lol alfred
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Applying this logic, I guess people everywhere should just superfluously add their own vocals to compositions by Mozart and Beethoven?
you are smarter than this Mr. Cox
― gordon lishification (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:14 (fourteen years ago) link
beat tapes should be for rappers to listen to, and then rap over, imo
^^^this. i do like a lot of (not all, no) the rap songs that have used donuts instrumentals
that will make at least three artists with two in the top twenty
― Dan S, Tuesday, July 13, 2010 11:10 AM Bookmark
terius, maya, ????
― Mister AOR (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:14 (fourteen years ago) link
i love a ton of instrumental music but i can't really think of any hip-hop beat that i prize as a thing without vocals.
anyway you can listen to that dj marlboro/m.i.a. remix at we7 - http://www.we7.com/#/album/M-I-A/Bucky-Done-Gun-Single - and you should. as i said, banging.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:15 (fourteen years ago) link
feel like I've posted enough about West Coast and Donuts on other threads tbh Alfred (
I was complimenting you. You always me laugh out loud.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:15 (fourteen years ago) link
by the time I heard Donuts I recognized half the beats from other rap records - did not give a shit
xp
― gordon lishification (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:15 (fourteen years ago) link
The only really good "instrumental hip-hop" record I've heard is still this one. I've nothing against Jay Dee, but it's quite rare rap beats work well without rapping.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:16 (fourteen years ago) link
(several x-posts)
xp to Shakey: I dunno, I get a lot of enjoyment out of beat albums/comps for what they are. I don't require a vocal element for everything. (Though, I'm far less a fan of Donuts than some people, but I do get into Prefuse, Rjd2, Onra, etc.)
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:16 (fourteen years ago) link
12. THE XX xx (2009) [517.5 points, 27 votes, 1 first place vote]
http://bolsteryourholster.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/the-xx.jpg
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:17 (fourteen years ago) link
For example, the instrumental Company Flow album is one of the most emotionless and boring records I've ever heard.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:17 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't know that I even agree that Donuts is a "beat tape." Tracks off it that I've heard rappers use (Ghostface and DOOM) don't really work for me as the beat behind a rapper, they work better as part of the album. I mean I can see why you wouldn't be interested in "instrumental versions of rock records" but are you also not interested in rock without any vocals in general?
xposts nevermind lol
― elephant rob, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:17 (fourteen years ago) link
good record, too high
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:17 (fourteen years ago) link
xposti was counting fever ray/knife as one artist
― Dan S, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:17 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm saying nothing
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:18 (fourteen years ago) link
i was wondering how high the xx would be. still got luv!
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:18 (fourteen years ago) link
cad otm
― Mister AOR (The Reverend), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:18 (fourteen years ago) link
love love love the xx album, was in my personal top 10
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:18 (fourteen years ago) link
but i want to go alex in nyc on 27 people :)
The xx was someone's FAVORITE album of the last five years?
Sorry if that sounded judgy.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:19 (fourteen years ago) link
that's really high...I mean, I liked it, I voted for it, but still...
― please sb me (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:19 (fourteen years ago) link
never got the xx, sounds contrived.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:19 (fourteen years ago) link
it got a lot of votes, guys
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:19 (fourteen years ago) link
I know this is bullshit, but someone pointed out that one of their songs is super similar to Chris Isak's Wicked Games and that was all I ever bothered to find out about them.
― elephant rob, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I just don't get the xx. At least with Joanna there's something interesting going on even if you don't want to listen to it all the time. With the xx there's no there there. So boring.
― skip, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:20 (fourteen years ago) link
xp yup, that is bullshit
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
It's bullshit.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Wicked Game comparison is not untrue, but vastly overstated.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
With the xx there's no there there. So boring.
otm
― goth (crüt), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
lol
ok, what song should I check out?
― elephant rob, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I found this a snooze at the time but every time a track comes on it's pleasant enough.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:22 (fourteen years ago) link
agree too high but that's what consensus is about10 more votes than the mia album!
― Dan S, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:22 (fourteen years ago) link
stick with wicked game
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:22 (fourteen years ago) link
At least with Joanna there's something interesting going on
Joanna NEWSOM? I do beg to differ, sir.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:22 (fourteen years ago) link
way i figure, xx should be down in the 20s & 30s where most of the other albums I voted for are.
xxxp check out Crystallised and Islands, esp. the video for the latter one
― please sb me (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:22 (fourteen years ago) link
re: Donuts it's the equivalent of priveleging the Pet Sounds Instrumental box set version over the actual album with vocals. Just... why?
West Coast I heard a couple years ago after the raving in the ILM thread and it just seemed very innocuous and inconspicuous to me. It's nice enough in the Eno aural wallpaper sense but nothing impressed me about the arrangements or playing or hooks or anything. it was like a competently designed but uninspiring piece of furniture, it just sits there.
thread moving too fast
― gordon lishification (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:22 (fourteen years ago) link
man if I'd voted you all would REALLY be htaing on XX placement
― Fee Fie Fo, FUNFNFUINFLFF! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:23 (fourteen years ago) link
#1 album of the last half century?
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
the xx I've heard has been fine but not really engaging enough for me to want to hear the whole album. too chilly and goth-y or something. can just listen to the Young Marble Giants if I'm in that particular mood.
― gordon lishification (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
xx hate otm
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
just sounds like some crappy local band to me
― iatee, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link
― Fee Fie Fo, FUNFNFUINFLFF! (HI DERE), Tuesday, July 13, 2010 2:23 PM (33 seconds ago) Bookmark
Sounds threatening.
― Captain Ahab, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link
for sake of time will someone plz c&p entire xx thread here?
― please sb me (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:26 (fourteen years ago) link
11. ELECTRIK RED How to Be a Lady: Volume 1 (2009) [532 points, 1 first place vote, 17 votes]
http://www.f2dcollection.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/electrikred2.jpg
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
okay lol
― Fee Fie Fo, FUNFNFUINFLFF! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
wow
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
never got into electrik red
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:28 (fourteen years ago) link
too low? too high?
― hoos gossage (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:28 (fourteen years ago) link
I have nothing against Electrik Red and have enjoyed the 2-3 songs of theirs I've heard, but still: lol
― Fee Fie Fo, FUNFNFUINFLFF! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:28 (fourteen years ago) link
ELEKTRIK RED!ELEKTRIK RED!ELEKTRIK RED!ELEKTRIK RED!ELEKTRIK RED!
― abcfsk, Tuesday, 13 July 2010 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link