I find it surprising he's even made to a 4th album because he simply can't support the album format. Purpose he should be allowed to serve on records - the guest on the single. Outshined by Kanye West's one-liners and production, but he served the only Jamz,' knows what he's doing when it comes to speed rapping. Twista, as witnessed by the radio-played-like-a-dead-horse-being-flogged 'Slow 'a faint good idea with a lot of useless crap,' seemed especially appropriate. Rating guidelines to figure out where exactly Kamikaze fits, the phrase This is not to say Twista doesn't have skills. Truth is, Kamikaze neither tries to transcend the material nor manages to present traditional ideas in anything approaching an original manner. There have certainly been plenty of godawful records that fail mostly because their enlightened social message overwhelms delivery. There have been some great rap albums that don't deal with much more than this, but at least manage to present the material well, either through the rappers or producers. And no, the song about rims doesn't save it. What the fuck does he know about hip hop culture?' Sure I'm an indie snob, but just cause an album has three songs about the joys of the female ass doesn't make it representative of hip hop culture and doesn't mean it isn't a pointless album. Perhaps the best part, that particular gem is drawn from a song titled 'Badunkadunk.' Litter Kamikaze, the forth album from Chicago speed-rapper Twista. Impressive ability, this serves as just one of many such moronic lines that Now while I won't argue that this ass-shaking is an

How she make the other cheek move fast/looka how she switch, make the otherĬheek move.' Oh yeah.

Where I tend to stop listening is, 'looka how she makes one butt cheek freeze/looka

Than anything off the last Death Cab album. The Walkmen's 'The Rat' seems to have about 3 lines, but itĬombines driving instrumentation and wailed emotion to an effect far greater Isn't even a prerequisite for enjoyment, just some level of proficiency and Take a Silver Jews album over anything on the radio. I don't require poetry, though I'd certainly Perhaps you're right(I certainly wouldn't put it past me), but there are aįew things I tend to demand in music. 'Maybe's he's just being a pretentious fuck,' you're thinking.

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