Showing posts with label top 10. Show all posts
Showing posts with label top 10. Show all posts

Friday, December 31, 2010

Music: The Year 2010 in Music (a list of sorts...)

no introduction...no explanation...no methodology... just this man's top 10 full album releases from 2010 (enjoy)

The Stuyvesants
"Brooklyn's Finest" http://thestuyvesants.com/
"2010's Soundtrack to the Summer" -- me


The Legendary Roots Crew
"How I Got Over"
Dear God 2.0 featuring Monsters of Folk


Big Boi
"Sir Lucious Left Foot...The Son Of Chico Dusty"
"it's all in the album title" -- (also) me

Janelle Monae
"The ArchAndroid"
"good album, great live show" -- this reviewer


Erykah Badu
"New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)"
"this album was good enough to get my wife to leave the baby at home to go see her live"

Bilal
"Airtight's Revenge"
"that boy good...good and crazy" -- me after one listen

Foreign Exchange
"Authenticity" http://www.theforeignexchangemusic.com/
"go to the website, stream music, be happy" -- good advice from me


Ghostface Killah (aka the Wally Champ aka the Wallabee Kingpin aka P Tone, aka...)
"Apollo Kids"
"your favorite blogger's (me) favorite rapper"

Jay Electronica
"Victory"
"ok NOT a full album release, Jay never got close to putting out a full studio album in 2010 but this is too good not to include on any list - find it at your local barbershop / carwash / bittorrent / hustleman"


Kanye West
"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"
"I'M A !@#$%^?¡ MONSTER" -- nuff said

Friday, May 9, 2008

the top 10 list @ 30

top 10 'life-goals' to reach before 30th birthday (today! 5/9)

10.
amass large fortune and become an eccentric philanthropist
uhh yeah... not quite there yet
9. perfect a signature cocktail
done *rye, fresh ginger, simple syrup, lemon, ice... call it 'a damn fine drink'
8. earn college degree
done (twice) got that BS in '01 and an MA in '07 - a real man of letters now
7. be deserving of the respect and admiration of others
2 nephews tell me i'm the coolest guy in the world... good enough for me
6. three ladies at the same time
5. lead Red Sox to 1st World Series title in 86 years
no starts in CF during the 2004 season but i feel my off-the-field contributions had a positive impact on the Sox impossible comeback and WS sweep so I'm saying 'done'
4. buy Porsche 911 Turbo for my old man
sorry Pop didn't quite get to this one... you deserved it though
3. find a career that i can be passionate about
done? i'm definitely living (and sometimes loving) life with npr.org making things happen for public media on the innerwebs but sometimes i think maybe there's something else...?
2. complete work on perpetual motion machine
almost there
1. find good woman to love and take care of my ridiculous ass
done *bonus points because she's good lookin' too
 
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