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Album Review: King Gordy Sings The Blues

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Many years ago my taste in music extended to the horribly offensive. With a love for the music of artists like GG Allin and A*al C*nt, I figured the more offensive the lyrics the more amusing it was. In the last couple of years, hip-hop’s most offensive artist has been King Gordy. However, before you get too excited, though the King of Horrorcore takes a slightly different direction with his latest release, King Gordy Sings the Blues.

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Having a unique voice is what allows Gordy to try many different styles on this release. The first track “Never Seen a Man” has a heavy funk beat with a nice base track and a hook that shows the vocal range of Gordy. Track two “Party Outside” has a hook that gives it the feel of as club jam as the lyrics tell an entertaining story. Track three “I Don’t Need Ya” is Gordy’s attempt at a love song. The best part of the track comes at the 2:28 mark when Gordy starts a very smooth uninterrupted flow. Track four “Gordy the Great” shows the story telling skills Gordy possesses with very creative rhyming. Track five” I’ll Fly Away” shows a more serious side to his writing in this song about life growing up in Detroit. Track six “Banned from Tv” is my favorite track on the album. It is a hilarious story about trying to make it famous but being too different, backed by a very cheerful beat. Track seven” Bridges to Burn” is a lot like track five but with a slower beat and a different sad story. Track eight “Mrs. Calgon” is another great track on the album. It has such a unique beat for a rap song. The track tells the story of an eighth grade boy in love with his teacher, and what eighth grader out there didn’t have at least one hot teacher? Track nine “Somethin’ for You” is the first track to get violent like the Gordy I enjoy listening to. The track comes off more gansta then horrorcore but violence is violence and I will take it. The next track “Lovebirds” follows two different sad love stories. This track, along with a couple others on the album, really help it live up to the title Sings the Blues. The last track on the album”Rule the World” sounds like a track right off an old Outcast album. It is a very high energy and fun track. The album breaks down like this. If you are already familiar with King Gordy, get this album. You will appreciate the difference from his past releases. However, if you have no idea who King Gordy is, then I would advise to check out some of his past releases first. This album just does not stack up against his King of Horrorcore mix tapes or Xerxes the God King album.
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‘The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only Live’ Concert Event to Make Streaming Debut Next Month

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The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only Live

AMC has announced that The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE, the standing-room-only performance celebrating AMC’s premiere of its newly-released The Vampire Lestat at New York City’s iconic Beacon Theatre last month, will debut on streaming.

The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE begins streaming on AMC+ on August 23.

Ahead of its streaming premiere, fans can preview the concert event, featuring original songs from series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Sam Reid, in Hall H at Comic Con International on July 24. 

Our own Daniel Kurland attended the special event, highlighting how electric the Immortal Vampire is on stage: “It’s clear in this season of television that Reid was born to be a rock star, but it’s surreal to see him effortlessly command the stage — and the audience — at every step of the concert. He recites Shakespeare monologues and bitches out Armand between songs, all while the audience screams in support. For the duration of this concert, Reid is Lestat, and he’s given thousands of fans a memory that’s as immortal as any vampire.”

Based on Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles book series, The Vampire Lestat is the rock and roll-centric third season of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” created by showrunner Rolin Jones.

The Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.

Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle star with Reid. Executive producers include Jones, Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, the late Anne Rice, and her son Christopher Rice.

The series finale airs this Sunday, July 19, on AMC and AMC+.

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