The Serial Rapper

I listened to Death Punch' , the highly anticipated mixtape by the one and only Brodha V of the Machas With Attitude crew. And what do I think of it? Dope isn't the word. This isn't for just the rap mags. Anybody with a good taste in music will like this. Read on.

I listened to the first four released tracks of Death Punch so far, all four triggering massive quakes throughout the Indian hip-hop community. Aathma Raama, When We Party, Emulate and Da Real Desis are the released tracks, and they were mindblowing. Obviously, I had to buy this album. So four days back, I met Brodha V himself, who came to Chennai.. Had a nice chat, bought the album, went home and played it... Forty minutes of astounding music! I can honestly say that Brodha V is the the best rapper and producer in India right now..

The first song from Death Punch :



Also do check out the rest of the songs released so far.
And if you love em, buy the album. You will not regret it. :)

Brodha V fan page here.

Adios!

I'm not a fan of Fred Durst, infact I think that guy's a joke. However, I loved Limp Bizkit's album The Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000) . That album had some pretty good songs. Rollin, Hot Dog, My Generation, Livin it Up to name a few! And we all know Fred's not the brightest of songwriters, slipping in F words when he can't think of a word. But as far as I knew, overall Bizkit make some pretty good rapcore music! And I just listened to their latest album 'Gold Cobra'. What'd I think? I think they've changed - in a good way.

Introbra:  Nice idea for an intro, lol. Gives you a pretty good idea about what most of the album is gonna sound like!

Bring it Back:  I was pretty confused about this song.. The verse and the chorus don't connect very well. The chorus just comes in out of the blue. The nice hard guitar riffs save this track! Catchy chorus, and I bet you'll go 'Aaaw man' when the verse starts again.

Gold Cobra:  The best track in the album! The song starts with some really cool guitar riffs, and you witness a whole different level of Fred's flow. Sure to pump up your adrenaline! Awesome guitar, good vocals.. Overall, brilliant track. Perfect when you're working out or running.

Shark Attack:  The theme of this song is pretty much similar to Gold Cobra. Well, most of Limp Bizkit's songs are like .. 'Screw you, we're awesome!' My second favourite song in the album. Verry good hook! Must check.

Get a Life:  A laid back, sarcastic song finally. Aaand you finally witness Fred's screaming skills. xD Good song!

Shoutgun: Feel good track. xD Everybody jumps from the sound of the shotgun, yeah in my neighbour everybody got one !


Douchebag: Meaningless track, lol. I love the chorus, haha! Fred's retarded writing skills kick in once again. I'm a fuck you up, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you up! Haha, you gotta love this bridge! LOVE THIS BRIDGE!

Walking Away: The song starts out beautifully .. A nice , soft track. A must actually, you miiight have gotten tired by the monotonous feel of the album so far. You have got to like this song.. Amazing song! Makes a lotta sense :) The ending is very captivating, haha.. Kinda reminds me of Bullet for my Valentine.. How he shifts from sooft vocals to that high screaming!

Loser: A song you must only listen to when you're high. Like, really high.

Autotunage: The riff in the beginning sounds exactly as the riff in the main track. As the name suggests, there's use of autotune here. First time I'm listening to metal, rap and autotune. Wow. Nice song, really nice song!

90.2.10: A song about banging ladies in a party, lol.

Why Try: At this point, I actually got kinda bored of the album. I half did, right before Walking Away. Nevertheless, decent song.

Killer In You:  Another decent track. You know, those type of songs which are good but you won't bump it again.

Overall, it's a good album. I'd give it a 6.5 / 10.

Title track!



Enjoy.

That's it for now folks. Laters!

Hell yes!
By some miracle, the 'Join' button popped up when I went to the Google Plus Project page. And yeah, I joined. Screw all those people who said it's a Facebook rip-off. I'd say it's the best of both worlds - Facebook and Twitter.

It's easier to use, much slicker, neat interface, a couple of copied stuff but hey, it fixed all the serious and irritating bugs Zuckerberg ignored. I've used Google Plus for like , one hour now. All I have to say is , Google has never failed to impress me.

Although it's currently pissing off a lot of people by closing down the invitations (unlucky bastards might have to wait till July 31st - when G+ hits public veiwing) you will not be disappointed.



Let's start with ...

General things that make you go Holy Crap this is awesome


Neat and slick interface! Very similar to Facebook, although it's been said that Google will add some splash to the website, also App support is yet to added. Loading is quick, unlike Facebook.

Circles


This idea is pretty sweet. You basically add a person, which is the same as following him on G+. The other dude doesn't accept/decline but he can either choose to add you to his circle or hide you. That's pretty much half way between the friendlist and following concept!

There's more to Circles, they can also be used as normal Friendlists. Circles, this is brilliant.

+1


One of the little things that made Facebook an internet phenomenon was the simple yet radical option the 'Like'. The Like button was cropping up everywhere. On every news page, on every fan page, every band artist - EVERYWHERE. Fear not, the +1 , Google's version of the Like is spreading too. Virally.

Sparks


Sparks, this gives you immediate news on your interests .. Hip-hop, anime, soccer, movies, video games. This is just a list of Sparks which I followed. Efficient.

Chat


Screw you shitty Facebook chat. This GTalk-like thingy is better than you. AND it doesn't have stupid feautres like integrating to your inbox. Oh yeah , G+ doesn't have an INBOX. There's frikking GMail, who's complaining?

Hangouts


Multiple webcam chat. Can share Youtube videos. Apparently, Zuckerberg got cold feet and wanted to add webcam facilities for Facebook. Dude, I'd recommend fixing the bloody TEXT chat first!

Notifications


I used to spend HOURS on the Moment of Zen page on Facebook looking at those meme comics, laughing my ass off. Then there comes the annoying notification. I have to click it, which opens up in a fucking new page. To make things worse, there's the shitty photo veiwer too. Faggots.

In G+, you get a notification, you click on it, you reply to it RIGHT THERE in the pop-up. How cool is that?

Tagging


Another thing Facebook screwed up. Tagging sucked. The normal dragging way of tagging is here.

Other stuff


Uploaders are pretty cool. Apparently, soon users can update their status right from the Google homepage. And Blogger will  be known as Google Blogs, once integrated with G+, and Picasa will be Google Photos. Phenomenal ne?

Well I guess I pretty much pointed out all the nice features here and all the fixed bugs! I'm pretty sure Facebook is going down pretty damn hard! It's like .. Google's paying back Facebook for murdering Orkut two years ago!

That's it for now, later folks! :)

Sources: Using G+ myself , blogs, Abishek Kannan