Originally posted by m.leland: I'm with pE on this one. I like The Streets and I can get into a little MF Doom, but I've grown to really despise rap. I don't know if it's the adverse effect on mainstream culture or just an imitation of it (chicken or the egg?), or if the lyrics don't resonate with me, or what.
I guess I don't have an answer. But I have a post!
I'm kind of the opposite right now. I've been buying a lot of rap lately. I absolutely love The Streets(although sometimes I'm not sure if rap is a correct classification) and MF Doom(and his many alter-egos). I'm guessing it's a phase since I never bought this much before. I really can't listen to mainstream rap, but I've been enjoying acts like Edan and Soul Position lately.
Posts: 3130 | Location: FoCo | Registered: 07 January 2005
Originally posted by m.leland: I'm with pE on this one. I like The Streets and I can get into a little MF Doom, but I've grown to really despise rap. I don't know if it's the adverse effect on mainstream culture or just an imitation of it (chicken or the egg?), or if the lyrics don't resonate with me, or what.
I guess I don't have an answer. But I have a post!
Fair enough. I suppose I feel, as someone who's predominantly into other types of music, that I still get a lot from rappers like Ghostface, MF DOOM, Mos Def etc. Each to their own of course, but there's good wine in every generation as the Talmud says, and I choose to substitute 'genre' for 'generation' in this instance...
Posts: 354 | Location: Havana, Cuba | Registered: 14 March 2006
Originally posted by m.leland: I'm with pE on this one. I like The Streets and I can get into a little MF Doom, but I've grown to really despise rap. I don't know if it's the adverse effect on mainstream culture or just an imitation of it (chicken or the egg?), or if the lyrics don't resonate with me, or what.
I guess I don't have an answer. But I have a post!
Fair enough. I suppose I feel, as someone who's predominantly into other types of music, that I still get a lot from rappers like Ghostface, MF DOOM, Mos Def etc. Each to their own of course, but there's good wine in every generation as the Talmud says, and I choose to substitute 'genre' for 'generation' in this instance...
i think its all relative PE, everyone has a 'core' sound that they fall back on.as well they have intrests outside that core sound base.i could totally see you not really enjoying 99.8% of rap based on what u post that u do like.
see for me, once i came to this board initially i started to listen to all the albums that seem to permiate this board, mostly indie rock and pop.i found most of it to be similar, i guess i am not really a 'band' guy, i probabbly bought 50-60 albums based off certain acclaims by boardmembers that i think are on the ball.i probabbly still listen to maybe 5 of them, because they are so far away from my 'core' sound.
anyways just my early morning brain fart coming out, it just seems like these days there are so many options.that u really have to limit yourself to listening to a certain style or sound.i mean i would rather dig into a few styles deeply and truely enjoy them, rather than scratch te surface on numerous styles or genres, and knowing little to nothing about the artists and albums.
** back on topic **
lets see an album i have listened too that i will probabbly not again listen too...
i dunno i have bought less than 5 cds this year...i am happy to say that i have not bought an album that i hate.
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Originally posted by Imprezu21: anyways just my early morning brain fart coming out, it just seems like these days there are so many options.that u really have to limit yourself to listening to a certain style or sound.i mean i would rather dig into a few styles deeply and truely enjoy them, rather than scratch te surface on numerous styles or genres, and knowing little to nothing about the artists and albums.
There's definitely some truth to this. I find that I have to try to limit myself in order to properly appreciate the albums I regularly listen to. If I go too nutso on trying new music from every different genre, I tend to ignore lyrics and other subtleties in my 'core' music.
Albums I will never listen to again from 2006? Juana Molina, Psapp, Band of Horses, Beirut, and others.
Posts: 4027 | Location: NE Indiana | Registered: 14 April 2005
Hmm, I've never heard of Kelp. I'll have to put it on my list of bands to check out. I better get some good listening time in this summer before I go back to school, because I've decided to be an optometrist, and I want to ace a bunch of tough classes this year to be sure I get into the IU optometry school. I think I'm actually going to have to spend some time studying this year.
As far as new releases go, I've got about 15 that are supposed to come out this year that I'm looking forward to, and I'm not sure I'll have time to listen to any more than that. I'll definitely have to limit myself.
Posts: 4027 | Location: NE Indiana | Registered: 14 April 2005
Dismissing entire musical genres is generally a practice of our parents or of teenagers but if you would like to join either of those exclusive groups help yourself. And the whole adverse effect on culture thing... what the heck is that about? I suppose your for suppressing religion and video games as well... anyway I will only not listen to anything that I think is boring or just plain sucks.
Posts: 245 | Location: Colorado | Registered: 07 November 2005
Originally posted by juanboy: Dismissing entire musical genres is generally a practice of our parents or of teenagers but if you would like to join either of those exclusive groups help yourself. And the whole adverse effect on culture thing... what the heck is that about? I suppose your for suppressing religion and video games as well... anyway I will only not listen to anything that I think is boring or just plain sucks.
Apparently I want to suppress something. If it's not stupidity and sloppy spelling—"you're" not "your"—I'm not sure what that something is. Please enlighten me, juanboy.
Posts: 1652 | Location: Philadelphia, PA | Registered: 15 September 2004
you know, i don' think I'll listent to that scott walker album despite the rave review it has been getting(at least not this year). I don't know.. just not in the mood for depressing drone rock or whatever it is. I haven't been too interested in "difficult" music lately, and I say this while I'm listening to Hot Chip. over and over and over again... oh yea.
Originally posted by Yay!: Mobb Deep - Blood Money Busta Rhymes - The Big Bang Hard Fi's new record, whatever the hell it's called anything by The Streets anything released by The Rakes Any by OR FEATURING Young Jeezy
I'm with you, dude. Although, I had to review The Rakes and that HARD-Fi album. They weren't the worst things I heard this year, but far from genius.
Nelly Furtado Loose Billy Talent II Red Hot Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium Pink I'm Not Dead Dashboard Confesional Dusk & Summer
________________________________________________________ "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson tinymixtapes.com / The Skinny / PopMatters
I saw Hard-Fi on Leno or something recently. Not bad, but I could really live with out another cocky, British Go4 (Gang of Four, y'all) retread.
Seriously. Why are bands foolish enough to think they can add anything different or better to that dance-punk/post-punk thing? It's getting so saturated. Bloc Party was the straw that broke my back on that one.
I really, genuinely believe Gang of Four put that whole thing to bed.
Seriously.
And the Rakes? Oh my God..... Whenever I hear that single of theirs in DJ nights ("I'm walkin thru unknown territry," that line specifically) I shudder.
________________________________________________________ "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson tinymixtapes.com / The Skinny / PopMatters
