Mar 11, 2025

Like I’ve said before, I don’t take any of these scores personally lol

True, I have noticed over the years we usually agree on rap tastes and topics. When I made my tape I was listening to a lot of pop at the time and not as much rap so it kinda reflected that. I definitely gotta do a more rap heavy tape at some point

Ah s--- thanks for letting me know, I’ll change the color

 

Mar 11, 2025

Big respect for not holding the low score i gave your tape against me lol.

Although I hate pop music, I feel we have similar wide- ranging taste in rap music so you would have easily got a big score if your tape was a compilation of rap songs.


FYI your white text is invisible in light mode

 

Mar 11, 2025

Allis Mines - BMBD

Favorites: Symmetry, Carefree, (How Could Anybody) Feel at Home, Fresh Prince, Dead or Alive, Deeper

RIPPER ROO’S RATING: 10/10!!!!
No complaints or notes about this tape. It's a compilation of good or great hip hop songs. The vibes is immaculate on songs like Symmetry, Carefree, and Fresh Prince. The hook on Dead Or Alive is a big highlight for me, that one is explosive.

I appreciate the lyricism on Deeper, I appreciate the storytelling on the Open Mike Eagle song. There's different types of rap on here so it doesn't get boring. Babyface Ray and Veeze are wavy. The other songs I didn't mention are good too. s--- like this is why rap is my favorite genre.
@AOTWClub

 

Mar 10, 2025

Appreciate you guys staying involved in aotw for almost a year now.

Been easy to do this since you guys consistently stay involved.

I definitely wasn't thinking this would work since S80 doesn't stay busy unless an Eminem album is releasing.

Anyways it's looking more and more like 70s-80s will be our mixtape genre. I wouldn't mind throwing 90s in there too, but that's up to you guys?

Also i think the age difference between users on here helps with the variety of music, which definitely makes things interesting.

Tomorrow ill post the upcoming schedule which will go in the same order as last mixtape.

Also i will be MIA from Wednesday Night until Sunday Afternoon, my Trump defending southern Lover is flying in to see me for a few days (shes not that brainwashed by Donny, she seems to be seeing the light lol)

So anyways I'll be catching up on Reviews posted Thursday fri sat on Sunday when I get back to Canada
@AOTWClub

 

Mar 9, 2025

Some of you are toddlers. Can't even tease jank anymore!

Jokes aside, the mix of people from different ages/backgrounds is what creates variety with these picks

This club has become a good reason to visit the forum and discover new music.

h--- yea

Had to use a Spotify playlist downloader for most mixtapes so far. It only lets you download each song individually. Having a youtube link definitely made things easier.

 

Mar 9, 2025

AOTWClub started the week after my last exam during my freshman year of college, so I tend to think more of the summer and getting my first job. I will say this club has partially carried me through this school year, It’s crazy to look back at some of these albums and be like “we did this s--- in September?”

Changing classes every semester is something I’ll never get used to hahah it feels like some of these albums we did a year ago already but it’s only been 5-6 months

 

Mar 9, 2025

@AOTWClub

The Desolation of Jim Jazz

This mixtape has a unique vibe of cultivated taste and sophistication. Most of this music falls outside my usual preferences, but I've been making an effort to expand my musical horizons and appreciate sounds beyond my typical niche

I really enjoyed the vibe on Empty Stomach Space Cadet. Same goes for the Gorillaz track, especially the second half when the beat kicks in with the vocals. The second song on the mixtape by Parquet Courts was definitely a highlight for me, along with Baby Criminal.

Favorites: Baby Criminal, Almost Had to Start a Fight / In and Out of Patience, Alone, Together, Empire Ants, Empty Stomach Space Cadet

Least favorite: Jimmy Jazz (No offense to the username lol) and Born Under Punches.

6.8 + 0.2 for including a Youtube link

7/10

 

Mar 9, 2025

 

Mar 6, 2025

@Jimmy Jazz @AOTWClub @Justin Trudeau

The Desolation of Jim Jazz:
I knew I was gonna very much enjoy this and I wasn't wrong! It ended up being a collection of a lot of artists that I've been meaning to listen to more of which was nice

Baby Criminal much like the rest of the small sample size I've heard from Viagra Boys is very fun

We got off to a strong start early cause the Parquet Courts track was one of my favorites, I don't think I ever heard of them but I need to dig in more cause I adored the sound.

Jimmy Jazz was making me laugh cause I was so confused about what the username change was and I finally have an answer lol. Not one of my favorites of the bunch but still solid nonetheless.

Alone, Together was super great, The Strokes is another band that completely hits my blindspot which is very funny cause it seems like I'd be very into them.

I know a bit more about Talking Heads but still a loose knowledge that falls apart aside from some cursory information and a handful of songs, that being said Born Under Punches was another song I absolutely loved. I need to stop procrastinating and actually listen to more of them.

