Tag: money

audio review : So Far ( song ) … Eminem

Eminem raps better here than anywhere else on the second Marshall Mathers LP. That’s partly because he’s using the same contentious vocal delivery he used on the first one. The McDonald’s and Kroger bits are particularly commendable as they show the aging rapper can still amuse. What basically ruins the song; a remake of Joe Walsh’s Life’s Been Good; is its lack of originality.

my rating : 3 of 5

2013

audio review : The Marshall Mathers LP 2 ( album ) ... Eminem

video review : Non-Stop

video review : Non-Stop

It’s not Speed on a plane despite the clunky title. It’s not that entertaining. The suspense level of the plot, which puts a US Air Marshal on a plane full of passengers that include a terrorist whose get-rich-quick plan threatens the life of everyone on board, is brought down by its own ridiculous implausibilities. This is a by-the-numbers action flick you’ll have to suspend your belief thousands of feet to fully enjoy.

my rating : 3 of 5

2014

audio review : Jewels N Drugs ( song ) … Lady Gaga ( featuring TI + Too Short + Twista )

Structurally this one is a bit of a mess. There are two hooks; the second and best of which doesn’t come until after the halfway point. “We know how to make that money,” Gaga sings, so she doesn’t want yours. She has her own Jewels too. What she wants is your Drugs and your “love”; the former of which she can buy with all the money she has and the latter of which is an irrelevant subject nothing else in the song deals with.

The Too Short feature is surprising. As long as he’s been rapping, I don’t think he’s ever been featured on a song by an artist this popular before. There should only be one verse by one rapper though; of the three, I’d pick TI; and his verse should come not at the beginning but about where Too Short’s is. Three rappers with little to no association with each other only crowd the song in an awkward trap remix sort of way.

my rating : 3 of 5

2013

audio review : Artpop ( album ) ... Lady Gaga