Annabelle

arcade fire are amazing. they won't be doing any rap duets anytime soon, though. constantines are okay. my friends all love them. i think we've all settled on the fact that k-os is pretty bad. well, everyone who counts.... feist is actually really good. i enjoy her cabaret pop balladry. aside from stars, she's the best from the bss family. apostle of hustle isn't very good.

fine. uncreative. unimaginative. everything he's done has been regurgitated from past artists & groups. if he wasn't canadian, and we didn't have those stupid ca-con rules - he'd be nothing. did you hear that crabuckit song? oh my god, its the worst.

What on bloody earth do you mean by their own "level"? Their own level of popularity? If so, you're a bigger idiot than I thought. You only real worry is that K-OS isn't good enough to work with them, which is fine, however many people think that K-OS is one of the most inventive and varied mc Canada or the world as seen, and would mash up great with BSS. It worked well when he collaberated with Sam Roberts. I actually can't think of a Hip-hopper I enjoy more than K-os. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> their own TALENT level you faggot. when did i ever say anythin about popularity? it shows you're a dumb ass canuck when you bring sam roberts into this fucking argument. stick to your matthew good band cd's, little boy. could k-os be any more boring? could inc's comparison of him to wyclef be any mroe accurate? the only person who loves k-os as much as c-bacon is k-os. his no talent ass.

all great music starts with innocence. its the pretention that ultimately ruins it, too. c-bacon is embarrassingly funny.

fine. bss should collaborate with people on their own level. lotc: by having these absurd mash-ups like k-os & bss - it'll harm the music thus the music scene in canada will ultimately suffer. as stated earlier, it was the innocence of bss that made them great. it just doesn't seem natural that they'd be with k-os (who is horrible, with/without musicmusic airplay). i can't see what the guy from the dears can add to the table? c-bacon is funny. is he implying that i said bss are riding the dears coat-tails? thats funny. really funny. the dears are breaking up soon anyway. and for good reason. put that baby to bed. emily haines & lesliefeist are part of the fucking group, genius - so naturally i wouldn't have any problem with their involvement. they were part of the original equation. i see this entire bss thing as similar to what happened at woodstock in 1968. not the festival, but the community itself. what started there with dylan & the band was this natural organic relationship based around music. but soon, the vultures swooped in. everyone descended on woodstock & the music became secondary to whatever the fucking musical "community" was about. after 1970, both the band & dylan lost their touch. they were effected by the vultures. their music was compromsied. similarily, i predict that the bss music will be compromised. they've been whistling sweet-tweet about releasing three up-coming albums in the next eyar or two, their collabs, ect. worry less about fitting in with the indie hipster darlings, and just do what they do. i could very well be wrong & they'll make a fantastic album. i just don't think it'll happen. too many variables to mix up their alchemy.

weak beats. weak hooks. too much r & b. who the fuck is danny boy? why was he on a shitload of 2pac tracks? the song me against the world should have had some bite. it might as well been done by the carpenters. tupac was at his most effective when he was doing rap ballads or "gangsta" tracks. the middle road was boring & unimaginative. i never question his charisma or pop appeal; it just doesn't mean his music was any fucking good. he just didn't necessarily have the albums to back up this insane legacy. he's only done maybe a baker dozens of worthwhile songs. unlike biggie smalls who in his debut blew away anything tupac could have ever done - if he had lived to be 85. where did this 83 syllables/minute come from? don't answer, i don't care.

if i ever made a movie, i'd have all 11:20 of sad eyes lady of low lands in the middle. no part cut out. the entire song. so people can actually understand why bob dylan was the bestest song writer in the history of allkind.

these bands should worry moreso about what made them great instead of "pandering" to their fucking community. the fucking dears are shit. sorry. k-os is horrible. i am sorry i am breaking this muchmusic imposed musical guideline for you. do you see caribou dueting with matthew good? no. because that would be fucking whack. how about an arcade fire & our lady peace co-op? get my point? keep it real. don't fucking jam with these artists that aren't at your level for the sake of maintaning some bullshit notion of a community. i loveD death from above. man, their heads up ep still is quite possibly the greatest 14 minutes of music ever. i love it. but why are they doing remixes with k-os? because they ran into him at a party? who cares. that isn't what made them so great. same with bss. i could be wrong, and sure hope so, but i can say that their (bss) 3rd full lenth album will not be as good as their first two, esp their second. i am sorry to say this. sorry. don't shoot the messenger. the innocence is gone. it happens to nearly everyone.

orton should be pushed into a starter role. he may have more upside than grossman. i just really can't get into the whole chad hutchinson experience again. please lovie no more chad.

agreeable. the life in mars placement was my favorite. but it still doesn't beat sigur ros's staralfur right at the end; which incidently is not on the soundtrack at all. for whatever reason.

i liked broken social scene a lot more before i knew what they looked like. only dumb canadians would be excited about bss doing a track with k-os. who cares about k-os? who cares about the fucking dears? dumb canadians. bss should do what they did ni the past instead of oandering to these other shitty canadian acts. canada has great music...but its ruining itself. death from above opening for the foo fighters? bss with k-os? no. arcade fire is keeping it relatively real. and thats really real in the music industry.

