Jun 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM I always like to check out the records during the week I picked them so that they're fresh in mind, and holy s--- I forgot about how strange Wild Honey Pie is lmao.
Jun 11, 2025 at 5:30 AM Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty I listened to the first few songs the other day and was honestly surprised people gave this ratings like 5 or 6. But having listened to the whole project, while I still think its better than that I do understand. The quality kinda drops for me as well later on. Lets go to the songs: Feel Me: nice little intro, gives me a little Daft Punk vibes. Not gonna rate this though. Daddy Fat Sax: f---, the energy here. Love BB's flow and the beat is awesome. Wish it had a more enjoyable hook instead of a sample but overall this is fire! 9/10 Turn Me On: love the jazzy vibe here. It's smooth as h---, hook is catchy and again dude flows like water. 9/10 Follow US: can't really add more than what I said about the song before. Just wanna add this beat is so d--- good too aside from loving the hook. 9/10 Shutterbug: nice fun upbeat song. I can vibe to this! Not much else to say. 8/10 General Patton - yeah this beat is a bit annoying to me. Kinda nice the haunting vibe and he raps well but it gets annoying to me quick lol. 6/10 Tangerine - always love to hear T.I. beat is really smooth and I like the verses a lot, but the hook annoys the f--- out of me lmao. 7/10 You Ain't no DJ - yeah.... well this beat. Keep. Like both BB and Yela here but beat is unlistenable to me. 5/10 Hustle Blood - I do like this one! Watched Django Unchained the other day, almost forgot the dude also performed as a singer. Dope hook, good production and yeah BB can flow thats obvious. 8/10 Be Still - this is not my thing. Usually I like a female singer / rap combo but not feeling this hook at all. And the beat is just, meh. 4/10 Fo Yo Sorrows - hook is so catchy one of the best on the album. Can't say much more, good song. 8/10 Night Night - BB raps his a--- off, BOBs hook is nice. Beat during the verses annoys me a bit sometimes but overall dope song. 7.5/10 Shine Blockas - yeah love this. Gucci also kills it. I just hate that little sound effect thats used more often in music (can't describe it, during the hook). 7.5/10 The Train p2. - great song. 8/10 Back up Plan - hook is awful lol. Fun beat though overall okay song. 6/10 Theme Song - yeah this is the sound of the first few songs again! 7.5/10 Shine Blockas remix - nice verse from Bun B so I like this better than the first one. Could have just used this one though. 8,5/10 Average 7.4 but adding the nice intro I'll round this up to a 7.5. Nice album! @Wreckless @AOTWClub
Jun 12, 2025 at 12:10 AM @AOTWClub @Justin Trudeau Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot… The Son of Chico Dusty Didn't get as much time with this as I wanted due to some different stuff popping up throughout the week so this is gonna be a shorter review but I enjoyed this more than I thought I would considering the other reviews. Getting the cons out of the way I'll say some of the production didn't really work for me, this Era of southern music is super hit or miss in this department for me in general so it's not a surprise but then there's s--- that's bad like General Patton that's so silly it almost wraps back to being enjoyable in the 2nd half. Another negative is heavily dependent on what mood you're in but a lot of the subject matter is super samey and not very interesting other than a song or two, wasn't too detrimental to my experience but was glaring. As for the positives I loved the flows and delivery in general which shouldn't be surprising considering who's album it is. Features did their thing, the Vonnegutt feat is do f---ing weird that i kinda love it? Overall a smooth listen that i thought was paced pretty well and didn't feel like a slog to get through which it could have been. Putting this in pros and cons is funny but some beats were fun, Turns Me On really worked for me for example. In terms of a full experience I'd describe the project as vapid but entertaining and fits very well with this time of the year for a fun listen! Favorite Songs: Daddy Fat Sax, Follow Us, Hustle Blood, Be Still, Night Night, Shine Blockas Least favorites: General Patton, You Ain't No DJ RATING 7/10
Jun 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM Thanks for the pick @Wreckless! was factoring me probably not going back to it much in my score but it doesn't change the fact it was a fun listen! Been away from strictly rap for so long in here that it was nice to go back
Jun 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album) Favorites: Back in The U.S.S.R., Glass Onion, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, I’m So Tired, Blackbird, Julia, Birthday, Yer Blues, Sexy Sadie, Helter Skelter, Revolution 1 (more than doubled my usual 6 favorites since this is a double album) RIPPER ROO’S RATING: 8/10 I’ve never had a lot to say about The Beatles. Some people say they’re overrated, some people say they’re the greatest band ever. Me personally I don’t have a super strong opinion on them either way, but I do usually like the songs I hear from them. This is super zoomer and cringe but, although I had heard their songs in passing before, my first real exposure to songs from The Beatles was when Big Time Rush decided to cover songs from The Beatles lmao. With all that being said, this album is great. The fact that this is from 1968 is so crazy because this doesn’t sound aged at all, it fits right in with what I’m used to hearing. I think that just goes to show how experimental and influential this album and the band in general was. Even though The Beatles aren’t a band I regularly listen to and probably still won’t be after this, I can still recognize that this album is very good. Onto the negatives: the thing that brings this album down for me is that 4 track stretch of tracks 12-15 (Piggies, Rocky Raccoon, Don’t Pass Me By, Why Don’t We Do It In the Road?). While I don’t hate country or anything, the sound of these songs just do nothing for me. Plus, some of these lyrics are so ridiculously silly (not in a charming way either), especially on Piggies and Why Don’t We Do It in The Road lmao. I’m also not a fan of Wild Honey Pie, again the sound does nothing for me. Aaaaaaand Revolution 9 also does nothing for me. Like it’s really cool and weird and all that, but I’m probably never going to listen to it again and it didn’t add to my album experience. MFers knew I’d like Yer Blues. I gotta appreciate a suicidal song even back from 1968. Might have to add that one to the depression playlist. Sexy Sadie is dope too (shoutout Sadie Sink). The Beatles lyrics are just so unique man, there’s nothing like it. I know this is a 30 track album so it’s crazy that I don’t have more to say, but I really don’t tbh. I’m just not a big Beatles person, but this album is awesome and a dope pick. The Beatles definitely had to be picked at some point in this group. @AOTWClub
Jun 12, 2025 at 2:57 AM Just looked and realized I had 15 out of 30 songs already liked off this album, gonna have a great time finally hearing it in full tomorrow!
