Flobots

[Jay]

Noticed on the hiphop section of iTunes it has Flobots' 'Fight with Tools' as the most downloaded album at the moment. But when you click on it, it says not available in the US. Which makes me wonder, what country did they have to go to find people to buy this lame shit?

[Jay]

Ah, I see they had two versions of an album, and one purchasable in the US iTunes came out yesterday, hence its top ranking. It's dropped to a more understandable 7/8th place now. Though still not that understandable, because that doesn't explain why anyone likes it...

[alanp0099]

It's a bit unorthodox, but I actually thought the album was pretty good. Not purely hip-hop really, but it had a nice mix of styles.

What didn't you like about it?

[Jay]

It's a bit unorthodox, but I actually thought the album was pretty good. Not purely hip-hop really, but it had a nice mix of styles.

What didn't you like about it?

Mainly the emcees. Musically, I kinda dig it; a bit spare, but I always like to see live instrumentation. But the guys' voices are pretty uninspired (to say the least; 'nails on a chalkboard,' to say the most). When I heard 'Handlebars' I first thought it was Weird Al Yankovic, until I noticed it wasn't terribly funny.

[alanp0099]

That's my main gripe about it too...the emcees. I think they shined on a few tracks. But I didn't like the rock singing as much...that was a bit of a turn-off. On the whole, it was pretty unique.