07-07-2004, 08:33 AM
I am one of the ones who dislike both M@W and IVL as albums.
Let me explain why; AS ALBUMS....
The majority of the songs I like, in fact, but as albums they just bug the $hit out of me.
I thought M@W was a horrible attempt of the Hip trying to "get with it." Some songs I love but the whole feel of the album is crap. It's the furthest from "The Hip" that I've heard The Hip be. The lyrics are incredible though. And it's not any one song specifically or the multitude of songs or anything. There are songs on IVL that I have only listened to once! (Are U Ready, Leave) But there are some songs I listen to every day (A Beautiful Thing, Silver Jet).
I don't agree with majority of album-reviewers out there who say Avril is cool and The Hip are over. I think if i had any other artists album up against M@W or IVL, the Hip would win hands down. But out of all the Hip albums, I can find much better. I think it may have to do with a post-Pantom Power occurrence. To have such a great album, any album afterwards would look inferior. (gratts99 said it first!)
Anyways, in short, if I have a choice between IVL or DFN (among others) the latter would be picked. But that is not to say I neccessarily "hate" IVL or M@W... i couldn't hate any Hip album. I just dislike their "feel"... It's confusing, maybe too much variety? I don't know... But I would never say that i hated them... Like I look at UTH and then M@W and I'm like WTF!?! What were they thinking?! M@W and IVL (like any Hip album) have a unique feel, you know? I just don't know how to describe them and that's probably the reason I dislike them...
Let me explain why; AS ALBUMS....
The majority of the songs I like, in fact, but as albums they just bug the $hit out of me.
I thought M@W was a horrible attempt of the Hip trying to "get with it." Some songs I love but the whole feel of the album is crap. It's the furthest from "The Hip" that I've heard The Hip be. The lyrics are incredible though. And it's not any one song specifically or the multitude of songs or anything. There are songs on IVL that I have only listened to once! (Are U Ready, Leave) But there are some songs I listen to every day (A Beautiful Thing, Silver Jet).
I don't agree with majority of album-reviewers out there who say Avril is cool and The Hip are over. I think if i had any other artists album up against M@W or IVL, the Hip would win hands down. But out of all the Hip albums, I can find much better. I think it may have to do with a post-Pantom Power occurrence. To have such a great album, any album afterwards would look inferior. (gratts99 said it first!)
Anyways, in short, if I have a choice between IVL or DFN (among others) the latter would be picked. But that is not to say I neccessarily "hate" IVL or M@W... i couldn't hate any Hip album. I just dislike their "feel"... It's confusing, maybe too much variety? I don't know... But I would never say that i hated them... Like I look at UTH and then M@W and I'm like WTF!?! What were they thinking?! M@W and IVL (like any Hip album) have a unique feel, you know? I just don't know how to describe them and that's probably the reason I dislike them...