handsome boy modelling school

There are a number of weak annoying or boring tracks on the cd (ask and i will tell with the quickness). I think the brash accusation of an obvious college crossover attempt is bullshit. automator likes to push the limits and isnt catering to an audience. i promise. i have faith in him because he releases so much more stuff than any other producer, throwing unconventional and risky combinations out to the public. anyhow, i take particular pleasure in "sunshine" because it is a great joke made into a great track that has a semi-serious and great theme. Paul does this well and a lot, especially in psychoanalysis. but i think that track takes it a step further.

i'm not rereading this, though im quite sure a lot of it is poor or incoherent with no central message. if that is the case, i offer no apology. i'm very tired. SEE YA WOULDNT WANNA BE YA PEACE!

mcs on that album who are better than keith: del, j-live, trugoy, grand puba, encore, and indeed the diabolical biz markie.

fun fact: i only know all the words to two brand nubian songs and 'once again' is one of them.

my statement involved keith's appearance on A Much Better Tomorrow being, for the most part, better their Handsome Boy Modeling School appearances. i said nothing about who reigns supreme in general. and instead, i should have said del is not up to par on Magnetizing, which is really the only portion of that argument i can affirm. you're right.

upon relistening (its been a while) both of your views seem quite accurate. though its not a track that i particularly treasure, holy calamity most triumphantly rids itself of my downtalk. i cant imagine how i loathed it so.

as for keith in general, i do not defend his "classic" work. his artsy sounding dr octagon stuff is boring as all get out. theres the obvious praise for ultramagnetic. his new stuff is very interesting. the dirty south bounce of his self produced albums is attractive. but, since im listening to counting crows right now should i really be able to write about this at all? where is my integrity? nowhere.

Not that "A Better Tommorow" isn't good in it's own right. I like that the title track is a long instrumental with occasional rapping breaks, an inversion of the usual formula. And "It's Over Now" is a classic track, almost like a hip-hop ballad. I like the way that it sounds downbeat and hopeful at the same time.

what's up with the version of "Sunshine" on apple music's version of the 1st album???