Resolutions and New Grooves

This is a resolution. I am horrible about making myself write when I don’t feel a strong inclination to do so. Thus I have been very horrible about making a concerted effort to do anything at all with this blog, let alone anything that would be worth reading. So this is a resolution to try harder. I will try harder to write more often. I will also try harder to post things that could possibly be interesting to someone other than my subconscious.

On that note, I would like to start this endeavor off by saying a few things about the new Kanye West album. 808’s and Heartbreak is Mr. West’s attempt to do some things, both musically and personally, that he couldn’t do with straight hip hop. He has stated that he thinks pop music has a undeservedly bad reputation. To support this allegation he points out people like Michael Jackson, who transcended their specific genre to become world renowned musicians. Mr. West has decided that the best thing to do would be to start a new genre, and he calls it Pop Art. Not to be confused with the art movement of the same name that Andy Warhol headed up. 808’s and Heartbreak is the first music the world has heard from this new musical movement, and I just want to say that this is something we have all been waiting for. This pulls away from the repetitive crap that is mainstream hip hop today. It pulls away from the sad electro imitations that mainstream pop music is today. 808’s and Heartbreak is exactly what the mainstream music world has been crying out for. Thank you Kanye West. Thank you for putting something on the radio that doesn’t suck.

“Turn off the radio! Turn off that bullshit! What’s on the radio? Propaganda, mind-control, and turning it up is like putting on a blindfold.” – Dead Prez