Update

Update-Where are the reviews?
Hi guys, Tate here and we need to explain why there has been an extreme lack of reviews posted recently. We have been doing this for about half a year at this point and honestly we needed a break from making and editing reviews and really Jordan was honestly being overwhelmed with the amount of work he had to do. So we decided to take a month's break to get ourselves back into the spirit of producing content on our blogs. Don't worry though, we will be writing more reviews very soon, trust me. As well as that, I will be writing a lot more of my own reviews soon. Any way the next review will be released very soon. The album we are reviewing is nothing more then, well, let's just say there will be rants. Lots of them. Any way I hope I cleared up some of the thoughts you guys were thinking about and I hope to see you guys soon with another review.
Tate.

Kid Cudi - Indicud

Kid Cudi - Indicud

Released: 12 April 2013

Genre: Hip Hop, Alternative Hip Hop

Fav Tracks: Lord Of The Sad And Lonely, Just What I Am, Immortal, Solo Dolo Part II, The Resurrection Of Scott Mescudi, Beez, Brothers, Young Lady, King Wizard, Cold Blooded

Least Fav Tracks: Girls, Afterwards (Bring Yo Friends)

Review: If you don't know the history of Kid Cudi refer to the 'Man On The Moon' review we did earlier. I really love Cudi but I'm not sure if i love this album.

The first track 'The Resurrection of Scott Mescudi' is a very cinematic introduction to the album. It's a very unique and enjoyable song. The next track 'Unfuckwittable' has some really questionable vocals, and a really simple beat. However i do like the synths and sounds that are painted throughout this song and throughout this album as a whole. The next track 'Just What I Am' has a really nice intro with some twisted synths and 'King Chip' talking about his relationship with god. I didn't mind the large robot voice on the chorus. I really liked King Chips' verse but Kid Cudi's verse, although being introspective, had a messy flow. However I still thoroughly enjoyed this track. The next song 'Young Lady' has a really nice instrumental but Cudi's lyrics are ridiculous. He rhymes 'Afar' with 'Star' twice in the same song... right beside each other. The vocals are also way lower in volume than the booming instrumental. It ends up making the song sound messy. I still really love the instrumental as it changes the 'Father John Misty' sample a lot.

What I noticed in this album is that the production on these songs are WAY simpler and weaker than the ones on his two previous albums. It's like some kid learning to make beats for the first time in his life. He really needs to bring back 'Ratatat' and the rest.

The next song 'King Wizard' has a nice song topic and Cudi has a really nice flow on the song but the instrumental feels lacking. The instrumental just feels so bare bones, but I really like the chorus. The song was great up until the end when the robot sounds started to come in. I don't know why, but they did. The song is still overall fun to listen to. 'Immortal' has one of the best instrumentals on the album and Cudi's vocals on this song are the best on the album. The lyrics of the songs are very unique for the album. This song is basically a more powerful version of 'Alive' on the first Man On The Moon. 'Solo Dolo Part II' which is a sequel to the first 'Solo Dolo' has a really nice instrumental and some funny lyrics. This song features 'Kendrick Lamar' who has a great flow on this track. However I don't think this is better than the first 'Solo Dolo', but it does have a sample that's mixed in the same way as the first Solo Dolo. 'Girls' has a terrible hook in which he just repeats "So many coulours and sizes, so many different surprises". The songs instrumental is SUPER weak with lazy 80's sounding synths and Cudi sounding more childish (and creepier) than ever. Tate gave up after this song. Seriously Cudi unintentionally sounds like a stalker on this track. I actually like the instrumental no matter how cheesy it is but these lyrics are so weak. 'Too $hort' is also on this song. His verse was somehow worse than Cudi's. This is definetely my least favourite track on the album.

So far what i think about this album is that if you originally liked Cudi you will keep seeing new angles of his albums. This album isn't like his first two albums which I loved, it's so much more experimental, so I guess if you didn't like Cudi at first you might hate this.

'New York City Rage Fest' is an instrumental track. It's just a pretty boring instrumental. 'Red Eye' with the band 'Haim' has some very pop sounding production because of the synths that were used with some lyrics talking about stuff that Cudi talked about better in other songs. This track is okay. 'Mad Solar' has some bad production but some good lyrics. The production sounds really annoying and lazy. The song could have been a great song if it had better production. 'Beez' with 'Wu-Tang Clan' legend 'RZA'  has some okay production and some amazing lyrics from RZA.

