records that didn't suck in the 0-5...honorable mentions
awwright bitches…let’s get some things straight, right off the bat to your headbones…
first off, the FFD award goes to Cody ChesnuTT for The Headphone Masterpiece. as far as i’m concerned, this is still the best record of 2005, even though it was released in 2002. this shit is the mindfuck, a movement, a smoker’s paradise, the headphone masterpiece…Cody, i get you, man. most definitely keeps getting better with each spin and likes to sit in my stereo. you really can fight, fuck, and dream to it.
and now, in no particular order…
most honorable mentions [GONG!!!]:
clipse - got it for cheap volumes 1 + 2…not sure if volume one came out this year, but probably close enough. mixtapes the both of ‘em…i guess they are having some trouble with their record label. those dumb cunts. this shit should be getting massive distribution. the most literal drug rhymes ever? who cares…plus, it’s got that remix of pussy. nice.
dipset – what i mean is anything dipset-related. didn’t cop the new juelz, but i got back like cooked crack 2 and the memorial day mixtape, and what ever else is gettin’ sold out of the back of cars. pure ear candy with attitude, ego, and crackrocks to spare. when they do that bit about all the people spending the summer in those fun type of places…miami, cancun, yugoslavia…i never fail to laugh. come on…yugoslavia? hilarious.
itation sound – again…anything released from this sound system is gonna be decent, especially when dread lion is selecting the tunes. just about the hottest reggae mixes i got this year, mostly newer shit. it might not be those stone love jams, but what is? especially good when it gets into the new roots / conscious reggae. and get this: they’re straight outta vermont. fuckin’ vermont.
g-unit / mobb mixtape – back2back mixtape…i like it when rappers kill people on the records. recently signed to 50’s label, mobb does what they’ve been doing for while now, and do it well. they even make the g-unit numbers more bearable. mobb deep’s mash-up with bob marley is also worth checkin’ out for at least a song or two, but you’ll have to go elsewhere for that [Bobb Deep]. G-G-Get yo’ ass outta my car!
gorillaz – demon days…better than the first? you bet! it feels good…
maktub – say what you mean…this is getting them on here by rep alone. the first record was killer, and they manage to include a few on the two records since, but overall, somewhat of a let down. i miss those grooves they laid down all over that first record…
gomez – out west…it’s real hard for me to say anything bad about a double-live record. i’m real big on double records, anyway. they're, like, arty or something. gomez sounds great…plus, you don’t have to watch the hype-man jump around. song selection could have been better – no “rhythm + blues alibi” or “buena vista?” no liner notes? damm…that’s my beef…
international noise conspiracy – armed love…what’s not to love about rock-n-roll, communism, and black masks? i thought so…and i’m not even a communist. but the Doktor, now HE’S a HUGE communist. and a dickhead. yeah. definitely a dickhead.
kanye west – late registration…i like the synthesizer that closes out the first song. and it's got bernie mac at the beginning. and all those funny interludes. and common getting his own song. and jay-z drops a verse. plus kanye said george bush hates black people. man, that was funny as fuck.
QueensOfTheMotherFuckinStoneAge – lullabies to paralyze…the Doktor just may kill me for this one, but it is kind of a letdown. now i know about the live one, and the bit about the cocksmoker could land Homme a stand-up gig just about anywhere, but that son-of-a-bitch-n-bastard Doktor didn’t burn one for me. lazy motherfucker. and i don’t wanna hear about your work-release issues either. fuckin’ criminal. “medication” still rocks my socks and that “goodbye” song is the cat’s pajamas, but there is no Mmm-Mmmm-MMMM-MMM-MILLIONAIRE. oh dammit…look what i done…shit…this stain ain’t NEVER gonna come out…fuck…and i’ll never be able to put that back together…that shit was expensve, too…
…anyway, i’ll be back with the tops of the pops in 2005 sometime soon.
first off, the FFD award goes to Cody ChesnuTT for The Headphone Masterpiece. as far as i’m concerned, this is still the best record of 2005, even though it was released in 2002. this shit is the mindfuck, a movement, a smoker’s paradise, the headphone masterpiece…Cody, i get you, man. most definitely keeps getting better with each spin and likes to sit in my stereo. you really can fight, fuck, and dream to it.
and now, in no particular order…
most honorable mentions [GONG!!!]:
clipse - got it for cheap volumes 1 + 2…not sure if volume one came out this year, but probably close enough. mixtapes the both of ‘em…i guess they are having some trouble with their record label. those dumb cunts. this shit should be getting massive distribution. the most literal drug rhymes ever? who cares…plus, it’s got that remix of pussy. nice.
dipset – what i mean is anything dipset-related. didn’t cop the new juelz, but i got back like cooked crack 2 and the memorial day mixtape, and what ever else is gettin’ sold out of the back of cars. pure ear candy with attitude, ego, and crackrocks to spare. when they do that bit about all the people spending the summer in those fun type of places…miami, cancun, yugoslavia…i never fail to laugh. come on…yugoslavia? hilarious.
