Why was this thread moved? Hey, whoever moved it, this is like a general OT STANDARD. I mean, none of us are ever going to wander into another section often enough to make this thread half as worthwhile. So just move it back? Please? I like this thread, I use it a lot, and I don't think I'm alone.

I would appreciate, whichever mod is running this ship.


Thanks,


Wang

Agree with Wang, this thread is too popular to move.

I like both of those, however my favorite Doom track is Benzi Box.

Jump 'em in like jump rope, double dutch
Then turn on the mic with a thumb stroke, subtle touch
Cuddle clutch, is this thing on?
Like the fling with Mrs. King Kong, this spring gone?
Sing a song of slaphappy crappiness
He came to blow like it was strapped to his nappy chest
Surely I jest, the best on a wireless mic
Not an eye test, yet I di-gress
But why stress? Try and remember when
Maybe bit the tender skin-ned babysitter Gwendolyn
The type to hit and run and go tell a friend
Word to El Muerto cucaracha exoskeleton
He know, flow like interstellar wind
Tow a rap djinn by his toe into hell again
{*ahem*} One two, check me too
Loose wreck see through your gooseneck EQ

Wow, I swear that one was runner-up to the one I posted.

Also, what's with moving the thread? Gay,

Anyone listen to the new Talib record?

I saw Poison with Ratt last night. Poison was entertaining as usual but Ratt sucked. When did Stephen Pearcy get aids? Also, it was LOUD... because I was front row, bitches!!! I made eye contact with CC Deville, pointed at him and screamed" I ****ing love you!!" and he stopped playing, stood at attention and saluted me. I promptly came in my jeans. I also was one of the lucky few to catch a used Warren De Martini guitar pick. Oh, and I bleached my hair and used flourescent green hair gel as an ode to Poison.

All in all, the gayest night imaginable minus that whole dirty cocksucking business but still a great time. Next concert... Pat Benatar. That's right, don't sound to jealous.

He released a new one?

I'm way behind on my music

The William Tell Overture, by Rossini. A small segment of this is also known as the Lone Ranger theme...

Clearly, you are the Bizarro world version of Clay Aiken

I haven't got that one yet... Have you (or anyone else, for that matter) heard the Talib Kweli/Madlib collabo record?

Liberation?

I never heard it, but I remember reading good reviews of it.

I'm getting a copy of Ear Drum now.

Yep, Liberation.

BTW, I realized after I sent it that I sent you a bad version of the new Pharoahe Monch. I can fix that if you want the real version.

Speaking of hip hop, I just finished listening to Roadkillovercoat by Busdriver, now I'm on to Bayani by Blue Scholars. This afternoon will almost certainly include a listen to Andorra by Caribou and possibly Can't Go Back by Papercuts.

Cool, ship it. I was having trouble importing the one you sent me anyway.

Alright. I got plans after work tonight (meeting the lady friend's mother tonight. yikes.), but I'll try to ship it when I get home after that.

No rush, I just got done downloading a copy of Ear Drum, so I'll be checking that out anyway.

I haven't. What's it called?

Granted you can't trust my judgement because there aren't reviews I can use to validate my opinion with yet, but Ear Drum is probably my favorite hip-hop album of the year, unles I'm forgetting something big.

Agreed. I was wondering where it went.

Anyone want that Talib album?

http://www.mediafire.com/?8mdnsmmwjmm

After reading Mercury's Devo thread ( that dismissively labels them a novelty group), I've gone on You Tube and am going through a bunch of Devo songs, which are great... I'm listening to a hilarious cover of "Head like a hole"

That's pretty astute. Good call.

As mentioned above, it's called Liberation.

As far as hip-hop albums this year go, my favorites in no particular order (Haven't heard Ear Drum yet, but Kweli is my 4th favorite MC of all-time, so I am looking forward to hearing it):

Double Up - R. Kelly (no, i'm not kidding. R. Kelly is secretly a genius and makes people think he's retarded. This album is genius in the way it pokes fun at "that fake thug, r & b, rap scenario" as Dead Prez put it, but in such a subtle way that a lot of people miss it. Either that, or he has officially gone fucking crazy, and decided that it would be a good idea to write a song that consists of his half of phone call in which he breaks up with his girlfriend, and says things like, "Bitch I wish you wouuuuuuuld burn my motherfuckin' clooooohohooothes. With your triflin' ass." One way or another, this album is absolutely fascinating to me.

Bayani - Blue Scholars (i'm not sure how well these guys are known outside of the pacific northwest, but I really dig their stuff.)

Roadkillovercoat - Busdriver (****ing weird and awesome. Totally unconventional hip hop sound)

Desire - Pharoahe Monch

I'm sure Ear Drum will be good, though.

I'll assume that list also includes Nas, and I hope it includes Doom, but I dare not venture a full-on guess.

That Busdriver album is unreal. Is his other stuff worth checking out?

It does include Nas. Doom is top 10, but not top 5. Top 5:

1. Biggie
2. Jay-Z
3. Mos Def
4. Kweli
5. Nas



I'm honestly not sure. The only other album of his I've heard was a collaboration with someone else (maybe Daedelus, I'm not sure because it was in a friend's car), and it was even weirder. I'm planning on checking out his other stuff eventually, though.

I twitch anytime I see Jay listed ahead of Nas.

KRS-1, wtf...

yes. i have been trying to get people to listen to busdriver for ages. i made a topic about him on here years ago. check out temporary forever and fear of a black tangent, especially unemployed black astronaut and avantcore from fear of a black tangent.

It's not that I necessarily think he's a better MC, and I definitely don't think he's a better writer, but Jay-Z was one of the artists that got me really, really into hip-hop, so he holds that spot for sentimental reasons.

