Shout Out

So, I'm listening to Lupe Fiasco's album when I get to the last track and hear what has to be the longest shout out track I've ever heard. I think I got a shout out - that's how many people he mentioned. Man, I hate when a good album mars itself with either bad skits, shout out tracks, or too many guest spots. As far as shout outs go - that's what the booklet is for. I mean, if Interpol's next album featured a droning guitar while Paul Banks thanks people for twelve minutes, they would be fucking slaughtered by the music press, and yet, rap albums don't get docked at all. Man, is that why I've been listening to fewer rap albums lately? Or is it just that critics have low expectations? Don't get me wrong, there are some good damn songs on here, way, way better than the Fiddy Def Dogg stuff that's clogging up the rap section at the local Best Buy, it's just that the Outro should've been left off and mailed to anyone mentioned.



Bonus points for having a robot in the video!

And speaking of robots, here's the video from Madvillain's track on Chrome Children. Maybe most rap sounds weak because Doom exists. Yeah, that's probably it.



Join me tomorrow when I acknowledge everyone who's ever influenced or helped me in any capacity for pages and pages to a flash player looping a kick drum to snare beat.