When you first clasp eyes on Scroobius Pip, he looks more like a local rabbi, rather than a rapper, and what a rapper this man is.
Pip is easily the best rapper in the United Kingdom; actually, he is one of the best rappers in the world today. Unlike the majority of rappers, he isn’t hung up on having a fancy image what he would rather concentrate on writing rhymes that are as good as he could possible write.
Single Thou Shalt Always Kill is a perfect showcase for how brilliant Pip’s lyrics are. The track could have been titled the commandments according to Scroobius Pip. During the song he manages to contradict himself At the beginning of the song, pip says
“Thou shalt not take the names of Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer, John Hartmond, Desmond Decker, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Hendrix or Sid Barrett in vain”.
But as the song reaches the halfway point Scroobius says the following
“Thou shalt not put musicians and recording artists on ridiculous pedestals/No matter how great they are, or were/The Beatles were just a band/Led Zeppelin, just a band/The Beach Boys, just a band/ The Sex Pistols, just a band/The Clash, / just a band./Crass , just a band.” Can anybody see the contradiction in his lyrics? That aside, it is still a great song that makes many insightful, intelligent and humours points.
Thou Shalt Always Kill Video
A letter from god to man, sees Pip musing on what he thinks god makes of the way in which we have treated the planet and the way in which we have used religion for our own selfish ends. A Letter From God To Man uses a brilliant sample from Radiohead’s Planet Telex.
This album is filled with brilliant lyrics, ingenious beats. It has become all too rare to have a rapper who uses intelligence when writing their rhymes. This is the best rap album since Jay Z’s The Black Album.
There is this new(ish) blog on the internet that has been written anoumously by a guy living in Dublin the reason for him writing this blog is to get off his chest all the shit that he feels that he could never tell his girl ried, here is one of the posts on his blog
Dear Lover,
Do you remember coming back to my place last night? We stripped and I went down on you. You came loudly and told me I spoiled you. Then you fell asleep. That wasn’t quite what I (we?) had planned for our evening…
While you slept:
I played with your vibrator.
Watched porn on your laptop.
Clamped one of my nipples until it felt like it was going to come off. (regrettable)
Came twice.
Looked up the cost of a Russian hitman.
Drank a glass of wine.
Played with your vibrator some more, came again and then fell asleep.
Love,
me.
if you like what you read I have put a link to the blog on my links.
There have been some truly great records released so far this year, and here is a short list of some the albums that I strongly recommend –
MGMT- Oracular Spectacular
This is a cool slice of old skool electro with a Psychedelic edge. This is helped out with top-notch production form David Friedman, who is the prouder, who has produced all but one flaming lips album on warmers records.
Time To Pretend Video
Vampire Weekend –Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend’s sound is ideal for lazy days sitting in the summer sun. In Ireland we have been getting warm weather. Hopefully the warm weather we have been experiencing will last all summer, so that I can continue listening to this on the I-pod while topping up my tan.
Mansard Roof Video
Neon Neon- Stainless Style
This yet another amazing record from Gruff Rhys (super furry animals) and his producer mate Boom Bip. which is a record that was inspired by John Deloran, that fella what built the car that featured in those movie films Back To The Future. This has a strong 80’s electro feel and is a great piece of electro Indie pop.
I Lust U Video
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Dig!!! Lazarus !! Dig
This is Nick Cave’s 14th album with the Bad Seeds, correct me if I am wrong. It rocks like a motherfucker. The band is as a tight as nun’s cunt and Cave’s lyrics are amazing. One my favorite tracks is in long time is the brilliant rant of We Call Upon Author, which has my favorite lyrics of the year, which are-
I feel like a vacuum cleaner/ a complete sucker/ it’s fucked up and he is a fucker/but what a enormously encyclopedic brain.
Dig!!! Lazarus!!! Dig Video
Republic of Loose- Vol IV: Johnny Pyro And The Dance Of Evil
Album number three further builds upon the foundations of their second record Aggah!. There are so many different styles of music on this album, straight up rock, funk, soul, rap and gospel. Vol Iv Johnny Pyro and The Dance Of Evil is over 70 minuets long, and every single moment is genius. The Loose are the mose exciting band in the British and Irish isles at the moment.
I Like Music(Single version) Video
British Sea Power- Do You Like Rock Music?
Third record from British Sea Power. Do You Like Rock Music is so atmospheric and brilliantly crafted, no much else to say other than to say it is brilliant.
No Lucifer Video
REM- Accelerate
R.E.M pull it out of the bag, with a short and sweet album that proves that there is still life in the old dogs yet.
Supernatural Superserious Video
well that concludes my list of some of what I believe have been the best albums released so far in 2008.
After reading the glowing reviews for their self-debut album I went out a purchase a copy of the record.
So was this worth all the critical praise that has been heap upon it? No it fucking was not worth the fucking goddamn hype. This is a steaming pile of horse shit of a record.
here are five things that are more I would get more pleasurable from
Getting punched by Mike Tyson
Rubbing sand paper my arms and then pouring salt a vinegar on the wounds
Having my teeth pulled out by a pair of pliers
Being kicked in my balls 30 times with a steal capped boot.
Having water melon shoved up my asshole
This was absolute torture; it was nothing but shoe gazing nonsense. Crystal Castles are so bad that i have run out of ways to describe just what an utterly terrible record this was, there is no redeeming feature to this crap.
Trying to follow up a record as confident and electrifying as Aggah! was always going to be tricky thing.
The loose not only mange to do it, but it sounds as if the guys barely broke a sweat in crafting this brilliant follow up.Record three contains funk, rock, soul, rap and gospel. Trying to sum up the sound of Republic Of Loose is a futile as putting a tiger in a cage that is constructed entirely out of cheese.
One of the more controversial tracks on Vol IV: Johnny Pyro And The Dance Of Evil is I.R.I.I.S.H. featuring the talents of Dublin singer writer Mighty Stef and Nigerian born rap group The Millionaire boys with a chorus like this-
I am I.R.I.I.S.H/ fuck you and what you stand for/ fuck a girl in her face/fuck you
You are either going to find the track either needless crass or extremely exiting and catchy. I fall into the catchy and exciting camp.
My only gripe is the bands decision to include two versions of the song I Like Music. One of the version is contains verses from American rapper Style’s P and the other is the version that was released as lead single
I Like Music(single Version) video
They should have just included the single version and had the rap version as the B-side, but that dose very little to detract from the quality of Vol IV: Johnny Pyro And The Dance Of Evil. Everything about this band and record is as cool as fuck. This is yet more proof that band is the best band in the British and Irish isles.
For the first time in awhile I have updated this site, since I last checked my stats, over three thousand people have viewed this blog, my heart felt thanks to all those of you out there who has read my blog.
I have been sitting at my computer avoiding college work. The two things that have been keeping me away from what I am supposed to be doing were N-Blox, which is a unofficial online remake of classic Nintendo game Tetris. And the vast majority will be aware just how fucking addictive that god damn game is. Who’d have thought that a game in which you position falling blocks into a line would be the gaming equivalent to crack cocaine!
If you want to play N-Blox it can be found at
www.neave.com/games/nblox/
When not spending countless hours trying to get to level ten, still have not achieved that feat, I spent my time online watching The Nostalgia Critic. He makes fun of movie from the 80’s and 90’s. his angry rants are the funniest things that I have scene in a long time, but rather than me continuing type, type, typing, watch the below video.
The Nostalgia critic takes on
the cartoon all stars
Do you agree that this is guy is hilarious, then don’t waste time in going to his website-