Nas killed him in their beefing days, though. Ether redefined the dis track, and is easily one of my favorite songs ever. I also contend that One Mic is in the running for greatest song ever written.

As far as what I'm listening to today:

Idlewild - Make Another World
John Vanderslice - Emerald City
Caribou - Andorra (again. I love this album. I described it to a friend as what would have happened if Brian Wilson joined The Mamas and The Papas, and they made music in this millenium. Or The Shins with more instruments and muddier vocals. Plus electronic sounds, from time to time. Those might be terrible descriptions, but I'm no critic.)

Later, possibly some New Pornographers (probably Mass Romantic). Haven't really thought that far ahead yet.

Well most Nas fans are still on his nuts about Illmatic, personally though I think It Was Written is the best hip-hop album of all time, and he has never put out anything that I have absolutely hated though some of his collaboration's have been questionable (Puffy, most the stuff with Bravehearts).

I like Jay as an artist, but he is way more pop than what he used to be. I remember reading an article that was a first hand account of a battle that took place back in like 93 between Jay and DMX that sounded like the greatest thing to ever happen in underground rap, but I think Jay has lost that edge that he used to have. He slides into my top 10, but I don't think I can give him top 5 now.

Personally, It Was Written is probably my 3rd or 4th favorite Nas album, and as far as albums he released that I absolutely hated... well, I choose to try and ignore the fact that he made Street's Disciple. Fuck I hate that album. I love pretty much everything else though, including "Hate Me Now."

And I agree about Jay-Z. I love Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint, and The Black Album. His latest album is absolute garbage, though, and he's put out his fair share of turds.

Yep. To his credit even on his bad albums he manages a few pretty good tracks. I also like a lot of his underground stuff pre 2001 or so, some great mix tape appearances.

jamie t- panic prevention

young kid from england. sounds like mike skinner if he was musically competent and just a smidge less cockney. the kid is good.

Yeah, I've only heard a couple of his tunes, but I realllllly dug what I've heard. He's playing a show here that's put on by the local indie/listener-supported station, KEXP.

Nice pick. Love this album.

I've been going through the albums on my iPod in alphabetical order by album title. Yesterday was:

A Crow Left Of The Murder (Incubus)
A Ghost Is Born (Wilco)
A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Coldplay)
A Sun Came (Sufjan Stevens)
Achilles Heel (Pedro The Lion)
Alright Still (Lily Allen)

Today should be:

Amnesiac (Radiohead)
And Now That I'm In Your Shadow (Damien Jurado)
Andorra (Caribou)
Awake Is The New Sleep (Ben Lee)

I might also have time to crack the B's. Not sure.

Also, going to see Wilco tonight. Should be good times. Haven't seen them as a band in 2 years or so. Saw Jeff Tweedy solo when he toured last fall/winter.

Anyone listen to Akron/Family? Their new album (Love is Simple) leak a while back, and it's balls. I've been listening to it in tandem with that Blue Scholars album, which creates an interesting effect.

God, I'm going completely gay for Busdriver. Casting Agents and Cowgirls has to be one of my favorite tracks this year, and Unemployed Black Astronaut is fast-gaining similar repeat-status.

On the subject of hip-hop, I've never heard an Aesop Rock song, though they (he?) comes up a lot along side a lot of the M.C. I like most. Am I missing something? If so, which record(s) should I start with?

listen to daylight from labor days

Jesus...that whole album is unreal. He sounds like a mix between Del and Andre 3000, the lyrics are great, and the beats are remind of Dan the Automator, a bit. One of my favorite albums I can think of, after one listen. I'm downloading the discography.

Anybody hear the new New Pornographers yet? I just picked it up yesterday, and I'm really digging it. I think it was Pitchfork that said it sounded like more of a follow-up to A.C. Newman's solo album, and I can hear that for a couple of tracks, I guess. In general, just another really, really solid power-pop album from them, though.

I also picked up the new Rilo Kiley. Kinda... disco-y. Definitely different from their old stuff. I like it, but don't love it.

Roddy Woomble's "My Secret is my Silence" is a really, really good album too. He's the frontman for Idlewild, though his solo stuff is, naturally, a little more stripped down than the Idlewild stuff.

I liked the new New Pornographers album a lot, though it's not in the same league as their big two, in my opinion. That doesn't mean I don't dig it. I'm usually pleased when I like indy stuff that PF doesn't, because I'm overly-concerned about becoming a PF drone. It occupies more of my brain function than it safely should.

It's nice to see how well this thread is still doing in the TV forum.

Anyway, I assume this is a nondiscovery, but I still think it's awesome: Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture. I'm not sure what it is, exactly; I think it's old Wu-Tang beats with verses from underground guys on them (along with new verses from Wu-Tang guys), but I have no idea why it's associated with Apple, or if it's a legitimated release. I do know that it's incredible. Anyone else hear it?

Man, this thread is gay this week.

The Unicorns, again. (Nice call, Wang.)

This sucks, I'm back at school and can't download music because I got caught by my university last year and if caught again I can get in serious trouble. So I'm going to be pretty behind on new music this year.

Deltron 3030

That's gay as ****. How does your school catch you?

No idea, since I lived in the dorm last year we were all on the same network, but I knew of a lot of people that did it anyway. I did it all year and was fine, then literally the last day of school I got an email from administration saying they caught me downloading an episode of Entourage of all ****ing things. I took some quiz about pirating which basically consisted of "Is downloading copyrighted material legal? Y or N" so I did that, but my next offense I could face disciplinary action through the school, then any further offense I could face legal action. Whatever, I'll just have download a shit ton of music whenever I go back home.

Man, I wish I could live in a dorm. That sounds awesome. I'm always looking for new ways to subject myself to new forms of authority in my adulthood, because I didn't get enough of that when I was 14.