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You know what's very hard to google? Fish and Chips (with extra Tartar Sauce) Potato Chips. Shit man, I'd even settle for just Tartar Sauce potato chips (I just added the Fish and Chips part in there for..marketability?). But seriously, I love tartar sauce and I think it would lend itself to a chip flavour perfectly. Think about it, a creamy sweet pickle/vinegar based flavour. It's just tweaking the creamy dill adding a hint of onion and lemon and voila, one bangin' flavour. Lets continue on this concept..I'm gonna let you in on a little secret..chips are made from potatoes..so are fries. Kettle cooking chips is basically deep frying them..the best fish is battered and deep fried. Kettle cooked chips that are tartar sauce flavoured (we all know that names only relate to the actual chips part of the time..so the kettle cooking covers the 'fish' side of the name). Come on Covered Bridge, this just screams your name. I look forward to ordering a case of the 2019 limited batch Fish and Chips (with extra Tartar Sauce). Nom.

Have you ever googled Wiki? Because unless you google Wiki rapper you're never going to stumble upon former Ratking emcee now solo artist Wiki. I'm not sure if I came late to the game because I don't believe that I ever heard of him until this past July when I was on instagram and @searle.sneer made a post about him, his description piqued my interest and next thing I know I ordered Ratking's So It Goes and was eagerly anticipating Wiki's debut No Mountains in Manhattan. As I planned on purchasing the CD I avoided any digital streams so I'm coming a little late to the album (as the digital was released in August but I couldn't get a physical CD to my door from *unnamed internet megastore* until this past week) so my impression is pretty fresh (at this moment I've only made it 3/4 of the way through listening to the album). But dang, my first impression, fire. Wiki has a very grimey NY delivery with flows for days. At times his delivery is almost as though he's reading his lyrics as poems as opposed to spitting..then the next song it's buttery smooth..and everywhere inbetween. Wiki's lyrical with the most hypnotic rhyme schemes. If you want a more in depth review..just google it. If you want a hard ny rap album grab No Mountains in Manhattan.

Welp, that's my last ramble of 2017. A chip flavour that doesn't (yet) exist and a hype rap album.

Stay hydrated,
Marc

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