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Eminem Relapse: Refill Review

Published on December 11, 2009 in Music & Reviews. 4 Comments

Once again, I’m not a fan of rap music but sometimes if I hear something that is actually good, I will like it. My music taste is mainly metal & hardcore music with maybe some Chamillionaire thrown in for good measure.

Relapse is an EP I guess you could say, or perhaps an album of b-sides, I don’t know. These tracks (except Forever) were apparently cut from the official release of Relapse and now Eminem is going for a cash-grab with Refill in the interim before Relapse 2 is released.

There are some pretty catchy and awesome songs on this one. I had heard Forever ages ago and Eminem pretty much kills the entire song; Kanye West, Lil’ Wayne & Drake can get fucked as far as I am concerned because they pale in comparison.

Track 2, “Hell Breaks Loose” is no-doubt going to be a fan favourite. It has one of the most catchiest beats I have ever heard, plus Eminem’s flow is 100 times better than some of the tracks that on Relapse probably because he doesn’t use any foreign sounding voices and actually raps.

Track 3, “Buffalo Bill” is pretty average. Kind of sounds like it is trying to hard to be controversial and shocking. Basically a song about a guy who skins people alive and uses a chainsaw, etc. The lyrics are pretty funny to read though, hilarious song.

Track 4, “Elevator” this song isn’t that great at all, bored me right to sleep. Doesn’t have a good enough flow to be deemed an Eminem song in my opinion, but what the fuck do I know, right?

Track 5, “Taking My Ball” is not even worth a listen, don’t waste your time with this one. Eminem uses some stupid sounding voice on this one but not the same voice he used on Relapse though and drops some celebrity names like Christopher Reeves and Lindsay Lohan.

Track 6, “Music Box” this song is once again catchy and at the same time a disturbing song that paints the picture of a serial killer who eats his victims. This song has a really good beat behind it with a music box playing and deep bass that gets the speakers moving.

Track 7, “Drop The Bomb On ‘Em” is probably one of the best songs on the album. It has a catchy beat, Eminem’s flow is literally amazing on this one. The chorus gets stuck in your head after only one listen.

Overall this album isn’t that great, well I mean EP of Relapse b-sides. There are a couple of keepers on this, but nothing really on it that is worth buying. It’s nothing more than a cash in, but I guess you get that when you’re regarded as one of the best rappers of our time.

Popularity: 5% [?]

He Is Legend – It Hates You Album Review

Published on July 17, 2009 in Music & Reviews. 29 Comments

He Is Legend have been around for quite a few years now and 1 ep and 2 albums later, He Is Legend have released the much anticipated It Hates You. Although the album isn’t a complete train-wreck, it’s not as good as it could be either. It’s lacking a lot of that trademark He Is Legend energy.

He Is Legend seem to have been plagued with problems ever since the conception of Suck Out The Poison back in 2006 with news of break-ups and hiatus’s, only to have them comeback and release the album. There is a lot of uncertainty and doubt, and this also happened with It Hates You.

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It Hates You seems to successfully manage to combine southern rock with melodic elements and catchy bass lines. It’s kind of dark, but also upbeat at the same time.

It has a very Suck Out The Poison type feel to it, with some songs sadly feeling incomplete and like they consist of recycled guitar riffs from Suck Out The Poison.

The vocals however could have been a bit better. Vocalist Schuylar Croom no longer seems to scream like he did in previous albums, and now seems to use raspy deep singing instead.

This album is annoying at times, and great at other times. Some tracks seem to generate the feeling of being rushed, or like they’re simply filler tracks. You can hear this by comparing tracks such as; Don’t Touch That Dial and Party Time!!!.

The diva type vocals in some of the songs that were also on Suck Out The Poison (but not the same person) seem to have made a comeback. They sure do love adding ‘oooh, whoaaaa, ohhhhh’ into their songs in the background.

A lot of the songs on this album, I’d say about 70% don’t really have any playback worthiness to them. Which is sad, because I really did like this bands previous material.

If they manage to stay together, I’m sure their next album will be better no doubt.

Some of the stand-out tracks on this album are; Futures Bright, Man. Dicephalous.  Everyone I Know Has Fangs.

Popularity: 6% [?]

