Black Is The New Blood

Album of the year:

Jay-Z: American Gangster….I’m not a big Jay-Z fan….I usually like two or three songs per album, but this one hits all the right notes.

Honorable Mention: Ryan Adams & The Cardinals: Follow The Lights EP. Mostly reworkings of songs that have been out there for a while. Top to bottom, the best thing he has done since Heartbreaker

Early 2008 faves: Cat Power’s “Jukebox” and The Drive-By Trucker’s “Brighter Than Creation’s Dark.” And 2008 is the year I discovered the insanity that is Lil Wayne. If Jay-Z is hip-hops F. Scott Fitzgerald, than Lil Wayne is surely it’s James Joyce. Almost 20 years ago, when hip-hop started to raise it’s head, a friend and I discussed just how much of rap was freestyle. My opinion….very little. With Lil Wayne….this shit is so crazy it can’t be anything but a big fat blunt and then free association. Reskull yourself.  Track to check out is “Upgrade.”

There’s a lot of films I have yet to see from 2007. Of what I have seen, this is the best. I can’t quite describe why I love this film, I just do. Do yourself a favor…

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