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This one really seems to be getting a whole lot of praise and even though criticism appears aswell, the amount of the awesome seems to outweight the amount of the suck. What really sucks, though, is that it's the first time I'd actually buy a SmackDown game since 2005 (since I don't even have one for the Xbox, which is my current console) and I don't have the money >_< I need to get my hands on this soon though, the storyline creator thingy sounds incredible and, hey, I've skipped three of these games, I'm sure quite a lot is different anyway from SvR '06 aside from the roster.

Recliner of Rage was the sex. "PIERRE BERNARD'S RECLINER OF RAAAAAGGEEEE!"... "You're feeling comfortable Pierre?" "Comfortable and furious, Conan." Well, I haven't had the chance to watch a full episode yet since NBC doesn't believe people outside the States ought to have access to the internet But I've been able to watch some clips here and there and it's been good; Clinton's "message" from the first episode was hilarious, as was Obama forgetting Conan's name. Richter really adds to the show aswell even if it's not so great when him and Conan occasionally talk loudly at the same time.

Coming from a guy who adored the hell out of American Idiot, I've only been truly able to enjoy Song of the Century (yeah... probably not a good sign...), the title track, East Jesus Nowhere, Peacemaker and maybe The Static Age so far. Everything else seems to be so-so, somewhat enjoyable but just doesn't entirely click. Maybe the whole thing will grow on me, sure hope so. A lot of the songs have a really... well, I mean, I understand that in general a band's sound can't be expected to change all that much during the years, but things like the Static Age's opening drums and many others just sound like leftover material from American Idiot. Not to say they sound worse, but they do sound exactly same. To my ear Restless Heart Syndrome's guitar part after Armstrong mutters "...know your enemy..." sounds incredibly similiar to parts of Boulevard of Broken Dreams. The chorus of Static Age sounds like Church on Sunday, etc. I mentioned I liked East Jesus Nowhere, it's mostly because of the melodies. The lyrics are almost embarassing to listen to. It's all so... "oh we're fucked up, fuck politics, fuck everything around us". It's like, everything, entirely everything is rotten and corrupted and spoiled and Lord knows what else. Like said above, truly bring to mind some 14 year old tortured emo. As a matter of fact, it sounded like a Chris Jericho promo in sung form at times with all the talk about parasites, hypocrites, sycophants and conspiracies Well, they never used "sycophants" I believe...

Some people class say, Jurassic 5, Pharcyde, Dilated People, Kanye, Mos Def etc under Hip-Hop, and then Biggie, NWA, Eazy E, 50 Cent and so forth under rap. Now, with those examples it's easy to see a distinction.. but with Public Enemy, Nas, Jay-Z, Eminem and similar, the line is a little cloudier. Personally I try not to subdivide them, it just took me a little longer to get into the more aggressive rap style of some artists. I believe KRS-One said it best with "Rap is what we do, Hip-Hop is what we live". Isn't hip hop more like a whole culture featuring breakdancing, DJ'ing, graffiti and rap music as parts of it? Some people claim that hip hop is music about conscious things and stuff that really matters, while rap would be pure braggadocio, but I do not believe this is the case at all.

What a movie. Incredibly done, great acting almost throughout, even a fantastic soundtrack. The ending was great in how the bad guy wasn't so much really a bad guy after all and how he actually lived. On the flipside I was sad to see Rorschack die in the end, he became possibly my favorite character during the movie Just an absolutely great movie in every aspect, I had never read the novel or even known anything about Watchmen before walking into the theater, but wow. Definitely the best movie I've seen since The Dark Knight. EDIT: I won't be asking for links or anything since it's against the board rules, but I just downloaded a 2:38 long version of "Times They Are a-Changin'"... was the opening video really that short? Or is there a longer version of this song which was used?

