Take the higher route
By Shawn 7 Comments
A couple months ago, I decided to stop limewiring all my music, why you ask? Well for starters, I hate having about 7 Disturbed entries under artists all with 2 different songs, I also hated getting spyware occasionally. So that's when I decided to start buying albums, I tend to avoid buying them online because I just prefer having a physical CD. I don't regret any of the albums I've boughten, maybe it's just me but I tend to appreciate songs and artists more after buying their music rather than just downloading them and deleting them. Not to mention the good sound quality, and when I rip the songs onto my Zune it's all neat and organized, that's a big thumbs up for me.
So anyway, I went out to Best Buy today for some music shopping and I picked up a couple of albums;
Rage Against The Machine; just the kind of music that makes you want to get up and overthrow the money hungry corrupt government. A band that is the voice of a generation. Unfortunate enough, they are not making more albums together. Instead Zack de la Rocha is working on a side solo project. One Day As A Lion and it's self title debut album came out this past summer my friend and huge fan of RATM HoNgKoNgPh0oEy brought this album to my attention. Zack has not lost his gifted lyrical skills one bit. What he does do different with his side project is he tries to go for a more underground rap sound than a mix of metal and funk. I don't listen to alot of underground rap, but I do enjoy it. One Day As A Lion is more of a demo CD than a full fledged album, with only 5 songs, Zack keeps it short and sweet. My only complaints about this album is that some of the beats in various songs almost sound identical, but like I said, Zack has not lost his lyrical genius. I would love hearing more from One Day, with expanded beats and instrumentals. But this album is great and a fresh new sound Rocha.
I didn't buy this album today, about 2 weeks ago. Thought I should add it in as well. I got into Shinedown from a mixture of sources, I was hearing quite alot about their newest album "The Sound of Madness" then I heard Devour in Madden 09 and I was quite impressed with the song. I wish I could say the same about the album. I'm not saying that this is a terrible album, it's just frankly, average. Shinedown has alot of potential in my eyes to be a standout alternative rock group. But their strength is their weakness, they don't do enough to stand out among other bands. I believe they can, but this album isn't anything great, it's just good.
Well that was my musical day of blogging, hope you all enjoyed it. I'd really like comments and feedback. Thanks for reading :)