'Brothers' with King Chip and 'A$AP Rocky' has some nice production with some lyrics about their relationships with their close friends. 'Burn Baby Burn' has some questionable production with some lyrics that go from being good to just really weird, but not weird in a good way. This song is pretty hit or miss for me. 'Lord Of The Sad And Lonely' is a really good song to continue on with the vibe of Man On The Moon I and II. The cheap sounding production works on this track. The lyrics for this track are inciteful and interesting. This song is like a really awesome army anthem sound or something. Cudi also has a really nice flow on this track. 'Cold Blooded' is a song with some really nice production and some lyrics that tell us slightly more about Cudi as a person. On this song Cudi brings his best flow on the album.

'Afterwards (Bring Yo Friends)' is a nine minute long borefest. The song has some good singing by 'Michael Bolton' and some okay rapping from King Chip but the repitition in this song just ruins it. Bolton repeats 'bring your friends' so many times that It just becomes painful. After five minutes this song just becomes soul suckingly bad. However I enjoyed the production at the second side of the track. 'The Flight Of The Moon Man' just isn't as good as the intro track.

This album was pretty hit or miss. Some tracks were really great, some tracks weren't and other tracks just didn't need to be on the album. Girls, Afterwards (Bring Yo Friends) and New York City Rage Fest DEFINETELY needed to be removed. There are song really good tracks aswell. The poor production is also a problem as it just sounds lazy and cheap and destroys the path that his first two albums layed out. In fact everything in this album destroyed that path. Hopefully 'MOTM III' won't do that. There's also a wide and confusing variety of features such as Michael Bolton and Father John Misty. This albums main problem is its production. Cudi should stop self-producing his own tracks because everything just feels boring with the lazy and cheap production. Nearly all of these songs have some really good synths that feel cinematic and atmospheric. However these synths are wasted by being used lazily. Cudi should mix the synths he used for two different songs and use them for one song. The dongs with the least amount of synths and sounds end up sounding weak and bare bones. He would have a great and short album on his hands if he did that. This album is still worth a listen, but be cautious.

Rating: 6/10

Hodgy Beats - Fireplace:TheNotTheOtherSide

Hodge Beats - Fireplace: TheNotTheOtherSide

Released: 9th December 2016

Genre: Hip Hop

Fav Tracks: Resurrection, They Want, Tape Beat Ft. Lil Wayne, Turkoise, Final Hour, DYSLM

Least Fav Tracks: Dreaminofthinkin

Review: 'Hodgy Beats' is a rapper who is part of the collective 'Odd Future'. Odd Future have only really spawned three worthwhile artists: Tyler The Creator, 'Earl Sweatshirt' and Hodgy Beats. This is his debut album which was released under the 'Odd Future' label.

The first track 'Nitro' which is an anagram of Intro, is a phone call in which the woman in the call explains how it feels to die rich. 'Kundalini' is a track about Hodgy being tested in life by the devil and about him "cutting demons off like an exorcism". The track has some nice lyrics from Hodgy and 'Solomon Faye' but the production feels wonky and silly. The track 'Barbell' has some nice lyrics with soulful production. The lyrics talk about how people shouldn't try and step up to his lyrical quality if they aren't being true. This track is the first single released for the album. 'Resurrection' is a song where Hodgy talks to the lord about his life. The song has an amazing instrumental with some introspective lyrics. 'They Want' has some really nice production and some great lyrics about how people want him to fail. The story told in this song is really interesting. However this song has some weird edits and 'censors' (I use the term censors loosely) over words that aren't even swear words. Such as "mirrors", "scars", and "boss". This was weird especially since there are swear words in this song that aren't censored. 'Final Hour' has some energetic lyrics from Hodgy and 'Busta Rhymes' who really gives pure energy to the track.

