What Are You Listening To?

**Acapelli** · 08-09-2011, 03:47 PM

Quoting ledfloyd (view post)

yeah, it's not what i expected either. i was... expecting something better.

as a rapper? of course not, but jay hasn't had an album that can match any of kanye's since the black album.

i was a pretty big fan of american gangster, kingdom come and blueprint 3 were both lowpoints in jay-z's career

**Ivan Drago** · 08-09-2011, 04:34 PM

Quite possibly the greatest cover ever produced.

[youtube]cs8TXH-e-P4[/youtube]

**D_Davis** · 08-10-2011, 06:57 PM

Epic...

**MadMan** · 08-10-2011, 07:54 PM

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Been listening to this since yesterday. Fantastic.

**Henry Gale** · 08-10-2011, 09:48 PM

2011: The year the sax solo was cool again.

Midnight City's is pretty excellent, but beyond that, the fact that even the most recent Katy Perry and Lady Gaga (hers by the late Clarence Clemons) mega-singles have pretty prominent ones show that they can even work commercially too.

A step back in the right direction of actual band instruments used in hit songs?

**endingcredits** · 08-10-2011, 10:20 PM

I've been listening to a lot of post-rock, stuff from this tape I got called The Year Punk Broke, and Dinosaur jr.

[youtube]7e6gW5FF7B0[/youtube]

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**D_Davis** · 08-10-2011, 11:04 PM

Quoting endingcredits (view post)

[youtube]7e6gW5FF7B0[/youtube]

This whole album is awesome.

**D_Davis** · 08-11-2011, 05:32 PM

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**Spinal** · 08-11-2011, 06:59 PM

Quoting Henry Gale (view post)

2011: The year the sax solo was cool again.

Midnight City's is pretty excellent, but beyond that, the fact that even the most recent Katy Perry and Lady Gaga (hers by the late Clarence Clemons) mega-singles have pretty prominent ones show that they can even work commercially too.

A step back in the right direction of actual band instruments used in hit songs?

I'm not a fan of the sax solo. I generally don't care for horns in my rock/pop, although there are certainly exceptions. The Beatles used them well.

**D_Davis** · 08-11-2011, 07:09 PM

**Qrazy** · 08-11-2011, 09:35 PM

I'm going through all of Ratatat's albums. They blow my brains out the back of my head.

**Derek** · 08-11-2011, 09:48 PM

Quoting Qrazy (view post)

I'm going through all of Ratatat's albums. They blow my brains out the back of my head.

I've only heard their last two, but I don't get the love.

**D_Davis** · 08-11-2011, 10:03 PM

Quoting Qrazy (view post)

I'm going through all of Ratatat's albums. They blow my brains out the back of my head.

I really like them as well.

**Qrazy** · 08-11-2011, 10:12 PM

Quoting Derek (view post)

I've only heard their last two, but I don't get the love.

Yeah, when I first heard them I wasn't that into them. I liked a track or two off of the first album but it didn't grab me per se. Now I'm not sure what shifted but I can't get enough of their sound. Where in the past many of their tracks sounded like any other I now experience a more nuanced soundscape that feeds back into the totality of their work. I would say their best album is probably Classics though, you might give that a shot. They're also very good live.

**EyesWideOpen** · 08-12-2011, 02:55 AM

Quoting Qrazy (view post)

I'm going through all of Ratatat's albums. They blow my brains out the back of my head.

I only own Classics and LP4 but yeah both are fantastic.

**Qrazy** · 08-12-2011, 06:51 PM

[youtube]Tw7pR_MFk5M[/youtube]

**Acapelli** · 08-13-2011, 02:32 AM

[youtube]ob3ktDxAjWI[/youtube]

east coast rap is finally interesting again

**Boner M** · 08-13-2011, 03:16 AM

That's the best name I've encountered in some time.

**Acapelli** · 08-13-2011, 03:59 AM

apparently the asap stands for "accumulate status and power"

**Qrazy** · 08-13-2011, 04:30 AM

Quoting Acapelli (view post)

east coast rap is finally interesting again

Is it?

**Qrazy** · 08-13-2011, 04:57 AM

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Love this track.

**Raiders** · 08-13-2011, 01:54 PM

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Surely the best actor/actress-involved musical project ever.

**Derek** · 08-13-2011, 03:51 PM

Quoting Raiders (view post)

Surely the best actor/actress-involved musical project ever.

Yet another reason disliking Gosling is inexplicable. Saw them play at a festival last summer and they were a ton of fun. They had about 25 kids all costumed up on stage with them singing the choruses. It was a nice surprise since I hadn't heard of them before that.

**Qrazy** · 08-15-2011, 01:51 AM

Quoting Derek (view post)

Yet another reason disliking Gosling is inexplicable. Saw them play at a festival last summer and they were a ton of fun. They had about 25 kids all costumed up on stage with them singing the choruses. It was a nice surprise since I hadn't heard of them before that.

Just went through Ratatat's LP3. Not surprised you're underwhelmed. It's their weakest album.

**Acapelli** · 08-15-2011, 02:26 AM

i prefer their remix mixtapes to any of their albums

plus the remix of "we share our mother's health" they did is pretty killer

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