Day 28 of Ramadan

(...Jackson is in the diary room)

Hahahaa...


I have been keeping up with 'Celebrity' Big Brother.  The only celebs I know are Tara Reid (who is just a dynamo of fun) and the annoying (inbred)Jed.....ward.  I would love to fight them.  At the same time.  I wouldn't want too much of an unfair advantage.  I would definitely win.  Even if they were armed.
I like the way that it is J-Edward.  Imagine if you were a twin called Peter and your twin was called Rick....

I am quietly glad that Big Brother is being continued.  I enjoy trash TV however, it feels wrong to be watching channel 5 - the Brixton of TV channels - constantly.  Call me a snob and I will say - "Yes?  Your point being?"  I wear a tweed jacket, have a KILLER Fulton umbrella and read the Guardian.  I am snob central, bro!  Bring Big Brother back to Channel 4 with Davina McColl please.

I have recently (finally) acquired 'Watch The Throne' by Jay Z and Kanye West.  So far, from what I have heard (only about 4 songs) No Church In The Wild is a favourite.  Lift Off is not too bad and I can't believe they sample some Will Farrell in the album.  Unfortunately I get a strong feeling that it's no 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'.  I hope I do get into WTT as much as I did with dark fantasy.  That was an obsession.  I still have to listen to Gorgeous at least once a day!  It's THAT good.

It is potentially the last day of fasting tomorrow.  I am looking forward to Eid and being able to enjoy more than 1 meal a day again.  I was still rockin' the gym during fasting because that is what I am capable of!  It has been a pretty good month.  It has passed by relatively quick and painlessly.  I feel as though things will go back to normal once Ramadan is over and hopefully (unlikely) I will be a slightly better person.  I have just accepted that I will forever be a knob.  Deal with it.

Much love,

Jackson L.

Wake up, Mr. West, Mr. West, Mr. Fresh

I think Kanye West’s latest album is the dog’s bollocks! It is the shit!! It just oozes class, simplicity and after ever song and after every time I hear that album for another time I am awe struck and left stupefied as I have no idea how he was able to do better than what he has already done!

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Yeezy is an epic collection of song after song genius.  Lyrically, musically and even vocally it is just a fantastic album and it just seems so different to his previous work.  It exudes simple melodies with hard hitting, deep, powerful lyrics.  Some excellent collaborations in some of the songs as well including; Jay Z, Rhianna, Nicki Minaj, Kid Cudi, Raekwon, Bon Iver, Rick Ross, Pusha T, Prynce CY Hi, Swiss Beatz, The RZA and John Legend.

The song list for this album is:-

Dark Fantasy

Gorgeous

Power

All of the Lights Interlude

All of the Lights

Monster

So Appalled

Devil in a New Dress

Runaway

Hell of a Life

Blame Game

Lost in the World

Who Will Survive in America

(You can listen to all of these on youtube).

The whole of the album really appeals to commerce, in particular, the first half of the album.  Dark fantasy is just a great introduction to the album and it really could not be any better.  Gorgeous has a beautifully simple guitar riff but the song is just fantastic.  I can really relate to this song most on the album and it is probably my favourite.  Everything in this song just fits well like a jigsaw.  Power is just lyrical brilliance.  The music to go with it, tribal, and a great beat too.  What a song! All of the Lights is going to be the flagship hit of this album and it will be HUGE! Monster has thee meanest beat I have heard in a long time.  The lyrics are just hard hitting aggression.  Devil in a New Dress has deep, deep meaning and it is a potent song.  I like its effortless flow and it is just something you can listen to and chill and think ‘Yeah…’

The rest of the album, for me, is when Kanye West’s true emotions and feelings come to life.  Especially in Runaway and Blame Game, which are personal favourites of mine also.  Even the way West sings the Runaway radiates his sentiment and it gives me a tingling sensation as it just expresses my own desires to just leave all my troubles behind and runaway.  Blame Game is just one of the best songs on the whole album.  I’m not even going to try and describe how good it is. 

I am glad Kanye West has come back with an album as good as any….I would probably go as far as saying his best!  I have always liked Kanye West.  No matter what people say about him or no matter what he has done, he has opened my mind to a lot of different things and altered my attitude to a lot of things.  He believes himself to be ‘a soldier of culture’ and he well and truly is.  This can be seen in his art, his fashion, his persona and even the timeless fashion items which he has brought to life. 

Not only is he one of the best things to happen to music in a very long time….not only is his album one of the best I have heard in the last decade, but he never seems to have a problem in calling it like he sees it.  Although many people think Kanye West is a douche or whatever other silly cliché you may have for him, people neglect the fact that they were most definitely thinking what he is saying!  There is just one minor difference and that is – he has the balls to say it!!!

‘Ye, keep makin’ that keep makin’ that plat’num ‘n’ gold for me.’

Much love,

Jackson L.