The Pirate Bay Sells Out, Ha

Published on July 7, 2009 in Music & Reviews, Opinion and Web Services. 3 Comments

It was inevitable. The Pirate Bay provided a service, got popular because of the visitors that came to the site wanting free torrent downloads, and when the site is at the peak of it’s popularity, it’s sold. In most cultures this is called ’selling out’.

The Pirate Bay founders cite that they couldn’t have taken the site any further and needed to sell it. More like, the site has been increasingly popular since the trials of it’s founders and they’re capitalising on that. They’re bailing on everyone, and you people defended these guys. Seriously? Come on. The Pirate Bay founders have effectively sold out and at your expense, I hope that makes you mad.

Thanks, and fuck you all. Love, The Pirate Bay.

Thanks, and fuck you all. Love, The Pirate Bay.

The Pirate Bay will now will now most likely be turned into a pay-to-access site, meaning you will have to pay for content. Doesn’t that kind of undermine what The Pirate Bay was meant to be about in the first place? Free stuff. The new owners of the Pirate Bay want copyright owners to be compensated for their works being distributed, someone get me a bucket to puke in.

I knew The Pirate Bay founders didn’t care about their users. If they cared about their user-base, they wouldn’t have sold out for a huge sum of cash. The Pirate Bay will never be like it was, not that is was that good, but it was big and responsible for distributing a lot of free torrents on the web.

The company that The Pirate Bay sold to is called Global Gaming Factory and it wouldn’t surprise me if you dig deep you might find out that this Global Gaming Factory company has ties with lobbyists protecting the interests of the recording companies. It wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest. It would be a pretty smart move, buy your enemy out so you control the rules.

It looks like a vacancy just opened up for a new torrent tracker to capitalise on the kind of success The Pirate Bay saw. Any takers?

Source: http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-sold-to-software-company-goes-legal-090630/

Popularity: 2% [?]

Some Dead Michael Jackson Jokes

Published on June 26, 2009 in General Shiz and Music & Reviews. 114 Comments

He might be dead, but he’ll always be the guy who has just as many jokes as Chuck Norris. Here are some Michael Jackson jokes with a sickening death twist to coincide with his sudden death at the age of 50.

He touched many of us (literally)

He touched many of us (literally)

Feel free to share your disgust, hate, laughter and Michael Jackson jokes in the comments. It’s okay, Michael won’t mind what you say – he’s dead.

What’s white, stiff and cold?
Michael Jackson’s corpse.

How many Michael Jackson’s does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Zero. Michael Jackson is dead.

How Does Michael Jackson Pick His Nose?
From a catalogue.

What’s the difference between Michael Jackson and a plastic bag?
Plastic Bags don’t die.

So.. Michael Jackson walks into a bar. Oh, wait…

What time does Michael Jackson go to bed?
When the big hand touches the little hand.

Why did Michael Jackson stop breathing?
His nose fell off.

Why does Michael Jackson like 28 year olds?
Because he’s dead.

What do Michael Jackson and the so-called weapons of mass destruction in Iraq share in common?
They both don’t exist.

Michael Jackson is so dead that he hasn’t been this stiff since McCauley Caulkin slept over at Never land Ranch.

Why did Michael Jackson convert to Islam on his deathbed?
He heard he would be greeted in heaven by seventy two year old virgins.

What were Michael Jackson’s last words before he died?
I’m coming baby Jesus!

So… It looks like Michael Jackson was finally arrested
Cardiac arrested!

Why did Michael Jackson cross the road?
To get to the other little boy.

What’s the difference between Steve Irwin and Michael Jackson?
Nothing. They’re both dead.

After hearing Michael Jackson had died, Madeleine McCann has finally come out of hiding.

Disney expressed their sadness over Michael Jackson’s death, and also celebrated that now only Disney movie’s will be the only things to touch children.

What’s the difference between Michael Jackson’s corpse and a trampoline?
When you jump on a trampoline, you take your boots off.

What was Michael Jackson’s last hit?
The floor.

Popularity: 14% [?]

Michael Jackson Died From A Broken Heart: Caused By You

Published on June 26, 2009 in Music & Reviews and Ranting. 21 Comments

Michael Jackson didn’t die of a heart attack as reported, he really died from a broken heart. A broken heart caused by the very fans that turned their backs on him when he was accused of molesting children and his skin turned white. I bet you all feel real bad now for making him the recluse he was before his untimely death.

