Do me a favor and stay away
from the Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford.
I saw it last night and it was easily the most mediocre film I've seen in a
long time. Go see something that's actually exciting and/or
interesting. That's what I did once I got home after the screening.
Well, actually I went with fun by way of audio instead of video. More
specifically, brand spanking new Buck 65 (aka Rich Terfry). The Nova
Scotia native is one of my favorite hip hop artists, and he has put together
a new full length titled Situation, which is due out October 30 on
Sage Francis' label, Strange Famous. Rich has yet to do anything even
remotely bad, so I'm 100% sure that the 1957-themed disc is going to be one
of my favorites of the year. Enjoy.
:Buck
65 - Shutter Buggin':
Oddly enough, this is probably the most hip hop thing I've heard from Rich
in long while. He had been kind of leaning towards a more electronic,
bluesy kind of sound, especially on his Dirty Work EP. Now, I
haven't heard all of Situation, so I suppose it's possible that this
song may be more of an exception than anything. But, regardless of how
it fits in on the new disc this is a crafty track that showcases exactly
what made me a fan in first place: witty songwriting that's catchy and
memorable.
I was hoping to
find something from the new album floating around on Youtube,
but I had no luck. So instead I went with one of my
favorite Buck 65 songs. It's called Wicked And
Weird and it's from an album titled Talkin' Honkey
Blues.
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