2011 in Review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about [...]
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about [...]
When it comes to pushing the notion of videogames as art, several names always enter the minds of most seasoned gamers; Okami, Flower and Limbo to name a few. Team [...]
This is just going to be a quick review. To be honest, I’ve been jamming to these cuts since September and was supposed to post a review last month but [...]
Contrary to popular belief, Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 is far from being a classic. The supposed follow up to 2001′s critically acclaimed The Blueprint & 2002′s Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse (though in truth the three albums have little, if anything, in common other than name) comes after a long wait. In September 2008, Swagga Like Us was released — a great single which we were led to believe would appear on both T.I.’s Paper Trail & The Blueprint 3 — followed by Jockin’ Jay-Z, Brooklyn (Go Hard) & History (the latter being a wonderful Kanye West produced track in homage to newly elected President Obama). The signs looked good for the forthcoming album… but this proved to be a false dawn.
It’s been a really long time since I posted one of these. I think the last time was in December and back then I promised I’d do this regularly. I failed. I’m sorry. Please forgive me.
Now that we love each other again, I thought I’d let you know what albums have caught my attention this month.