It’s ironic in a way – the media were the main instigators of Michael Jackson hate and criticism, and soon the people started turning on him, eventually putting him into a pool of debt and causing his illness to worsen.

Sure he had a history of health problems, but what most likely caused those problems was the stress of knowing that he was not liked by many for the person he had become. It’s amazing how many people gave him a hard time for his plastic surgery, sure it looked gross and weird, but is it no different than stars such as Madonna creppingly trying to look younger through surgery?

It’s like people these days simply forgot just how many musical accomplishments Michael Jackson achieved in his career. He was a pioneer, it’s like one day people stopped remembering that and instead focused on bringing the man and his children down. He had children too you know, but most of you were too fixated with brining him down without one bit of respect for his children or the mental effect it would have on him after a prolonged period of time.

I hope those of you who made fun of Michael Jackson, criticised him and sided with so-called victims he supposedly molested when he didn’t, I hope you feel better knowing that you killed him and he isn’t going to be around for you to criticise any more. Maybe you could start some Michael Jackson death jokes if you’re truly that low.

R.I.P Michael Jackson – We’ll always remember you for the good things.

Popularity: 2% [?]

Eminem Relapse 2: Official Track Listing and Partially Leaked Lyrics

Published on June 25, 2009 in Music & Reviews and Satire. 174 Comments

There are a lot of fake track listings going around on the Internet about Eminem’s follow up to Relapse titled ‘Relapse 2′ – this is the true track listing and even includes partially leaked lyrics from some tracks. Although the track times are obviously not listed.

Judging by some of the lyrics, he’s still talking about assault, rape and drugs. Seems like he has gone back to his shocking ways, I guess when we hear the beats it will be different.

I cannot reveal how I got this whatsoever, but it’s legitimacy is 100% real from an inside source involved in the process of Relapse 2.

** Update **

Track 9 is actually called, Hallucination.
Track 7 release title is, Insult To Injury. You Can’t Be Me was an internal track name.

One of the tracks below

1. Dr. West (Intro/Return to sobriety)
2. Just A Song About Beating Up Ho’s
3. It’s Crackmas in Detroit
4. Ken Kannif (Skit)
5. Drugs For Dinner Again
6. Relapse Dance
7. Insult To Injury
8. Overdosing
9. Hallucination
10. Paul (Skit)
11. My Basement (Ft. Lil Wayne)
12. Infiltrate
13. Back In The Real World
14. Take It Away (Ft. 50 Cent & Dr. Dre)
15. Am I An Addict?
16. Jesus Complex
17. Bad Influence
18. We’ll Miss You (ft. D12)
19. Keep It Together
20. This Is Not The End (outro)

Just A Song About Beating Up Ho’s (Partially leaked lyrics)

Yo, let’s go back to 1973 again
Before I got hooked on momma’s valium
Prescription drugs wreckin’ ma brain
Momma is it Christmas again, or am I just hallucinatin?
By the age of 12, I was already assaultin’
All those girls around me, I became fixated by em’
It aint rape girl if you’re unconscious
I dragged her body back to mr andrews office

Back In The Real World (partially leaked lyrics)

Look who’s back for round two
I bet you didn’t expect this
Now imma cut these posers in two
You see in my little demise
I was feeling down and blue
Until I found myself and wrote shit down
Now I’m back, so fuck all of you
It was like I was on another planet
That’s what methadone can do
Now I’m straight, back in the game
And coming for you

My Basement (partially leaked lyrics)

Eminem:
Down in my basement
Down in my basement
You can hear the screams
Coming up through the floor
We just finished your torture
How bout time for round four
Sound proof walls
So scream til you’re sore
So when we use power tools
We’ll torture some more

Lil Wayne:
When I got out of state
I said I wouldn’t kill no more
Until I developed the taste
For disobeying the law

Hallucination (partially leaked lyrics)

Is this all real, I mean really fucking real?
Because when I was lost, I forgot how to fucking feel
Shady, you’ve been gone way too long, where you been?
The game has turned to shit, the haters keep on hatin’
They keep on trying, they call it spittin’
Well I call it rappin’, lets set the game straight
You think you’ve set a standard, you think you’re talented
You try to rhyme apples with oranges, and come up empty handed
Your fucking flow is tainted, your tank is running low
It’s time to step aside, and watch how shady spits his flow

You keep on hating, but you’re just hallucinating
You keep on hating, but I keep on writing
I scribble my pen for my next hit
Who woulda’ thought I’d be famous for venting shit?

