Summer Reviews!!!

Ayeeeeee! This is Keenan, back like I was on vacation, and ready to talk with y’all a little bit.  I know that the post haven’t been so frequent as of late, but we’re about to change that for the next week.  As many of y’all know, these past few weeks have been HUGE for music as it pertains to new hip hop releases.  To my count, there are 6 projects that I have in my car that I have listened to numerous times in order to determine which I like most.  And since blogs were created with the intent for everyone to be able to share their point of view in an instant, I will share mine on these albums. **cheers from the balcony** Thank you. Thank you.  You are far too kind.  The albums that will be blogged about are… (In no particular order) **drumroll**

J. Cole – Born Sinner 

Jay- Z – Magna Carta… Holy Grail

Joey Bada$$ - Summer Knights

Kanye West – Yeezus

Wale – The Gifted

Mac Miller – Watching Movies With the Sound Off

FAQs (okay, I've never been asked any of these, but I felt that we needed a moment of clarity)

"Keenan, who has the best album title?"

- Well, loyal fan (I'm taking this too far) I can definitely say that Born Sinner, The Gifted, and Summer Knights is left out of this conversation.  They don't suck or anything, but they didn't change any lives or push any boundaries.  Between Yeezus, MCHG, and WMWTSO it is difficult to say.  Yeezus is absolutely the boldest and Kanye instantly eliminated those of the Christian faith almost immediately with that title.  MCHG sounds the most loaded. I think Jay-Z has about 3,425,754 meanings hidden in there.  WMWTSO is probably the most entertaining.  I mean, if these were book titles, I would absolutely read that book before all of the others.  I guess I would have to go with one of those three, depending on what I wanted that day for my life.

"Mr. BOM, who has the best alum artwork?"

- Well, thank you for that new nickname, loyal reader (if you can't tell by now, I'm probably gonna keep this up).  Yeezus is eliminated because it lacks any artwork because of how "revolutionary" Kanye is (Personally, I just don't think he came up with anything to match the brashness of the album and title.  I mean to keep up, he would have had to impose himself as Jesus on the cross with beautiful women of all ethnicities surrounding him while he flips a bird to the media.  Yeah, that probably wouldn't have been wise for sales.).  J. Cole's is pretty cool.  I like his little character.  Summer Knights probably has some significance that I don't understand **Kanye shrug**.  The Gifted is ok.  So that leaves Jay and Mac.  I am a sucker for Renaissance art, so MCHG is probably my favorite and matches the title well.  But the randomness and hilarity of Mac Miller's cover is classic.  I don't get it, but am I really supposed to?

"Excuse me sir, in what order would you put these artist ranging from least favorite to favorite?"

- I appreciate your politeness sir/ma'am.  Before these albums came out, I would have said:

6/5. Wale n Joey Bada$$ (interchangeable)

4. Mac Miller

3. J. Cole

2. Jay-Z

1. Kanye West

After numerous listens, I would now say:

6. Wale

5/4. J. Cole n Joey Bada$$ (interchangeable)

3. Mac Miller

1/2. Kanye n Jay-Z (interchangeable)

There probably aren't many people that agree, especially after looking at Cole World's album sales and the fact that most of you are like, "Who tf is this Joey Bada$$ dude?".  So this is strictly my taste in music and what I think.

"Aye cuz, are these gon' be like biased n tish?  I ain't tryna read all 'at and it be mad biased."

- I mean, I'm human so yeah they probably will be in a way.  BUT!  I swear on the 4th season of The Walking Dead (yeah, that's how you know it's real) that I'll try my best not to be.  I don't like reading biased reviews, so I wouldn't want to do that to someone else.  

"Sooooooo, do you like have like a format for these 'reviews' or like is it like a freestyle?"

-In the wise words of Soulja Boy Ph.D., "I don't freestyle cuz my style ain't free!"  Even though this blog is free (oops).Anyways. Personally I prefer track by track reviews with an intro and summary because they are the most in depth and easy to follow while you listen.  If you haven’t ever read one of my reviews before, I make them as simplistic as I can because I know that from personal experience, I CAN’T STAND CRITICS that use phrases like “jiggly synth squelches” and “lyrical nadir”.  And if you haven’t ever read a review, copy and paste those words into Google so you know it’s real.  So yeah, I go for the fluid reading instead of trying to outsmart you to feel superior in musical knowledge. The only remaining question is: What order will these reviews occur?  The plan is to start from 6 and go to one from least to most liked.  So which album comes in at number 6…?  You’ll have to visit us here tomorrow and find out.  We’ll drop some hints on our Twitter@WeAreBOM, so go follow us ASAP, no Ferg.  Anyways, I’ll see you back here tomorrow!  Deuces Brodie.