Pitchfork gave the new Clipse album a 9.1 which is very rightfully deserved, lately its been my hip hop album of choice when I feel like thugin it out. It pretty much cancels out that new Jay-z album (oh no he din'int). But I'm sure everyone is asking themselves whats the point of pursuing futher hip hop releases after listening to this masterpiece, okay maybe not but I have a point. That point is that the new Nas album is going to knock some heads. I've heard couple of parts of from the album and I can't wait to hear the whole.
Our beloved Texas post-rock instrumentalists Explosions in the Sky have a new release after 4 years without an LP. Although their was The Rescue, which was Volume 21 in the Travels in Constants series and was created in 8 days without any songs written prior. The new album is called All of A Sudden I Miss Everyone and is going to be released February 20th, 2007 on Temporary Residence Limited.Today I read this article about two very recent hip hop songs sharing the same sample.
The "ubiquitous hip-hop sample of the moment" award goes to the horn loop from Johnny Pate's "Shaft in Africa."
Usually my Sundays start like this, around noon to 1pm I open my eyes and roll over for the remote. I flip through the NFL games and pick my favorite and watch till half time and then I actually get out of bed. The Cowboy game yesterday against the Colts almost made up for a string of disappointments this season by my favorite NFL team the Dallas Cowboys. The win over the undefeated, number one team in the league, Indianapolis Colts was something that all Dallas Cowboys fans needed and deserved. I've liked Romo but I hadn't believed in him much till yesterday, how could I not like the #2 ranked QB in the league. Payton Manning is my favorite player in the league but thats just because I admire his talent, it doesn't mean I was rooting for him against my team.
Tom Waits' Lie To Me video is one of the best music videos I've seen in a while. The song, Lie To Me is from Waits' new album Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards, which is a 56-song, 3-disc collection out November 21st on Anti. Read about the album and each disc on Orphans on his label site. Also be sure to check out the video below.
Listen to a Nov. 6th live show by Modest Mouse featuring Johnny Marr on guitar, note the new songs from Modest Mouses' soon to be released We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.Today I finally heard a track from the new Nas album Hip Hop is Dead titled The N or Hip Hop is Dead (depends on where you read), I think its the new single. Its a departure from what I would normally think is the Nas sound. Its pretty good but it leaves me with the feeling that I just heard a remix of a Nas original. The new album, Nas' 8th, should be out December 19th on Def Jam/Columbia.
Last night I made my return to the net. I didn't hate my time away but I did hate right when I finally got back online and saw all that I missed. I pretty much gave up on trying to read everything I missed from my favorite blogs and magazines, I'm just going to act like time stopped in the middle of October and continued in the beginning of November.
