The title song makes sense at the beginning, but it also makes past reference to My Vision, which comes later in the set. That contradiction, rather the fact that one of the two weren’t excluded, serves as the album’s one major flaw, at least as far as this nitpicker is concerned. It’s a decent rap album otherwise. Highlights include Life Of An Entertainer and Hole In My Pocket.
my rating : 3 of 5
1989
This really does taste like a Candy Apple. I prefer the caramel ones, but it’s a sweet treat nonetheless. The only drawback is the one that flaws most Bangs and energy drinks in general; the carbonation. Imagine how much better these drinks would be if not for the grimace-inducing sting.
my rating : 3 of 5
Sausage And Shrooms; Italian sausage and white mushrooms; are the main ingredients, but this pizza is also topped with yellow onions. Would it be better without that last addition? Probably. Will they slow you down? Not at all. The pie, the crust of which is basically crispy pita bread, is indeed a “Shroomy delight”.
my rating : 4 of 5
This would be Good if the angelic piano chorus, the murmurs of which conjure Does Life Exist On This Planet, weren’t abandoned halfway in. It’s a beautiful bit that should’ve been looped to no end or at least brought back near the end. As is, the song seems anticlimactic; unfinished even.
my rating : 3 of 5
2021
Why Ice Spice insists on shaking her ass in a Deli à la Lizzo as opposed to a dance club is anyone’s guess, but the beat is a banger. It better be because the rapper’s vocals, specifically her borderline-retarded voice and delivery, leave a lot to be desired. Her looks leave little. She’s a “baddie” and knows it as she bends over to show the boys a glimpse of her cold cuts.
my rating : 3 of 5
2023
These Bang drinks have cool quirky names, but most are disappointingly hyperbolic; this one being a prime example. There’s a hint of Lime (Skittles) at first sip, but it doesn’t taste like Key Lime Pie. Neither is there anything Krazy about it, though it might have you acting that way once the 300 milligrams of caffeine takes effect.
my rating : 3 of 5
This song would be a lot better if not for the switch that happens at the start of the second verse. The music; a Relapsesque Dr Dre production; is suddenly and permanently abandoned.
The change fits the concept, but the beats that replace it, apparently provided by Black Bethoven and S1, are inferior. Thus what could’ve been a good song is ruined ninety seconds in.
my rating : 2 of 5
2020
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The title song is something special. It starts the album on such a satisfying note; “I fear I’ll do some damage one fine day,” Paul Simon confesses, “but I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers”; that most of the rest pales in comparison. The other best song is the other one with a funny title; 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover; on which the singer seeks relationship advice from a female companion.
my rating : 3 of 5
1975
I don’t know what the Purple bit is about; this drink looks clear to me; but it really does taste like some kind of fruit. Whether or not it’s more akin to an actual Guava or Pear is up for debate, but it’s one of the more interesting Bang flavors. It’s also loaded with caffeine; 300 milligrams; for “performance energy”.
my rating : 3 of 5
“Tears and flowers dry over time,” Paul ponders, “Memory leaves us; melody and rhyme.” He’s still Rhymin Simon, but his knack for melody left him a long time ago. It was 2000 to be precise when, after making his best albums in the 1990s, his inevitable decline began. I remember listening to You’re The One and being Surprised at how unremarkable his music had become.
These Seven Psalms, given his old age and the amount of time between projects, may be the final batch. The morbid concept certainly seems to suggest so. They’re Hebrew Bible songs about God and death; a thematic continuation of his previous (Stranger) album, which ended with the Insomniac’s Lullaby. It’ll be a sad day when Paul Simon dies, but he seems to be prepared.
It’s nonetheless his worst album if it can be considered as such. It’s described as a “seven-movement composition”; The Lord is resurrected in intervals as if the chorus to a very long song; “intended to be listened to as one continuous piece”. If the purpose were to put you to sleep, it would be a success. Paul Simon, singing over an acoustic guitar, has never sounded more lifeless.
my rating : 1 of 5
2023
This is supposed to be music for cars and it starts off with Velocity, but it goes off track along the way. It’s ultimately a random collection of Bass songs from DM Records, most of which you could’ve already heard on the Bass Explosion set. The inclusion of a Bass Invaders album prelude shows just how haphazardly these Adventures were put together.
That’s a shame because the concept suggests an anthemic compilation for Car Audio enthusiasts. Sub Culture and Cyber Travel get it right; the best songs are the ones by Bass 305; but the Space music should’ve been saved for the Rocket Audio version. The album’s biggest blunder though is that it isn’t mastered correctly if at all. Some tracks are louder than others.
my rating : 2 of 5
2000
I don’t wear hair Extensions; I’m not a tranny; but I do wear Braids and this Sheen Spray works for that. It “moisturizes, conditions and softens”; I won’t mention the part about it “adding luster”; but perhaps the best attribute is its “anti-itch power”. The worst is how oily/sticky it is when it gets on your face and neck, but at least it’s not watered down like other brands.
my rating : 4 of 5