What I'm Listening To

At some point I made a playlist in iTunes that I titled 'Roll Out' and then promptly forgot about it. Probably because I called it 'Roll Out.' But now that I've caught up to 2003 and have got this iPod in the car thing going on I've been able to listen to all my playlists a lot more easily. Which means some old favorites are becoming new favorites again. One of those being 'Roll Out.'

So, if you'd like to recreate this sublime listening experience, I give you my creation.



La belle et le Bad Boy by MC Solaar
So Rich, So Pretty by Mickey Avalon
Ms. Fat Booty by Mos Def
Get By by Talib Kweli
Needy Girl by Chromeo
You Got Me by The Roots
La Vie est Belle by MC Solaar
Bouge de là (part 1) by MC Solaar
The New Workout Plan by Kanye West
Bonafied Lovin' by Chromeo
The Light by Common
Can I Kick It? by A Tribe Called Quest
Hip-Hop by Dead Prez
Solaar Pleure by MC Solaar
Da Vinci Claude by Mc Solaar
Obsolète by MC Solaar
Jane Fonda by Mickey Avalon
Ganja Babe by Michael Franti & Spearhead
Hey Mama by Kanye West
Momma's Boy by Chromeo
Gangster Moderne by MC Solaar
Black Mags by The Cool Kids
Ooh Aah by Grits
Chillin' by Wale Featuring Lady Gaga (Produced By Cool And Dre)
Xxplosive by Dr.Dre
Slow Motion by Juvenile Featuring Soulja Slim
I Rock by The Cool Kids
Luchini AKA This Is It by Camp Lo
Glock Nines by Ratatat and Beanie Sigel featuring Jay-Z
Mama Told Me by Wale (Produced By Best Kept Secret)
Superstar by Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos
Paris, Tokyo by Lupe Fiasco
Izzo (H.O.V.A.) by Jay-Z
Lost Ones by Jay-Z featuring Chrissette Michelle (Produced By Dr. Dre)
I Just Wanna Love You by Jay-Z

P.S. That's my best "It's not completely ridiculous for me to be listening to this playlist" face. And yes, I was (obviously) drunk.

I'mma Let You Finish But...

I love Kanye West. I don't care how much of an asshole he is, how many times he says George Bush hates black people, how stupidly he cuts his hair, how often he throws a temper tantrum over not winning an award, how many times he interrupts Taylor Swift, how many ridiculous pairs of sunglasses he wears, or how often he appears on a magazine cover on a cross with a crown of thorns a la Jesus. I love this guy. And I love his new album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, just as much. I downloaded it (don't worry, it was on iTunes, everything is on the up and up) the day it came out but with packing and work and life in general I kept not having a chance to listen to it. Today though, that changed. I burned the album to a disc this afternoon before leaving to run an errand. I was craving some new music in my car so I figured this would be something different if not good.

I am in love.

I mean come on, this guy can rap about Steve Urkel and fish sticks and it's still amazing. He even mentions his proclivity to use stringed instruments in his music to emphasize the drama and then he has a whole stringed instrumental interlude! It's hilarious and awesome all at once. And of course there's some Jay-Z on this album which just adds to it being great.

If you haven't listened to this album and you are at all into rap you need to. I've currently got this track on repeat, the video being shown is not a music video but a clip of the short film titled Runaway that Kanye directed and stars in that comes with the album.





And come on, Beyonce really should have won.