Day 66: We get acquainted with Fiddy...

Album 207/1031

50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)

1.	"Intro"			0:06
2.	"What Up Gangsta"	Curtis Jackson, Rob Tewlow	Rob "Reef" Tewlow	2:59
3.	"Patiently Waiting" (featuring Eminem)	Jackson, Marshall Mathers, Luis Resto, Mike Elizondo	Eminem	4:48
4.	"Many Men (Wish Death)"	Jackson, Darrell Branch, Resto	Darrell "Digga" Branch, Eminem (add.), Luis Resto (add.)	4:16
5.	"In da Club"	Jackson, Andre Young, Elizondo	Dr. Dre, Elizondo (co.)	3:13
6.	"High All the Time"	Jackson, Mathers, Michael Clervoix, Conrad Almonacy, Resto	DJ Rad, Eminem (co.), Sha Money XL (co.)	4:29
7.	"Heat"	Jackson, Young, Tommy Coster, Elizondo	Dr. Dre	4:14
8.	"If I Can't"	Jackson, Young, Elizondo	Dr. Dre, Elizondo (co.)	3:16
9.	"Blood Hound" (featuring Young Buck)	Jackson, Sean Henderson, David Brown	Sean Blaze	4:00
10.	"Back Down"	Jackson, Young, Ron Feemster, Elizondo	Dr. Dre	4:03
11.	"P.I.M.P."	Jackson, Denaun Porter	Mr. Porter	4:09
12.	"Like My Style" (featuring Tony Yayo)	Jackson, Marvin Bernard, Dana Stinson	Rockwilder	3:13
13.	"Poor Lil Rich"	Jackson, Clervoix	Sha Money XL, Eminem (add.)	3:19
14.	"21 Questions" (featuring Nate Dogg)	Jackson, Kevin Risto	Dirty Swift of Midi Mafia	3:44
15.	"Don't Push Me" (featuring Lloyd Banks and Eminem)	Jackson, Mathers, Christopher Lloyd, Resto	Eminem	4:08
16.	"Gotta Make It to Heaven"	Jackson, Dorsey Wesley	Megahertz	4:00
17.	"Wanksta" (bonus track)	Jackson, John Freeman, Clervoix	John "J-Praize" Freeman	3:39
18.	"U Not like Me" (bonus track)	Jackson, Andy Thelusma	Red Spyda	4:15
19.	"Life's on the Line" (bonus track)	Jackson, Terence Dudley	Terence Dudley	3:38

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Rich_or_Die_Tryin'

Golf's verdict: Am definitely getting an ear for hip-hop since January. I really enjoyed this, particularly when Eminem gets involved in a couple of tracks. The theme is a little on the one-dimensional side, but at least in 'Fiddy's' case it is apparently all genuinely based on his rather hair-raising formative years.

Maire's verdict: I think we all now realise that I'll never be the biggest rap / hip hop fan. However, This was perfectly acceptable (although when it was initially picked I spent the first 10 mins swearing). Wouldn't buy it but wouldn't jump out of my seat to turn over if it came on the radio. High praise indeed..... 

Album 208/1031

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"(Argument with David Rawlings Concerning Morrissey)" (An argument regarding the Morrissey track "Suedehead".)		0:37
2.	"To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)"	Ryan Adams, David Rawlings	3:04
3.	"My Winding Wheel"		3:13
4.	"AMY"		3:46
5.	"Oh My Sweet Carolina"		4:57
6.	"Bartering Lines"	Ryan Adams, Van Alston	3:59
7.	"Call Me On Your Way Back Home"		3:09
8.	"Damn, Sam (I Love a Woman That Rains)"		2:08
9.	"Come Pick Me Up"	Ryan Adams, Van Alston	5:18
10.	"To Be the One"		3:01
11.	"Why Do They Leave?"		3:38
12.	"Shakedown on 9th Street"		2:53
13.	"Don't Ask for the Water"		2:56
14.	"In My Time of Need"		5:39
15.	"Sweet Lil Gal (23rd/1st)"		3:39

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbreaker_(Ryan_Adams_album)

Golf's verdict: Starts off with them arguing what Morrissey solo album Suedehead appears on*, which has to be a good intro to any album. I assured Maire that this was not a country album, but it actually is more C&W than anything else. He's since ventured off in all sorts of different directions, including covering the entire Taylor Swift album, 1989. This debut is lot more straight-forward.

Maire's verdict: I knew the name but only a vague idea of the music. He's playing Auckland in May and I won't be going to see him but enjoyed listening to the album on a Sunday afternoon (despite having misread the track listing and therefore gutted that he wasn't doing a cover of the classic 'Sweet Caroline').

*Attention-paying readers of this blog will recall that the answer is his debut, 'Viva Hate' from 1988.

Album 209/1031

Frank Sinatra - Frank Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)

1. "The Girl from Ipanema" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel, Vinícius de Moraes) – 3:00
2. "Dindi" (Ray Gilbert, Jobim, Aloysio de Oliveria) – 3:25
3. "Change Partners" (Irving Berlin) – 2:40
4. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)" (Jobim, Gene Lees) – 2:45
5. "Meditation (Meditação)" (Jobim, Gimbel, Newton Mendonça) – 2:51
6. "If You Never Come to Me" (Jobim, Gilbert, de Oliveira) – 2:10
7. "How Insensitive (Insensatez)" (Jobim, Gimbel, de Moraes) – 3:15
8. "I Concentrate on You" (Cole Porter) – 2:32
9. "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" (Robert C. Wright, George Forrest, Alexander Borodin) – 2:32
10. "Once I Loved (O Amor em Paz)" (Jobim, Gilbert, de Moraes) – 2:37

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Albert_Sinatra_%26_Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim

Golf's verdict: The one where Frank gets a bit 'cha-cha-cha'. Usually happy to listen to anything by this guy, but would not make a point of putting any of these onto a Sinatra playlist.

Maire's verdict: Will never be an album that I listen to every week but lovely to hear occasionally.

Album 210/1031

Ali Farka Toure - Savane (2006)

1. "Erdi" – 4:42
2. "Yer Bounda Fara" – 4:18
3. "Beto" – 4:49
4. "Savane" – 7:43
5. "Soya" – 4:38
6. "Penda Yoro" – 5:25
7. "Machengoidi" – 3:35
8. "Ledi Coumbe" – 3:16
9. "Hanana" – 2:34
10. "Soko Yhinka" – 5:05
11. "Gambari Didi" – 3:49
12. "Banga" – 3:48
13. "N'Jarou" – 4:55

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savane_(album)

Golf's verdict: A legend in the World Music scene, he's a name I recognise from the last 20 years, but the music was only familiar in the sense that I have liked this blend of North African and Blues/Jazz rhythms when I've heard it in passing. Not something I would usually sit down and listen to though. We're off to WOMAD next weekend and there will likely be similar on offer there.

Maire's verdict: Pleasant enough as background music to a Sunday lunch with friends but would get irritating quite quickly.