My Life In Records
Perhaps best known for producing everything Aesop Rock has released in the last decade, New Yorker Tony Simon, AKA Blockhead, has also sneaked out a number of albums of his own. The Music Scene, his latest out this week on Ninja Tune, may well be his best and here, Tony details his life in 10 records.
This came out when i was 7 or 8. I saw the film and was obsessed with the christmas rap. When i saw this cassette at a flea market I snatched it up. It was the first album i ever owned.
This album was around a lot when i was kid. I forget who it belonged to, but I hijacked it and obsessively listened to it up until i discovered rap.
I bought this album cause my friend told me it was really dirty. He lied to me but i'm glad he did. It pretty much changed my whole perspective on hip hop and it's possibilities
A friend gave me Long Live The Kane on cassette and I lost it. I would go around quoting BDK all day. He was the first rapper , to me, that took his lyrics to another level.
I know this is cliche to list but it doesn't change the fact that It Takes A Nation Of Millions had a profound effect on my life. It was angry, intense and exactly what I wanted to hear.
I loved dirty rap when i was a kid. I was even into 2 Live Crew. But when i heard NWA, it changed everything. Between this and The Jungle Brothers I always felt I had an usual balance in taste.
I remember reading awful reviews of this album but I loved it (aside from the shitty love songs). This enlightened me to the fact that critics don't know shit and that it's on me to make my own mind up when it comes to music. It was kinda like that first time you realize just cause someone is an adult, doesn't mean they know anything.
I bought this cassette before a long car ride. I pretty much listened to it about 5 times in a row. it was, as is, possibly my favorite album of all time.
This was my first venture into weirdo rap. I loved it. It changed the way I saw mcing and really opened the flood gates, creatively, of what hip hop could be like.
I discovered Stevie in college and went nuts. He was the first non-rap artist i got into post puberty. I bought all his albums but this one was always my favorite. This opened my world to music beyond hip hop (thank god).
If it wasn't for this album, I wouldn't be here. More then anything I've ever done, this album changed my life. Is that cheating?
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