I'm starting to notice that the random censoring seems to be a running theme throughout this album. I don't know why but it is. 'Glory' has a boring instrumental and some forgettable lyrics. The censoring in this song is specifically terrible as there's so much of it. 'Laguna' has some nice lyrics and spacey production but the way it's mixed makes it sound messy and unorganised. His vocals on the chorus are just lazily placed on top of each other. 'Turkoise' with fellow Odd Future member 'Domo Genesis' is a nice love song with some nice lyrics and amazing flows. The production for this song is nice and laid back. 'Tape Beat' has some really nice jazzy production from 'BADBADNOTGOOD'. Hodgy has a nice flow on this track and 'Lil Wayne' (who hasn't exactly been flawless in the past few years) delivers some actually enjoyable lyrics. 'Dreaminofthinkin' has some okay lyrics but they're ruined by the abismol production on this track. I honestly like the sample the producer chose, but it's mixed into the beat in a way that makes it jarring to listen to. This was honestly a very confusing choice for Hodgy to leave this in the album. 'The Now' has okay production but thinks time the lyrics are mixed in a really weird and confusing way. I have no idea why this is being done. The song also ends suddenly. 'DYSLM' (Do You Still Love Me) is a hilarious track about Hodgy’s ex-girlfriend & baby’s mother who has moved on and found someone else, but Hodgy is still attached. The track tells the funny conversation he had between him and his ex's new boyfriend.

This album's religious discussion might confuse the listener if they know about Hodgy's past of atheism with 'Mellowhype' and 'Odd Future'. The production also plays a large role in this album as it has a large variety of different producers. I honestly enjoy Hodgy's constant flipping through many different types of rappers. From political, to religious, to energetic etc. If Hodgy removed the random censors and kept the production going towards one general sound, I think this album would be amazing but for now this album is just enjoyable.

Rating 7/10

Pink Guy - Pink Season (Jordan's review)

Pink Guy - Pink Season

Released: 4th January 2017

Genre: Comedy Hip Hop

'|' denotes a tie between songs.(yeah i was that torn on this one)

Fav Tracks: |White Is Right, FLEX LIKE DAVID ICKE, Rice Balls,| |Small Dick, Nickelodeon Girls,| STFU, Fried Noodles, |Gays 4 Donald, She's So Nice,| Help, PLEASE STOP CALLING ME GAY, Another Earth, |Dog Festival Directions, Dora,| Meme Machine

Least Fav Tracks: We Fall Again

Review: This album is the follow up to Pink Guy's debut album 'Pink Guy'. Pink Guy is a character from the youtube channel 'Filthy Frank'

The first song "Hot Nickel Ball On A Pussy" is funny at first but it gets repetitive after a minute. However it is a nice intro for the album. The next song "Are You Serious" is a parody of popular trap music. It isn't really funny as it sounds EXACTLY like the music it's trying to parody, 

however i do like how much more expensive the instruments and sounds used sound.

"White Is Right" is a HILARIOUS parody of white culture in America. It's both funny, true and catchy. The next song "I Have A Gun" isn't really as funny as the last track but it's still a funny parody of people in America who own guns. The song ends too abruptly. "Nickelodeon Girls" is actually both funny and catchy. It's the perfect way to ruin someone's childhood. "STFU" is a song i heard before the release of the album and I really do love this song. It's hilarious but also has very expensive sounding production. Very catchy, offensive and funny. "Gays 4 Donald" is another funny, offensive song about white culture, specifically Donald Trump running for presidency. The song gets repetitive though as he just repeats stuff he's already said on other songs on this album. I do think the production is deep and dark.

"I DO IT FOR MY HOOD" is just sort of boring with some cheap production and lazy auto tune, the usual. The song is also too short to leave an impression. I guess outside of the context of the album it's an okay song. "PLEASE STOP CALLING ME GAY" is deep and bassy, and tells some funny stories. The production is cheap but fun to listen to. "She's So Nice" is catchy but doesn't have anything new for Pink Guy in terms of lyrics. The chorus for this song is addictive. "Please Stop Touching My Willy' is hilarious but way too short. It also doesn't feel like an interlude either. "Uber Pussy" is about a guy who gets pussy using Uber. A very straight forward song. The production has these weird Indian music samples. 

"セックス大好き" is strange to say the least but not strange in a good way. The production isn't something i've never heard before from Pink Guy and he decides to mix Japanese and English. The song is supposed to be a parody of sex and how it's described in Japanese culture. "Dumplings" is technically a song by 'PinkOmega' which is supposed to be some sort of spin-off of Pink Guy. The song is catchy with some hard hitting production and interesting lyrics but this song isn't all that funny or offensive. Filthy Frank said that PinkOmega is supposed to be more serious but if that's so then why is this song even on the album? This song is a great song on its own but with the rest of the album it doesn't fit in at all. 

