sounder

This has to be one of the most overrated albums I’ve heard. I have no idea how people consider this thing as one of the best rap albums of all time. To me, it’s just a big hour-length mess of the same songs over and over again. The songs all follow the same formula: a clean, yet edgy beat while Eminem raps about committing various crimes and raping his mom. Some songs are better than others and are actually quite catchy, I’ll have to admit that, but there’s still little ... read more

When I first listened to the “Da Art of Storytellin’”, I felt a sense of…alleviation. It’s hard to explain, but what matters is that it wasn’t anything I felt before in my life. It was a new and exciting feeling that I could only really get from listening to that song specifically. That’s why I was very eager to listen to this album, to try to see if I could get that feeling in any other songs, and I think it’d be unfair to say that it ... read more

So, apparently this is supposed to be one of the greatest albums of all time, and after listening to this album, I think I can make out why people think that. It has its own unique and melodic flow which is quite ahead of its time—kind of like how The Velvet Underground was—and some tracks seem like they were pulled out from a different world. A stellar example of this is the title track itself or I Talk To The Wind, with that weird yet hypnotic flute part throughout the song. Going ... read more

This album is a really fun and enjoyable listen. It's a one-of-a-kind experience that The Flaming Lips never really recreated, not even in their more prominent works such as The Soft Bulletin. It's just amazing how you can turn such a silly and laughable idea into something beautiful and deep that's just so moving. Something about this album is just so...alluring and you just have to give it a listen to know what I mean.