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September 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 37 – Ma$e, “Welcome Back”

Ma$e, Welcome Back 2004 Mase. He was the new protégé after Biggie bought it. And back when Puff Daddy was blowing smoke up other people’s arses, not just his own. Mase hit in big with Harlem World and with his guest appearances in the late 1990s. Then he went soft. Welcome Back was his “comeback” […]

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September 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 36 – Jim Morrison, “An American Prayer”

Jim Morrison, An American Prayer, 1978 I’ll always maintain that in terms of poetry, Jim Morrison had a spectacular voice. Maybe not anything special as actual poetic voice – but his spoken-world delivery was superb. He was just mad enough and insecure enough to want to try to believe everything he said. But quite apart […]

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June 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 30 – The King, “Gravelands”

The King, Gravelands, 1998 Actually his real name is James Brown – something pretty funny about a white Irishman named James Brown who makes a crust by impersonating someone else; not only just someone else – but Elvis (“the King”): A white singer who made his name and based his act on sounding as black […]

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May 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 29 – Robbie Robertson, “How To Become Clairvoyant”

Robbie Robertson, How To Become Clairvoyant, 2011 He was in The Band – and not just in the band but he wrote or co-wrote most of the great material, many of the best songs you might ever hear. So Robbie Robertson is destined to get a free pass it seems. Because he is – as […]