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| #381 | Posted: 03/31/2012 21:59 | Post subject: |
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since I am trying to get into metal more... I'll give Kamelot's Black Halo (from Necharsian) a run through this afternoon
EDIT: halfway through and that's all I'm giving it. yeah, this is the metal I try to avoid. I hate the operatic singing style, the guitars aren't even heavy (likely due more to recording than pitch), the solos are laughably mundane metal solos, the "symphonic" work with the strings and the piano is as bad as the guitar (except perhaps on Abandoned), and the way in which Faust is handled is pitiful. I stopped at Moonlight and skipped ahead to Memento Mori because I had a hunch that was the centerpiece... still disappointed... this ruins Kamelot as a whole for me |
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| #382 | Posted: 04/01/2012 01:37 | Post subject: |
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| I've listen to Safe As Milk through twice now and while I do not think that is enough to earn a full appreciation of the album, it is enough me to declare it as brilliant. Thanks, Mind Movie. |
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| #383 | Posted: 04/01/2012 01:57 | Post subject: |
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Finished listening to "Slanted & Enchanted". Overall, it didn't make as much of an impression as "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain", and too many songs were 'toneless'.
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| #384 | Posted: 04/01/2012 02:04 | Post subject: |
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| BlueNote wrote: | | I've listen to Safe As Milk through twice now and while I do not think that is enough to earn a full appreciation of the album, it is enough me to declare it as brilliant. Thanks, Mind Movie. |
I'm going to listen to Odelay by Beck from your chart. |
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| #385 | Posted: 04/01/2012 02:53 | Post subject: |
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| Necharsian wrote: | | Really? Illmatic is the litmus test for if one likes/dislikes hip-hop? Hmm... |
If you don't like Illmatic you don't like hip hop. Be certain to check out Ready To Die and 36 Chambers before you give up on the genre though. ATCQ, De La Soul or Jurassic 5 are a must listen if you're new to the genre also, alot easier to get into than Nas or Biggie.
| Mind Movie wrote: | | I felt that the lyrics were supposed to be this album's driving force. |
Yes and no, I mean the lyrics are important but this is a much more complete record than that, the flow, the beats etc. I'm pretty crap at explaining why exactly it is I like music or not but this album, well it's just incredible overall, whether that's the lyrics or whatever I dunno.
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| #386 | Posted: 04/01/2012 03:57 | Post subject: |
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| Xavygravy wrote: | | I'm going to listen to Odelay by Beck from your chart. |
You will either love it or hate it or think it is OK. |
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| #387 | Posted: 04/01/2012 05:19 | Post subject: |
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| BlueNote wrote: | | You will either love it or hate it or think it is OK. |
So... just like every other album?  |
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| #388 | Posted: 04/01/2012 05:45 | Post subject: |
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| Xavygravy wrote: | | So... just like every other album? :lol: |
Yep, the bases are covered. |
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| #389 | Posted: 04/01/2012 06:23 | Post subject: |
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| From Blue Note's overall chart, Tom Waits' Orphans... coming next. |
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| #390 | Posted: 04/01/2012 07:09 | Post subject: |
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| Hayden wrote: |  Ah well. If Illmatic doesn't do it for you, I don't know if there's another hip-hop album that will. (maybe Ready To Die? Or Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde? The later is kinda jazzy)
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For a person that's not used to hip hop, Illmatic isn't the best choice for a start. I would agree that it's an album which majority of hip hop fans will love, but if we're talking about a person who is not (yet) used of hip hop song structures, rapping style, and the "amount" of words/lyrics (compared to most other genres), also the theme of those songs, then I doubt Illmatic is the one that will "convert" him as it's full of that "usual" stuff.
I think for starters something that's more of a fusion with other genres is better. For me, the first hip hop album I really liked was Arrested Development's 3 years, 5 months... Then I started getting more into the genre and also enjoy the more "classic hip hop" albums. First and foremost - Enter the Wu-Tang, but also Illmatic.
So... yeah. I hope you get what I mean. I'd actually recommend Madvillain. Maybe A Tribe Called Quest, or even Pharcyde you mentioned. |
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