Anton’s CD Recommendation of the Week
This week I am going to recommend “Over the Counterculture” by Tim Fite.
So you may have heard the old joke “what do you get when you mix country and rap music….Crap” well this album proves that wrong. I don’t know if any other artist would be able to pull this off but somehow Tim Fite makes it all work. He’s twangy vioce, intersting use of samples and lyrical satire of capitalism and commercialism all come together to make a mind blowing album. One of the best things about this album is Fite decided to release the album for free online from his website and not at stores.
The ideas contained within this album were spawned from Fite witnessing Sean “Diddy” Combs on a video award show starting a call and response of: “Don’t Get Mad! Get Money!” Fite said, “It sounded so true. It made so much sense. I liked it. I wanted to respond - Get Money! - Get Money! - Get Money! But as quickly as it had started, it was over. Mr. Combs plugged his new record, and the commercials came on - a car ad with a hip-hop beat - Vitamin Water by 50 Cent - Dirty South Ring Tones - The Game: Sneakers by Reebok - “Don’t Get Mad…Spend Money…Don’t Get Mad…Spend Money…Don’t Get Mad…Spend Money!” I slammed my last three quarters into the laundry maching. I am mad. Fuck money.
I highly recommend you go to the site and download this Album. Listen to it a couple times and let me know what you think.
3 years ago • Notes