 2008, 01:18:08 UTC

Have done research at OkayPlayer and ILoveMusic now. The Internet is smaller than it looks. Surprised you think drinking with Jay would go well. Really like the point where Kanye is best when he has to apologize.

My pumpkin cost a million dollars. It's got champagne in it.

I am completely okay with rhyming and rhyming and rhyming. I listened to enough Eminem years ago that I now think too much rhyming is the best part of rap music.

brendan62442 April 27 2008, 01:19:12 UTC

Apologize was the wrong word, but you know what I meant because you wrote it.

weasel_seeker May 10 2008, 23:12:38 UTC

Moreso than NaS. Jay parties...NaS will give you a lecture about Afrocentricity, social responsiblity and American politics.

You RESPECT NaS, but you don't want to throw down with him. And when I say "you" I mean the average rap audience. I love both NaS and Lupe, but there's a reason Food and Liquor was inspired/modeled after It Was Written and they share similar flaws...And my love for them is much more admiration. Enjoyment is there too, but not to the same degree. Jay is an incredible rapper, but his technical skill is less vital to enjoyment of his stuff than, say, his personality/swagger/beats/etc. NaS can't pick beats, personality is a bit overbearing and has less swagger than average. Lupe does better on a few of those, but is inconsistent.

And yeah....too much rhyming and wallowing in it is great. But I can only take so much of it. Eminem was incredible at making it work, and his abandonment of insanity and fun and audacity (except for puerile fart jokes) is what made The Eminem Show and Encore so plodding and ( ... )

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