Popularity: 100% [?]

It Dies Today – Lividity Album Review

Published on June 23, 2009 in Music & Reviews. 2 Comments

Metalcore is a dying genre sadly and it takes more than talent to stand out in the flood of metalcore bands, It Dies Today do just that. Formed in 2001, this band seems to be taking all the right steps to cement their name into the metalcore genre.

Nick Brooks the old vocalist of It Dies Today who appeared on their past albums The Caitiff Choir(2004) and Sirens(2006) is absent on Lividity and is replaced by Jason Wood. Jason Wood exceeds any expectations I had of his ability to match what Nick brought to the table. He is a better screamer, and definitely a much needed change to the It Dies Today line-up.

Fans of It Dies Today  made it known when Sirens was released that they wanted something heavy like The Caitiff Choir and It Dies Today have done just that on Lividity, exceeding all fan expectations I’m sure. Lividity consists of 10 tracks displaying sheer and complete brutality, the kind of brutality that makes you want to throw your furniture out your living room window, not caring for any pedestrians that might be passing by.

Track 1: This Ghost – Starting off with a brutal-as-fuck guitar riff and perfectly timed drums, this song then proceeds to take it up a notch and get heavier. With enough cymbals and fast tempo’d drop C guitar riffs to make even the most die-hard metalcore fan throw himself around a moshpit, this track is definitely a good way to start off an album.

Track 2: Reckless Abandon – Starting out with a catchy and consistent guitar riff that makes you want to move, then proceeding to turn into a track with a two-step feel too it once Jason starts screaming. This is personally one of my favourite tracks on Lividity and in my opinion I would have made this track number one. This track really shows off Jason’s ability to scream, sing and deliver a brutal experience.

Track 3: Thank You For Drinking – This is the first track I heard from Lividity before I got my hands on the album and it impressed me right away. It has a very head banging feel too it, all whilst sticking to the typical traits of a metalcore track. If you like lots of drop C opens, cymbals, double kicks and of course breakdowns, this track will probably be one of your favourites on Lividity. The breakdown is amazing, Jason screams repeatedly “We’ll see you in hell!” whilst the drums and guitar play in perfect time with each other.

Track 4: Miss October – I love this songs melodic starting feel. Although once the song gets into full swing you realise that it is just as fast as the previous tracks were, with a twist. This song really displays a substantial use of brutality and melodics, and definitely a solid track. The song has an almost perfect interlude/solo which starts around the 2:30 mark of the song and sounds beautiful in a metal sort of way.

Track 5: Bled Out In Black And White – This track is slower than the previous four tracks before it, but definitely not any less brutal. This song has a nice two-step feel to it, and although I personally think the choruses and verses are lacking in someway, the amazing breakdown really makes me like this song. Although I’m a huge fan of well delivered and solid breakdowns and this song delivers, I personally think it could have been better.

Track 6: Martyr of Truth – This track feels like it doesn’t belong on Lividity, and I’m not entirely sure why. Could it be because it’s slow? Because it’s not as brutal? I don’t know why this track is number six, it feels like it should be the ending track of Lividity, but it’s not that bad. I might not have given this track enough listens to give a proper review of it, but I still feel like it doesn’t belong or should be track ten.

Track 7: Nihility – In this track I sense a little bit of Sirens album influence coming through, but at the same time, being a completely new experience on it’s own. Showcasing the new found brutality It Dies Today seemed to have harnessed, this is one of the most solid tracks on Lividity. It’s perfect mix of screams and clean vocals makes this a metalcore classic. You can’t have a metalcore classic track without a breakdown, and Nihility has one of the most brutal It Dies Today breakdowns in it.

Track 8: Life Of Uncertainty – Starting off in true It Dies Today fashion, this track begins with well timed, fast and brutal guitar riffs with face-smashing drums. The chorus in this track much like track seven seems to be inspired by their previous album Sirens released in 2006. I was a huge fan of Sirens and this track takes me back. The ending of this track is fucking awesome, I love how it slows down then kicks you in the throat with a brutal breakdown.

