Last year, I downloaded the advance leak of Ear Drum by Talib Kweli, because I'd heard some good things. I thought it was okay, but sort of boring and lacking in the sounds department. And Talib Kweli's lyrics aren't good enough to justify a lack in the sounds department. Also, for some reason, Kweli's flow was out of time.

But now I have reacquired the album, and this time the sounds are tip-top! And his words are in time to the beat! I mean, it's not stellar, but it's enjoyable. I'm kind of getting tired of a lot of this new stuff aping that damned Big Kanye West Production stuff and the tinkly pianos and EVERY FUCKING HIP-HOP ACT WANTS TO BE JAY-FUCKING-Z. Fuck Jay-Z. How many fucking versions of god-damned "99 Problems" do we need? And how many "Jesus Walks"?

Fuck Lupe Fiasco too, for good measure.

I don't actually hate Jay Z and Kanye West. But I am angry anyway.

Perhaps this is most condensed occurrence of the term "fuck" in anything I've ever written.

Okay now I've gotten angry at this album because the sounds are too good. Everything is so dense and sort of annoying. Damn it. At least there hasn't yet been a sped-up, high-pitched Al Green sample.

I have mixed opinions. I should have bought that copy of De la Soul Is Dead I saw in the -$10 bin.

Damn.