A fellow Big Fish Theory song chooser and it did not disappoint, Crabs In A Bucket is a great one and even though Vince Staples is great in general BFT is the most Jankland-coded of his discography. I wish more rappers were comfortable trying that kind of production.

I thought I wasn't going to like Empire Ants for the first minute or so, it wasn't bad or anything I just don't think I was in the right mood for Damon's parts, my opinion 180'd during the Little Dragon feature (another group I need to get to) by the end of it I really liked it.

Seas Ghost is awesome, beginning with a shanty a--- instrumental into a punky song was super fun. I've been in the mood for a lot of this kind of music and adjacent stuff so I'm happy I got a playlist of a decent amount of it. Wasn't familiar with The Unicorns but now I want to be!

Once again on bands I need to get to, I've had an AJJ album saved for a long while and haven't gotten to it, Distance was great though, vocals and pretty mood dependant for me but they scratched my ears right when I was listening, I can see this portion of the playlist be where it starts to get iffy for some others due to the vocal stylings but I quite enjoyed it.

Teeth Like God's Shoeshine was cool, took a second for me to warm up to it but the second half grabbed me. I always think it's funny how hard the whiplash would be for people who only know Float On lol

I'm not familiar with Protomartyr but Half Sister f---ing rules, equal parts entertaining and interesting lyricism that I want to dig into more over a great instrumental, idk if they do mostly this poetry kinda delivery but I thought it worked really well here and ended up being a big highlight!

I can see myself liking The Calendar Hung Itself more in the future with more listens but for some reason Bright Eyes always takes a bit to click with me even when I know what to expect, I still think it's a good song but there was a slight disconnect i can't place my finger on that I know will go away eventually.

They're relatively short tracks but the Matt Elliott song was very pretty, I'm not familiar but I liked it acting as a little interlude and loved the sound which flowed together nicely into Empty Stomach Space Cadet, King Krule another band I need to dig into. I loved the hazy feeling instrumental and vocal delivery, a very good back to back selection in terms of flow which is why I grouped them together. I'd say the whole taped flowed pretty well but these in particular felt like sister songs to me.

Not much to say about What's Good, it's good! Lol. Tyler rarely misses

30 is a very fun closer, not used to Danny Brown sounding that aggressive on parts but it could be my ignorance to a lot of his discography, I heard great things about this album and I finally need to jump in.

Conclusion: this f---er made a great skateboarding playlist which is a positive attack on my taste

Favorites: Baby Criminal, Almost Had To Start A Fight, Alone, Together, Born Under Punches, Crabs In A Bucket, Seas Ghost, Half Sister, 30

RATING:
9/10

 

Mar 4, 2025

Gonna try to get the @Jimmy Jazz review in by Thursday but depends on how much Monster Hunter eats away at my life!

 

Mar 2, 2025

What I didn't mention is that it takes me 2 weeks to come so your review might be past due actually.

 

Mar 2, 2025

Pitbull review coming tomorrow. Forgot what day it was lol

 

Mar 2, 2025

I’ve been meaning to listen to Viagra Boys, Modest Mouse, and King Krule for a while now so I’m glad this is finally pushing me to do that

 

Mar 2, 2025

@AOTWClub

@Jimmy Jazz has posted his mixtape

The Desolation of Jim Jazz



Tracklist:
Viagra Boys - Baby Criminal
Parquet Courts - Almost Had to Start a Fight / In and Out of Patience
The Clash - Jimmy Jazz
The Strokes - Alone, Together
Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
Vince Staples - Crabs in a Bucket
Gorillaz - Empire Ants (feat. Little Dragon)
The Unicorns - Sea Ghost
AJJ - Distance
Modest Mouse - Teeth Like God’s Shoeshine
Protomartyr - Half Sister
Bright Eyes - The Calendar Hung Itself…
Matt Elliott - Trying to Explain
King Krule - Empty Stomach Space Cadet
Tyler, The Creator - WHAT’S GOOD
Danny Brown - 30
Runtime: 1 hour and 2 minutes

Ripperroo: 7/10
Alnis: 7/10
Jankland: 9/10
Yeez: 9.5/10
DiggleDogg69: 9.4/10
MM: 7.5/10
JT: 6/10
Wreckless: 7/10

62.4/80 = 7.8
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0IAY6hxuZtbnFL2udfyWMl?si=L1i5IMDgSW25r_IrfRkpbw&pi=sWOHWSBXRtqI-

I will tally up @Michael Myers mixtape on Thursday!

 

Feb 28, 2025

Carry on my wayward son continuously went too crazy on Supernatural that I often forget about the other music the show used. I loved Supernatural back in the day man lmao. Classic TV.

Liking this idea of elaborating on the mixtape and talking about the choices!