Spring Break
New music drops the right beats
Alysson Cwyk
Issue date: 6/27/08 Section: Arts & Entertainment
I have an addiction to infectious beats and fast, honest lyrics. Why, you might ask? The answer: I honestly do not have a straight-forward reasoning for this.
I grew up listening to alternative rock, yet somehow I managed to stray over to the pop and hip-hop radio stations on my FM dial. This discovery did not take place until maybe my late middle school to early high school career, but I feel as with every year I grow with age, my love for the beats grow stronger.
This week, I've stumbled upon what might be my two top albums of 2008, so far. Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" and master mash-up mixer GirlTalk's fourth release, "Feed the Animals" both drop the beats that I crave.
After a few songs leaked onto the Internet earlier this year, Weezy's highly anticipated sixth album "Tha Carter III" was released on June 10 and gained wide public attention. This album even went platinum, selling over 1 million records in its first week.
For the past three months, Lil' Wayne's leaked jams "Lollipop" and "A Milli" have been tearing up the airwaves and clubs around the country. Their melodic and repetitious beats can make anyone move to the music. Upon purchasing "Tha Carter III," I had only heard the two tracks and couldn't wait to hear the rest.
The cashier at the record store gave me an odd stare as I paid for my deluxe-edition of "Tha Carter III." Was it because I still had my bicycle-helmet on? Possibly, or it could have been that he didn't think I was ready for Wayne's hard-hitting, truthful words that encompassed "Tha Carter III."
As I popped the disc into my computer, I leaned back in my chair and fell in tune with the music. Each track flowed flawlessly to the very end of the album. The collaborative pieces on tracks like "Comfortable" featuring Babyface and "Mr. Carter" with Jay-Z provide a much-needed break from the harsh Weezy chants. But the rhymes that come out of his mouth are incredible. Both political and artistic, Lil' Wayne develops and combines creative topics together to deliver his best release to date.
I grew up listening to alternative rock, yet somehow I managed to stray over to the pop and hip-hop radio stations on my FM dial. This discovery did not take place until maybe my late middle school to early high school career, but I feel as with every year I grow with age, my love for the beats grow stronger.
This week, I've stumbled upon what might be my two top albums of 2008, so far. Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" and master mash-up mixer GirlTalk's fourth release, "Feed the Animals" both drop the beats that I crave.
After a few songs leaked onto the Internet earlier this year, Weezy's highly anticipated sixth album "Tha Carter III" was released on June 10 and gained wide public attention. This album even went platinum, selling over 1 million records in its first week.
For the past three months, Lil' Wayne's leaked jams "Lollipop" and "A Milli" have been tearing up the airwaves and clubs around the country. Their melodic and repetitious beats can make anyone move to the music. Upon purchasing "Tha Carter III," I had only heard the two tracks and couldn't wait to hear the rest.
The cashier at the record store gave me an odd stare as I paid for my deluxe-edition of "Tha Carter III." Was it because I still had my bicycle-helmet on? Possibly, or it could have been that he didn't think I was ready for Wayne's hard-hitting, truthful words that encompassed "Tha Carter III."
As I popped the disc into my computer, I leaned back in my chair and fell in tune with the music. Each track flowed flawlessly to the very end of the album. The collaborative pieces on tracks like "Comfortable" featuring Babyface and "Mr. Carter" with Jay-Z provide a much-needed break from the harsh Weezy chants. But the rhymes that come out of his mouth are incredible. Both political and artistic, Lil' Wayne develops and combines creative topics together to deliver his best release to date.
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