Colin
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Saturday, January 26, 2008
New Camera: Nikon D40x
Here are a few shots I've taken so far with my new D40x. Hopefully it will stop raining soon so i can snap some more shots.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Friday, January 4, 2008
Album Reviews: Pharoahe Monch & Asheru
I've decided to take a new sort of approach to this blog.. Instead of posting 'reviews' I'll just be posting the current music that I'm into and some info about it. Occasionally I'll post random thoughts on the music I'm listening to. My ear for music is good but I'm fairly new at articulating why it's good or why you should check it out. Nuff said, here's my post for the dayyyyyyy
two albums two artists
Pharoahe Monch - Desire
Asheru - Insomnia Vol. 1
Artist: Pharoahe Monch
Album: Desire
Desire is the second.. wait this is only the second studio album this guy's put out? Pharoahe Monch is a fairly well known rapper, as far as I know. The first work he did was with Prince Po as Organized Konfusion. He put out Internal Affairs in 1999 with the single Simon Says, and though I have yet to listen to all the songs on that album, there's a very apparent difference in style between that and his second album, Desire. I read an interview he did where he talked about the "soulful" feel of Desire, which is very apparent just from the intro track. There's a lot more gospel type singing and the songs talk a lot about freedom (track no. 2 "Free") and struggles to accept yourself (Hold On ft. Erykah Badu) which tells a story of a girl named Diamond who grows up being ridiculed because she's black but ends up accepting that she is beautiful.
Artist: Asheru
Album: Insomnia Vol. 1
You might recognize his voice from the intro to The Boondocks (mondays 11:30 on [adult swim].. check it out)
Just from that one verse in the intro you can tell this guy is deep. His full length album only gets better. He seems to have a similar take on black america, and his song "Niggas" reminds me A LOT of the Boondocks episode "Return of the King" where they play with the idea that MLK Jr. went into a 30 year coma instead of dying and comes back to see his people not having made much progress. He seems to display a love hate relationship. God I feel like I'm typing on touchy ground here but I think both the episode and the song have good messages in the end. Anyways Insomnia Vol. 1 is dope, check it out.
two albums two artists
Pharoahe Monch - Desire
Asheru - Insomnia Vol. 1
Artist: Pharoahe Monch
Album: Desire
Desire is the second.. wait this is only the second studio album this guy's put out? Pharoahe Monch is a fairly well known rapper, as far as I know. The first work he did was with Prince Po as Organized Konfusion. He put out Internal Affairs in 1999 with the single Simon Says, and though I have yet to listen to all the songs on that album, there's a very apparent difference in style between that and his second album, Desire. I read an interview he did where he talked about the "soulful" feel of Desire, which is very apparent just from the intro track. There's a lot more gospel type singing and the songs talk a lot about freedom (track no. 2 "Free") and struggles to accept yourself (Hold On ft. Erykah Badu) which tells a story of a girl named Diamond who grows up being ridiculed because she's black but ends up accepting that she is beautiful.
Artist: Asheru
Album: Insomnia Vol. 1
You might recognize his voice from the intro to The Boondocks (mondays 11:30 on [adult swim].. check it out)
Just from that one verse in the intro you can tell this guy is deep. His full length album only gets better. He seems to have a similar take on black america, and his song "Niggas" reminds me A LOT of the Boondocks episode "Return of the King" where they play with the idea that MLK Jr. went into a 30 year coma instead of dying and comes back to see his people not having made much progress. He seems to display a love hate relationship. God I feel like I'm typing on touchy ground here but I think both the episode and the song have good messages in the end. Anyways Insomnia Vol. 1 is dope, check it out.
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