i <3 hiphop

i realise most people only read this for videos/music so here's one of my favourite suprises of '09. Snoop Dogg goes 2step, angriest rap comeback in a while:

conceptual seperation of self

going through another one of those heavy drinking, deep thinking, getting deppressed, 'what does it all mean?', high fidelity parody phases. it's like summer all over again but with shit weather and more bros. i love being miserable.

lisztomania

all these end of year/decade lists leave me asking one question, do they refer to the most important album/song of said measure of time or the one the writer(s) most enjoy listening to?
the two are very different things. in my opinion if the former is true no one should dispute this as being number one:

hurricane thunder-cloud/

it's so strange being back home. half of me hates it, half of me loves it but i definietly need it.