The new Jay Z is very good. The Blueprint 3. Much better than the 2nd Blueprint. But the album art is the most fantastic piece of the album in my opinion, but I'm into that stuff. The music's also awesome.

[shameless plug]
I just blogged about it, actually..
http://austindessert.blogspot.com/2009/09/jay-z-is-awesome.html

I like the first half of the album a lot. Oddly enough I think Kanye's tracks are by far the best, but No I.D.'s are pretty damned good too. Lyric wise I think it stays strong, but the beats drop off in quality.

i still maintain Jay Z should have stayed retired.

I did too until this album. This is the first stuff of his since The Black Album I think justified his return. It's not all great, but some of it is.

White Denim!

Lauryn Hill - "Doo Wop (That Thing)"

a quick little playlist I threw together for thanksgiving

Plone - Another One of Them
The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
Fol Chen - The Beautiful Ones
Galaxie 500 - Strange
Dave Sitek - With a Girl Like You
Cody Chesnutt - 5 on a Joyride

Endless Donovan.

I've been listening very intensley to a steady diet of Tom Waits, The Velvet Underground and Donovan for the past few days.