Mike Game's Favorite Rock Albums

For all fairness, I will not include any Prince albums. Why? Because every Prince album is the best album ever in life. So hightlighting Prince will take the light off my other favorite bands and albums. Because Prince is my #1 artist of all time. Moreso than myself, Nirvana, and Ghostface Killah. And if anyone knew me, theyd know that Im saying alot in that statement


Nirvana - Nevermind

Now I know alot of people love Nirvana's Nevermind. Its quite cliche' to actually like this album. But fuck it, Im just a casual rock fan. I spend my days and nights head nodding to 808's and dj scratches. So itll take alot for me to steer away from my hip hop roots. But this album just gets me. This is the album thatll base my album around. Sure, we all love "Smells Like Teen Spirit". But cuts like "In Bloom" "Breed, and "Lithium" will grab me and ill be gone into a world of flannel shirts and dusty converses. But the somber "Something In The Way" just chills my bones. I kinda feel exactly how he felt. Who? The nigga the songs about. Kurt Cobain can grip you like that.
The Killers - Hot Fuss

Now, I cant really describe my emotions about this album totally. This is my shit. Everytime Im at the ol' CDT, and this comes in, it goes directly into the player. I dont know why, but rock albums have a better consistency than rap albums. I can honestly put this in, and listen to it straigh through, with no skips. My absolute favorite track on this is either "Somebody Told Me" or "All These Things Ive Done". "On Top" and "Midnight Show" are also key tracks. Fuck it dude, the album opener "Jenny Was A Friend OF Mine" just gets you ready for an amazing album.Oasis - (Whats The Story) Morning Glory?

Oasis, by far, my favorite rock group of all time behind Nirvana. I loved Definately Maybe, and thoroughly enjoyed Be Here Now, though it got a bad rap. Why? Because it just wasnt Morning Glory. I can say so much about this album, with its riffs and melodies. How hardcore I beasted "Wonderwall" on Rock Band. But really I just love this fucking album. And "Champagne Supernova" is going to be the song that plays in the final scene of the movie Im writing, "Confessions Of A Caucassion-Negro".

R.E.M. - Out Of Time

Now R.E.M. is another favorite of mine. I know alot of people wouldnt peg me as a R.E.M. fan. But I am, Michael Stipe is an amazing performer. I love the songs he creates. This album opens up with a song "The Radio Song", which is really about how the radio isnt playing real music anymore, just the shit labels pay them to play. This was in 91, and in 2008, 17 years later, radio still does the same gay shit. "Losing My Religion", is the really I only song I know, that fully sums up my emotions. "Shiny Happy People" is nice catchy diddy, its pretty dope, still dont know what the fuck its about.Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet

Fuck you and your mom if you say anything bad bout this album. "You Give Love A Bad Name" is the greatest rock song of the 80's. SHOT THROUGH THE HEART, AND YOURE TOO LATE. DARLING, YOU GIVE LOOOVE A BAD NAME. "Livin On A Prayer" and "Wanted" are great cuts as well. My dad used to play this shit in his blazer all the time back in the late 80s and early 90s. Im assuming late 80s because thats when it dropped, and I was a kid in the early 90s, and remember hearing this album all the time. Besides my blackness, Bon Jovi, Prince, and Garth Brooks are the only things I am proud my dad gave me. Not a fan of the long history of hypertension, diabetes, and early-set baldness that runs through his family, but Ill cross those roads when they come.

Honorable mention goes to Gun 'N' Roses "Appetite For Destruction". Apparently Im a fan of hair metal, who knew.