itation sound – again…anything released from this sound system is gonna be decent, especially when dread lion is selecting the tunes. just about the hottest reggae mixes i got this year, mostly newer shit. it might not be those stone love jams, but what is? especially good when it gets into the new roots / conscious reggae. and get this: they’re straight outta vermont. fuckin’ vermont.
g-unit / mobb mixtape – back2back mixtape…i like it when rappers kill people on the records. recently signed to 50’s label, mobb does what they’ve been doing for while now, and do it well. they even make the g-unit numbers more bearable. mobb deep’s mash-up with bob marley is also worth checkin’ out for at least a song or two, but you’ll have to go elsewhere for that [Bobb Deep]. G-G-Get yo’ ass outta my car!
gorillaz – demon days…better than the first? you bet! it feels good…
maktub – say what you mean…this is getting them on here by rep alone. the first record was killer, and they manage to include a few on the two records since, but overall, somewhat of a let down. i miss those grooves they laid down all over that first record…
gomez – out west…it’s real hard for me to say anything bad about a double-live record. i’m real big on double records, anyway. they're, like, arty or something. gomez sounds great…plus, you don’t have to watch the hype-man jump around. song selection could have been better – no “rhythm + blues alibi” or “buena vista?” no liner notes? damm…that’s my beef…
international noise conspiracy – armed love…what’s not to love about rock-n-roll, communism, and black masks? i thought so…and i’m not even a communist. but the Doktor, now HE’S a HUGE communist. and a dickhead. yeah. definitely a dickhead.
kanye west – late registration…i like the synthesizer that closes out the first song. and it's got bernie mac at the beginning. and all those funny interludes. and common getting his own song. and jay-z drops a verse. plus kanye said george bush hates black people. man, that was funny as fuck.
QueensOfTheMotherFuckinStoneAge – lullabies to paralyze…the Doktor just may kill me for this one, but it is kind of a letdown. now i know about the live one, and the bit about the cocksmoker could land Homme a stand-up gig just about anywhere, but that son-of-a-bitch-n-bastard Doktor didn’t burn one for me. lazy motherfucker. and i don’t wanna hear about your work-release issues either. fuckin’ criminal. “medication” still rocks my socks and that “goodbye” song is the cat’s pajamas, but there is no Mmm-Mmmm-MMMM-MMM-MILLIONAIRE. oh dammit…look what i done…shit…this stain ain’t NEVER gonna come out…fuck…and i’ll never be able to put that back together…that shit was expensve, too…
…anyway, i’ll be back with the tops of the pops in 2005 sometime soon.
Johnny St. Clair wuz here at 11:58 PM
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A bit of a let-down perhaps. However, Songs for the Deaf was a bit of a letdown, and Rated R was a bit of a letdown. 8, 5, and 2.5 years later, here we are wishing for a past album.
I know what the jaded will say, "Well, it just proves they suck worse and worse every albin". To that I say, "I hope you get crabs." The point is, they always change things up. Not in a Madonna-like way, but in a cool way. Push it as far as you can, and then bring it all back and see where you been. Maybe reflect upon your life and the things you once thought were cool, taint so coo. And the things you did you once thought were cool, and thought were lame, are once agian cool. Rediscovering your innocence. People do it all the time. Grownups forsake toys, and cartoons, and the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory, and Sesame Street Live, and jelly bracelets only to find that for some odd reason, you're tuning into Charlie Brown's Christmas, or checking the price on ebay for a video game system that was state of the art 25 years ago.
Where was I going with this? Who knows? But the fact of the matter is that Lullabyes is the type of albun that no one in their right mind would make. And while I was hoping for something a little different, and little heavier, when you take the body of work that is QoTMFSA and the Desert Sessions, you're talkin' a three hour show that could be all my favorite cuts and still be pissed off enough that some were left out, that I'd be throwin shit and a Mr. Joshua Homme just so I could witness first hand the wit...
Not really. You'd have to be a major asshole to throw shit at a performer for just about any reason, and a GIANT DICKFACE to pay money to do it to someone like that... but I digress.
Bottom line: That shit is Banannas! B-banannas! B-A-N-N-fuck off.
well well well, look who got internet access at the insane asylum. well-reasoned, even...but allow me to retort...
first queens record i heard = rated R...not too shabby, if i may say so. but songs for the deaf was by no means a disappointment, or even a bit of a letdown. it shit all over it...alright, maybe i'm gushing again, but you get my drift. lullabies just felt like it went backwards, whereas songs for the deaf took rated r, threw it on into overdrive and left all you motherfuckers in the dust.
that said, you [Doktor] have instilled within me an appreciation for the first record that i failed to originally see, 'cept for tracks #1 and #3. i'm gonna go back and give lullabies a thorough listen again - end to end - and if i arrive at the same conclusion, i'll hunt you down like the filthy little weasel you are.
and unirregardlessly, lullabies STILL kicks the shit out of 99.666% of the rock music out there today. maybe i wouldn't be so down on it if songs for the deaf hadn't have been so good...and if grohl would have dumped the foo fighters and stuck around with the RAWK!
and another thing...you're illiterate in the first place.
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