Jun 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM Anyone else ever sat at an airport for 12-15 hours cause your flight got delayed? Then had to do 6 more hours then drive 4 hours home This is my life currently lol I hate chicago airport more than anything in the world currently
Jun 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM Jezus lol I'm already impatient if I have to wait 4/5 hours at an airport for an international flight. Would bingewatch some shows probably but man, so frustrating lol We could have sent you all the albums we were gonna pick lmaoo
Jun 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM I’m glad you enjoyed it!!! Before picking it, i knew fhat it would be a bit pf a gamble because of the length. On the positive side, it meant that that there was some variety so that posters could find more to enjoy, but it also came with the risk of some of fbe songs not hitting the mark. Also, Sexy Sadie is a weird song because apparently it’s a diss song towards to an Indian spiritual leader lmao. The first time I found that out I was super confused
Jun 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM The Beatles - The White Album review Whenever I listen to pretty much any Beatles album I get reminded of why these guys reached the levels of stardom that they did. This band’s put out so much insane material; even with its hour and a half runtime, I find The White Album a well balanced experience that does not overstay its welcome. I believe it was Lennon who, to paraphrase, called this album the son of Sgt. Pepper. At first this statement is pretty confusing and seems deeply illogical; on one side you have Sgt. Pepper, a concise, tightly knit psychedelic project which pioneered the concept album as we know it today. It is a calculated and carefully put together effort that did exactly what it had set out to do; reimagined the band in a more experimental form characterized by a left-field approach to crafting an insanely drugged out but deliberate sound. On the other side there’s this record. A 30 track long giant that employs dozens of genres (even invents some new ones), is messier than h--- sonically, and deals with pretty much any theme you can think of. If Sgt. Pepper was the acid trip, The White Album is the chaotic comedown that sees the fab four rejecting any limitations (be they ones of sound or album length) that had been floating around at the time. Although their earlier effort, Revolver (which is probably my second favorite release of theirs after Abbey Road), ended up being shaped by the band’s producer George Martin and his insistence to put out a consistent LP that doesn’t overstay it’s welcome, I’m glad that wasn’t the case here. Who knows how many of these brilliant songs would never see the light of day and end up in the vault if they had decided on releasing an another 10-15 track project! I feel like there’s not much I can say about the White Album that hasn’t been said already since its release. The record is a gargantuan effort released during the band’s prime. It is masterful in every single way. It is (and was, too) evident that these guys are absolute visionaries and masters of their craft. Besides Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison showcasing once again their legendary talents in songwriting, they also remind the listeners that they were first and foremost a rock and roll band. The band might’ve experimented with psychedelic, drone-filled soundscapes, but that does not in any way drown out the energetic sound of when they first came out; it was merely them packing their sleeves with more tricks to employ and to make their music even more cutting edge. Before listing my favorite and my least favorite songs, I must mention how amusing the shifts in styles and moods on here are. From lennon’s inebriated, gloomy, and surrealistic songwriting, to McCartney’s goofy story-telling & gutting ballads. You truly get a bit of everything. It sucks that Harrison wasn’t trusted more, however. He could make a helluva song! Disclaimer: I’ll have like a million songs in the favorites section Favorite Songs: Back In The U.S.S.R., Dear Prudence, Glass Onion, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Wild Honey Pie, Bungallow Bill, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happines Is A Warm Gun (probably my favorite on here), I’m So Tired, Blackbird (love it to bits), Rocky Raccoon, I Will, Birthday, Yer Blues, Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey, Helter Skelter, Revolution 1, Savoy Truffle Least Favorite Songs: Why Don’t We Do It In The Road, Good Night 9.5/10 Thanks for picking this record @Yeez . Loved having a reason to pull out the vinyl again! Will definitely set off on a Beatles discog marathon this weekend. Their music just does it for me, man. @AOTWClub @Justin Trudeau
Jun 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM I had never heard about Lennon calling this album the song of Sgt. Pepper before, but it honestly makes me love this album even more. Glad you enjoyed it man!!!
Jun 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM 7 is a great score. I don't judge anyone that gives one of my albums a 6 or above. Below a 6 I might tell you to eat a d-ck. Nothing personal.
Jun 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM I actually relistened to the Big Boi album and I forgot how weak the second half is. The best songs are on the first half lol
