Guest Teal-y Dan Report post Posted April 9, 2008 It's always been a pet peeve of mine when people italicize color-shorthand names for albums, as in The Album. That's just what everyone is supposed to casually call an eponymous or untitled album, e.g. "I like the white album" or "I still think the blue album sucks and the green album isn't any damn good either." That's generally not the actual name, except for this here Jay-Z stinker. unh jigga unh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted April 9, 2008 Actually his second or third-best album, I think, though I know you don't care. A little surprised to see the more contemporary rap albums going now (this, Kanye), but they're both very good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Teal-y Dan Report post Posted April 9, 2008 The only Jay-Z song I ever thought I liked was that "Can I Get a Fuck You" one, and then when I revisited it later, I was much less enamored with it, and my elementary/middle school top 40 favorites usually age well for me. "Regulate" actually got even better when I started getting into yacht rock. It's so melodic and tells a story. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RHR 0 Report post Posted April 9, 2008 For my next two picks...since I know Tsar doesn't want this... This album always makes me feel. Reminds me of a time when things were simpler and better. I am listening to it right now as I go through some serious shit. It is perfect for my next pick. Just the last two songs on side Two are .....amazing..... And my next pick...punk rock/ska in it's regeneration...making it cool again...and always great to throw on at a party... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BUTT 0 Report post Posted April 9, 2008 The only Jay-Z song I ever thought I liked was that "Can I Get a Fuck You" one, and then when I revisited it later, I was much less enamored with it, and my elementary/middle school top 40 favorites usually age well for me. "Regulate" actually got even better when I started getting into yacht rock. It's so melodic and tells a story. But he's J-Hova! The God MC! Greatest rapper alive! It's true because he says so! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted April 9, 2008 I will fully grant that "Regulate" is better than everything on The Black Album. It's better than almost everything on anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steviekick 0 Report post Posted April 9, 2008 "Regulate" is amazing. I'm glad no one has ever attempted a cover of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henry Spencer 0 Report post Posted April 9, 2008 I think it's my turn again, but I'll be damned if I'm gonna read the first page of this thread to find out. If it's not my turn, and somebody was gonna take this album, my apologies. Galaxie 500 - On Fire Maybe this is a superfluous choice, as I already grabbed that third Velvet Underground album, and these guys' entire sound was basically lifted from that album. However, this one is gorgeous enough on its own that I decided I needed to have it as well. A great album to drift off to sleep to while staring at the sun and going blind. Activities I imagine will be in quite high supply on a desert island. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Man in Blak 0 Report post Posted April 9, 2008 Yep, it was your turn. Cowboy 13012 is on the clock. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darthtiki 0 Report post Posted April 9, 2008 Damn I was hoping that ...And Out Come the Wolves would have been around when I picked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jaxxson Mayhem 0 Report post Posted April 11, 2008 With my next pick, I shall choose.... Beanie Sigel - The B. Coming Great CD Beanie finished making right before he had to serve time. No tracks are skippable and the beats are a great laid back hip-hop almost bluesy mix. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steviekick 0 Report post Posted April 11, 2008 That wasn't on my draft radar, but it's a really enjoyable album. Glad to see it getting some love on this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jorge Gorgeous 0 Report post Posted April 11, 2008 With my next pick, I shall choose.... Beanie Sigel - The B. Coming Great CD Beanie finished making right before he had to serve time. No tracks are skippable and the beats are a great laid back hip-hop almost bluesy mix. Nice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. S£im Citrus 0 Report post Posted April 11, 2008 Well, it would be really weird if I had someone in my list of ten favorite artists and didn't have any of their albums in my draft. And, since someone already took the best album he did (or my favorite, at least), I guess I'll take the second best: Michael Jackson - Off the Wall Like I said before, I'm not a huge fan of the second half of the album, but the first half is nothing but classics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheOriginalOrangeGoblin 0 Report post Posted April 11, 2008 With my next pick, I shall choose.... Beanie Sigel - The B. Coming Great CD Beanie finished making right before he had to serve time. No tracks are skippable and the beats are a great laid back hip-hop almost bluesy mix. Great choice. Excellent album. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nighthawk 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2008 Curtis Mayfield - Superfly Fucking amazing from start to finish. Really interesting as a soundtrack, as it compliments the film perfectly, yet at the same time stands completely on it's own as an album. The title track, "Freddie's Dead" and my personal favorite "Pusherman" are total classics. Snoop Dogg called this album the black Sgt. Pepper's, and while I appreciate what he meant, I consider it almost an insult. Given the choice, I'd take the reissue with the instrumental of "Freddie's Dead", but it doesn't matter either way. I'm still sold. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jorge Gorgeous 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2008 I consider it almost an insult. Insult in what way? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nighthawk 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2008 It's way better than Sgt. Pepper's, for one, and at least as influential. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jorge Gorgeous 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2008 It's way better than Sgt. Pepper's, for one, and at least as influential. Oh really? Does Superfly contain the startling lyrical grand mastery that is "Grandchildren on your knee, Vera, Chuck and Dave" from "When I'm 64"? Or the entirity of "Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite"? Because if it does... Curits Mayfield totally ripped off The Beatles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Man in Blak 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2008 My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Write-up forthcoming, as soon as I can figure out something more creative to say than "OMG GUITARS". