Impressed.

After my whole almost diatribe about rap, I come across an album that makes me eat my words. Keep in mind these are all just my opinions. The last rap album I liked more than four tracks on was The Eminem Show. Enter The College Dropout. Yes, I know I'm very behind. But I finally listened to this crazy production and it is great. I don't know if it won a grammy or not, but it should have if it didn't. If it did, it deserves it. I honestly don't think I've been this impressed with an album in general. I am actually going to buy a copy. That's right, putting the cash down.

In all honesty, I was a bit off base with my initial assessment of rap music. One of the reasons is becuase I didn't look at it from the prospective of the target audience. I don't know how to articulate what I want to say about this. I just wrote three paragraphs and deleted them because it didn't come out how I wanted. Ask me in person if you care enough.

One last thing I wanted to blog about was the word conviction. What comes to mind? It's funny how it has a blatantly negative connotation when you talk about being convicted of a crime. What if I was full of conviction for something I believed in? How come the word now seems more positive? It's such a dichotomoy of honorable versus dishonorable, all in one word.