© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-trey_stone Recent reviews written by member trey_stone en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_485801561732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the most important album in the history of ever. Or is it? And even if it was, would it really matter as much if it'd inspired bands who expanded and improved on what it started?My answer, well... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485801561732 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:10:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485801561732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_485791796868?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - By 1969, all was not well in Beatledom. There were the abandoned, tense Get Back sessions, later used to form The Beatles's final 1970 release Let It Be. There was Yoko Ono. There was...OK I'm talking like some upstart knowitall here,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485791796868 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:51:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485791796868?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_485768597124?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - *Don't get me wrong, the boy band thing isn't a diss. I'll get to Help! and A Hard Day's Night eventually.In the mini-documentary included on the remastered Revolver disc, you hear George Harrison's quote that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485768597124 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:19:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485768597124?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_485330095748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - When it comes to legendary artists' lesser works, there's always a tendency to go "yeah, it's not their best album, but it still beats the crap out of anything today!" And sure, sometimes that might be true. But sometimes even geniuses f*ck up and put... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485330095748 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:14:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485330095748?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_485215145604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - I'll admit, when I started really familiarizing myself with the whole of The Beatles's catalogue, I thought it might turn out as an opportunity to get my snarky contrarianism on. You know, as in Sgt. Pepper's rules, and their other... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485215145604 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485215145604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_485093969540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - Who would've thought that the first successful protege Lil Wayne would unleash on the world post-Carter III would essentially be a mix of introspective backpack rap and Wayne's own punchline-obsessed style? And former TV actor apparently,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~485093969540 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:14:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_485093969540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484694003332?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - The wave of a nerdy strain of rappers in recent years who eschew both the traditional conscious rap kicked off by Rawkus Records in the late '90s as well as your typical gangsta rap tropes might be compelling in theory, but has it really produced any... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484694003332 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:12:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484694003332?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484542484100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - Should all rappers have to branch out topically as they get older? On the one hand, if it's crack rap we're talking about the answer seems obvious. What might be talking about the criminal life you just emerged from or observed when you start out may... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484542484100 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:24:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484542484100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484304260740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - Note: This remastered edition comes with a really short documentary on the making of the album. It's cool enough I guess.I know this might sound stupid as hell for a group whose strengths are obviously rooted in their... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484304260740 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:44:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484304260740?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_484293119620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - Can any of Jay-Z's post-retirement output be put on the level of his best work? I think all but the most devoted of stans (and I'm a big fan) would admit that there's been a definite dip in the quality of the guy's rapping technique following "The Black... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~484293119620 Wed, 9 Sep 2009 02:27:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_484293119620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482496712324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - A couple years back, music critic Sasha Frere-Jones wrote an article on how white (i.e. rhythmically challenged) modern-day indie rock had become, and while I can't say I'm familiar with tons of indie rock, I find that the article provides a good... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482496712324 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:39:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482496712324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482253966980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - More than anything else they've done, "Aquemini" is OutKast's "statement" album. What said statement is, I'm not always 100% on, though Andre railing against uncreative thug rap on "Return of the 'G'," painting a desperate picture of his urban... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482253966980 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:30:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482253966980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_482243743364?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - While there's certain key differences between Nirvana's major-label debut "Nevermind" and "In Utero" -- the guitar sounds messier, there's more screaming, one song title is spelled in lowercase -- it's safe to say that if you like the former, you'll like... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~482243743364 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:44:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_482243743364?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_477815475844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - From what I can tell, it seems like in certain circles Nirvana's major-label debut "Nevermind" has fallen victim to a Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's"/"Revolver"-style revisionism. You know, where critics wake up one day and suddenly realize, "you know what, X... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477815475844 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:32:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477815475844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476921302660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - To me, hip hop -- and really music in general -- is more about how you say something than what you're saying. And I'm not throwing that up simply as a defense of ignorant sh!t that happens to be rapped really well. I mean, think of someone like The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476921302660 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:01:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476921302660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473199185540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - Even though I'm not exactly a fan of their work across the board (think "Parachutes" is a snooze, like "A Rush of Blood to the Head," think "X&Y" is a snooze bar three songs, like "Viva la Vida,") I tend to find myself in the pro-Coldplay camp... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473199185540 Mon, 8 Jun 2009 05:51:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473199185540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469854555780?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - It's been talked about a million times, but somewhere around 2004, Eminem officially lost the plot. We can hypothesize about the reasons -- hanging around with 50 Cent too much, intentionally making a sh!tty album to alienate his fans, running out of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469854555780 Tue, 19 May 2009 15:49:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469854555780?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469304643204?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - To me, it was telling that the best Southern rap album of 2008, Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III," didn't happen to sound especially Southern. For whatever reason, the year was plagued with releases from the Southern rap elite that sounded almost exactly... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469304643204 Mon, 4 May 2009 22:48:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469304643204?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468628967044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - One of my pet peeves when it comes to rap criticism these days is how many mainstream albums get lazily filed under the "sh!t rapper, but the beats are hot!" category. Not to say it isn't true sometimes. I mean, I enjoy my share of vanity solo albums... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468628967044 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:22:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468628967044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_454745362052?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - Let me just start this off by saying that I was hoping this album'd be good. While I liked Common's "Finding Forever" from last year well enough, I'm all for rappers taking risks and switching up their sound, so long as the effort's inspired. I mean,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~454745362052 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:34:11 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_454745362052?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_452737273476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - So I'll be honest, I'd kind of tuned out to new rap (well, new music in general) as of late. Part of it was just being busy with school, and part of it was because I'd kind of got used to new rap albums for the year sucking, to the point where I wasn't... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~452737273476 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:16:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_452737273476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_443172621956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - If there's a phrase that accurately sums up The Game's career to me, it's "trying too hard." Granted, the dude wasn't really delusional or as clueless as he is now when he first debuted with "The Documentary" in 2005, but since 50 Cent kicked him off... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~443172621956 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:56:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_443172621956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437416988292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - There's been a lot of talk in the lead-up to Nas's Untitled, thanks to its original title N*gger. Controversy this, Al Sharpton Jesse Jackson that, Nas is an idiot, Nas is a genius, blah blah blah. My only thoughts? If you're gonna make... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437416988292 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:42:43 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437416988292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_437402570372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - It makes sense that Common would think it's time to do something a little different for his next album. While I'm one of those crazy guys who likes last year's Finding Forever a lot better than his 2005 album Be, AKA his official "if you... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~437402570372 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:47:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_437402570372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_435636506244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author trey_stone - It all started with Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds. After reading a milli a milli a milli...on glowing reviews of that, I thought to myself "damn, is the guy who I thought represented the gayest, most testosterone-deficient music in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~435636506244 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:44:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_435636506244?linkin_id=8003929