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mw679 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2008 Metallica- Kill 'Em All 1983 Faced with choosing this or "Ride The Lightning" wasn't easy, I kinda like both albums equally. So, I listened to both back to back a few times and came away liking this a little better. I'm not quite sure what it is about this album, it's definitely raw and they haven't mastered their sound, yet, there is an energy around it. Metallica just takes different sounds and meshes them together to create this thrash-punk-metal sound that works. The lyrics aren't as good as the later albums, but I can let that slide seeing as how they were so young at this point. Overall, I think it's a great listen, so that's why I'm taking it to my island. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darthtiki 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2008 Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X 1997 Around the time this album finally hit the states, I had been introduced to techno and trip-hop through a variety of sources, one of those being the film "The Saint" and its soundtrack which featured the Nelee Hooper remix of the band's signature track "6 Underground". As time has gone on, I find that the original version of the song is much smoother. The entire first half of the album is fantastic with "Low Place Like Home", the absolutely mellow title track and the moody "Spin, Spin Sugar". The rest of the album is pretty good, but the best part of the album is that first half. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nighthawk 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2008 That early Metallica showing up again... I also kinda like those two albums about the same. I may have went for Ride the Lightning solely based on "Fade to Black", my favorite Metallica song, though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted April 12, 2008 The Replacements - Tim Listened to this in the car today, in anticipation of picking it next. I love this album endlessly. I really love their other two big albums too, but this one's the pinnacle. Maybe it's because it was the first one I heard, and maybe it's just the songs. "Hold My Life," "Kiss Me on the Bus," "Left of the Dial"--you could have stopped there and I would have liked it--but throw in "Bastards of Young," "Little Mascara," and "Here Comes a Regular" and I'm sold. Anthemic without being boorish, snide but sensitive, sad and happy. I only first heard Tim the summer of 2005, and it's quickly climbed to the top of my personal pantheon. This is probably a top-5 of all time album for me, and one of my quintessential "I just feel like listening to some music" first picks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Annabelle 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2008 dave brubeck - time out (1959) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Copper Feel 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2008 Belated bullet points on Station to Station: The title track is just about the most wonderfully wierd epic song I've ever heard. Yeah, the disco breakdown and onwards is the best part of the song, but even so, what else sounds like the six minutes leading up to it? I love the keyboards in the song, and - by Bowie's standards - the lyrics are pretty fucking abstract. I know that "Word on a Wing" has somewhat Christian lyrics, and thus a lot of people dislike it, but I still think it's a good track. The keyboard part is catchy, and the vocals have a certain gut wrenching quality to them. "Golden Years" is insanely danceable. Those guitars are as delicious as sin. "TVC15" is a glorious piano romp, and definitive proof of the existence of the upside of cocaine abuse. Its melody's gorgeous. So yeah, great album. Probably my favourite of Bowie's: the only real competition is Hunky Dory. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Annabelle 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2008 since vitamin x sucks and never posts plus we have complete opposite tastes in music mine = good his = bad i'll select john coltrane - interstellar space (1967 released 1972) probably the most interesting jazz record i've ever listened to. furious elegance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Niggardly King 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2008 hey guys let me come in with my picks! The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill Tremendous album from top to bottom, listenable in every which way, Ex Factor and To Zion are some really slept on songs... 010 - Mad Capsule Markets J-Punk, J-Electronica, never been better in this epic masterpiece Absolute Power - Tech N9ne "We partyin' with chicks, gettin' hella rowdy, makin dat fuck you music... if you ain't down wit it niggah then we gonna be fightin." Never has an intro skit set the tone of a rap album more perfectly than this and the first 5 tracks might be the best starting 5 in music history. Seven's Travels - Atmosphere "Because these people do a lot of simple shit to impress us, while everyone was trying to out-do the last man I was just a ghost trying to catch some Mrs. Pac-Man" "It's the bird, it must have been the bird Disgusting critter, it must We should have known better then to trust This disease infested ball of lust and carnage Piece of garbage with wings and she has the guts to sing Get the bird, catch her shoot her, I dont care Get the bird, bring her down to the ground from out the air Gotta tear her apart, let me at her first Sink her to the level of the rest of us that inherit the earth What's she thinking? does she really believe That shes above the creatures that work the dirt and the streets See her up in the tree, looking down at you and me Like she's chosen over those who walk around on two feet The bird, the melodys she play The music she make, rubbing our faces in the feces of the daybreak Trying to remind us, its time to awake Antaganizing and instigating my hate The chirps, I turn them into screams My feathered friends end will justity the means Disturbed, I'll grab her by her beak And swing her in circles untill she's too dizzy to speak" S-I-C-K Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Niggardly King 0 Report post Posted April 14, 2008 Almost forgot the king Holy Diver - IF YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU DON'T KNOW MUSIC... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nighthawk 0 Report post Posted April 15, 2008 The funniest Tech N9ne lyric was "I stay ridda you lames (ya'll gay). I play video games (all day)." from "Slacker"... which was like the theme song for my life for several years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
