tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post8399480615749228034..comments2024-03-16T11:14:24.111-05:00Comments on hip hop isn't dead.: Jay-Z - 4:44 (June 30, 2017)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-41309658551971817982018-03-07T04:16:30.774-06:002018-03-07T04:16:30.774-06:00Let's start with his incessant need to come ac...Let's start with his incessant need to come across as an incorrigible asshole, even when the subject matter doesn't call for it in the least. Also particularly infuriating is the fact that he's displayed numerous examples of being a shameless trend-hopper who then preaches originality WHILE claiming to have invented the very same trend he's hopping. And let's be honest here, shoe-inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01471475242666245554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-81992462560949765162018-03-06T11:24:37.707-06:002018-03-06T11:24:37.707-06:00But, Wu-Tang is for the children...But, Wu-Tang is for the children...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-84388563668174050632018-03-01T05:35:24.921-06:002018-03-01T05:35:24.921-06:00Come on you new this would be a bias review Max lo...Come on you new this would be a bias review Max loves Jay Z more then the WU lol. 6/10 for the album. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-48227822845360271812018-02-17T09:05:07.039-06:002018-02-17T09:05:07.039-06:00what do you utterly despise about this man that...what do you utterly despise about this man that's so endemic to his catalogue?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-70789469368993409532018-02-12T19:12:04.852-06:002018-02-12T19:12:04.852-06:00They both serve different purposes, so whichever a...They both serve different purposes, so whichever artist you like more, you'll likely prefer that take.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02647652457368243630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-82301115036701281642018-02-12T10:56:42.374-06:002018-02-12T10:56:42.374-06:00So whats better, the Drake and Wayne Family Feud o...So whats better, the Drake and Wayne Family Feud or the original?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-75047026940096295192018-02-12T09:26:35.395-06:002018-02-12T09:26:35.395-06:00The one Jay-Z-related piece of news I cared about ...The one Jay-Z-related piece of news I cared about last year is his reunion with Jaz-OAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-21670196027159566832018-02-11T21:06:38.033-06:002018-02-11T21:06:38.033-06:00Hey, at least you didn't immediately write it ...Hey, at least you didn't immediately write it off upon its announcement. Which is all I can ask.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02647652457368243630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-7000773319876074832018-02-11T20:31:27.692-06:002018-02-11T20:31:27.692-06:00Preach! I still check up on those types to see wha...Preach! I still check up on those types to see what the fuss is all about. I also know all too well that sometimes the singles aren’t enough research into an album. That being said, I heard the full album. I actually went into this hoping to see a side that would reintroduce me to him. (Read: I was once a fan of his. Hard to believe, I know.) Thereby, I was sorely disappointed to find that much shoe-inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01471475242666245554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-19333355620568275892018-02-11T15:51:29.917-06:002018-02-11T15:51:29.917-06:00I still feel you're missing out on a lot by bl...I still feel you're missing out on a lot by blatantly ignoring the dude and other artists you claim to not like. I was like that once (for reference, please see the previous ten years of the blog), and it blinds you to the chance that an artist can ever surprise you.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02647652457368243630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-72089599747097708372018-02-11T15:49:57.291-06:002018-02-11T15:49:57.291-06:00You clearly missed the final point I made in my la...You clearly missed the final point I made in my last comment, but that's cool. You're yelling into a void now, as am I. Go enjoy your Wu-Tang.<br /><br />Thanks for reading!Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02647652457368243630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-33144971407278009012018-02-11T15:23:09.098-06:002018-02-11T15:23:09.098-06:00Let me throw the whole “my opinion not yours” elem...Let me throw the whole “my opinion not yours” element you introduced right back at you: I’ll compare A Better Tomorrow to 4:44 all I fucking want. And all of what you just wrote doesn’t make a difference to MY OPINION that A Better Tomorrow > 4:44. All of their respective ingredients point to that conclusion FOR ME.