Pop Media UPdate + I'm Feeding The Animals!

For you horror lovers out there, Alexandre Aja has a new film Mirrors, coming out this August. If you don't remember, he made High Tension and The Hills Have Eyes remake. Both of which are great. I have the High Tension poster in my office.

The Diving Bell and The Butterfly is beautiful and amazing! My guess is their script was actually a 120 page poem and they photographed said poem. I think this was the first film in 5 years to bring tears to my eyes. Watch and weep.

Tomorrow, at 10 am Central Time, I will proceed to purchase my first rap album. All week I've been building up for this moment. In the past, I've picked up Kanye West and Lupe Fiasco, but I consider their stuff more pop then rap. No, I'm actually talking about a real rap album. With my $2 off coupon at the Electric Fetus, I will pick up Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III. And I will listen to that Lolli Pop song all summer long. Which is stuck in my head.

(taken at First Ave)
Since Friday morning, I've been digesting Feed The Animals. Slowly, savoring every hot moment. This is the album of the Summer. I'm predicting it to be my 2nd favorite album of the year. We'll see.

Seriously, you can buy Feed The Animals online for $0. You pay what you want. However, If you pay 10 bones or more they will mail you a physical CD when released in stores. You win both ways. You can buy it HERE! And you need a paypal account. Which is so easy to set up I think my 8 year old brother has one.

So leading up to Feed The Animals, I've been trying to predict what Greg would sample. This is what I thought I might hear:

One Radiohead sample from In Rainbows
A sample from Lil' Mama's Lip Gloss song
Any sample from a Hot Chip track
Spank Rock
M.I.A.
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Justin T.
Michael Jackson
Kanye West
Rihanna
And Daft Punk


And holy crap! My mind is blown! All those and more. And I'm sure my wife is tired of hearing this album cranking out my speakers and headphones.

So, there are like 6 amazing mash-up highlights.

1- "Play Your Part (Pt. 1)"
at 2:49, Lil Wayne & Birdman mashed over Rage Against the Machine. Rage fades away and Lil Wayne continues to rap with the beat transforming into Timbaland and Aaliyah then all of this shifts into Sinead O'Connor singing "Nothing Compares 2 U" while T.I. beats playing in the background.

2- "Shut the Club Down"
at 1:10 Aphex Twin "Girl/Boy Song" mashed with Jagged Edge and Rich Boy. Then the song takes a turn and samples Rod Stewart and Yung Berg and Ahmad. The Cool Kids end this track with "Gold and a Paper", which already samples N.W.A.

3- "Still Here"
:34 BLACKstreet + Michael Jackson + Kanye West (Flashing Lights) turns into "15 Steps" by RADIOHEAD! Then to melt your face off, it transitions into The Band's "The Weight". (Bob Dylan's band.)

4- "Set It Off"
:20 (who would have thought that Jay-Z and Radiohead together would sound so stinkin good! Shit.) "Paranoid Android" with Roc Boys by Jay-Z is amazing.

5- "No Pause"
2:28 I'm willing to bet this is the best part of the album. Yael Naim (i have no idea who this is, but it sounds good!), with Eminem. That's it. Two samples and it's heaven.

6- "Let Me See You" (this track has two highlights)
2:15, Rick Ross "Hustlin" + Justin T. "LoveStoned/I Think She Knows" + David Bowie "Rebel Rebel". This is great.
2:58, M.I.A. + The Cranberries "Dreams". This is an amazing part.

Feed The Animals starts with UGK & Outkast - "International Player's Anthem (I Choose You)" and ends with the same song. However, at the end, it finishes off perfectly with a sample of Journey's "Faithfully".

I'm predicting "Best New Music" from PitchForkMedia.com with an 8.6 rating. I'm guessing they're saving this review and will release at the same time with a review from the new Coldplay record. (Which I'm predicting will receive a 6.9 rating. Which is high for a Coldplay album)