New Music.

I haven't bought a new CD in about a year. I have about 1000 CDs (that are currently all boxed up because I just moved), but there really isn't that much out there that excites me right now. I occasionally download a single or two off of iTunes, but that's been it. I've pretty much been in a drought. But that ends today. Today I am going to go to BestBuy and pick up not one, but two "new" albums.

Pearl Jam - Ten: That's why "new" was in quotes, because this is an old album. It is shocking to me that this album is almost 18 years old. I still remember the day in late 1991 where I rode my bike down to the Wherehouse (Where? The Wherehouse.) to buy it. Ah, the '90s. I still have that cassette by the way. I found it when I was packing, but now I don't know what box I put it in. I remember that in the spring of '93 it cracked in half one day because it was always in my backpack and I superglued it back together so I could listen to it. That's how much that album meant to me.

Anyways, the album has been totally remastered and from what I've read, it sounds even more awesome than when it was first released. The only problem is choosing which version you want. You can get the Legacy Version which is a two disc set: the first disc is remastered, the second disc is remixed and contains extra songs. There's also the Deluxe Edition, which is the 2 disc set plus their appearance on MTV Unplugged on DVD, which apparently has never been released before. Then there's the Vinyl Edition. And finally, the Collector's Edition which is the boxed set. It contains 2 CDs, 1 DVD, 4 vinyl records, 1 Cassette (what?) and Memorabilia. I am probably going to get the Deluxe Edition so I can have their Unplugged set on DVD.

Apparently, this is the first in a series of reissues that they're going to be releasing over the next two years. So that should be interesting.

Doom - Born Like This: MF Doom is one of my favorite MCs. I'm a little disappointed that he dropped the "MF" from his name (I dislike when artists/bands do that because then stores never know where to put the albums) but I am excited to hear this album. I've been waiting for him to something out since the Dangerdoom album. There has been a rumor ever since that album came out that he was going to team up with Ghostface Killah and put out an record, but that just headlines the list of rumored albums that he's supposed to be putting out. Another Madvillain album, a second Dangerdoom album, The John Robinson Project and KMD, and new albums under his Viktor Vaughn and King Geedorah aliases round out the list. I'm a big fan, I just wish it wouldn't take him three years to put something out. Because I need new music.