AV Club’s Least Essential Albums Of 2005
by John Walker on Jan.08, 2006, under The Rest
While The Onion hasn’t been essential reading for many years now, its straight review section, the AV Club, has become increasingly required.
Here, in an attempt to become the Anti-Kieron, is a link to their excellent “Least Essential Albums Of 2005” rundown, chronicling not the worst albums of the year, but the least necessary.
LEAST ESSENTIAL 2PACSPLOITATION
Various Artists, The Rose Vol. 2: Music Inspired By Tupac’s Poetry
(Koch)
In a shocking lapse in his once-remarkable posthumous work ethic, Tupac Shakur somehow failed to put out a new album this year: It appears that dying in 1995 is finally starting to catch up with him. But the exploiting-Tupac’s-memory industry chugged on, releasing The Rose Vol. 2, a sequel to 2000’s The Rose That Grew From Concrete, which gave his work the tweedy poetry-recital treatment. Yes, loyal soldiers in 2Pac’s thug army can all but smell the white wine and fancy cheese as Ludacris favors listeners with a recitation of 2Pac’s middle-school-level verse, then offers his interpretation of the poem’s meaning. What’s next? Round The World/Same Song: Music Inspired By 2Pac’s Cameo In Nothing But Trouble?
January 8th, 2006 on 15:47
what i enjoy most about this list is most of these cds were provided by or at least sold in starbucks thus proving their unessentialness. and before you say anything about my going into starbucks, i will tell you they have the store in our supermarkets and i have to pass by it to get into the actual supermarket.