Serial Killer Round 40: A Dance With The Devil (Cycle 5: The Game is Over)
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Sooo, yeah... today has not been my day... Coming home from the range in the rain, a deer decided it would be an excellent idea to run out in front of me. I swerved to avoid it, lost control and tagged 2 trees, one of which knocked my drivers front suspension WAY out of alignment. Fuck my life =(
@Maly Well at least your alright. Crashes are scary though. I once almost came off my motorbike going round a corner too fast, only just avoided smashing into the kerb on the opposite side of the road, since that would have thrown me off my bike. Luckily there wasn't a car coming, or I'd have been toast. Scariest moment of my life by far.
(I also almost dropped my bike doing an emergency stop at traffic lights. Thankfully it's a very light motorbike or I'd probably have crushed my own leg and scratched the bike.)
(I also almost dropped my bike doing an emergency stop at traffic lights. Thankfully it's a very light motorbike or I'd probably have crushed my own leg and scratched the bike.)
@Razer: It's probably fixable, as all it did was crack both bumpers, ding up the driver front fender, and probably reduced the left front suspension to the unusable category.
My bro just crashed his last month, and his had more damage than mine, but who knows what they'll find when they dig into it?
My bro just crashed his last month, and his had more damage than mine, but who knows what they'll find when they dig into it?
Okay. Here's a rundown of my reactions as I heard this song for the first time:RaNDM G said:
Huh. This isn't half bad. In fact, I really like how this is produced. It has a distinctive sound with the piano and it's backed up by a really good beat. Hell, it has a nice chorus, too. It seems to be much more RnB than rap, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's not perfect but it sounds like Kanye has really matured with his lyrics and how he-
"I sent this ***** a picture of my dick..."
Oh god damn it!
At that point I got pissed off at the song and turned it off, but then realized that I had to be fair about this if I was going to be mature about it. So I found a non Vevo version with it uncensored and continued from where I left off.
Okay, continuing form that line, it's actually how much he's been an ass to women. Okay, I'll bite. However, the delivery is very "meh," sort of devoid of emotion, unlike his voice in the chorus.
The second verse is also kinda crappy, but I assume that this is Pusha T's part. I'll just say putting "Ha ha ha" is a lazy placeholder for your lyrics, Mr T... Or... uh... You get what I mean.
And we end with an auto tuned voice guitar solo. I'll have to give Mr West credit, again, this is quite clever. Even if it goes on a little longer than it should...
Okay, that was... okay. Honestly, the only thing to me that brought that song down was... well, Kanye. Like I said, I think Kanye is a damn good producer. The music behind the rap was fantastic and beautiful. I still just don't think he's a good rapper. His presentation is dry and lacks any real gravitas whenever he raps. When he sings, it really seems like he's giving it his all, whereas the rap, it's like it's a chore.
A friend of mine worked at his local newspaper for a while and had to review the album that this song was on. He said the same thing. For all of the songs. Kanye is a damn good producer. He's just not that good of a rapper.
Which is where I find my anger with other mainstream rappers. They're in this mentality that they're already big and famous and that there's no excuse to try anymore.
@Malyc: Shit... well, at least you're alive to tell the tale.
@Red: Interesting alter ego choice. May I ask... Y?
@Nouw: NUMBERS BEYOND WHAT YOU CAN DIAL! MAYBE'S BECAUSE I'M SO VERSATILE!
@War: You're right about his delivery. I personally like it since his lyrics are easy to understand, but that lack of energy does bug people. Dark Fantasy is my least favorite album next to 808s, but I picked "Runaway" because I figured it was more current.
Late Registration is my favorite, mostly because of "Touch the Sky" and "Heard 'Em Say".
Late Registration is my favorite, mostly because of "Touch the Sky" and "Heard 'Em Say".
@Nouw: FROM THE HUDSON RIVER OUT TO THE NILE! I RUN THE MARATHON TO THE VERY LAST MILE!
@RaN: Actually, I quite liked the first one. It's that sort of "calls them like I sees them" kind of thing on the streets that I like about rap music. Kanye really captured that really well. Adam Levine felt really out of place, though.
The second one... eh. Like I said, damn good producer, but the ego in the lyrics can really bug me. And Lupe... meh.
But I'll give you this, too: He is very clear when he raps. Not a lot of people can do that. It's always very messy and hard to understand. :S
@RaN: Actually, I quite liked the first one. It's that sort of "calls them like I sees them" kind of thing on the streets that I like about rap music. Kanye really captured that really well. Adam Levine felt really out of place, though.
The second one... eh. Like I said, damn good producer, but the ego in the lyrics can really bug me. And Lupe... meh.
But I'll give you this, too: He is very clear when he raps. Not a lot of people can do that. It's always very messy and hard to understand. :S
Hey guys...there are five people who have not voted yet. In this case, we're still not quite at 80% of the vote and we are also currently sitting at a two way tie.
As I did last time, I'm going to give you guys until I wake up before I start sending out reminders to the people who haven't voted yet. Please get those remaining votes in as soon as possible. :/
As I did last time, I'm going to give you guys until I wake up before I start sending out reminders to the people who haven't voted yet. Please get those remaining votes in as soon as possible. :/
