Yo, man, that's the formula
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 2 January 2020 21:17 (four years ago) link
The Dre productions from 1987-1991 are absolutely bursting with samples. He was a Bomb Squad fan. Suggesting otherwise is insanity.
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 2 January 2020 21:18 (four years ago) link
There's parts of the 8-Ball remix that are like Steinski or something, foh with that
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 2 January 2020 21:20 (four years ago) link
dre has consistently sampled throughout his entire career. getting musicians to come in and replay a loop of a leon haywood or david axelrod record is "technically" not sampling outright, but c'mon.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 2 January 2020 21:26 (four years ago) link
this is my favorite sample-heavy/proto-Bomb Squad/peak era Dr. Dre productionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXGgWf2lacM
(also love how the main JB sample is from an outtake/"untitled instrumental" that was first released *that year*)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 2 January 2020 21:52 (four years ago) link
er okay *a year earlier* but whatever
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 2 January 2020 21:54 (four years ago) link
and that's the short version!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCGI_R36oVc
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 2 January 2020 21:55 (four years ago) link
mostly used them very sparingly when he did*
anyway yeah I agree w ums and whiney that this isn't really accurate
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 2 January 2020 21:56 (four years ago) link
Did you hear Dave Grohl recruited the surviving members of Nirvana, along with other individual people that do have actual names, for a performance?
― Evan, Thursday, 2 January 2020 22:02 (four years ago) link
OK so I guess there were technically players besides the core 3 but it sounds like an intentional way to frame it to get better SEO than simply "Krist Novoselic". I was amused by this.
― Evan, Thursday, 2 January 2020 22:08 (four years ago) link
Dave should bring in all the old Nirvana drummers
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Friday, 3 January 2020 03:22 (four years ago) link
and that guy who became an Army Ranger or whatever
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Friday, 3 January 2020 03:23 (four years ago) link
He was a Bomb Squad fan. Suggesting otherwise is insanity.
oh word? my mistake, I should have listened to this guy
use a bunch in Bomb Squad-influenced fashion
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Friday, 3 January 2020 03:44 (four years ago) link
While k bye for now may not have much new information, it builds on our understanding of Grande as an artist.
not to pick on this particular reviewer, but this sentence sort of sums up the trend toward treating pop artists as Rolling Stone used to treat, say, Jackson Browne back in the 70s.
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Tuesday, 7 January 2020 15:24 (four years ago) link
reports of the death of rockism greatly exaggerated
― Paul Ponzi, Tuesday, 7 January 2020 17:08 (four years ago) link
the peter gabriel sunday review was really good imo
― 525,600 gecs (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 7 January 2020 17:38 (four years ago) link
xxp Yeah, the Ariana review is fine -- but the overarching theme of whether "we need" a live album (or whether it's "necessary") is strange, especially considering it's a digital-only release, aimed mainly at fans, etc.
― Don’t yell ‘Judas!’ in a crowded theater (morrisp), Tuesday, 7 January 2020 18:09 (four years ago) link
Karin Hellqvist – Flock 6.8Kanye West – Jesus Is Born 7.4
Truly a Catholic reach.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 14:38 (four years ago) link
Lol. The write up of the former reads more like a 7.6 tbf, have you heard it?
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 14:46 (four years ago) link
Not yet, but I'm a fan of most of those composers and can hardly imagine their works for solo violin & electronics being less compelling than Jesus Is Fucking Born.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 14:50 (four years ago) link
Hear, hear.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 14:55 (four years ago) link
There is an egregious grammar mistake in the first paragraph of that Kanye review.
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 15:02 (four years ago) link
Actually there are two (though one may be better classified as "incorrect use of idiom" rather than "incorrect grammar")
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 15:03 (four years ago) link
lmao at the description of the choir, which really comes across like the author has never actually heard a choir before
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 15:23 (four years ago) link
The author also likes putting ideas in opposition that actually reinforce each other
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 15:25 (four years ago) link
For someone who built his earliest songs out of extracting vocal loops from obscure, sometimes decades-old songs, Kanye has seen the way musicians can be resurrected and given new life.
this sentence hurts my brain
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 15:32 (four years ago) link
It's SO BAD
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
I wonder if they considered even for a moment just not reviewing this.
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
(yes, I know the real answer.)
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 15:35 (four years ago) link
Or at least giving it to someone who knows what a choir is and therefore wouldn't write The Sunday Service Choir as a whole also seems to be taking cues from groups with no real lead singer like the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Dixie Hummingbirds, and the Blind Boys of Alabama as if it was searing insight.
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 15:36 (four years ago) link
"On this album, the choir... performs as a choir." /galaxy brain
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 15:37 (four years ago) link
I graded too many student papers recently to read more than a paragraph of this. Or at any rate, the opening of the second one made me genuinely sad.
― rob, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 15:39 (four years ago) link
"he fuses two seemingly disparate venues: the club and the church."wow, very cool to see someone fusing gospel influences into secular R&B and hip hop - very innovative, never heard of that before
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 15:43 (four years ago) link
rare audio of kanye rehearsing before his eye surgeryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uTDa3771HM
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
you know what would be dope is if Kanye invents a new form of hip hop based on jazz samples, and maybe I dunno has like Ron Carter or Donald Byrd do some jams, just spitballing here
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:10 (four years ago) link
biddy biddy bop, funky funky
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:13 (four years ago) link
As is the case with many creative types, West has described himself as an artist with synesthesia
many creative types
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:19 (four years ago) link
architects and clowns for instance
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
That sentence
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OK, is this the worst piece of music writing ever?
xp
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
the creative types at pitchfork suffer from an ever rarer form of synesthesia where they feel compelled to translate audio into incomprehensible sequences of words
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:29 (four years ago) link
I understand the rhetorical conceit of introducing the concept of synesthesia and then using it to describe the music but... it's not particularly helpful
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:35 (four years ago) link
you guys are making me want to read Pitchfork again
ok not really but
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:36 (four years ago) link
I understand the rhetorical conceit of introducing the concept of synesthesia and then using it to describe the music
what color is "bad"
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:37 (four years ago) link
olive-brown with bright orange and puce flecks
― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:38 (four years ago) link
Red because when we are angry our face will be change in red colour.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:39 (four years ago) link
See also: gammons.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 8 January 2020 16:44 (four years ago) link
I know that complaining about October is beyond the scope of this thread — but this is currently promoted on Pfork’s home page, and it’s sooooo dumb: https://oct.co/articles/5-types-craft-beer-drinker
― Don’t yell ‘Judas!’ in a crowded theater (morrisp), Saturday, 11 January 2020 23:00 (four years ago) link
oof. that's kinda fascinating for the existential crisis it raises - maybe there's just not enough meaningful content about beer to have a whole website devoted to it.
― enochroot, Saturday, 11 January 2020 23:16 (four years ago) link
A first-day Buzzfeed intern would be embarrassed to hit publish on that.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 11 January 2020 23:33 (four years ago) link
Most of us remember that it doesn't really matter what you're drinking, as long as you're enjoying it.
Oh good, there was an utterly banal point to all this.
― jmm, Saturday, 11 January 2020 23:36 (four years ago) link