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Prince Paul, Politics of the Business — I was all in on Prince Paul from the first Gravediggaz record to old Stetsasonic and De La joints to what I think is still his masterpiece, Psychoanalysis (What Is It!?). I loved the concept behind Prince Among Thieves, but the conceit behind Politics just didn't do it for me.

Good call on The W, although there are still a couple tracks on that record ("Hollow Bones" in particular) that get some occasional run on my playlists.

Black Eyed Peas have indeed become hot garbage. But, for that Native-Tongues-throwback sound with some modern flourishes, I find myself coming back to Will.i.am's entry in the BBE series, "Lost Change." Very cool record.

And do you eat the peanuts afterward?

This sounds pretty unbelievable and awesome. Also, in what manner does one mix peanuts and Coke???

I do like Black Jesus rocking the Jesus piece around his neck. But the face makes it look less like Kanye Jesus and more like Rick Mahorn Jesus.

Yay. Los Hijos de Anarchy.

Is that word "Yuk"? 'Cause it should be. =)

Banning pineapple on pizza is silly. The proper response is to ceaselessly shun the person who actually orders it.

I realize I'm seven years late here, but:

I still think they should make a detour season where the squad goes to the Middle East on a mission to take its name back.

Lost track of how many times I used this with my former editor, a fellow Archer fan.

I think "Vision Quest," where the gang (minus Mallory) is stuck in the elevator for the entire episode, is hands-down the best of the "close-quarters-shit-goes-bonkers" plots, if for no other reason than there is literally no plot, no caper, no overarching storyline. They're all just stuck in an elevator, and each

Plus Skrillex's dubstep remix of "Dornishman's Wife" feat. Chief Keef.

I'm interested to see if they say where he went. To flee (at the time) the wrath of Cersei, my guess would be somewhere in Essos.

I thought it would have been a really good nod to the absurdity by having Rick mention something to Jadis after climbing out of the pit, something very similar to what's noted in the Stray Observations:

AMEN to the last sentence. I find it hilarious/horrifying that "low-sodium" broth and stock at the grocery store still has like 350mg of sodium per serving. Homemade stock all the way.

Gumbo is, at the very least, a variety of stew. Stew is a meal fo' sho'.

"Nobody wants just soup" is about the dumbest thing I ever heard outside the last four weeks of official White House pronouncements.

"…it's a combination of self-seriousness and the overall lack of joy in their music." — that's pretty much all of nu-metal summed up concisely.