"Meme Machine" is a good parody of casual internet visitors as it discusses what he does with memes. The song is both funny and true. The instrumental is cheap but it works for the song.

"Hand On My Gat" is energetic and fun to listen to. The lyrics are pretty simple but the production is cheap and catchy. "d i c c w e t t 1" is short but it feels more like an interlude than the last interlude. "FLEX LIKE DAVID ICKE" has the best instrumental on the album its these sounds flying around but also hard hitting trap instruments. The lyrics aren't really funny but they really go well with the samples used in the song. Funnily enough he sounds like 'Lil Wayne' on this song. This song is one of the best songs on the album along with "White Is Right". "HIGH SCHOOL BLINK193" isn't really funny but is an okay parody of 'Blink 182'. The song is short which is good. This song isn't bad it's just not nearly as good as anything else on the album. "Rice Balls" is catchy with a nice sample. But halfway through the song turns beautiful with some nice piano and Pink Guy's flow speeds up. The song isn't really offensive but it's funny and catchy. "Dora" is catchy, funny and ruins childhoods. He even says in this song that the song is inappropriate. "SMD" is energetic but it isn't offensive enough to be interesting. "Dog Festival Directions" is a soothing and funny song. The use of ukulele is key as it isn't too distracting from the story told in the song. 

"We Fall Again" is slow but forgettable however it does work with the previous track. The song messes up the pace of the album. "Club Banger 3000" made me laugh without even using any words. This song is a loud messy instrumental that works for the album. The song parodies popular hip hop music. "Help" has a calming instrumental with lyrics talking about Pink Guy's depression. This song is VERY offensive and works for the album. "Hentai" is a super catchy song about Pink Guy's love for hentai. The song starts off hard hitting but then it just changes into a ukulele song. The transition is pretty jarring. "Small Dick" is another hard hitting trap song. He just talks about different dick sizes but I really love how half way through he just starts talking about 'Black Lives Matter'. The songs sudden ending makes it hilarious. "Pink Life" has a nice instrumental but pretty inoffensive lyrics. It's not really that funny but I can see why it's in the album. "Another Earth" starts off sounding like it's going to be a spacious song but instead ends up being a song about hating popular music, particularly 'Young Thug'. The song has a nice instrumental with some funny and true lyrics. "I Will Get A Vasectomy" is predictable and sort of boring. The end of the song is funny I guess.

"Furr" is offensive and catchy. The song is about how he hates 'PETA' and how they judge how he treats animals. The song isn't really anything new. "Fried Noodles" has a nice instrumental and some funny lyrics and half way through it turns melodic only to turn back into offensive things. "Goofy's Trial" isn't really a song but is instead a spoken word track of a the trial for Goofy from the famous Disney franchise, murdering 25 children. The track tells an interesting story. The last song leaves me speechless every time I hear it.

I think this is a way better project than his debut as it's way more offensive and way more catchy.

Rating: 9/10 (yes seriously)

Quick Update

Hi guys,
It's me Tate and I need to say something very quickly. There will be no reviews this week and possibly even next week. This is because of me and Jordan being super busy on a couple of things such as the two projects for this blog that we will be doing before the end of the year. We wish we had enough time to post reviews but we end up screwing up our routines so we forget what albums we are meant to review hence why my review is late and other things that are very late(Gorillaz-D-Sides). But hopefully we will get our stuff together and finally make our reviews on time. Another thing we will have to mix our film reviews blog with our TV show reviews blog because if we tried to run 3 blogs at once we would probably die of heart failure due to stress. Last and probably least we will only have 1 movie review a month and a TV show review once every two weeks. This will be starting next year.
Anyway, hope you people have a lovely Christmas or if don't celebrate it well just have a nice 2 weeks.
Happy Holidays.
Those Guys Who Review.

Pink Floyd-The Wall CD 1 Review.

Pink Floyd-The Wall.

Artist:Pink Floyd.

Genre:Rock

Released:November 30,1979.