Take it easy, Mr. Bridges

Spoiler: Click here to viewAwww man, why did you have to ruin it for me? You son of a bitch... Spoiler: Click here to viewExcept... what if he doesn't? That'd be a nice twist for a change

Not really. He only has a few of Cena's qualities, yes, he can certainly sell stuff and is marketable, but he doesn't bust his ass off everytime he's in the booth and can't tell a story Yeah, I see what you mean. Maybe he truly is. I mean, I don't think anybody considers Wayne to actually be the best rapper alive, but obviously you have to give him his props for selling such a load of CD's in this kind of a time for the music industry.

I kinda like Asher. I think we might see another mixtape by the end of the year, although I wouldn't be surprised if not. He seems to put quality over quantity, which is not always a bad thing

So, I own 360 and haven't bought a game of this series since SvR 2006 for PS2. Worth buying or not? I'd mostly play it alone seeing as none of my friends are really that into the whole wrasslin' business

Uh, wish Crooked I would just concentrate on getting his friggin debut album out already. This guy has to be one of the only people who've been in the rap game for damn near twenty years and have released no albums. Budden, you too (except for the twenty years part)! Joell Ortiz, you too! Well, his previous album was okay but I'd like to see another one. Don't really care much about Royce frankly.

Bought OutKast's Aquemini and Ghostface's Bulletproof Wallets, Pretty Toney Album, Fishscale and More Fish on the internet yesterday. Been trying to get into some more Wu lately, unfortunately the sound on the first records excluding 36 Chambers is just a little too simplistic for me (obviously the lyrics on them are some of the best but likewise obviously the beats catch my ear first... and if they don't, then uh oh). Of course after the first solo albums the quality quite drastically drops except for Ghost and maybe the GZA, so it's a bit of shame. Maybe one day I'll learn to appreciate the beats on Ironman With Blueprint 3, Method Man's and Redman's Blackout! 2 and Ludacris' Theater of the Mind still on the way, it should be a great last few months in 2008. Hell, Kanye's album? I'll buy that too, Love Lockdown and Heartless haven't sounded bad at all to me. The rest of the internet seems to disagree. Greatly.

Mmh, yes, I seem to be... well if not the only one, one of the few people who didn't think it was the album of the year. Not bad by any means, no, but I was just expecting a little more. I suppose a few more listens could open it up for me some more.

I don't really like Khaled at all (well, Out Here Grindin' has a good Akon-sung chorus), I find his voice annoying, but I can't hate: the man makes, what, eight hundred dollars or more for yelling "WE THE BEST!" and "DJ KHALED!" on tracks (Y) L.A.X, well, haven't heard the explicit version yet, only the clean one. Of course it's dead easy to imagine him saying "bitch" and "shit" and whatnot in place of the silenced spots, but of course all the tracks will just have a better feel to them when they're not one bit censored. I should be receiving the album in a few days so that's when I'll really try getting into it, but based on listening to all the tracks on the clean version the disc was a slight disappointment. New songs I liked right away... Intro, LAX Files, Cali Sunshine, Angel, Outro. Seriously. Just those, and out of those three are actual songs, the rest were very meh to me. Of course, two out of the three singles are awesome, with Game's Pain just lacking something to me. The Doctor's Advocate and of course Documentary just had a better beat selection to me. Then again, all of the tracks except one from the Deluxe Edition of L.A.X - Nice, Spanglish and Ain't Fucking With You - are very good. Guess they just wouldn't have fitted to the overall feel of the "actual" album. Have to say that State of Emergency and Money are starting to grow on me. Raw Footage, this is coming to me via mail along with L.A.X soon and this one, I haven't heard at all apart from the singles and It Takes a Nation. All reviews indicate greatness, so should be an enjoyable listen. Ego Trippin' is my favorite 2008 album thus far No, really, I really enjoyed it that much. Blu and Exile's was alright, Atmosphere was pretty good, Tha Carter III was okay, Untitled was okay, L.A.X not impressive on the first listen, Fat Joe sucked, T.O.S. was surprisingly enjoyable, Pro Tools pretty good... seriously, Ego Trippin'. That's where it's at. In other news, Dr. Dre's son is dead. Not Hood Surgeon, the other one, just 20 years old. Hopefully the doc can survive through this.