Wait till you see my Crooooooon

So, in talks with a few folks, it has come to my attention that a bit of the grit that existed on the Wolf Parade EP tracks has been removed on the record. That actually didn't even register when I listened. And, hey, maybe that rubs the wrong way on the wrong guy, but what Brock did with the songs -- 'duction-wise -- is, in this humble opinion, a good thing. There's not gloss, exactly, but a bit more swagger and confidence in the presentation of the compositions. I endorse. In the same way that I endorse, in its beautiful entireity, the new Ying Yang Twins:


Ying Yang Twins - "Live Again (feat. Adam Levine)"
[from theie United States of Atlanta LP]
In complete agreement with the Meec about this track off the new record. Jesus, it makes me wish that Nelly versus McGraw baloney was actually sort of good and not the aural embodiment of its title. Levine is perfect for this shit, too. Not overbearing, but could anything Maroon 5-related be overbearing? Answer: no, and that's both good and bad for a pop band of their STATURE (yep, they big).

But the fact that this exists on the same record as "Wait" -- beating the pussy up and all -- should do a little bit to silence the misog-happy crits that are hating on the Twins, in the same way the woman-conscious Pac tracks did (though that particular argument -- [shakur as a compassionate mouthpiece of the black woman's struggle] -- has always sat a lil' wrong with me, considering the bulk of his catalog. but he makes the great seperation argument: some women is bitches, and some women are not, ard are, ergo, deserving of respect. fmeh, i'll never get that). Besides, "Wait" is about consensual sex, ya'll. "Live Again," on the other hand, is about harship -- "the life of a strippa," a stripper going to school and looking for love and needin flow. And let's not even get into the next track on USA: "Ghetto Classics," an angry indictment of US involvement in Iraq. These guys = entirely impressive on about 301 levels.