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CD Review: Timbaland’s “Shock Value II”
What was I thinking when I decided to plunk down ten bucks on Timbaland’s new album? I should have known better. Timbaland is widely considered one of the best producers in popular music right now, but a closer listen to even his production work reveals questionable talent. For every great one of his kick-heavy beats, there’s 3 or 4 monotonous ones, and it’s hard not to notice that many of the beats boasting his name […]
CD Review: John Mayer’s “Battle Studies”
John Mayer’s first album, “Room for Squares”, set up damn near permanent shop in my music rotation shortly after its’ 2001 release, and the two studio albums that followed were even better. Unlike most people, I wasn’t hung up on Mayer’s matinee-idol looks (although I would imagine that most matinee idols don’t have that ugly O-face Mayer has when he performs) or even his admittedly superior guitar skills. For me, it was his lyricism. Somehow, […]
This Is It Delivers
What was once planned to be one of the greatest concert shows of all time, This Is It was turned into a concert movie slash documentary slash inside look at a Michael Jackson’s last days.
I had a bittersweet feeling going into the movie because I knew that for an hour and a half it would feel like he was still alive but when it was over, the reality would set in again. But as a […]