Cruel Summer album review

In today’s blog I will be reviewing the G.O.O.D music compilation album Cruel Summer. First of all I’d like to state that I am a big fan of Kanye West’s production skills. This new album is not a Kanye West album. It is a compilation of all the G.O.O.D music artists plus more. This album is full of “goofy” punch lines and hot beats. The lyrics are decent, and offer some depth. But my favorite thing about this album is the production work. As a broadcasting student I can appreciate the time and effort put into the overall “sound” of this album. It offers hardcore rap, hip-hop, R&B, and reggae. I believe this album is worth buying if you like Kanye’s style. This is my opinion, everybody’s got one.

Here is the track/artist list:

01 – “To The World” – Kanye West feat. R. Kelly & Teyana Taylor [Prod. by Pop & Oak. Co: Hudson Mohawke, Million $ Mano, Ken Lewis, Travi$ Scott & Anthony Kilhoffer]
02 – “Clique” – Kanye West & Big Sean feat. Jay-Z & Cocaine 80s [Prod. by Hit-Boy. Co: Kanye West, Anthony Kilhoffer & Noah Goldstein]
03 – “Mercy” – Kanye West, Big Sean & Pusha T feat. 2 Chainz [Prod. by Lifted & Kanye West]
04 – “New God Flow” – Kanye West & Pusha T feat. Ghostface Killah [Prod. by Boogz, Tapez & Kanye West]
05 – “The Morning” – Pusha T, Common, CyHi The Prynce, Kid Cudi & D’banj feat. Raekwon and 2 Chainz [Prod. by IllMind & Kanye West. Co: Jeff Bhasker & Travi$ Scott]
06 – “Cold” – Kanye West feat. DJ Khaled & DJ Pharris [Prod. by Hit-Boy]
07 – “Higher” – Pusha T feat. The-Dream, Ma$e & Cocaine 80s [Prod. by Hit-Boy. Co: Kanye West & Mike Dean]
08 – “Sin City” – John Legend, Teyana Taylor, CyHi The Prynce & Malik Yusef feat. Travi$ Scott [Prod. by Tommy Brown & Travi$ Scott]
09 – ”The One” – Kanye West & Big Sean feat. 2 Chainz, Marsha Ambrosius & Cocaine 80s [Prod. by Kanye West. Co: Hudson Mohawke, The Twilite Tone, Mannie Fresh & Lifted]
10 - “Creepers” – Kid Cudi [Prod. by Dan Black]
11 - “Bliss” – John Legend & Teyana Taylor [Prod. by Hudson Mohawke]
12 - “Don’t Like (Remix)” – Pusha T, Kanye West & Big Sean feat. Chief Keef & Jadakiss [Prod. by Young Chop. Co: Kanye West, The Twilite Tone & Noah Goldstein]

Lawless Movie Review

I will give a short review of the new movie Lawless in today’s blog. First of all I will confess I am a huge Shia LaBeouf fan. I loved the movie Holes and Mr. Labeouf played an amazing role in that movie. The movie Lawless is based on Matt Bondurant's 2008 novel The Wettest County in the World about his grandfather and great-uncles in Prohibition-era Franklin County, Virginia. I am from the south and I’ve always found the Prohibition era interesting. This movie has a lot to offer from “country style” fights to “Chicago gangster” Tommy gun fights with a love story added for an interesting twist. This is a movie that you can see with your “bros” but you can also bring your “special friend” because of the depth. The ending of this movie is intense but has a since of irony too it as well. I obviously can’t give details because I don’t want to ruin it for you. But I certainly recommend spending the money to see this in the theaters.

-Will Harbin