Track 9: The Architects – Whoa, man. If I were to pick a favourite track off Lividity this would be it. It’s so fast, and brutal that it’s hard not to put this track on repeat. Definitely the fastest track on Lividity, and is completely unexpected. Just when you thought Lividity couldn’t get any heavier, brutal or faster, track 9 grabs you by surprise. This track sounds amazing when you blast it through a decent car stereo, I’m not kidding. Listen to the ending breakdown and really crank it to maximum volume, be careful your speakers don’t blow from the awesome this track contains.

Track 10: Complacence Without Pursuit (Lividity) – I take back what I said about Martyr of Truth (sorta) being the end track. This track is a perfect way to end an album. It showcases all elements displayed throughout Lividity from track 1 through to track 9; the brutality, melodics, clean vocals, fast guitar, awesome breakdowns and heavy drums. This track has someone with a Scottish accent yelling profanities while bagpipes play then an accoustic guitar comes in whilst a group of Scottish people chant “thank you for drinking with me”. Pretty damn hilarious when you first listen to it, or play it in your car while people in other cars wonder what the fuck you’re listening too.

After three listens I’ve come to the conclusion this album is hard to stop listening too. It’s an amazing release and it wouldn’t be too far fetched to proclaim that this is one of the best metalcore albums of 2009 so far. I cannot wait to hear what these guys come out with next, maybe a live album.

Lyrics: 6/10 (Pretty generic metalcore lyrics, but still suit the music perfectly).
Vocals: 9/10 (Jason Wood definitely beats Nick Brooks hands down. Someone had to say it).
Playability: 9/10 (You could repeat this album a 100 times over before it got old and then play it again the next day).
Brutality: 9/10 (I would have given this a 10/10 if it weren’t for Martyr of Truth).
Standout tracks: Life Of Uncertainty, The Architects, This Ghost, Reckless Abandon, Thank You For Drinking.

Popularity: 3% [?]

Marilyn Manson – High End of The Low Album Review

Published on June 15, 2009 in Music & Reviews. 2 Comments

What do you get when you take a narcissistic child molesting fetish loving Satan worshipper and eighties music? You get Marilyn Manson’s latest album The High End of The Low. Which coincidentally sounds like an 80’s clone album. Hmm.

It seems like the once idolised shock rocker is losing his shine. He’s perhaps realising that his “I hate god and life” routine is getting a little old and people that liked Manson in the nineties have grown up and matured past the angst teen years of listening to Manson really loud and cutting their wrists with razors whilst wearing their mothers lingerie and make-up.

This new album immediately gives you the vibe of: who ordered a dose of 80’s gay disco club music? Sadly, it’s kind of disappointing to see Manson evolve his sound, because it means that we can no longer blame our problems or more school shootings on his music any more. At least not this album anyway.

No doubt scene kids and so-called ‘retro-goths’ will have already run down to the record store to buy this album dressed in their finest black threads and spiked collars. Yet again they might just download it because all teenagers are copyright violating scum who download music and deserve to be sentenced to 10 years hard labour in a labour prison (now where’s my $5000 for saying that RIAA?).

In all honesty: If you’re expecting another Marilyn Manson Satan loving Jesus hating filled album with more profanity and controversy like his previous material, don’t be surprised when you throw your CD player at an old lady in pure disgust.

This album deserves a 2 out of 10 for not being original and quite possibly managing to rip off Nine Inch Nails and every single 80’s band that ever existed (especially Soft Cell). Every damn Manson track on this album reminds me of the track Tainted Love sung by Soft Cell (not Manson) of which people actually liked in the 80s.

Popularity: 1% [?]

The Lonely Island Incredibad Album Review

Published on May 13, 2009 in Music & Reviews. 11 Comments

The Lonely Island dudes are responsible for the hit “Jizz In My Pants”, which is how they’re best known and their full-length album Incredibad contains this track on it as well as others which won’t live up to your expectations. You thought “Jizz In My Pants” was funny, don’t expect any of the other tracks to make you laugh except maybe “Like A Boss”.

