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5.0 out of 5 starsWarning: It's Awesome
September 25, 2015
Warning: Don't want your spouse to smack you? your kids to kick your shins? Then avoid this album at ALL COSTS. You'll ignore them. all. Brushing off this warning may cause severe feel good feely feelings. You may experience a spell of charisma, nostalgia, intrigue, etc. Once you've reached elation, forget calling for help. The addiction has now taken you. Soon your family will start experimenting with this album and know Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton are more than just a trivia question from the Got Milk commercial from 1993. Everyone loses.
Truth be told and joking aside, I can't get enough of this album. The source material is certainly not all "feel good", but the retelling of Hamilton's journey was masterful. The musical blend by Miranda was hypnotic and brought up doses of nostalgia. Everything from the instrumental echoes of Grandmaster Flash to the slick rhymes of 80s/90s Hip Hop intertwined and woven with past Broadway styles was truly a fantastic experience for me. As for the story, I won't spoil the content of the album. That would be stealing an opportunity from you. I'll leave it at this:
I enjoyed this album enough to:
-sing along with it
-move along with it
-make plans to fly out to Broadway to watch and support this show
-most importantly: find out more about Alexander Hamilton beyond the 1993 Got Milk commercial
I hope you enjoy this album as much as I have