Sometimes there is so much good music coming out at once that I forget what it is I want to download or buy. And let me just say that this is another pet peeve of mine with the lack of record stores. I have very fond memories of heading to Newbury Comics or Bull Moose Music with the mission of getting the new Jay-Z album and walking about with four other albums I had heard about but hadn't picked up yet. Anyway, here the current list of albums if they were in a new release display I would remember to buy.
One I just downloaded to my phone that I know I needed and one friend keeps asking if I've gotten it yet is Eminem's
Recovery. I am so glad that he is back, and really back, not like drugged out back. I think it was like a year ago or so the Em beat out Jay-Z in Source magazine for best MC and I was not too psyched about that one. At that point the latest album he had put out was
Relapse and it seemed like he had lost it. Then "Forever" came out. Drake saved Em for last on this, and that is composing genius. The song was already beyond impressive with Drake, Lil Wayne, and Kanye, and then Slim Shady comes out and blows them all out of the water. The next big performance that won me back over is what Eminem laid down on Lil Wayne's "Drop the World", one of the only saving graces on
Rebirth. Finally what just pushed me over the edge to download the album (I usually like to go to a store and buy the physical product, but keep forgetting during the day) was Eminem's performance of "Won't Back Down" with the Roots on Jimmy Fallon. I just watched it on hulu, now I had to get the album.
Speaking of The Roots, I need to get their new release
How I Got Over. I would like to thank Pandora and Jimmy Fallon for reigniting my love for The Roots. The Roots are constantly coming up on my Common station on Pandora, and it's always songs that I have forgotten about. And Jimmy Fallon snagging The Roots as his house band has to be the best thing that's happened to both of them. The Roots have been playing snip its of their new album all week on the show, and Late Night gets The Roots!
I don't really know much about Drake but his release
Thank Me Later is supposed to be one of the biggest albums of the summer. I really loved the song "Forever", but while I liked Drake's intro (it really was just an intro) I am more in love with that song for the aforementioned artists. However, I recently heard one reviewer compare
Thank Me Later to Kid Cudi's
Man on the Moon. If this is comparable it is worth a shot. Plus it has collaborations with major talents like Alicia Keyes, Jay-Z, Swizz Beatz, and Lil Wayne. While I guess it could be just another pay day for these artists I highly doubt they'd be doing projects they didn't believe in at this point in their careers.
Finally, things I am looking forward to buying in the new future are Big Boi;s new album, a little M.I.A. and if the rumors are true, hopefully new Kanye or Lupe Fiasco by the end of the year. Big Boi's appearance on Janelle Monae's
the ArchAndroid and his new single "Shutterbug" have got me anticipating what the album is going to be like. Also M.I.A., attempting to become the queen of controversy talking down to other artists, is getting a lot of attention for an extremely violent short film made for her single "Born Free". According to a blimp at Coachella back in April, the album was supposed to drop today, but I guess that didn't happen. Finally I have just seen the rumors on the internet that both Kanye and Lupe are planning on putting out new albums this year and that would be amazing. I've missed Kanye musically, and while I know Lupe prefers touring to recording the man needs to keep making new music.
So there's the list... please feel free to add suggestions cause I know I'm missing some.
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