Song of The Week: P.O.S. – Purexed
Last time I had this place up and running, I started a little Song of The Week series where I would upload songs that I’ve been listening to lately and share with you guys. It was actually starting to take off, because I was, you know, consistent with the posts (surprising!). Anyway, here we go with the second time around!
This week I’m going to upload P.O.S.‘ Purexed song from his newest album, Never Better. Initially I didn’t like this song very much, specifically the seemingly chaotic chorus. But last week I decided to go back and visit Never Better again and really give it an intense listen, just to see if there were some songs that I wrote off too quickly because of Stef’s unconventional production. Then I heard this song again, and put it on repeat so I could hear it a second time. Then it played again, and again– dammit, the song is fucking amazing. By far, this is my favorite P.O.S. song from his three albums, right next to “Bleeding Hearts Club“.
Check it out below and tell me what you folks think (it’s in m4a format, sorry!):
P.O.S. – Purexed (right-click, save as)
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New Avengers = Dope
WHAT.
I started getting into comics heavily back in 2007. I don’t really know why specifically; I usually picked them up randomly if the covers were dope (hah), but something happened that year and something just screamed “GO TO THE COMIC BOOK SHOP EVERY WEDNESDAY!” So I did, and it was really cool too because the local comic store was right next to my job, so I had a place to kick it during my breaks.
I started out by picking up New Avengers, Fantastic Four and Nightwing on a regular basis. For some reason, the latter two started fizzling out to me so I just stuck with the team that Captain America built. I was so impressed with Bendis’ writing and how he handled the different characters that made up the Avengers that I picked up the entire back catalog of the series (I’m just a sucker for team-up stories in general). Other than the confusing crap regarding the recruitment of The Sentry and some fill-in stuff during the “Secret Invasion” event, I thoroughly enjoyed the New Avengers and still do to this day.
(Just for the record, when Leinil Yu was doing the art is when I was the most pleased with the book– BRING HIM BACK!)
After Captain America got offed at the end of “Civil War”, that’s when Bendis’ work really hit it’s stride with N.A.; the team didn’t have a leader anymore; they were outlaws; the skrulls were running around, gearing up for their takeover– shit was just disorderly all around, and it made for really fun reads because you never knew what the hell was going to happen. Really exciting stuff to say the least.
Plus, Bendis made Luke Cage team leader at the height of all of it. Say what you want, but that shit was dope to myself and a lot of other black people. Hah.
Go pick up New Avengers if you aren’t already, specifically after Cap got popped as a I mentioned earlier. I’m no comic veteran or anything close, but I know good stories when I come across them, and Bendis’ work doesn’t disappoint. Highly recommended.
Jay-Z – D.O.A. (Death of Autotune)
Business, man
I suppose this is Jay’s second buzz single from his upcoming Blueprint III, and I’m still not that impressed. “Jockin’ Jay-Z” was alright at best; a song that you bang for a few days and forget about a week later. Nothing special at all. But this new one though, “Death of Autotune,” is kind of whack and easily forgettable after the first couple of listens (give me the instrumental though!).
I know that Jay spits “this ain’t a numba’ one record” during his second verse, but he still could have came harder lyrically. In all honesty, this song not being a number one record should’ve been an open invitation for him to go back to ‘96 for a minute. It seems like he’s just riding the song title to create some buzz/controversy. Nevermind the fact throws some jabs at hipsters in his bars to fuel the fire, which only results in him diminishing the value of this joint even further.
C’mon now, Hov. You know better than this, because you are better than this. If you were signed to Interscope/Shady/G-Unit, I would expect something this cheap. But you’re not. If I remember correctly, you’re “that nigga Jigga,” the most respected and revered rapper on the planet. Step it up and act like it; cheap buzz tactics aren’t your style and you know it.
Oh, Word?
Hi, my name is Patric. I like to party.
If you’ve been following my blogging efforts since the early days, then you should know that this is Insane Analog’s 4759th iteration. However, this will be the final attempt at making IA a respectable blog– I’m getting too old for this shit, honestly.
I’ve decided to give WordPress another shot and start writing on a regular basis to sharpen my skills and share my sarcastic humor with the world (read: nobody), only because I’m now the copy editor at Florissant Valley’s student newspaper. And as an added plus, since this is my personal blog, I can swear (which is going to be absolutely hard as shit to hold back from in the newspaper)!
So there it is. Have fun. Feel free to hit me on the various web 2.0 sites:
