Minstrel Show?
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Spot on... you guys don't understand what a huge impact that group had here (ground zero- NC)... there's probably been 10 albums (easily, at least) spun off the success of LB that all the stores around here keep in stock (basically all their friends, side-projects, dudes who got a 9th beat, etc)... I've said this before, but it seems like half the college kids here act like they're on a first name basis with 'Ninth' (those sayin he's a real nice guy must be serious- 20 year old dudes will be like "9th is showin me how to make beats!")
These same dudes will talk down on Dipset/Swishahouse/Hypnotize Minds/etc all day long BTW... so I think they are attempting to travel back in time to what they consider a safer, happier time for rap music...
Digdug on a seperate note. You ever heard of Tajj Mahal (Rapper not Blues artist)? He is out of the Raleigh-Durham area. Dope MC if you haven't checked him. He has been doin his thing there since the early 90s. He has a couple tracks Sound did back around 98-99 that are bananas.
Sorry for the topic switch...carry on.
Sorry for the topic switch...carry on.
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Never heard of him... but I get the impression Sound does a lot of stuff thats way under the radar... I found some one-sided red 12" on 'South City' records last week credited to Sound Machine and somebody "Luv Money"... rapping isn't that great but its a cool artifact (which doesn't seem to be documented anywhere)
I listened to the first LB album twice I think. But I'm not really sure that counts since I may have fast forwarded a lot during one of those times.
So I guess if I think LB is boring and that southern rap is annoying, I am up shit creek without a paddle.
So I guess if I think LB is boring and that southern rap is annoying, I am up shit creek without a paddle.
I thought the Listening was zzz pretty much all the way through. The snippets I heard for Minstrel Show-- much better, but still kinda boring. The reason why I type this, though, is that not caring for LB shouldn't keep anyone from peepin' that Foreign Exchange album, which is, despite a couple of weak cuts, one of the stronger albums from '04.
Just got the sampler in today for the Minstrel Show... 3 songs in and not disappointed... yet...
[quoteSpot on... you guys don't understand what a huge impact that group had here (ground zero- NC)... there's probably been 10 albums (easily, at least) spun off the success of LB that all the stores around here keep in stock (basically all their friends, side-projects, dudes who got a 9th beat, etc)... I've said this before, but it seems like half the college kids here act like they're on a first name basis with 'Ninth' (those sayin he's a real nice guy must be serious- 20 year old dudes will be like 9th is showin me how to make beats!)
These same dudes will talk down on Dipset/Swishahouse/Hypnotize Minds/etc all day long BTW... so I think they are attempting to travel back in time to what they consider a safer, happier time for rap music...
Agreed. As for him being a nice guy: he is. Do I think he's actually showing all these people how to fruit loop it? No. It's a combination of him being a level headed mini-celeb and kids getting gassed when they speak with someone like that. The realization that he doesn't live in hip-hop world and actually has to get his oil changed at Jiffy Lube and buy groceries at Food Lion for some reason shocks them. And because they saw him at a show or somewhere in public and gave them their cell puts them on cloud nine.
As for their music: I don't even really pay attention to it. I'm not hating on the fact that they're retro, they use the same drum sounds, etc. I think they're good at what they do. The flows are nice, the samples chops sound good, and I'm glad a lot of people like them. With whatever type of music I choose to listen to, though, I tend to want to hear people that are slighty nuts or have a particular knack for representing through art their particular world. I live the middle class post collegiate life and it's not that interesting. I'd much rather hear another perspective on life than my own, especially if it's southern music. There's just such a wealth of peculiarities here that lend themselves perfectly to music. Plus art has always been the haven for people on society's fringes. I'm not saying normal people can't make good music that people enjoy, I just don't gravitate to it.
These same dudes will talk down on Dipset/Swishahouse/Hypnotize Minds/etc all day long BTW... so I think they are attempting to travel back in time to what they consider a safer, happier time for rap music...
Agreed. As for him being a nice guy: he is. Do I think he's actually showing all these people how to fruit loop it? No. It's a combination of him being a level headed mini-celeb and kids getting gassed when they speak with someone like that. The realization that he doesn't live in hip-hop world and actually has to get his oil changed at Jiffy Lube and buy groceries at Food Lion for some reason shocks them. And because they saw him at a show or somewhere in public and gave them their cell puts them on cloud nine.
As for their music: I don't even really pay attention to it. I'm not hating on the fact that they're retro, they use the same drum sounds, etc. I think they're good at what they do. The flows are nice, the samples chops sound good, and I'm glad a lot of people like them. With whatever type of music I choose to listen to, though, I tend to want to hear people that are slighty nuts or have a particular knack for representing through art their particular world. I live the middle class post collegiate life and it's not that interesting. I'd much rather hear another perspective on life than my own, especially if it's southern music. There's just such a wealth of peculiarities here that lend themselves perfectly to music. Plus art has always been the haven for people on society's fringes. I'm not saying normal people can't make good music that people enjoy, I just don't gravitate to it.
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