ha
― steendriver dysphoria hoos (The Reverend), Thursday, 1 May 2014 21:10 (ten years ago) link
I don't understand the desire there seems to be to have everyone be as detached and jaded about things as the observer is. Particulary head-scratching when it's applied to people who are so obviously very wrapped up with and self identify with the thing or things they ought to be detached from and jaded about.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 1 May 2014 21:10 (ten years ago) link
maybe rap is due for its own "this is spinal tap" about now?
― Yarli Simon (rattled), Thursday, May 1, 2014 5:06 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_a_Black_Hat
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Thursday, 1 May 2014 21:11 (ten years ago) link
i don't understand either of those sentences xp
― rap steve gadd (D-40), Thursday, 1 May 2014 21:11 (ten years ago) link
i thought CB4 was our 'this is spinal tap'
maybe it comes from being a writer and always analyzing things such as "pop music writ large", I dunno
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 1 May 2014 21:12 (ten years ago) link
Rock and Roll helped to change a lot of things imo. I think it contributed to the liberalization of certain social attitudes and probably gave consumerism and materialist individualism a big boost.
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Thursday, 1 May 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link
what is a roots show like these days? ive not seen them in quite a few years but am curious to know what kind of set they do now (theyre in london next month). is it just lots of jamming? lots of covers?
― StillAdvance, Tuesday, 23 June 2015 09:36 (eight years ago) link
black thought just put out a record, anyone hear it?
― Slippage (Ross), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 22:29 (five years ago) link
RIP Malik B.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 22:21 (three years ago) link
ahh man no fuckin way =(
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 22:28 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt-K7DwrG90
fucking jam. rest in peace.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 22:48 (three years ago) link
Damn, I don't listen to as much rap as a lot of people around here do, but Illadelph Halflife was a big record for me when I was about 18, and nowadays, if a random hip-hop lyric pops into my head for some reason, it's probably Malik B.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 29 July 2020 22:48 (three years ago) link
npr swipe.
just. . . man.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 22:55 (three years ago) link
fuck man, always had a soft spot for him.
i trained wack emcees in camps like ex-marines
― mozzy star (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 29 July 2020 23:17 (three years ago) link
Damn he was my favorite, especially on Things Fall Apart, him and Dice Raw
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 30 July 2020 02:37 (three years ago) link
best ever malik b:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnrUePtOcXA
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 30 July 2020 03:02 (three years ago) link
I'm symbolic to a ballot, it's Abdul MalikDon't approach with bullshit, I'm quick to call it invalidRoute through your district, we keep it simplisticNo need for the rapper to talk, put it on haltShow me the vault, or the safe, cause I'm on the paper chaseWade through route states for bout thirty down my waistI'm tryna get it, these rain bottling thoughts become acidicWith one in the chamber, ready to aim and spit itA girlfriend and team made million cash just splinteredI take what you got to give, cause I got to liveThe last hour, I bet your ass in rack showerMight act up, but I still can pass Da'wahI'm using new ways to try to reach these better daysInstead of tryna take you under, I just make you wonderI still fast, make salaat and pay zakaatI didn't make Hajj yet, but that's my next projectLiving two lives, one of turn and one with true liesKeeping up hope, knowing he's answering to my du'asIn the quarters living modest with my nigga TrotterI circle my foes like a tawaf around the ka'baI used to live life like there was no mañanaNow I'm treating every breath like it was Your HonorI'm Mill-itill-itant with the Fifth that stand firm like a pillarI'm I and T-L like Manilla
THISISWHATIT'SALLABOUT
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 30 July 2020 03:07 (three years ago) link
Just dropping in to say this album Black Thought & El Michels Affair released this week is extremely fine.
― ⓓⓡ (Johnny Fever), Friday, 14 April 2023 05:15 (one year ago) link
Thanks for the head’s up, JF!
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 14 April 2023 08:46 (one year ago) link
Black Thought is one of the if not the single most underrated MCs. That Funk Flex show where he free-styled coherently for like 10 minutes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prmQgSpV3fA
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 14 April 2023 11:30 (one year ago) link
Will check that out, thanks JF. I enjoyed this podcast going back through Things Fall Apart, which still hits me as one of the best *sounding* records ever made.https://player.fm/series/the-questions-hip-hop-trivia/making-illmatic-the-roots-things-fall-apart-w-supastition
Also I'm calling it now, based on the clips one heard, the next Roots record will be their best since TFA.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 14 April 2023 15:10 (one year ago) link
Thanks for the heads up!
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 April 2023 15:11 (one year ago) link
Things Fall Apart sounds *sooooooo* good that I can barely listen to it anywhere but on a good stereo.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 14 April 2023 15:12 (one year ago) link
Beanie Sigel's verse on "Adrenaline!" with the "n' nem" flow is one of my favs of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlu0W-mHAIw
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 14 April 2023 15:30 (one year ago) link
YES
― horseshoe, Sunday, 16 April 2023 18:09 (one year ago) link
THAT SONG RULES SO HARD
one time it came on at a club i was in in Chicago and my sisters and i lost our minds. others seemed bemused.
― horseshoe, Sunday, 16 April 2023 18:10 (one year ago) link
gotta listen to it right now
great getting ready music
will make you feel invulnerable
THEY USED TO TALK SHITBUT IMMA QUIET 'EM
― horseshoe, Sunday, 16 April 2023 18:14 (one year ago) link
Now I'm enjoying Open Mike Eagle's podcast series w/Questlove, currently going through Things Fall Apart (they already did the first three records). I'll never tire of learning tiny nerdy production details about this record.
For one I always thought this was one of the records done at Electric Lady, but it was all in Philly (drums/instruments recorded at Sigma Sound). Truly a testament to the '90s music industry funding seemingly infinite studio time.
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 21 December 2023 21:34 (five months ago) link