The trusty Allmusic weighs in. Here’s a excerpt:
Like the series, this isn’t an easy swallow and it’s not supposed to be. The fact is, though, that it carries its own punchy swagger. It’s not sequenced for approval; it’s sequenced as art — low, high, popular, "edgy," whatever you want to call it. It’s art man, period. It stands on its own, apart even from its obvious referents in the dialogue snippets. This is what radio used to be like back in the day; you never knew what you were gonna hear from one minute to the next. What was radio at one time? It was the soundtrack to life, and in that sense, at nearly 80 minutes, this whompy, unwieldy, unlikely wonder of a mixtape is a representation of that same thing for characters in The Wire.
Read the whole thing here.
Is anyone picking this up or already heard it? I just got into The Wire recently, so give me about 5 late passes. I’m only on season 2 and I’m hooked.
Bonus: My man Jesse from the Sound of Young America interviews The Wire actors Andre Royo (Bubbles) & Wendell Pierce (Bunk).
Listen below or download an mp3 of the interview here.
The Sound of Young America: The Wire’s Bubbles & Bunk
Man, I say lock yourself in a room this weekend and finish season 2 so that you are ready for 3 & 4. Unplug phones and computer to avoid distractions. You are in for a ride! (nhjic)
Haha. I just finished 2.
I’m going to try to get 3 & 4 too somewhere, maybe the library? I’m too broke to buy both.
Yes, lock yourself up! Did you get the OST(s) I sent you? Regardless, the library here has the seasons … do it!
I got a torrent so I’m set. Thanks for the encouragement, dudes. Nice to see you checking in, Zel.
I just got the dvd box of season 4 I have to watch, after that we can set up some international borrowing if ya need.