The Music Thread : It's So Easy To Fly Through A Window

Jaggyd said:
I have to agree with you totally on most of this. I also like the Beastie Boys (dunno if Timbaland is considered rap or not), but all in all, I can't really get into much rap outside of some random singles.
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I love the Beastie Boys but their last album was a real stinker. Hopefully Hot Sauce Committee is better.

Yeah I don't dislike rap as a genre, I just don't like a lot of modern rap.

I was all about MC Hammer back in the day.
 
E said:
I love the Beastie Boys but their last album was a real stinker. Hopefully Hot Sauce Committee is better.

Yeah I don't dislike rap as a genre, I just don't like a lot of modern rap.

I was all about MC Hammer back in the day.
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Pffft...

Listen to hip-hop.
 
E said:
Jay-Z is just about the only current rap I can tolerate.

Prospekt's March is OK but Viva la Vida is one of my favorite albums ever.
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Viva la Vida is pretty much amazing.
Planet-man said:
I pretty much can't stand Jay-Z otherwise, but "Empire State Of Mind" is an instant classic.
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I generally don't like modern rap/hip hop due to content, but i generally think is sounds good. But it just seems like there is not rhythm/flow to any of Jay-Z's rap. (at least the little that i've heard). Empire State of Mind sounds choppy, i guess it's free form instead of trying to follow a rhythmic pattern. It just doesn't sound good to me.
E said:
I was all about MC Hammer back in the day.
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growing up in the Gangster era of rap and hip hop.....its all is dead, its all hip pop now. theres no beat to the music anymore, nothing that makes you want to stop and listen or just keep on moving. nothing to scratch, rip, or turn. no story, no deed, no sorrow, no accomplishment. only crap................... sorry, its so bad i'm having a hard time finding real underground rap going back to the roots.
 
Just bought Cheap Trick's first 3 albums :rockon:

I listened to Nirvana Unplugged today for the first time in a while...I never realized how bad it sounds. Not the performance; I think it's the guitars. They sound so hollow and plunky.
 
Captain Canuck said:
I generally don't like modern rap/hip hop due to content, but i generally think is sounds good. But it just seems like there is not rhythm/flow to any of Jay-Z's rap. (at least the little that i've heard). Empire State of Mind sounds choppy, i guess it's free form instead of trying to follow a rhythmic pattern. It just doesn't sound good to me.
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To clarify, the actual rapping in the song is a pretty much pointless display of Jay-Z being an giant *******, but thankfully, it happens not to get in the way of an otherwise iconically great sounding song(to me), mainly due to Alicia Keys.
 
I quite like Jay-Z but Alicia Keys is definitely the highlight of Empire State of Mind.
 
A few rap albums I like: ODB 'Return to the 36 Chambers', Onyx 'Bacdafucup', & Wu-Tang Clan 'Enter The Wu-Tang'.

Also, I can't decide if I like this Florence & The Machines album.
 
nigma said:
growing up in the Gangster era of rap and hip hop.....its all is dead, its all hip pop now. theres no beat to the music anymore, nothing that makes you want to stop and listen or just keep on moving. nothing to scratch, rip, or turn. no story, no deed, no sorrow, no accomplishment. only crap................... sorry, its so bad i'm having a hard time finding real underground rap going back to the roots.
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I don't know where you live, but if you look local, there's usually some decent stuff to find.




So, I just found my old copy of And Out Come the Wolves.... by Rancid. This was, like, my favorite CD in sixth grade. Oh, nostalgia!
 
Zombipanda said:
So, I just found my old copy of And Out Come the Wolves.... by Rancid. This was, like, my favorite CD in sixth grade. Oh, nostalgia!
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I bought that when it came out because I loved Ruby Soho and Roots Radicals, but I never got around to listening to the entire thing. I did recently, and loved it. Their latest is very good too.
 
E said:
I bought that when it came out because I loved Ruby Soho and Roots Radicals, but I never got around to listening to the entire thing. I did recently, and loved it. Their latest is very good too.
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Really? It holds up better than I thought it would. But it holds a special, fond memory for me as basically introducing me to punk music. By the time their next album came out, I'd already moved on to harder things and didn't check it out, but this particular album still holds a place in my heart.

But yeah. It's a dated sound, but surprisingly still solid.
 
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Neutral Milk Hotel's 'In The Aeroplane Over The Sea' is so, so, so awesome. I love it. Top 5 all-time favorite album.

1. Beatles 'Abbey Road'
2. Beach Boys 'Pet Sounds'
3. Neutral Milk Hotel 'In The Aeroplane Over The Sea'
4. Beatles White Album
5. Coldplay 'Viva la Vida'
6. Kinks 'Muswell Hillbillies'
7. Pink Floyd 'Dark Side of the Moon'
8. Weezer Blue Album
9. Led Zeppelin 'Physical Graffiti'
10. Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

That sounds about right.
 
I should probably listen to that then because I love the other four in your top five.
 
The White Stripes announced they broke up today.
 
E said:
Neutral Milk Hotel's 'In The Aeroplane Over The Sea' is so, so, so awesome. I love it. Top 5 all-time favorite album.

1. Beatles 'Abbey Road'
2. Beach Boys 'Pet Sounds'
3. Neutral Milk Hotel 'In The Aeroplane Over The Sea'
4. Beatles White Album
5. Coldplay 'Viva la Vida'
6. Kinks 'Muswell Hillbillies'
7. Pink Floyd 'Dark Side of the Moon'
8. Weezer Blue Album
9. Led Zeppelin 'Physical Graffiti'
10. Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

That sounds about right.
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ProjectX2 said:
I should probably listen to that then because I love the other four in your top five.
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to be fair, that's a pretty hard top five not to love. (I've never heard number 3, but the other four albums at least)
 
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