Troubadour is the first hip-hop album that I have really enjoyed in awhile. My tastes have changed, but this album speaks a little more about real problems with the world and a lot less about guns and drugs. The highlight of this album is Wavin' Flag, talking about the struggle in Somolia, K'naan's home country. This is a theme throughout the album, but does not overpower. This is one that will be talked about for a number of years
Archive for April, 2009
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Troubadour
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Catching Up
It has been just over 5 weeks since William was born and I realize there was a whole 2 blog posts in that time. Well, I figure it is time to start catching up with adding some content on here. I am planning on doing this three-fold. First, moving over the Guide to Soccer for Americans from hidden pages to posts. Second, catching up on Album of the Weeks (I need to figure out 6 albums to get caught up). Third, posting more about Will, which will be right now.
Basically there are three big things about Will:
- He is awesome. He amazes me every day with some little thing new. This is only going to get more and more as he continues developing. That being said, for now him looking at me and really focusing is super cool.
- He is awesome, but he doesn't do much. He eats, poops and sleeps. A lot. This isn't a huge surprise, but it does make me anxious for when he can start really interacting with us.
- Sleep has changed forever, and not for the better. I have changed my "goals" for sleeping each night to hoping that I can get at least one 3 hour stretch of uninterrupted sleep. A month and a half ago, I would have clobbered someone who limited me to that much sleep. It is amazing how your body can adapt to such huge changes.
In addition, we do have plenty of photos of Will and are adding more all the time, so feel free to check them out.
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The Blue Depths
Odawas' The Blue Depths is a unique sounding album with subdued but complex music all combined with haunting vocals. This isn't for everyone, but if you can get into it, you will likely love it. I am still not sure it is what I like, but it is interesting enough to keep me coming back to check it out. -
Best of the Decade
While it has been some time since I have posted, I have been thinking of my blog and what I would like to post on it. Since I have been doing the "best of" lists the last two years, and it is less and less likely that I will be able to keep up with much new music this year, I had to think of a different "big" project that I could actually accomplish. After some time I decided on a best albums of the decade list.
I already have some ideas of albums for the list, but as always I enjoy hearing recommendations from others. Since there are a lot of fantastic albums from the last 9 1/2 years, I am sure I missed some. Also since I have less time to post, I want to get started early so help a guy out and toss me some suggestions!
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles from Flying Lotus is a good electronic album from 2008. More animated than the last few electronic albums I recommended, this one has more texture throughout and might be up your alley if the others were not. There is a lot going on with each song, so you have to be a bit of an active listener here. If you are, you will be rewarded though.