Zoinked-out Y2k anxiety vs early post 9/11 paranoid malaise. Perfectly contrasting offerings. I think shameless Texas patriotism is going to come into play though as '02 may eke this out for having some true Houston classics, but still have some re-listening to do.
Yeah, I just can't get into Funcrusher Plus. I like the production well enough but the MCs don't do it for me. I can't really explain why. Otherwise the 1997 team has really solid singles and Life After Death is great but I'm sticking with my team here.
"What Can I Do?" is one of my favorite songs on The Fix with these lyrics being some of my all time favorites, I just love how he sticks with the same rhyme scheme throughout:
I say goodbye to you cruel world
I see peace in the red sky
I see the beast when the dead die
Relief when my head’s high
Hear the streets up ahead cry
When the heat from the lead fly
Felt the grief when I said bye
'Fore the sheets on my bed dried _________________ And it's hard to be a human being. And it's harder as anything else.
Going 2002. Gut instinct. Call it the 'You Already Know' effect. _________________ 2021 in full effect. Come drop me some recs. Y'all know what I like.
The Fix is the best thing here by a decent margin, gives 2002 a slight lead as far as album's are concerned.
albums:
The Fix >> Life After Death > Fun Crusher >= The Future Is Now
When factoring in the singles, Feelin' It is my favorite one without a doubt and The Rain my least favorite without a doubt. Both 2002 selections are stellar.
singles:
Feelin' It > You Already Know >=What We Do >> The Rain
By far the hardest matchup of the tournament so far, my initial intention was to abstain, but I'm thinking the Biggie+Jigga combo is simply too much and can't be ignored - it would feel like a betrayal not voting in favor of them - , despite not being big on the other two 1997 picks and the all-around consistency of the 2002 team.
So after the second listen to the Non Phixion album I have some thoughts. As someone who was a kid and couldn't care less about 9/11 and the conspiracy theories surrounding it at the time, it's interesting to look at those theories, or more specifically those presented in The Future Is Now, and compare them to the current ones. Deep state? Check. Cameras monitoring everyone and everything? Check (even partially proven). Peadophile rings? Check (again, partially proven). CIA, FBI, police etc. We haven't really progressed, and a small portion of it was even proven to be right which is pretty scary. That being said, The Future is Now does sound dated and silly at times, the MF DOOM feature was really meh (as someone has already stated), and overall it feels dated, not always in a bad way but mostly. The future was then, and now it sounds like the past. The production is dope though, and The C.I.A. Is Still Trying To Kill Me with Deftones and Fear Factory is really fun, although it's also a very 2002 decision to make a rap rock song with nu metal/groove metal bands (albeit Deftones are the best ones from that scene, and arguably the only ones who changed the sound and emerged as a serious band after the nu metal craze dwindled).
Also don't wanna jinx it, but it's tied now. I owe a beer to whoever voted 1997 in the last 2 days hehe. I'm glad it's close, I love the 2002 team (mine is better obviously ) _________________ Finally updated the overall chart
Also don't wanna jinx it, but it's tied now. I owe a beer to whoever voted 1997 in the last 2 days hehe. I'm glad it's close, I love the 2002 team (mine is better obviously )
I'm into porters rn! Winter & all! lol.
I'm a sucker for Company Flow & Def Jux and successful double LPs (Life After Death) are insanely hard to pull off! I've got Life After Death in my heavy rotation rn.
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