i'm a ramblin' man

it opens with a combination of black sabbath's war pigs, ludacris' move bitch (get out the way) with a dash of H.O.V tellin' us to "hit me".

if that isn't a statement, then i don't know what is.

girl talk's new album, 'all day', is surely his masterpiece. i loved 'night ripper' and 'feed the animals' topped my list of '08. now there's this album to topple them all.
seamless translation from song to song, sweet mixes between old, new and obscure. i'm especially loving the track with jackson 5 'i want you back' providing the beats that lil kim's 'the jumpoff' raps over top. or the ramone's 'blitzkrieg bop' as the background to missy e's 'get ur freak on'. serious brilliance in action here, folks. girl talk masters the use of beat, rhythm and mash-ups in this album; an art he's near perfected throughout the years. feed the animals came incredibly close to perfection-- the album is supposed to be listened to as one track, no pauses and no jumping between songs.
'all day' has achieved that perfection girl talk set out to master with 'feed the animals' and 'night ripper'. the first time i listened to it out of banal curiousity i was hit with this endless soundscape of varying beats, songs familiar and unknown. i panicked that i would only get like, thirty minutes of this genius mixing, but with a run time of just over an hour, the beats keep coming. the seamless transition from track to track leaves you guessing where you are in the album.

girl talk 'all day' makes my recommendation list for november, despite the fact it's nearly over, because of it's genius mixing and infectious beats. who else would mix lil kim and peter gabriel? that right there is genius, no matter how you look at it.
so while you're partying this movember, whether you have a burt reynolds or a dirty hipster woodsman beard, throw on 'all day' for an hour of 'stache combing to get you pumped for a long winters night.
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lyrical fitness

up from the basement to my best friends' farm where we'll work so hard, we can do no harm. we'll till the land and duck our debts underneath soft sun, chewing nicorette.
this will be a better year. this will be a better year.
make a little money, take a lot of shit. feel real bad then get over it.
this will be a better year.
oh i keep pushing boulders. i stay game till sun'll shake my shoulders. oh, i keep feeling older. i stay game, stay game, stay game.
the east coast kids, man, we just don't know. singing wait, wait, stop, drop me, go, go go. but i'm taken by the hand to a blue pay phone; we can break blue laws with our skin and bones.
and now i'm back in the city, i'm counting frick, frick, frick. heard of milk great things, speaking soft and thick. he said, "if life gives you lemons, then thus god bad. so put a little bit of bitter in your pink lemonade".
i'm sick of thee sheep, i'm sick of thou shepard. i'm sick of dressing like a human when i'm feeling like a leopard. i'm sick of slow rock, i'm sick of quick quips. sick of holding on to nothing when i just want to hold your hips.
this will be a better year. this will be a better year.
make a little money, take a lot of shit. feel real bad then get over it.
this will be a better year.
oh i keep pushing boulders. i stay game till the sun'll shake my shoulders. oh, i keep feeling older. i stay game, stay game, stay game.
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currents

10. beeswax (star slinger remix) - nazcarnation
9. gettin' hot - the runaways
8. keep yourself warm - frightened rabbit
7. thunder - the runaways
6. make it easy - marcus foster
5. bright lights, bigger city - cee lo green
4. pony up - kings of leon
3. elouise - the lumineers
2. strictly game - harlem shake
1. california sunrise - dirty gold  

' ... california sunrise take the sleep from under my california eyes. sitting by the oceanside waiting for the tide to take us home; to take us out home. she waits for the summer to find a lover. she looks for him underneath the sand. but the air is getting colder because summer's geting older. you really need to make up your mind. hey. i've been sleeping far too long; hibernating from your love. i need some summer sun to come and wake me up. let me sink in your hemisphere, where our love ends my end begins. california sunrise, come on and wake me up. trying to decide are you really worth my time. i've been playing this game so long. but the cold is coming through, there's nothing left to do. how am i going to prove myself to you? hey. i've been sleeping far too long; hibernating from your love. i need some summer sun to come and wake me up. let me sink in your hemisphere, where our love ends, my end begins. california sunrise, come on and wake me up... '
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currents

10. back to the ball - international zombies of love
9. elouise - the lumineers
8. sideways smile - keepaways
7. we're all going crazy - mount righteous
6. california sunshine - dirty gold
5. taos - menomena
4. i'm going down - free energy
3. block after block - matt & kim
2. maniac - kid cudi ft st. vincent & cage
1. bright lights, bigger city - cee lo

'i been livin' for the weekend but no, not anymore 'cause here comes that familiar feeling that friday's famous for. yeah, i'm lookin' for some action and it's out there somewhere. you can feel the electricity all in the evening air. and it may be just more of the same but sometimes you wanna go where everyone knows your name. so i guess i'll have to wait and see, but i'm just gonna let something brand new happen to me...'
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lyrical fitness

we sit in the car outside your house i can feel the heat coming 'round. i go to put my arm around you and you give me a look like i'm way out of bounds. well you let out one of your bored sighs.
well lately when i look into your eyes i'm going down down down down.
i'm going down down down down.
i'm doing down down down down.
i'm going down down down down.
we get dressed up and we go out, baby, for the night. we come home early burning, burning in some fire fight. i'm sick and tired of you setting me up, setting me up.
setting me up just to knock-a knock-a knock-a me down down down down.
i'm going down down down down.
i'm going down down down down.
i'm going down down down down.
i pull you close but when we kiss i can feel a doubt. i remember back when we started, my kisses used to turn you inside out. i used to drive you to work in the morning, friday night i'd drive you all around. you used to love to drive me wild but lately girl you get your kicks from just driving me down down down down.
i'm going down down down down.
i'm going down down down down.
i'm going down down down down.
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