Sublime's eponymous major-label debut arrived a few months after the band's leader, Brad Nowell, died tragically of a heroin overdose. As a show of sympathy, the album tended to be slightly overrated in some critical quarters, who claimed that Nowell was an exceptionally gifted lyricist and musical hybridist, but Sublime doesn't quite support those claims. The trio does have a surprising grace in its unabashedly traditionalist fusion of Californian hardcore punk, light hip-hop, and eggae. Switching between bracing hardcore and slow, sexy eggae numbers, Sublime display supple, muscular versatility and, on occasion, a gift for ingratiatingly catchy hooks, as on the hit single "What I Got." What they don't have is the vision -- either lyrical or musical -- to maintain interest throughout the course of the entire album. Sublime sags when the band delves too deeply into their dub aspirations or when their lyrics slide into smirking humor. The low moments don't arrive that often -- by and large, the album is quite engaging -- but they happen frequently enough to make the record a demonstration of the band's blossoming ability, but not the fulfillment of their full potential. Of course, Nowell's death gives the record a certain pathos, but that doesn't make the album any stronger.
i don't know why but all of a sudden i'm in this crazy mood for the 1990s. so here's a short little mix of songs that propelled me through my pre-teen and teen years. yeah, there's some cheesy shit on here but all i have to say to my detractors is "as if!"
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It is almost 5:00 and my holiday can officially begin! Let the informer call 911.
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Fellow Socialbrowsers have shared numerous music related sites that I thought I would share with y'alls.First, we have We Are Hunted (via Mashable). This useful tool finds the 99 most popular songs of the day and even allows you to buy them. According to the article you'll be surprised by what you find. Top 40 hits are sparingly supplied.The Free Music Archive (via Read Write Web) offers fre...
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Hmm, just noticed that the last post I did was made on April 29... so obviously I had to immediately play the song of the same name by Sublime. In fact I recently bought the Everything Under The Sun box set, and I have to say that it was worth every cent. For a band with such limited output, the idea of listening to their weird studio outtakes and the like creates a very personal kind of relati...
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It looks great outside. This'll be my 2nd trip longboarding to work this week, hopefully this time I won't run out of breath from taking the winter off from working out.Just for that, I've gotten some longboard cruising music.
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| 1 Garden Grove |
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| 2 What I Got |
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| 3 Wrong Way |
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| 4 Same in the End |
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| 5 April 29, 1992 (Miami) |
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| 6 Santeria |
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| 7 Seed |
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| 8 Jailhouse |
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| 9 Pawn Shop |
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| 10 Paddle Out |
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| 11 The Ballad of Johnny Butt |
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| 12 Burritos |
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| 13 Under My Voodoo |
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| 14 Get Ready |
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| 15 Caress Me Down |
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| 16 What I Got (Reprise) |
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| 17 Doin' Time |
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