What Are You Listening To Right Now?
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kanye west has some gems but im not a fan of his whole discography. i just like listening to hard-beat gangster rap. it makes me feel cool. same with certain electronic/dance music
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What are your favorites?
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in terms of rap i love MF Doom, specifically his first album operation: doomsday, Wu-Tang (specifically enter the 36 chambers and Liquid Swords), Eminem (only slim shady and marshall mathers lp) and A Tribe Called Quest. other than that its just various albums and songs by alot of other artists.
in terms of electronic i really like Skream and SBTRKT -
I agree with what you said on Eminem. Recovery wasn't that great imo. A Tribe Called Quest is good. I will listen to the other artists you mentioned.
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I like hip-hop. My favourites are probably A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots and Digable Planets. So... more laid back rap than gangster rap.
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Yes I do like rap. I listen to mostly mainstream stuff in that genre though - Jay-Z is good, Kanye is very good (his last album will be looked back on as one of the greats, it's heavy and it's pretty close to a masterpiece).
Ticon, I'd been meaning to listen to Wu-Tang.
I'm a bit surprised no one mentioned Public Enemy?? They're pretty well known guys, and they deserve it from what I've heard (which is only Nation of Millions up til now)
I don't think I can handle
She goes channel to channel
Cold lookin' for that hero
She watch channel zero
Also, anyone know Cannibal Ox (they're more underground actually)? They have this one album The Cold Vein which sounds pretty good, I have to relisten and pay attention to the lyrics now.
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i love that can ox record. they just put out a b-sides/rarities thing, but it's just pretty good (although maybe that's because cold vein is so great that the other stuff pales in comparison). everything el-p does is fucking brilliant. have you heard cancer4cure? it's awesome stuff
public enemy is sort of like the rap skinny puppy; all the stuff the bomb squad did for them is just so DENSE that you have to listen to it a million times before it even sort of starts making any sense. I remember listening to nation of millions the first time and it was just like listening to mind: the perpetual intercourse where i just spent like 10 minutes going "...that's...uh...a synth? or a bass? maybe it's a drum sample that's fucked up?". -
A tribe called quest and Immortal Technique.
Public enemy rules too yukbon -
Ariel Pink- Revolution's a Lie
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i really dont care for lyrical rappers who act like theyre better than everyone else (immortal technique)
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He doesn't have to act, he is
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^agreed
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Listening to Battles home alone late at night.... yes indeedy
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oops i meant to say other people think that the rappers are better than everyone else. tbh lyrical ability doesnt make the music better. its all about the beat and the artist's flow/delivery/voice
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I like Kanye a lot, and Wu Tang is really great, but tbh i'm not really big on rap. Eminem just makes me sick, with some of his lyrical content, specifically 3am and kim, but there are a whole bunch of other songs he's written that i can't bear listening to. I mean what's the point in them? Those songs are just evil, what does the listener get out of listening to them?
But back on topic...I just listened to the second half of Feels while night driving. Great experience... It's probably gonna be on my album rotation for a while now because of that. -
Ticonderoga, i just read your post, and i almost agree. Lyrical ability does make the rapper better, but it has to come second to the things you mentioned (beat, flow/delivery)
Someone showed me an immortal technique song about some kid getting into drugs, joining a gang, and then accidentally raping his mother (i know) and then proceeded to call it "real music" I guess because of how disturbing it is
Ehhhmm.... not really tbqh -
Most of Kanye's songs/albums are great imo, except for Gold Digger, which is forever ruined because I had the misfortune of hearing it on Glee *shudders*.
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I heard the Glee version too...
I still love Gold Digger though, because it's actually one of few songs that both me and my little brother like. I sing the "She give me money" bit (badly) and he tries to rap (badly) or vice versa, but it's funny either way :)
Vesufius: I don't listen to Eminem, but have you heard Stan? I like that one a good deal, it's dark without being 'woohoo-shock-violence-and-rape-hooray' -
vesufius, have you heard any old eminem? like slim shady and marshall mathers lp? those arent that bad in terms of grossness (with the exception of Kim). my theory is that anyone who doesnt like emninem or think he's not that good hasnt listened to the slim shady lp
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I respect Shady and have listened to Slim Shady LP, but I still don't really like him.
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kid cudi's first album is amasterpiece. havent heard anything else by him
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Kid Cudi is pretty good but then again I have not really heard that many songs by him. Right now I really like Childish Gambino particularily his song Heartbeat. He rapped over AC's My Girls and it didn't turn out well. He should have just sampled it because the rapping and the song together was a really distracting mix.
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Ive atill got a lot of respect for albums like Liquid Swords, cuban lynx 1, and illmatic. And i really like my beautiful dark twisted fantasy (all of the features on that album make Kanye look soo good because they're really not even in the same league). Im just not interested enough in rap to look further into it.
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TV Girl- Loud and Clear
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I really like them right now. Their use of samples is perfection imo.
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Why did Oasis not see that their B-sides were better than a lot of there other album tracks. I was a huge Oasis fan back in the day and I still love Definetly Maybe and (WTS)MG?. (I can't tell if you wanted to be pointing out how much Oasis copied from the Beatles, but whatever the case may be i'm sticking to my liking of Oasis)
And that Beatles song is a favorite of mine too. -
DANCE GAVIN DANCE!!!
I am a huge rap fan. It's todays folk music because it's made by the people and anybody can do it with just their phone if they wanted to. I am pretty good at rapping though I don't want to be a rapper. My really good friends are in a Milwaukee rap group called the Astros (because they study the sky). If you ever hear of them get their mixtape (I'll post a link if it's free) because I love their music. I like Kanyes music just not him as a person. hhahahahahah. I love Dr Dre, Bone Thugs, BIGGY SMALLS, WU TANG!, Some eminem, Juicy J, Curren$y, a little wiz khalifa, two chainz -
I'm listening to my own summertime mix
http://yukbon.com/2012/06/mix-i-know-that-feel-bro-summer-2012-mixtape/ if you want a copy -
Man, yukbon, you are one cool guy. I'm looking forward to listening to it, and am inspired to make a winter time mix (Australia style).
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honestly i'd recommend his first solo album over this one ("fantastic damage")
but here's a playlist of his stuff that i've been listening to at work: http://grooveshark.com/playlist/El+p+Mix/74478171 -
Future Islands- The Ink Well
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Bastard - Tyler the creator
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http://youtu.be/iSKyF2DfiIc
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 -
I really love that version of Doggy. I like it more than the CS version. that song gives me so many feels.
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have you ever read the lyrics to doggy? so much emotion within that song its nuts
right now im listening to congratulations (the song) by mgmt -
Yes! I have, Ty. They have literally brought tears to my eyes.
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i read them for the first time today and my eyes were legit watering. i love AC
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James Blake's Klavierwerke and CYMK EPs sound a lot like Untrue. SBTRKT and Schlomo also sound similar. All of them kind of blend two-step, dubstep and US RnB. Four Tet sort of sounds like Burial except his msuic is more organic. Then you can get into more pure dubstep - Kode 9 and Spaceape, Zomby, Mount Kimbie and Blackdown.
Hope this helps :)
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