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My crew is joining this: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/30/business/media/new-venture-seeks-higher-royalties-for-songwriters.html?_r=0 It's by far the most well thought out and elegant/likely to succeed solution to streaming on the performance side. It is also admittedly very much only...

Bon Vivant said:I ride for the Meters. In both of their touring iterations ("Funky" vs. whole OG line up) I think this is my favorite currently active live band. I have seen them so many times that I have lost count. Shit is beyond uplifting and the weird mix of jam band doods, old...

the_dL said: Saying the entire Roots discography is over rated is a pretty senseless blanket statement, if you dont like the Roots that's cool, but I have never seen any one really jock any of their albums as the be all and end all of hip hop. YOU HAVE CLEARLY NEVER VISITED THE...

rootlesscosmo said:Jonny_Paycheck said:Sun Rises In The East ? raise your hand if you've played THAT shit in the last 10 yrs... [Sheepishly raises hand] Honestly, the beats are still fucking incredible but I dunno how anyone ever gave Jeru a pass as being even an okay...

Not really a rap record but I kinda never got the fuss over D'Angelo's "Voodoo". Other than Devil's Pie it all sounded identical and structure-less. I like some songs in my r&b. But a ton of people who I think have good taste ride for this shit.

countmacula said:I'm confused about what "most over rated rap cover" means.... .but Midnight Marauders doesn't fit this category nor does Fear of a Black Planet. The Score , yes. The winner is: Snoop Dogg (1st album especially) I feel strong Euroman vibes coming from your...

Oh and we have not even discussed the peculiar sub-species of college dudes who think "Stakes Is High" is a masterpiece. That shit makes me want to tear my ears off. It should be called "Brilliant Poets Choose Complaining Over Poetry" and it should be illegal to like it more than the first 3 albums.

The Score def wins the prize for Album That Dudes With Only A Passing Attachment To Rap Claim Is A Masterpiece. It caused my early exit from many dorm rooms and house parties. Everything the Roots ever put out post-"Do You Want More" was shit and I've never seen a group so impressed with their...

The interviews on Unkut are some of the best knowledge that the internets contain on rap music (read the Silver Fox interview for just one truly outstanding example), but every time dude bigs up some modern day music or discusses current rap in any context it's cringeworthy. b/w why are you...

HarveyCanal said:unquestionably the greatest rap album ever!

Illmatic, Doggystyle, Cuban Linx, all were at least 50% available before their release (shit Doo Wop had a tape where he basically played the WHOLE Doggystyle album). To me that doesn't/ didn't make any if them any less incredible. To hear them in complete, mixed, mastered form with cover art...

tripledouble said: and the parallels to Theres a Riot Going on are spot on. which is saying a hell of a lot They're like two sides of a coin to me. This has the highest replay value of almost any record I own. Up there with Rubber Soul and Sweet Exorcist in my private mind garden...

Many years and many raers later, this is still one of the best records I own. b/w It sounds like spring.

This dude is the b-boy's b-boy: raw rapper, great producer (sleigh bells!), and a great dj. His mix tapes were among the best in the game too. Great track selection and dope blends and cuts. I used to follow him around the Roosevelt and try and spy on what records he was buying.

yuichi said:You guys still talking that nonsense? This is a White America/Euroman (with an Asian or two) digging in the obscure crates stylez. If you don't get it, you don't get it. Same way, I don't get 90% of the syrup-drinkin', pistol whippin, indo-smoking teenage music that harvey and...