Tag: Songs for the Open Road

This was my favorite album for a while in high school. It taught me a lot about the absurdity of life & how to take it all as it comes, no matter how nonsensical everything is. There are a lot of drifter vagrant anthems on here because Buck was homeless when he wrote a lot of these songs. I thought that was rad for some reason when I was a teenager. Also there’s lots of contemplations about “suicides” via Buck’s profound “Riverbed” series. I hope you get as much from these abstract rhymes as I did so many years ago. ♥Neonn

One of the best emo pop punk albums I’ve ever heard. This gives me a whole new level of respect for MGK, who was always a talented hardcore emcee but never somebody I was particularly impressed with in terms of substance. This album is interesting because it’s like the emo meme was barrowed from punk into Hip-Hop, & then back to punk again. This a wonderful cathartic synthesis of both aesthetic sensibilities. Listen close! Great driving music, too. ♥Neonn