Mar. 12, 2010 at 12:25pm with 1 note
So…this may be the Gorillaz third “studio” album, but in reality, it’s about their 8th. And it shows. Plastic Beach is near perfect emalgimation of rap, techno, rock, and R&B. While most of the songs feature some sort of guest, including, but not limited to, Snoop Dogg, Mos Def, Lou Reeds, De La Soul, and Hypnotic Brass, every song on this CD is purely Gorillaz. While Demon Days had it’s moment of dark and crazy, Plastic Beach tends to stick to mellow and strange. It’s like a Burton film put out in the sun, given a mojito, and a it’s choice of cigar and champange or a blunt and some pancakes. When I heard this album was dropping, I immediately pre-ordered it on iTunes. And low and behold, Monday at 11:59:59, I get an email from iTunes saying the I can now go download the album. Along with all the songs though, I got the music video for “Stylo” and a link to the new website, which insane and deserves a check out. The video for “Stylo” was interesting. It was basically a car chase on route 66 with the Gorillaz, a cop car, and Bruce Willis. Seriously. Die Hard star Bruce Willis. All in all. I love the album. I’ve barely not been listening to it all week. Personal favorites include “Rhinestone Eyes” and “Some Kind of Nature.” Seriously. Pick this thing up and enjoy. You deserve it. 5 Crunchy Jellyfish out of 5

So…this may be the Gorillaz third “studio” album, but in reality, it’s about their 8th. And it shows. Plastic Beach is near perfect emalgimation of rap, techno, rock, and R&B. While most of the songs feature some sort of guest, including, but not limited to, Snoop Dogg, Mos Def, Lou Reeds, De La Soul, and Hypnotic Brass, every song on this CD is purely Gorillaz.

While Demon Days had it’s moment of dark and crazy, Plastic Beach tends to stick to mellow and strange. It’s like a Burton film put out in the sun, given a mojito, and a it’s choice of cigar and champange or a blunt and some pancakes.

When I heard this album was dropping, I immediately pre-ordered it on iTunes. And low and behold, Monday at 11:59:59, I get an email from iTunes saying the I can now go download the album. Along with all the songs though, I got the music video for “Stylo” and a link to the new website, which insane and deserves a check out. The video for “Stylo” was interesting. It was basically a car chase on route 66 with the Gorillaz, a cop car, and Bruce Willis. Seriously. Die Hard star Bruce Willis.

All in all. I love the album. I’ve barely not been listening to it all week. Personal favorites include “Rhinestone Eyes” and “Some Kind of Nature.” Seriously. Pick this thing up and enjoy. You deserve it. 5 Crunchy Jellyfish out of 5

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