September 2008
3 posts
Metallica: Death Magnetic
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/09/metallica-death-magnetic.html
Metallica’s last three albums have seen the band sink progressively deepr into schlocky grunge and nü-metal—an indignity magnified by big-screen depictions of egomania and creative exhaustion. For Death Magnetic, the group was tasked by production maven Rick Rubin to reverse course and recapture the raw vigor of...
Young Jeezy: The Recession
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/09/young-jeezy-the-recession.html
“It’s the recession / everybody broke” Young Jeezy proclaims on the title track of The Recession, an album about economic hardship that’s light on self-righteousness yet ends up as impoverished as the subprime mortgage market.
Young stays in the spotlight for his third album with only a few...
