Mike's Top 20

It's nice to have a job that will allow me the opportunity to listen to my iPod. Oh, wait... I sold my iPod. Well, at least I get to listen to the radio in our work truck when we're driving around from park to park.

I will say this, rap/hip-hop music has really turned into shit over the years. Back in my day, like the early 90's, when rap/hip-hop music was really something to enjoy and respect. It also had a lot of meaning in the lyrics.

Now I've noticed it's nothing more than samples (or sometimes even remakes) of classic sounds from the 80's and lyrics bragging about booze, bling, bitches and bread. Where did the substance of rap/hip-hop music go?

"This is why I'm hot", my ass! I kind of liked that song the first 80 times I heard it in a two hour period. But now I've listened closer to the lyrics and realized that the artist, Mims, is a douche. Someone making more money than I'll ever see in my life.

Oh, wait... THAT'S why he is hot and I'm not. Success. Even if it is over a dumb ass song. Way to go, Mims. You're right. You're hot. Way to rub it in my face and make my life seem that much more bleak while you make thousands by the hour with this sure to be Grammy® winning song. Well, at least a Vibe award.

I'm obviously harboring some issues and resentment, huh? So what! FUCK MIMS!

Here is my weekly Top 20 list of songs I was enjoying last week. Actually, since I was repeatedly listening to the debut release of Monsterbuck's album "Land Of Make Believers", you'll notice all of the tracks are featured in this weeks list.

I'm just trying to make a believer out of YOU to buy the album. DO IT and I'll give you a Jolly Rancher. Listen to me, cyber buddies. Buy some true music that is "hot" because it has meaning, depth, quality and strength.

As a matter a fact, spend your money on not only just artists like Monsterbuck but those artists out there who don't have the ability yet to break the big time.

Did I just get on a soapbox there?

Opps.

Mike's Top 20 Songs:
20: 2 Pac "California Love"
19: Hothouse Flowers "Dance To The Storm"
18: The Beatles "Yellow Submarine"
17: John Williams "Olympic Fanfare & Theme"
16: The Blues Brothers "Guilty"
15: The Replacements "Talent Show"
14: The Ocean Blue "Mercury"
13: The Beastie Boys "Paul Revere"
12: Public Enemy "911 Is A Joke"
11: Monsterbuck "Shine"
10: Monsterbuck "Swimming Industry"
09: Monsterbuck "Like It Did Before"
08: Monsterbuck "Frozen"
07: Monsterbuck "I See You Tonight"
06: Monsterbuck "Volunteer"
05: Monsterbuck "Early Lessons In Subtraction"
04: Monsterbuck "Felicity"
03: Monsterbuck "Attention Song"
02: Monsterbuck "Tender Is The Evening"
01: Monsterbuck "Arto Monaco"

-Mike The Janitor
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Millenoma Publishing