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Elzhi released a tribute to Illmatic earlier this year, but I only found it today. He's no Nas and his spoken rambling at the beginning of some of the tracks is much more annoying than on the original. "The Genesis" "One Love" (not big on his take on the chorus, though) "Represent"

"About our homerand security poricies, gentlemen..."

Not sure if anyone's going to back me up here, but I'd say that Tales of Symphonia was one of the best games I've ever played. As a kid, I thought that the storyline was MASSIVE (two disc games on a Gamecube always caught my eye) and I really enjoyed the characters. That being said, I haven't...

I can't believe I never checked them out! It's nice to know that both Deaths are listenable.

For some reason, someone who uses text-speak does not bother me as much as someone who uses the letter "q" in the place of the letter "g." The cause of my absolute fury: I understand that "lls" means "laughing like shit" (or "lauqhinq loik shyttt"), but for some reason the ratio of times that...

Remember that GPAs are not everything, even in education. Many colleges look for extracurricular activities and the impact that you have within your activities inside and outside the classroom. Those people that only focus on one thing will not make it as far as a balanced student. If guitar...

I play the electric guitar. It's a hobby that I try to practice at least a little each day, as whatever playing skill that I have will diminish in a few days of no practice. Easily the most difficult thing about this instrument is finding the right amps and pedals to get the tone that you desire.

I'm really hoping that Dream Theater will move away from the increasingly generic metal sound now that Portnoy left the band. If they play their cards correctly, then everyone in the band will contribute. And if they don't, then the next album will be completely penned by Petrucci and very...

Right now, I'm into: Death Cynic Neurosis Sleep Electric Wizard Agalloch Candlemass Graveyard I used to be really into thrash (i.e. Metallica, Megadeth, Dark Angel, Nevermore). I also like some hardcore punk (i.e. Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Reagan Youth, Cro-Mags). But yeah, I haven't...

In-N-Out Burger? I am from the east coast of the United States and vacationed out west two summers ago and ate my first, and hopefully last In-N-Out Burger the last night I was there. The burger was absolutely terrible; the rest of my family enjoyed it, but it seems that I just don't "get"...

There are decent demotivation posters, but they're few and far between. By far the ones that irk me most are ones that are the ones that repeat exactly what is presented in the picture and/or believe "FAIL" or "WIN" to be an adequate excuse for a caption.

The problem with grammar is that every year except for this year (Grade 9), grammar is usually spread unevenly throughout the year and easily forgotten by the next year. Grammar exercises are absolutely horrendous and excruciating to complete, but it has to be done. I'm in the IB Program, so my...

Cage The Elephant's new album, Thank You, Happy Birthday came out today. It isn't as poppy as their debut album and surprisingly enjoyable. It's far from a masterpiece, but it takes a few listens before the album finally "clicks". I'm not normally a fan of alternative groups, but this band has...

Those shows are probably only interesting to you because you're babysitting and that's the only thing that you can watch. It's much easier to watch something on television than play with a hyperactive child all night. If you watch Dora during your own free time, I'm sure you'll find that it...

I can't say the same, as there are many ways to express sadness in music. But the Red House Painters are great doing so, and "Katy Song" is just sublime.