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Upon first listen, whoa… what the fuck is this shit, seriously? this album blows more than Monica Lewinksi underneath a presidential desk, it’s literally a jizz fest. As the album goes on and on you sit there hoping that the album gets funnier, well it doesn’t. The funny just never comes, it never comes.

The title of this album is strangely accurate in describing the album ‘Incredibad’. Because that is what it is, incredibly fucking bad. The only use this album has is a weapon,ability to incite rage and make you hack your family up with a meat cleaver or a prize in a pass the parcel at an 8th birthday party.

The entire album is full of wannabe rap parody tracks which are half-assed and badly done. Even though they hauled in an impressive amount of guests to star on different shit filled tracks which will no doubt destroy their careers, the album manages to make me want to projectile vomit on orphan children. I don’t know how they managed to get Justin Timberlake, T-Pain and even Jack Black to guest star on this album.

From lame songs about liking sports to even lamer songs about being 13 years old and having sex with aliens, you can tell this album was rushed and absolutely fucking unfunny. There is nothing funny about white guys trying to rap. Nor is there anything about white guys trying to make fun of rap. Seriously is that the best they could come up with?

This album is pure epic fail. The lyrics are bad. The vocals (if you can call them vocals..) are so fucking bad that you could use this album to torture terrorists. This is probably the most disappointing thing I have ever downloaded from the Internet since Windows Vista.

I think these guys should stick to what they know, sucking dicks in dark alleyways for small change and spreading their AIDS and anal diseases. Music is definitely not their foray.

If you want a copy of this and don’t want to waste your download bandwidth, give it one month and you could probably pick this album up in your local record stores bargain bin for $0.50c.

I give this album a -5 out of 10. And yes, that is a minus, this album isn’t good enough for a zero rating.

Popularity: 3% [?]

Eminem Relapse Album Review

Published on May 13, 2009 in Music & Reviews. 9 Comments

Let me firstly say that rap is far from the type of music I generally listen too. I have an open mind and thought I’d download Relapse Eminem’s comeback album, I used to be a fan back in the day of his earlier material and then lost interest.

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One obvious thing about Relapse is the fact Eminem seems to have developed some kind of weird accent. I’m not sure who he is trying to be, but he sounds really foreign, remember the foreign sounding voice he did in the track ‘Without Me’? It sounds like that, only basically on every track throughout the whole damn album, it really fucking bugs me.

First impressions are it’s pretty good, and this is coming from a person who’s music library consists mainly of metal, hardcore and a few songs from Chamillionaire. The lyrics are as obscene as ever, something Eminem is synonymously known to have toned down on over the years.

This album kind of freaks me out, track #4 Insane is literally insane. It’s catchy, but in a disturbing kind of way. Most of the tracks have catchy rhymes and it’s obvious Eminem’s ability to write catchy rhymes has returned with a vengeance. It feels more of a solid album than his other pop-rap sounding albums did, he’s gone back to some of his roots on this album.

Relapse is obviously about Eminem’s battle with alcohol and pill addiction of which he has been getting treatment for the past 4 years. By the sounds of it and the way Eminem describes it, he nearly died due to his addictions. The album also paints a picture of a very depressed man who lost all direction probably because of his friend Proof from D12 getting shot.

In the Steve Berman skit track it is revealed that Eminem is planning to release a second album later on this year to follow up to Relapse (most likely titled Relapse II) or something. Let’s hope that Eminem’s second album is as strong as Relapse which is probably his best album yet.

It’s obvious Relapse has a strong Dr. Dre presence, the beats on this album are out of this world, a real work of art. I’ve noticed that references to Hannibal Lecter and Silence of The Lambs seem to be made in various tracks on Relapse, I’m not sure what the correlation is, probably to make them sound more sinister and twisted perhaps.

Overall assumptions of this are it’s pretty damn good, highly listenable and I’m on my second listen of the full album. I give this album a 7.5 out of 10. It’s good, but lacks in some areas. A really powerful album with powerful beats, lyrics and Eminem’s amazing rhyming vocabulary enunciation skills.

Stand out tracks on Relapse are:

Track 2 – 3am
Track 3 – My Mom
Track 4 – Insane
Track 10 – Medicine Ball
Track 12 – Stay Wide Awake
Track 16 – Deja Vu

Popularity: 2% [?]