Chesstown King's Reviews and Thoughts

Video Game of the Year Awards  Eligible Games: These will be limited to games I have played. I am not including certain games due to I haven’t played that much or I don’t care for them(THE LAST OF US). Here are the games that made me stay in the house this year. My biggest regret is I didnt play all of them as much as I wanted to...... ·          Pikmin 3 - Perhaps the most addictive game i played this year. Pikmin 3 is cute, but its far from easy. You have to collect fruit to stay alive or not get a gameover. So I think this adds another element of difficulty to the game. Rarely did I find myself  losing all my Pikminn, but i found myself out of fruit a lot.  ·          Grand Theft Auto V- GTA five is an excellent game. I feel almost like its a bit much to be honest. I dont like GTA games that much anymore but I had to give this one a try. Its got enough new features to keep me interested, however i still feel that this juggernaut of a game is really just GTA San Andr

As you know i had a previous post about the best rappers from earlier on in the year. Now ive compiled a non blogged list for the 2nd half...here's the list of my top favorite rappers......... Criteria is an album from late 2012-to late 2013 among other things like guest spots, and general popularity. Enjoy the dopeness. If i missed a rapper comment your pick(s). Eminem- I didnt know if Eminem had it in him, but he released the years best rap album. He just lyrically is above everyone else. Yes really. Eminem is an elite rapper who noone wants to beef with. Slimshady will continue to be a force in the rap game till he quits.  Kanye West- Mr. West is always up near the top of my lists. Yeezus is a great album, with minor flaws.Overall though, 2013 was a great year for Kanye. Personal life aside, i think Kanye is now an elite rapper just like Nas and Jay-z....and oh yeah #1. Drake- The new best rapper in Young Money is Drizzy. He really impressed me this year with NWTS. The

-Katy Perry has returned with another good album. This one however is very repetitive. The 2 nd half doesn’t have much energy either, but that’s where my complaining stops. This is a great album for Katy. The bonus tracks make it a little bit better than I would have given it. Her previous effort, Teenage Dream was a near classic but this one is just fine. It will keep her relevant and its good enough to give her another break to make more good music in the future I give this album a 9.25/10. 

2013 is perhaps the most competitive year I can remember for rap albums. There’s a ton of quality albums that I’ve listened to. Here’s the yearly list enjoy. 1.      Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP 2- Eminem, the greatest white rapper ever(without debate), has dropped another borderline classic album. Yes this is Eminem’s 2 nd best album ever. Its better than all of them except its predecessor, MMLP One. There is just so much lyricism , and the beats are more cohesive than the ones on Recovery. Its not perfect, but there’s not much wrong with it. Its kind of like MBDTF for Eminem. He has combined multiple styles of his past an incorporated it to this excellent album. 2.      Pusha T: My Name is My Name- Coming in at a close second is Pusha T.  I gotta admit I didn’t think Pusha could release an album that would surpass Jay-z, Kanye, and J.Cole’s albums; but he did just that. This album is dope with great rhymes and well used guest features.  I’m not saying it’s a tie for #1,