kel wrote:I like some of the beats on the ASAP rocky album. Since the Tyler Goblin album I've felt a little out of the loop with the genre, and it has taken some getting used to... but things change. At least I think we are finally getting past the autotune/techno-ey bullshit. When I first listened to Odd Future I thought I was in the twilight zone. I didn't understand why it was popular, and the bass was clipping (!). I appreciate some of it, especially the beats on MellowHype's 'numbers' and I dig Domo Genesis' flow. I don't consider anybody to be the "new" anybody else... Odd Future gets compared to Wu because they have a lot of members. I grew up on Native Tongue and Rap-a-Lot in the early 90s so I have a different idea about some of this newe stuff I guess... One thing is for sure though-- The older artists need to stop!! Public Enemy was my FAVORITE group when I was a kid, but I haven't bothered to listen to their last ten thousand albums. They just need to stop trying to sound new, rehashing all the gimmicks from old songs and all that. If Public Enemy had disbanded in '94 Their catalog would be legendary as a whole.
LL Cool J, you need to stop too! It's like these old goats are dying to sound fresh and it's just not working. If you are an icon on the east coast, don't put 808 rolls and 96th triplets on your hi hats on your new material.
I think some people are blinded by the artist's status. Rakim could sing autotune and they'd be like, "The legend is back!!!" I wonder if Rakim ever gets tired of people sucking his dick...
anyway
Dude, you'll probably love Tyler's new album, Wolf. The beats are crazy and there's more serious songs. Check out "48", "Lone/Jornada", and "Answer" from him. Oh yeah and "Rusty" is probably the best song off the album.
BTW, LL Cool J on late 90's/early 00's R&B songs is the worst thing to happen to hip hop
...with his ninja turtle lookin ass.
