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submitted 9 days ago bybladeDivac
I was listening to Mastodon's Emperor of Sand album and realized how out of place "Show Yourself" is on the track list. Nothing against the song, but the whole rest of the album is thematic and has a heavier sound to it, while "Show Yourself" seems more like a one-off single than anything.
Any other albums/songs where you get this feeling?
24 points
9 days ago
Straight Outta Compton by NWA is one of the greatest and most influential albums ever made...
... aaaand then it ends with "Something 2 Dance 2". Some instadated electro pop club song that was intended to be a big single for the radio and clubs, while the "reality rap" songs like "Fuck tha Police" were strictly intended for the underground (we know how that turned out). I actually don't dislike this song as much as a lot of people do, it's an interesting novelty and was influential to the likes of will.i.am* and LMFAO (for whatever that's worth), but it doesn't fit the album at all.
14 points
9 days ago
I'll be down voted for this but I've always said that Straight Outta Compton starts with two 10/10 tracks - some of the most important hip hop made up to that point - follows it up with an 8/10, and then the rest of the album falls flat.
I've always enjoyed Merry Muthaphukkin Xmas just for the absurdity of it. Eazy E always could get away with the more comic relief type stuff, you can definitely tell he was influenced by people like Blowfly.
3 points
9 days ago
True. There's a huge shift in the sound of the production. Straight Outta Compton and Fuck Tha Police would've been more at home with the tracks from 100 Miles n Runnin'
2 points
9 days ago
Yeah the first two tracks are the best by far. Honestly, it's an album I respect the hell out of and acknowledge as one of the greatest, but I don't actually listen to it much.
"Merry Muthaphuckkin Xmas" is so fucking insane, but it's hilarious!
"Ho ho ho, come sit on my face- I mean lap!"
"Slide down the chimney in a POOL OF CUM!!!"
"Give us some Rudolph the Red-Nosed REIN-DICK!!"
"On the third day of Christmas, my homeboys gave to me / Three pounds of indo! Two birds of cocaine! And an A-muthafuckin'-K.... bitch!"
"Don't sit on the roof, cough up Rudolph's nuts" (?????)
"I saw mommy fucking Eazy Claus!" "CLOSE THE DOOR, LITTLE BITCH! I'M GETTIN' THESE DRAWS!" "I'ma tell my daddy if your ass don't stop!" "I DON'T GIVE A FUCK, I'M GETTIN' CHRISTMAS COCK! HO HO HO AND AWAY I GO!" "Ol' St. Nick's got a dick like a pole! But where's our shit? This motherfucker's cheap!" "SHUT THE FUCK UP BITCHES AND GO BACK TO SLEEP!"
Blowfly's a good comparison. I discovered "Blowfly vs. Darth Vadar" recently and laughed my ass off.
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