reviews

So here's a couple new ones:
Only built 4 Cuban Linx pt II by Raekwon
-This album is money. A real quick summary is to say it's a flash back to good old Wu stylez with a lot of new age hiphop/rNb style mixed in, without trying to conform to the new ways or anything. Use of harsh lyrics and uncompromising rhyme mixed to catchy hooks and beats makes a killer album. Featuring most of the Wu, in true "solo" wu album style, it's really a collab from the whole gang, but Raekwon also included a few of my favorite old school rap stars: Styles P, slick rick, and jadakiss, as well as others on various tracks. Amazing old school track that really flashed me back; "House of Flying Daggers" made me wish it was still the days the Wu ruled (arguably they still do...). Almost every track is on point, except for one, which IS point; "mean streets". It's got message, impact, power, a money hook, and the flow of experienced rappers knowing what they're talking about. Blew my mind, def not party music as is, but all together they really stepped up and put out an amazing album, once again, the Wu is on top.

Ghostdini by Ghostface Killah
-On the other side of the Wu, as well as featuring on Raekwon's new album, Ghostface put out his own album, and I don't believe he featured a single other member of the Wu. Impressive album, Ghostface pulls through again with great flow, not as much of a focus on the hiphop aspect, instead focusing on lyrics and message, one of the reasons Ghostface is one of my favorites. Even Ghostface is influenced by popular culture and you can see some more bait and hook style tracks in the album, like "let's stop playing" or "She's a killah". It's an interesting medley of different styles. and Ghostface is sometimes out of his comfort zone, yet he performs admirably, one of my favorite tracks that shows a little different side of Ghostface is "Do Over". All in all definitely worth the time to listen to it, and as always you have to pay attention to what Ghost is saying, not just the beats as you can in most new "rap".

Summoning
-Interesting metal band, their classification is LORD OF THE RINGS METAL! Holy shit how did I not know about these dudes? They're amazing. they have a lyrical quality and musical continuity that lets me listen to them, not just screaming and loud crashes like some metal sounds to me. They sometimes have a real heavy guitar, but it's in tune and sounds like music! So it's all good. Their style does vary a lot depending on the album and the song, but they're very exciting to any LoTR fans...(hinthint). Their songs feature heroic themes as well as dark riffs and heavy drum kits, quotes from the movies, and even SONGS IN THE BLACK SPEECH OF MORDOR. Ok i really can't get over these guys, they just rock my world. Shout out to my brother for linking them to me. Although they have several songs in the black speech, my favorite is "Mirdautas Vras". Love the epic heroic music. Taking epic to the next lvl as metal always should. Amazing. (it's so epic, here's a clip: w00t enjoy!)

Artists on my list (it's pretty long but I'll try to keep narrowing it down):
Oyster Band
Brad Paisley
BIlly Currington
Brooks and Dunn
Mark wills
John Michael Montgomery
Ben Folds
The depreciation GUild
The rescues
Desafio
Fairyland
Faith No More

P.S. Are those NAZGUL in the background? They are. Cant' get over this shit.

Keep posting with more stuff, I'll work my way slowly through it.