I've been thinking about some of my favorite summer albums and there are a couple that I don't see talked about nearly enough. No Doubt's Rock Steady is easily one of those all-time classic albums for me.
There are some who see it as No Doubt's pop sellout era, and it is easily their most pop friendly album, but it's still a sonically innovative, experimental, and diverse pop-rock album. (Plus, No Doubt were always a pop band, let's be real.)
It took their trademark ska-punk/pop-rock sound and introduced elements of reggae, dancehall, new wave, synthpop, and electronic rock into their sound, with more light-hearted lyrical themes. All in all, it's a perfect summer album and one of the most influential albums of my childhood. I still have memories of the summer of 2003 when I got this album, swimming outside with my cousin listening to it, or playing it in the car on the way to the beach.
Here's a breakdown of all the tracks:
- Intro
I love how this acapella interlude gives us just a little taste of the title track that closes the album. Transitions perfectly into...
- Hella Good
One of the big singles off the album. It's easily a highlight. A Billie Jean flavored drum intro, the dark bass, the glitchy synths, Gwen's vocals. An awesome track. All-time classic.
- Hey Baby
Probably the biggest hit off the album. It was the lead single, and it became No Doubt's biggest hit in years after their previous album "Return of Saturn" didn't recapture the success of "Tragic Kingdom" and had only moderately successful singles. "Hey Baby" is easily the poppiest song on the album and the most dancehall inspired. You've all heard this one.
- Making Out
William Orbit of "Ray of Light" fame produced this one. Such a good jam. Gwen's sexy and cool af vocals with the synths. And the instrumental breakdown before the bridge is just pure ear candy.
- Underneath It All
Another big hit off the album. What I remember most about this song was the video with tons of iconic Gwen outfits, with Gwen wearing less and less makeup with each outfit. I love the summery reggae beat, drums, and the crunchy guitar that appears in the final chorus. This is a super sweet love song. Although, knowing what we know about Gavin Rosedale now... it makes you read this song completely differently. Like, have you ever listened to the lyrics of this song? It's basically saying: "Underneath all these giant red flags, you're pretty great!"
There's also this line: "And when it's
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> FEATS > > Rocksteady > > REMOVED – replaced by “Short-Tempered” > > “Passive | Deal (20%) more damage for a short duration after taking damage from an enemy (hero)” > > Developer’s comment: Rocksteady was a ‘problematic’ feat, matched only by Thick Blood. Both Feats had completely obliterated entire opponent move sets, making Bleed heroes obsolete (for Thick Blood) and heroes who need an Unbalance to reach their special moves useless (like Caber Toss giving no damage). There’s no defending the old functionality of these two Feats, and now players and devs alike can sleep soundly at night knowing that they are both gone forever. > > “Short-Tempered” we feel will keep some of the flavour of Rocksteady, in that when you get hit you will then gain a benefit. Unlike the unhealthy behaviour of Rocksteady, Short-Tempered benefits you a little bit no matter what hero you face, and never obsoletes an enemy. >
I wasn't expecting them to outright remove the feat, even though it definitely was "problematic". The new feat will probably not be as good as smoke bomb anyways, so the feat slot will just be used by that by musha and shugo
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It doesn't need a nerf it just needs to be a 4th feat
Because it gave Ara and Shugoki a reason not to use smokebomb.
Bare with me. I will do my best to keep this succinct. Also on mobile, will do my best to catch all typos.
We have my SD12 every weekend, sometimes for an overnight, sometimes not. We keep the communication open that SD is welcome whenever she wants, and although we get frustrated when time is shortened, we make a good show of it and remind SD that her time with us is her call, and we respect her decision. This gets difficult as HCBM is THE most selfish, controlling, and manipulative person I have ever had the displeasure of knowing. SD is both her parrot and her flying monkey. Things have been ok since we moved closer to ensure we get more time. However I have noticed my husband disconnect more and more every weekend and this weekend was my breaking point.
A few notes: SD has been mentioning how much people in her life drink lately, and we've noticed the same from her mom when we are chatting during drop off. So we have decided to eliminate the glass of wine with dinner we usually do while she is here. We are pretty sure (as we have each individually accidentally witnessed it), that HCBM basically interrogates SD for 30 to 60 minutes after drop of about every minute detail of their time spent apart, which I find weird. Having a convo about time apart is totally OK BTW. I mean like full on corners the kid, and applies weird pressure. Hard to explain unless you've witnessed it.
So onto my bullshit: My husband completely checked out this weekend. SD came over Friday. My job is more flexible, so I took my laptop down to the pool with her and hung out all afternoon. She went home and then came back yesterday morning. We went on a hike together, and at lunch she begged her dad to come with us to the pool. He refused saying his back hurt. So I went with her and we hung out all afternoon. When it came time for dinner she was hungry before all of us. I made her dinner while he sat on the couch. We watched part of a movie until she shut herself in her room until dessert. After dessert, my husband insisted on watching the Nets game and so I went into her room to watch a movie with her and then I kissed her goodnight and crashed in my own bed. DH woke me up around midnight, hammered. Like slurring stumbling, only one eye working trashed. Disgusting behavior, and even worse, reckless. No one should witness their parent that inebriated, but maybe I'm being sensitive. I don't know if she did or not, but our house isn't that big...
All day today, I was expected
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Hey guys rock steady is gone and has been replaced with short tempered which gives a damage bonus after being hurt. Opinions?
Thick Blood was removed because it ruined characters punishes and damage output. Rock Steady also has this exact problem for certain characters. The characters with Rock Steady are getting reworks to make them stronger anyways. So why not take it out and replace it with something that will be more resourceful for those characters new attacks and changes.
For Honor: Add multiple knockdown mechanics... plus allows main punishment for revenge / OOS opponents
Rock steady: Nope
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