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| From | "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Top 15 for 2k6 |
| Date | Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:00:08 -0500 |
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I'll agree with both of you fellas on this one.
I loved the first two Streets records, and still listen to "Original
Pirate Material" all the time. On his third outing, it seemed like
Mr. Skinner was rushed, and severely lacking in the inspiration
department. There was nothing on this record that jumped out and
grabbed me the way that "Has It Come To This?" and "I Could Well Be
In," did from the first two LPs.
Perhaps I need to go back and listen to "Hardest" again and re-
evaluate, but that's definitely how the record left me on initial
listens.
Happy Holidays, Auditeers.
John Micek
On Dec 24, 2006, at 4:45 PM, Michael Bennett wrote:
> I'd actually go a bit further, and say that the album is not as
> inspired musically as the first two Streets albums. There are some
> good tracks, but it's not nearly as good.
>
> However, Sam, you say that you don't know enough about hip-hop to
> comment intelligently about it, but then go ahead and say that
> critics fawn over (basicallly) rappers who aren't coherent and/or
> articulate. This is a pretty broad generalization. Yes, there is
> a lot of crap out there that sells -- but basing views on rap on
> the lowest common denominator thugs would be like basing views on
> rock music on Nickleback. If anything, a lot of the most
> critically acclaimed rap of recent years has been music that has
> been very expressive -- The Roots, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, and
> many others.
>
> Mike Bennett
>
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>> From: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>
>> Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>> To: <audities@smoe.org>
>> Subject: Re: Top 15 for 2k6
>> Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:35:03 -0500
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Smith" <sam@lullabypit.com>
>>> 13: The Streets – The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living: I don't
>>> know enough about hip-hop to comment intelligently, but this is
>>> unusual
>>> in its intelligence. Frankly, there's too much damned critical
>>> fawning
>>> over rap artists who aren't smart enough to craft a coherent
>>> thought, so
>>> I'm always appreciative when I trip across a hip-hopper with
>>> something
>>> useful to say.
>>
>> If you haven't heard them already, you really must check out the
>> two previous Streets albums, ORIGINAL PIRATE MATERIAL and A GRAND
>> DON'T COME FOR FREE. Suffice to say, this album is jostling with
>> Calexico's GARDEN RUIN for the less than coveted top slot on my
>> "biggest disappointments" list: musically, it's fine, but
>> lyrically, it's not a patch on the earlier albums. Skinner's
>> original persona was obviously a contrust, but that persona was
>> definitely a lot more interesting than his lyrics here, which are
>> nothing more than yet another iteration of
>> "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh! Being rich and famous and successful is
>> SOOOOOOOOOOO stressful and annoying!" Did the world really need
>> grime's answer to RUNNING ON EMPTY?
>>
>> S
>>
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