So good! Can definitely hear how Rossen's experience making his Silent Hour/Golden Mile EP played into the formation of this. It's incredible how immensely talented ever single member of this band is.
You start off as a teen in a dystopian society, where you are told everything is fine, then you escape into the woods and go on adventures (let your imagination run free). Then the government throws you into an asylum and in the final level you try to get out but you no matter what you die in the end.
Throw in a love interest and some Radiohead member cameos, baby we got a stew going!
I actually forgot Pecknold was on this track. I guess in the first version of this song Pecknold's vocals were too loud and it sounded like a Fleet Foxes song. This is a good mix though couldn't even recognize him
I agree I think the joke was really taking a jab at the idea of hologramming. The question we should raise is, if this is offensive, why is it not offensive to show Tupac as a hologram? Is there a statue of limitations, so to speak, over when it is right to hologram someone?
A friend and I were watching this...when he said 'LMFAO' we both shouted and cursed at Kevin.
We said some pretty mean words to him that we cannot take back. If you're reading this, Kevin, we're sorry.
This is why I wish The Money Store had been album of the week because I feel that even because of the context around The Money Store, I find myself enjoying it more than I would have. We know that it's supposedly hip-hop but they throw so many left hooks that it keeps us wondering what hip-hop is, and then we begin to wonder what genre is, all while enjoying the music.
With Black Up, we know that it's hip-hop throughout, and even though other sounds and left hooks are thrown in, through and through we know it's still hip-hop.
The ambiguous nature of The Money Store is what is so entertaining to me. And the lyrics (sorry other RJ) are basically the type of anti-hero lyrics that Goblin should have had.
I guess Shabazz is like other-wordly hip-hop, whereas Death Grips is like sidewalk drummer hip-hop.
Raptor I see what you're saying and maybe I didn't phrase what I was trying to say correctly. I was thinking in the realm of hype/context of the two albums. Both Shabazz and Death Grips had some acknowledgement, yet not BNM level acknowledgement and then with two bands respective sophomore LPs, they were catapulted into the blogosphere limelight.
And as for music I just thought that the sheer weirdness and peculiarity of both bands would be enough to compare them to one another.
Shabazz Palaces brings the style and coolness that hip-hop is missing, while Death Grips brings the passion and fire that hip-hop is missing. Not to say that both bands don't bring elements of both categories out on their own.
Shabazz Palaces got an 8.8 and BNM, and I think of Death Grips as 2012's Shabazz Palaces in terms of what they're bringing to alternative hip-hop.
P.S. Shabazz Palaces
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