Fav Tracks:In The Flesh?, Another Brick In The Wall Part 2, Is There Anybody Out There?, Nobody Home, Vera, Comfortably Numb, One Of My Turns.

Least Fav Tracks:In The Flesh,

Review:

Pink Floyd The Wall is an album about abandonment and isolation and tells the story of Pink a character created by Syd Barrett(the founder of Pink Floyd) and Roger Waters(Singer and Bass player). Pink has a terrible life due to his father dying in World War 2 explained by the sound of bombs dropping and then a baby crying at the end of the 1st track of cd 1, In The Flesh?, and his mother who is smothering him and that is only scrapping the surface of the depressing things that have happened to Pink. This album was split up into two CDs so that's what I'm gonna be doing for this review.

CD-1 review.

The first track In The Flesh? is my personal favourite track on the album because of the calm opening which suddenly changes moods. The song has an amazing riff and a slow yet satisfying production for a rock album. The song randomly changes moods but it is so fluent that it doesn't really bother me.

The next track, The Thin Ice which is an allegory to the saying "Your skating on thin ice" which means that you better not do anything that is bad because if you do your gonna go right through the ice. This is heavily applied to the song.The song is ok but I feel as though it lacks character and so it isn't really that memorable. The production is good, the riff is better then okay but not quite good and the vocals like in every track of the album are really a love/hate relationship. They are good for most people but bad for others and please keep that in mind for the rest of my cd 1 review because it's the case with all the songs on cd 1.

Another Brick In The Wall Part 1 gives off a creepy atmosphere whilst also setting up the riff for Another Brick In The Wall Part 2. 

The Happiest Days Of Our Lives is an introduction track to Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 and was surprisingly good, even for an introduction track. It sets up the production very well whilst also enhancing the riff that was set up in Another Brick In The Wall Part 1. Also might I just add that the transition from this song to Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 is so phenomenal that you don't even notice that the song has changed until you look at what track you're on. Overall very good.

Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 is one of Pink Floyd's most well known songs and was my favourite song of all time for a couple of months. The production and riffs give off a creepy atmosphere whilst also being a very enjoyable piece of music. The vocals are great and overall this song is probably Pink Floyd at their best. The song tells an amazing story about kids in school after the events of WW2.

Mother, oh my god. This song was depressing as hell. The song had a pretty basic riff and an enjoyable production but where the song excels is in it's storytelling and vocals. The story is all about Pink's mother and for most of the song it is, no joke, just Pink asking questions to his mother. But when the chorus starts to play you will get a chill down your spine. Roger Waters singing in this song is almost enough to bring you to tears. It feels as though he has been through some tough and scarring things with his mother. Overall a very depressing song.

Goodbye Blue Sky is a song about WW2 and how it affected innocent people. It has amazing singing and it gives off a creepy yet also happy vibe. The guitar in this song is pretty much what makes it happy. The lyrics are really creepy as well.

Empty Spaces starts of slow and gets progressively faster but by the end of the song it's still pretty slow. It's also an introduction track to Young Lust.

Young Lust starts off strong and stays that way with a great riff, good production, good vocals and a good keyboard accompaniment. The song tells of how Pink wants a fun women in his life. The transition from this song to the next is probably the worst in the whole entire album.

One Of My Turns tells us of Pink's descent into craziness. He causes his girlfriend to run away from him in horror. The first time I heard this song, I did not expect such an emotional ending. The production is good and so is the riffs. Overall this song was a trip into madness.

Just so you know the next two songs are about Pink going crazy and then finally deciding to kill himself in the final song.

Don't leave me now is probably my least favourite song on the album due to there not being a good flow or production for the first three quarters of the song. This song has two meanings. The fact that he doesn't want his girlfriend to leave him and that he is also starting to realise that he is crazy.

Another Brick In The Wall Part 3 is all about him being crazy and supposedly "not needing anything at all"yet he really does. It has a good production and a good riff.

The last track of CD 1, Goodbye Cruel World, is all about how Pink is going to kill himself. No seriously, that is the whole concept of the song and really the song kinda sucks. It's very powerful and was a satisfying ending to the first half of the album but it lacks a good riff or production. In fact I don't even think the production in this song can even be counted as a production.