nico - these days

i think i've mentioned before that i've never really been into the dirty south sound. not at all, actually. i respect outkast for their musical exploits, but my respect is nowhere near the enjoyment i get from the others. doggystyle is a hit after hit album. its actually quite amazing. its even more amazing how snoop made a decided turn away from everything that made him great. kinda like whats happened to 50 cent. except 50 was never great. but now he's got mobb deep & mop in g unit. mobb deep's the infamous album is quite great, too. just another group and/or album that is light years ahead of anything tupac ever touched. heck, even kanye couldn't touch that. sadly, mobb deep have been trying to make commercial pop rap like kanye that is sorta poor. maybe they'll return to their roots with 50. i just mindlessly ranted about everything but the topic at hand. on the point, i am scared about kanye telling all franz ferdinand & kaiser chief fans to buy his album because he was directly influenced by the whole angular dance rock whatever fad. that is really really really scary.

nah. ready to die is the greatest rap album of all-time. maybe only illmatic or 36 chambers is close.

how the fuck is tupac prolific? think about it. he's been dead for 10 years and he's had an assload of unworhty shit released by his momma in the world's greatest & most disgusting money grab in musical history. she's ruined whatever musical legacy he's had. he'll be known as prolific by uneducated idiots like you who fail to recognize that rehashing & remixing different parts of the same song over like 5 post-humous albums is NOT prolific. biggie IS the greatest. fucking deal with it. tupac was nowhere close to him...definately not perfect. tupac didn't even have a perfect song, perfect rhyme, or perfect beat - so how can you summarize his legacy as perfect? what the fuck is with you & the word DRIVE? you've watched too many vh1 specials. 95% of the musical artsist are driven to be the best, why is kanye so special? tpuac had drive to be the best? yea, so? so does cam'ron. so does lloyd banks. so does the game. that doesn't mean shit in terms of their musical talent. and NOW you say jeff buckley is the most talented musician EVER? sorry, naturally talented musician ever. really? is this the case? are we going to argue this? you're going to put buckley above such innovators as charlie parker, john lennon, & robert johnson? people who revolutionized music with their "natural talent"? buckley released one album. how can you DARE to even make such a fucking ridiculous statement when a guy was making music for only like 5 years before dying? buckley played guitar like hendrix? this is all of the time i'm going to give you.

Hes the most talented musicia since Jeff Buckley. He has the most drive to be perfect and prolific since Tupac Shakur. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> that is laughable. prolific = mf doom perfect = notorious i can list at least 10 mcs that tupac couldn't even touch. tupac was loved for his persona, not his music. none of his albums came close to being perfect. he's totally a greatest hits rapper. he's been martyred because of how he died. at least biggie smalls released two (well 1 but lad was released a week after dying) of the dopest albums before he did. kanye is okay. at best. very average. he'll be a greatest hits rapper just like tupac, although his work did raise jay-z's level of greatness. the blueprint is remarkable. someone needs to tell kanye less is more. i cut out about 7 tracks from his debut lp on my ipod, and it made me love the album so much more. but kanye couldn't even dream of touching jay. and if jay can't touch nas, than kanye can't touch nas. beanie sigel's album from this year was better than college drop out. so was the pretty toney album. and the over exaggeration of jeff buckley puzzles me, too. i'll give him credit, he died before he could be responsible for releasing any shit. kinda like if noel gallagher died in '95. he'd be compared to john lennon. but now we all no better. that said, i love oasis. for being so cool. beck is a jillion times better than buckley was.

its okay. mf doom is just mf doom. solid. i'm much much much much more excited about his upcoming album with ghostface. it HAS to be noted that the pretty toney album is better than nearly anything mf doom has ever participated in.

would be a coup if he can stay healthy. put up great numbers in l.a for several years. concussions derailed his career & i always assumed his retirement was an immidiate reality.

blackhawks add bulin? haha. yes i really love roenick going to the kings, too.

the thread killer acts like such a baby all of the time. quit whining, fag. don't even respond to this, i don't care what you say. fucking baby.

blackhawks got lapointe peca to the oilers? my favorite player to my childhood team? wow. messier to play a final year with them? to win a cup with the oil. zhamnov to the bruins? i've heard this. neidermeyer bros. united in anaheim. leetch was useless as a leaf. i'm shocked he didn't retire. its funny watching t.o miss this entire process. they're going to have a really bad team if they don't make a big splash. supposedly they want jason allison - while although a great player - is in horrible condition. one more hit & he'll be retiring i'm sure. why do i have a weird feeling they'll end up signing eric lindros? haha. the flyers won't do that well this year without consistent goaltending. rathje was a good pick up, but hatcher is washed up. too slow to contend with faster skaters. forsberg usually misses 30+ games a year. whats up with the kings keeping their streak of having a bunch of concussed players on their roster? i love both j.r & the kings - so hopefully it'll work out. now that the isles dumped peca & aucoin - two of ym favorites - they are dead to me. just trade dipietro to the oilers - then we'd be further in business. the oilers (if you can still call them sleepers ) & blackhawks are gonna be sleepers this year.

THE band

bruiser chong acts like such a baby all of the time. quit whining, fag. don't even respond to this, i don't care what you say. fucking baby.

pronger to the oilers? amonte to the flames? aucoin to the blackhawks? zhitnik to the isles? naslund staying with the canucks? my 5 teams are set. awesome.

not saying it would've sucked. but its tough to follow up the greatness of those two seasons. sometimes following seasons become contived caricatures of the past. that would be too bad. shows should follow the path of THE OFFICE by ending while on top. i don't shed a tear about this whatsoever. chappelle's consciousness about becoming the thing he is mocking is very true. it happens. not everyone can detect the sarcasm or whichever in regards to his racial shit, and unfortunately, it sorta perverts his humor in an unflattering way. still, i think its peachy.