<br /><br />Peace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-35643740795840656532018-02-11T14:46:24.489-06:002018-02-11T14:46:24.489-06:00You're only as good as your last album. I thin...You're only as good as your last album. I think that says a lot about how I (and seemingly Max) feel about Jay and the Wu as (separate) artists in 2018Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-89138023760064160922018-02-11T14:44:39.490-06:002018-02-11T14:44:39.490-06:00BP3 has hits, this is probably more consistent on ...BP3 has hits, this is probably more consistent on the whole, though. I have no love for ANY of the songs on here like I do for Run This Town, Empire, On To The Next One though..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-57463027949733987942018-02-11T08:15:28.330-06:002018-02-11T08:15:28.330-06:00You can't call bullshit on someone's opini...You can't call bullshit on someone's opinion. Life doesn't work that way.<br /><br />That said, A Better Tomorrow isn't a reflection of where the Wu was: it reflects solely where RZA was, and everyone else was forced to fall in line, hence the complaints and grumblings from the rest of the more vocal members of the group. You can love it all you want: I DON'T LIKE A BETTER Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02647652457368243630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-481535233310261292018-02-11T04:15:59.651-06:002018-02-11T04:15:59.651-06:00I call bullshit on pretty much everything you wrot...I call bullshit on pretty much everything you wrote there. <br /><br />4:44 is Jay bitching (title track, Adnis, Smile) and being pretentious as all fuck (Legacy, Smile) while still finding a way to jerk himself off (Marcy Me, Smile duh). A Better Tomorrow, while having some truly horrid musical choices, still comes off as a genuine reflection of where the Wu was at that point, regardless of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-73644687063882701482018-02-10T11:36:32.993-06:002018-02-10T11:36:32.993-06:00Best album Jigga has released since American Gangs...Best album Jigga has released since American Gangster, so much better then BP3 n a tad better than MCHG...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-45911806735798639352018-02-09T20:13:32.044-06:002018-02-09T20:13:32.044-06:00I feel like if MCHG had this lyrical content it wo...I feel like if MCHG had this lyrical content it would be regarded as highly, and vice versa. If Jigga had to have one producer for a whole album I honestly think 2000-era Timbo or 1995-era Primo would've been the only truly viable picksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-6205818321969331882018-02-09T09:30:37.996-06:002018-02-09T09:30:37.996-06:00I can't fuck with this review, too much bias. ...I can't fuck with this review, too much bias. Sorry famchemistryphysicsmathshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07292852790862389541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-63870148832951789772018-02-08T19:21:46.705-06:002018-02-08T19:21:46.705-06:00Yes, I've listened to Public Enemy. And there&...Yes, I've listened to Public Enemy. And there's a reason why I haven't written about them yet. There are some clues hidden in some of the comment sections, I don't remember which.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02647652457368243630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-55101345758812271132018-02-08T19:21:00.775-06:002018-02-08T19:21:00.775-06:004:44 at least comes as a natural progression of ev...4:44 at least comes as a natural progression of everything Jay has done for the past eighty-something years. A Better Tomorrow's only resemblance to a Wu-Tang album are the names involved, most of which seem to not want to be thare, and then RZA.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02647652457368243630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-42838904415864750062018-02-08T03:20:50.386-06:002018-02-08T03:20:50.386-06:00I was looking through your blog again today and I ...I was looking through your blog again today and I noticed that you haven't reviewed any Public Enemy albums. If you haventh listened to any I suggest you do, but if you have what do you think about them.<br />By the way, great review!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-52939195984411295442018-02-07T22:08:01.710-06:002018-02-07T22:08:01.710-06:00Oh, but there definitely is.Oh, but there definitely is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-85085877256886523702018-02-07T19:38:17.482-06:002018-02-07T19:38:17.482-06:00There's just no way.There's just no way.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02647652457368243630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433223770288671156.post-54291843106027951322018-02-07T17:06:29.768-06:002018-02-07T17:06:29.768-06:00You know my stance on this guy, Max. I’m just happ...You know my stance on this guy, Max. I’m just happy you’re writing again.shoe-inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01471475242666245554noreply@blogger.com