But let's get one rolling...can we talk about the weakness that the music industry has been throwing at us this year? Seriously, most of the stuff that we've been listening to for the past few months is on albums from 2008. BEP came out with an album that I personally liked, but is really too polarizing to call great or epic, and certainly was not on the level of 808's. Other than that, you've got an Eminem album falling short of expectation, a sophomore album which is a great adjective for Flo Rida's R.O.O.T.S. album. Don't get me wrong, it was good, but didn't really mature from the first album. Don't worry man, Kanye had the same issue.
But other than that, where has a solid album from anybody been in 2009? I'm waiting for a nobody to show or Weezy to pull out back-to-back amazing albums, or perhaps we can hope for Relapse 2 to be everything Em was holding back from us in the first album. Green Day pretty much phoned in their album, The Fray was average, and Blackout! 2 was a letdown, not to say there wasn't a solid track or two. And let's face it, Sean Paul is not going to wow us in August. Hey maybe, just maybe, Witney Houston will have a better rebirth than even Mimi. And maybe, stick with me here, maybe Mariah's album will be good, too. They both come out in September.
Maybe Pearl Jam will be great, perhaps Skynyrd will rock again. Both have albums coming out this year. But something tells me that we may not be in for much. I'm really looking forward to these albums coming out and I would love to be impressed by them, but we've already been let down by a few bands and artists this year. Seems like the recession's got them in a funk, too.
