such strong opinions but not your own...

Writing on the bus has turned me ultra-prolific. Granted I still have nothing to say in my posts, but I do end up writing more.

I picked up the new Mos Def cd the other day and I am still waiting for it to grow on me. Mos is one of my favorite rappers and Black on Both Sides is one of my top 10 cds ever. This new one is very different as almost all of the tracks have Black Jack Johnson playing on the,, giving the whole thing a weird rap-metal vibe. However, I do trust his genius and I am sure that in a couple months I will be pressuring people to listen to it.

Back to my previously mentioned top 10 list, I think now would be a good time to break those down. I should probably do this by genre and compile one big one from there. Please keep in mind that these lists are for full albums only. Were I to do this by favorite songs the artists would be markedly different. But that is for another bus ride.

Punk
1 - Thrice: The Illusion of Safety
2- NOFX: Punk in Drublic
3 - Strung Out: Twisted By Design
4 - Dillinger 4 - Midwestern Songs For The Americas
5 - Rancid: ... and out come the wolves
6 - Atreyu: Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
7 - Choke: Foreword
8 - Oswald's Walking Connection: First Intermission
9 - Sixty Stories: Anthem Red
10 - Propagandhi: How To Clean Everything

Hip-hop
1 - Deltron 3030
2 - Mos Def: Black on Both Sides
3 - Little Brother: The Listening
4 - Akrobatik: The EP
5 - DL Incognito: A Sample and a Drum Machine
6 - Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek: Train of Thought
7 - Jurassic 5: Quality Control
8 - Blackalicious: Blazing Arrow
9 - Outkast: Speakerboxxx
10 - Snoop Doggy Dogg: Doggystyle

Other
1 - Radiohead: OK Computer
2 - Nirvana: Unplugged
3 - Bjork: Post
4 - Esthero: Breath From Another
5 - Placebo: Placebo
6 - The Pixies: Death to the Pixies
7 - Placebo: Without You I'm Nothing
8 - Sublime: Sublime
9 - Pet Shop Boys: Behaviour
10 - Pure: Generation 6 Pack

K that's is the list as best as I can pull off the top of my head. I lost all my cds in the Toronto airport 3 years ago, so I may have forgotten a whole lot of good ones, but everyone can live with that.

Next time I do a list it will be my favorite songs. Then you can compare and contrast and do all types of ill shit.

Warm Regards,

Justin