Overall the first half of the album was very enjoyable and really deserves a listen. The review of the next half of the album will be out by the end of the year so please don't be coming back to the blog next week expecting it to be out. Also please check out Those Guys Who Review Films for more reviews of your favourite movies.

CD 1 rating-9/10

Lil Wayne - Sorry For The Wait 2

Lil Wayne - Sorry For The Wait 2

Genre: Hip Hop

Released: 20 January 2015

Fav tracks: Dreams And Nightmares, Alphabet

Least fav tracks: Hollyweezy, You Guessed It, Shit, Coco, Try Me, Drunk In Love,

Review: 'Sorry For The Wait 2' is a mixtape released by American rapper Lil Wayne. This mixtape is a followup to 'Sorry For The Wait' and is an apology for the delay of Tha Carter 5 which was delayed because of label problems with Birdman. 'Coco'. What  did i just listen to. The autotune somehow makes his voice worst. And worst of all this isn't even his own production, in fact most of these songs aren't. He just took them from popular songs. 'Shit' is Shit. He's so offkey that it hurts. This is worse than the original. He can't even keep a steady flow on this song. By the way, “My Choppa go doom da da. Di da di da da” is the worst lyric i've ever heard. Worse than most ICP lyrics. Although having the best production of all the songs before it 'Trap House's lyrics are absolutely horrendous. However his flow saves the track.

For me 'Selsun Blue' is so bad that it's good. the production is pretty good but the lyrics are absolutely terrible but they're actually really funny. "Got the Yay locked down like Kim K". 'Used To' has great production with a hard hitting bass and some funny lines "Suck a nigga dick for a iPhone 6, Fuck my nigga Terry for a new Blackberry." On 'No Type' Lil Wayne sounds like he was making up things while rapping. The instrumental is borrowed from 'No Type' by Rae Sremmurd. "But when I met codeine it was love at first Sprite." 'Fingers Hurting's production is actually pretty and original. His lines aren't perfect but on one part he starts speed rapping which was pretty interesting. 'Hot Nigga' actually has Lil Wayne 'rapping'. He's saying funny lines and he's keeping a steady flow. "Yea, I'm consuming grass like a cash cow". 'Hollyweezy' is the most painfully long and boring songs i've ever listened to. The first two verses are super short and are both abruptly interrupted with the chorus but after that the chorus never comes back and the song just gets excruciatingly boring. The production for this song is just generic trap, nothing new. It's messy and lazy. I refuse to listen to this song ever again. This song is five minutes of trash. 'Drunk In Love' has the worst chorus on this whole mixtape and is a poor excuse for Wayne to lazily talk about sex. It's not even sensual it's just lazy. Christina Milian is singing lazily over the chorus and the third verse. 

In 'You Guessed It' he rarely actually rhymes and his voice is insufferable especially on this song. The original song by OG Maco already had lazy production which sounds like it took two minutes to make but with Wayne over it, it just sounds terrible. 'Try Me' is just lazy and boring. 'Preach' has some catchy production and some funny lines from 2 Chainz. It has nothing great but nothing bad either. If i have to say anything about 'Alphabet' I would definetely say it's very clever. In this song he uses the alphabet to describe some girls he knows. The song is interesting and has some dreamy production taken from the song 'Tuesday' by iLoveMakonnen. I would say that unlike other songs on this mixtape this version is much better than the original. 'No Haters' isn't annoying enough to be unlistenable. The instrumental is generic trap with some weird synths, but not weird in a good way. His lines on this song aren't terrible but they aren't good either. "Money and Drugs, I'm talkin Math and Science. I fucked her friend, I don't feel bad about it." 'Admit It' is a song full of sex references which would annoy me but at this point the albums so long and dreadful that i enjoyed the nice change in production. 'Dreams And Nightmares" starts of with a beautiful piano piece with Wayne telling us the truth about him and his friends. He says that the money turned them into killers. But halfway through this song he just goes insane. He sounds energetic and on beat. This song would have fit good into any of Wayne's albums.

This mixtape is a nightmarish mess that i would never recommend to anyone.The lyrical topics can range from sex to murder. This is Wayne at his worst. He sounds whiny, annoying and stupid. If this is what was going to be on 'Tha Carter V' then i'm glad Birdman's delaying it. Wayne honestly just needs to take a break from music for a while because this is just awful.

Rating: 0/10