Anticon-Your Thoughts

Don't know if enjoy sitting at home and listening to them over and over again though.

I don't understand why it would make you nauseous. ???

And so is the Gold Chains EP, tho it's not as good as the first one.

I heard that this is true - around '97 or '98 - and they both lost to some other guy.

He talks about it here.

I'd just like to point out that they have a compilation unironically entitled _Music for the Advancement of Hip-Hop_.

You know, the one thing I hate is rappers who are self-aggrandizing.

Judging by the little Anticon that I've heard, I'd say the exact opposite -- their structural manipulations are totally predictable because they rely so heavily on the notion that progress in an artform is made by tweaking the most salient, obvious aspects of sound (time signatures, etc.). For this reason, I think the turns they take feel unnatural and forced -- they come across as trying too hard to prove to everyone how avant-garde they are.

Juice.

I used to work with Doseone at Amoeba. He's a nice guy.

Buck65's alright, def. eccentric anyway. I liked Vertex and Man Overboard from what i remember. It's endearing sort of that this weird aging Canadian film/baseball enthusiast would double as a hip hop purist and just put what he felt down. I haven't heard his recent Square yet, anybody know whatsup with it?

If yer bored, you can hear it on my IUMA site...

http://nickaliscious.iuma.com

I think I took "Roland Kirk's Funeral" off there (it's in 7/8), but I believe "People With Plans" is still on that page (it's in 5/4).

Okay, I'll shut-up now. Sorry for the plug, I had to do it, just this once.

(By the way: the Jel that visits this board is not "the" Jel, is he?)

I also have odd nosdam's No More Wig For Ohio, which is OK but not fantastic. From what I've heard, plan9 is better.

http://www.diyhiphop.com/GIF/anticon_photo.jpg

Just enough Dose One to impress, not so much that his voice makes you want to chuck your hi-fi out of the nearest window. And lots of other excellent stuff too.

Nas' "Heaven" is in 6/8 I believe.

Save for a few songs, Anticon is dud, IMO. And, regardless of whether or not it was ironic, _Music for the Advancement of Hip-Hop_ is an incrediably inappropriate title given Anticon's place in hip hop.

Sage Francis released his first album on Anticon. He's not a member of anticon, the Non-Prophets was released on Warp/Lex and he's currently signed to do three solo albums with Epitaph. So he's hardly an anticon rapper. Especially since his own steez hardly fits in with the whole anticon aesthetic.

As for anticon....

i got nauseous pretty much right away. some of it's tolerable, and I'd probably like more of it if I heard it for the first time now, but...i maintain a lot of skepticism.

"The Birdcatcher's Return"? That was the single off Boom Bip and Doseone's Circle.

Used to love this lot but have been feeling lately that either I've changed or they have. Love Why? But there hasn't been any new music from them since '09. Really liked that Themselves mix tape from the same year, but the official album that followed was a letdown. Last years 13 & God record was meh. Now there's a new Doseone solo record and I'm not feeling it at all.

Seriously, five years ago I thought this collective was making some of the most interesting music on the planet, but now it already feels a bit stale. Anyone wanna rep for some newish Anticon stuff?

I've had a strong urge to listen to that Clouddead comp lately...

been loving Subtle today, so started digging around for my other Anticon related stuff.

think a lot of the Anticon stuff i have has not aged too badly at all, eg Non Prophets, Buck 65, Themselves remix album, Subtle all still sound good to me.

but, how is it i had no idea re Alias, that news totally passed me by.

yeah that was sad

I'm acquaintances with some people who were involved in this label, but not enough to get into details, but I've heard asides about how Anticon was 'ruined' but don't know what they're referring to. Was there an ownership change that fucked something up? Are they even still active?

the website seems to imply that nothing has happened since the death of Alias.
even at the time i did wonder re the whole thing re Lex taking over so much of the Anticon crew.
but i would like to think that the Lex vs Anticon thing was done for the benefit of all.