I mostly like jazz...I do....I just don't choose to listen to it. This was fine. I liked the second half better when it got a bit frantic and frenetic, and featured some action from the drumming.
From Rocka's best albums of the 60s (2 picks remaining)
Death Chants, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes - John Fahey
At San Quentin - Johnny Cash
For The Sake Of The Song - Townes Van Zandt
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young
Take Ten - Paul Desmond
Night Lights - Gerry Mulligan
The Gilded Palace Of Sin - The Flying Burrito Brothers
Uncle Meat - The Mothers Of Invention
And Then Again - Elvin Jones
Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music - Ray Charles
I mostly like jazz...I do....I just don't choose to listen to it. This was fine. I liked the second half better when it got a bit frantic and frenetic, and featured some action from the drumming.
From Rocka's best albums of the 60s (2 picks remaining)
Death Chants, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes - John Fahey
At San Quentin - Johnny Cash
For The Sake Of The Song - Townes Van Zandt
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young
Take Ten - Paul Desmond
Night Lights - Gerry Mulligan
The Gilded Palace Of Sin - The Flying Burrito Brothers
Uncle Meat - The Mothers Of Invention
And Then Again - Elvin Jones
Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music - Ray Charles
Oh damn! I didn't even realize that you were using one of my charts. Hah, I have not updated that 60s one in awhile. And by a while, I mean that I made that right at the beginning of me using the site, so it's a little outdated.
Just some context on that Davis album, the drummer, Tony Williams, was still only 21 years old when they recorded this album. He's probably my favorite drummer, and it's great that you picked up on his playing by the end. He is a complete wizard when it comes to playing the drums.
Oh damn! I didn't even realize that you were using one of my charts. Hah, I have not updated that 60s one in awhile. And by a while, I mean that I made that right at the beginning of me using the site, so it's a little outdated.
Just some context on that Davis album, the drummer, Tony Williams, was still only 21 years old when they recorded this album. He's probably my favorite drummer, and it's great that you picked up on his playing by the end. He is a complete wizard when it comes to playing the drums.
Good to know, thanks. Yeah the drumming definitely caught my attention.
This was the album that got me into Kanye West and greatly increased my love of hip-hop in general, not because of its specific characteristics (I ended up greatly preferring other Kanye albums), but because in 2013-2014 I was in the right place at the right time to start more deeply appreciating Kanye and hip-hop, and this was a very hyped album that served as a catalyst. I've heard all these songs countless times, especially during the year or so that Kanye was my favorite artist of any genre, but it's been years since I last experienced this as a complete work of art. As far as how important and interesting it is, especially with regard to production and attitude, this is somewhere close to masterpiece status. As far as how much I enjoy it, it doesn't reach that level, but it's still great. The shock value aspect cuts both ways, though. 75.3/100 (4/5).
@Chief, I know you've explained your name in terms of other things with personal significance before, but does it also have a tie-in to Kanye literally calling himself "The one Chief Rocka" on Guilt Trip?
3. RYM r&b chart. Albums to discover or re-assess (not heard within the last two years, never scored precisely). Albums I've never heard are in italics.
19. Love Power Peace: Live At The Olympia, Paris, 1971 - James Brown
41a. The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding [4.5/5 as of 2016]
56. Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul - Otis Redding [3.5/5 as of 2016]
67. Etta James Rocks The House - Etta James [4/5 as of 2015]
70. Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On - Funkadelic 71. Funkadelic - Funkadelic
72. Little Richard - Little Richard [3.5/5 as of 2016]
74. Tell Mama - Etta James [4/5 as of 2016]
76. The Immortal Otis Redding - Otis Redding [4/5 as of 2016]
80. I Want You - Marvin Gaye [3.5/5 as of 2015] _________________ Add me on RYM
I know you've explained your name in terms of other things with personal significance before, but does it also have a tie-in to Kanye literally calling himself "The one Chief Rocka" on Guilt Trip?
I know you've explained your name in terms of other things with personal significance before, but does it also have a tie-in to Kanye literally calling himself "The one Chief Rocka" on Guilt Trip?
Yep, he definitely does. As a moniker for myself, it's a bit tongue-in-cheek, I would consider myself to be humble. But Kanye obviously thinks he is the number one chief rocka.
One of the comments on this site about this album is that it "still sounds as fresh today" as it did back then. Yeah, no. This has the early 90s alternative/adult contemporary scene all over it, and don't let slightly inflammatory commentary make you think otherwise. It's OK, but it's nothing that I'll need to return to soon. I was expecting something with a little more energy as the cover and the lyrics suggest.
Baystate, can I give you an album by a black artist that you haven't heard, and or hasn't been listened to to death? I mean, all the artists to choose from there are great, but they are also the same ones you see on every chart of black artists.
This isn't quite your typical soul album, but it's one of the best.
August and Everything After- Counting Crows
Metropolis Pt. 2- Dream theater
Sam's Town- The Killers
Use Your Illusion II- Guns N Roses
Rising- Rainbow
Hopes and Fears- Keane
West Pauper Lunatic Asylum- Kasabian
Like A Prayer- Madonna
Continuum- John Mayer
Armed Forces- Elvis Costello
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