nikonjustice

I love the beach. It was so beautiful and hot out on my little weekend. It's too bad I didn't make any excursions myself. As of today the weather has turned a little sour again.

How warm is it in Manitoba as of late?

Okay! On your suggestion I decided to check out the "Common" album. When someone recommends an album to me, I always give a few listens before I really decide how I feel about it, so hopefully none of my comments seem too premature.

Now as I previously mentioned, I'm not always big on hip-hop, because I find I don't usually relate as easily with the music. I really like this album though. I've had the various tracks in my head on more than one occasion, and anyone I work with can tell you that I've been singing lines from "Testify" while working. Unfortunately the general theme still seems to be a little beyond me. This hasn't stopped me from playing the album several times over, but it might affect the albums lasting appeal with me.

This line from the Pitchfork Review of "Be" seems to illustrate the point where I lose interest:
...the wise MC is not preaching, just leisurely speaking, playing the world-weary yet still-hopeful ghetto documentarian.

The CD is catchy... but I'm neither world weary or familiar with any "ghetto" myself. I don't identify with it.

Thank you very much for the recommendation though! Please suggest more to me!