Love or Hate?

Trollheart · 01-07-2017, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Works for me but there's a broken link for your Pharcyde review that might be causing it.

Can you fix it? I can't even get to the page. All I get is this:

I'd appreciate it.
Thanks.
TH

The Batlord · 01-07-2017, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Can you fix it? I can't even get to the page. All I get is this:

I'd appreciate it.
Thanks.
TH

It's almost assuredly nothing, and if you click "details" at the bottom it'll give you the option to go to the page.

Trollheart · 01-07-2017, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

It's almost assuredly nothing, and if you click "details" at the bottom it'll give you the option to go to the page.

It may be so, but I've been hit by too many viruses, spyware, adware, keyloggers and every damn other thing to take a chance, so I'd rather not go into that particular mine until I see a live canary come out...

Trollheart · 01-11-2017, 08:36 AM

Title: Boy in Da Corner
Artiste: Dizzee Rascal
Genre: Hip-hop
Familiarity: Zero; I know the name, that's it
Recommended by: Man Like Monkey

Expectations: Well in all the time I've been running this I think I've only had one other rec from Man Like Monkey, and as it turned out that was hip-hop too but I loved it. So while I'm not exactly expecting a repeat performance, I do have a little more confidence that I won't hate this one. I could be totally wrong of course.

1. Sittin' here: Well I like the music anyway; the slow rap reminds me of Coolio – don't judge me; you know how little hip-hop I've heard. This is decent.
2. Stop dat: Bit more in-your-face; don't like the “Whoa!” or whatever it is being repeated in the background. Meh.
3. I luv U: Female vocal on this is nice. The exchange is good too, kind of a microcosm of a relationship spiralling out of control. Pretty good. Who's yer wan? Ah, sure I wouldn't know her anyway I imagine.
4. Brand new day: Yeah that one was okay too. But just okay.
5. 2 far: Not mad about this one. What's with the sped-up voices??
6. Fix up, look sharp: Touch of Prince in this. Not bad. Not bad at all. Good energy in it.
7. Cut 'em off: OK, I tried to be nice but now I'm just getting bored.
8. Hold ya mouth: Yawn
9. Round we go (Ain't no love): Yawn
10. Jus' a rascal: Heh. Sounds like they're singing “He's just an arsehole!”

Other than that, meh.
11. Wot U on: Female vocals help this, but it ain't getting a Green.
12. Jezebel: Oh dear god this is annoying. Make it stop.
13. Seems 2 be: That's even worse.
14. Live O: Damn thing! Listening to this garbage made me forget to put on my dinner, and that should have been in the oven ten minutes ago! I therefore hate this track on basic principle, but also cause I hate it.
15. Do it!: Do what? Turn it off? Can do, matey! And that's the end of that nightmare! Shiver. Actually to be fair that was not too bad, which is about as much praise as I can muster for it.

End result: Severe disappointment. Nowhere near as good as I had hoped it would be, but I suppose I should have seen The Streets as more an aberration than a true example of British hip-hop. Didn't enjoy that at all, sorry.

So, Love or Hate? Started off relatively well, then I realised I was basically trying to like it more than I did, making excuses. I finally accepted that I didn't like it so it gets a Hate.

01-11-2017, 08:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Title: Boy in Da Corner Artiste: Dizzee Rascal Genre: Hip-hop Familiarity: Zero; I know the name, that's it Recommended by: Man Like Monkey Expectations: Well in all the time I've been running this I think I've only had one other rec from Man Like Monkey, and as it turned out that was hip-hop too but I loved it. So while I'm not exactly expecting a repeat performance, I do have a little more confidence that I won't hate this one. I could be totally wrong of course. 1. Sittin' here: Well I like the music anyway; the slow rap reminds me of Coolio – don't judge me; you know how little hip-hop I've heard. This is decent. 2. Stop dat: Bit more in-your-face; don't like the “Whoa!” or whatever it is being repeated in the background. Meh. 3. I luv U: Female vocal on this is nice. The exchange is good too, kind of a microcosm of a relationship spiralling out of control. Pretty good. Who's yer wan? Ah, sure I wouldn't know her anyway I imagine. 4. Brand new day: Yeah that one was okay too. But just okay. 5. 2 far: Not mad about this one. What's with the sped-up voices?? 6. Fix up, look sharp: Touch of Prince in this. Not bad. Not bad at all. Good energy in it. 7. Cut 'em off: OK, I tried to be nice but now I'm just getting bored. 8. Hold ya mouth: Yawn 9. Round we go (Ain't no love): Yawn 10. Jus' a rascal: Heh. Sounds like they're singing “He's just an arsehole!” Other than that, meh. 11. Wot U on: Female vocals help this, but it ain't getting a Green. 12. Jezebel: Oh dear god this is annoying. Make it stop. 13. Seems 2 be: That's even worse. 14. Live O: Damn thing! Listening to this garbage made me forget to put on my dinner, and that should have been in the oven ten minutes ago! I therefore hate this track on basic principle, but also cause I hate it. 15. Do it!: Do what? Turn it off? Can do, matey! And that's the end of that nightmare! Shiver. Actually to be fair that was not too bad, which is about as much praise as I can muster for it. End result: Severe disappointment. Nowhere near as good as I had hoped it would be, but I suppose I should have seen The Streets as more an aberration than a true example of British hip-hop. Didn't enjoy that at all, sorry. So, Love or Hate? Started off relatively well, then I realised I was basically trying to like it more than I did, making excuses. I finally accepted that I didn't like it so it gets a Hate. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018