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Pink’s Funhouse: So What? She’s Still a Rock Star!!
When Pink came onto the music scene almost a decade ago, did anyone think we’d still be talking about her a decade later? After making her initial entrance as a reasonably anonymous R&B singer, Pink remade herself with 2001’s Missundaztood and has rolled along ever since, with a sound that straddles the line between pop and rock much like Pat Benatar did twenty-five years ago.
Pink’s fifth album, Funhouse, follows in much the same path as […]
808s Starring Kanye West As The Heartbreak Kid
Money Mike reviewed this the other day and he absolutely loved it. I have a little bit of a different take.
I don’t think I’m going out on a limb by saying that Kanye West’s new album, 808s & Heartbreak, is the single most polarizing commercial release of the year. And that’s even with the new Guns and Roses release that’s hit the market as well. I’ve heard people call it the album of the year. […]
808s & Heartbreak: Kanye West’s Headphone Masterpiece
This was not set up to be a good move. Kanye West had made three of the finest hip-hop records of the past half-decade. Despite limited lyrical skills, he used relatability, a way with a punchline, and strong production values to make three classic or near-classic albums.
I think it was Neil Young who coined (or at least inspired) the term “going straight from the middle of the road into the ditch” to be used whenever an artist with commercial success makes a serious left turn away from the sound that brought them accolades-think Young going from folk-rock to experimental electro and rockabilly, or Prince going from Purple Rain to Around the World in a Day.
For his fourth album, Kanye promised to shake things up. Kanye singing? Using Auto-Tune throughout the entire album? Either West was seriously on some other shit or he was hell-bent on completely obliterating his audience.
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