Okay, I was sleeping, glad I've been woken up! I had more or less given up on hearing Paul Barman drop another incredible record but I was dead wrong. I generally think of myself as rather knowledgeable when it comes to current musical happenings but somehow I missed out on his new album, Thought Balloon Mushroom Cloud, which came out TWO YEARS AGO! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME? Hell, I only found out about it yesterday. Now that I've heard it though I feel like stabbing my tongue with a fork for saying less than positive things about his later career, although since I'm typing should I maybe break my pinky fingers?
Anyway, the real point is you've gotta check out Thought Balloon Mushroom Cloud. Paul is in prime form, the beats are excellent, and if you need more than that there is production from Memory Man, Prince Paul, DOOM and more as well as guest spots from Del, Masta Ace, C-Rayz Walz and Michel Gondry. Yeah, MICHEL GONDRY, and he ended up doing some short films for the album too. You can check those out and order the album at Paul's official website. Unfortunately, apart from the videos, it doesn't look like Paul has playble samples on his site so I'm including a link to Amazon's listing so you can listen to their samples, but if you're gonna purchase it please do so at Paul's website because he's an independent artist and he'll make more money from it.
If you want to sample some tracks before purchasing, may I suggest listening to freaky Owl Pellets, the beautiful The Moon, the very on point Sampling Law, and the darkly hilarious and sarcastic as hell AIDS for starters. Remember that Paul's tongue is firmly planted in his cheek so if he shocks you simply keep in mind that that was the point.
Now that I've said all these deservedly nice things about Paul's album, I feel I have done my penance (hopefully Paul would laugh at that) and I won't smash my fingers or stab my tongue. Props to Memory Man for lighting a fire under my ass! Keep kickin' that ass!
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