mannybolone
mannybolone
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crabmongerfunk said:mannybolone said: HMD was a weird fucking album. There's no way you can listen to it and not think, at various points, "holy shit, what was Marvin drinking during this?" but you don;t have to think to hard on it beause marv…
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Thanks!
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bassie said:It's beginning to feel like a moving target; if the release somewhat fits the bill, there are reasons why the artist doesn't. If the artist does, then there are reasons why the release doesn't. It could be we haven't realized rap's …
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jdeez said: > everything else also: did i miss the "Money and the Power" page? I don't think I've ever heard this 12". Anyone have a rip of both sides?
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For any album to be in this convo, we need to go back to "Here My Dear" for a moment and recall: 1) It's a Marvin Gaye album. MARVIN GAYE. By this point, his career was considered in decline but *that's compared to the guy who just dropped "W…
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Okem said:mannybolone said:I don't consider Adele's music (on either album) to be as consistent with the same kind of retro soul sound that Daptone (and by extension) Amy Winehouse worked with. Absolutely, there are Shirley Bassey and Dusty Springfi…
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Ha, I have a friend on his way to the Superbowl and I sent him a 20 song playlist of some favorite NOLA songs, many of which are repped here. Songs I'd add: Inell Young: What Do You See In Her …
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I don't consider Adele's music (on either album) to be as consistent with the same kind of retro soul sound that Daptone (and by extension) Amy Winehouse worked with. Absolutely, there are Shirley Bassey and Dusty Springfield influences but I don't …
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Okem said:mannybolone said:I'd also add, it's hardly the case that BIB was going to be any more successful than "Frank" was (and for real, how many U.S. listeners heard/remembered "Frank" prior to BIB? Exactly.) In a not-hard-to-imagine alte…
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Add: the "Sol Angel" album by Solange Knowles. And Mayer Hawthorne's first album.
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I'd also add, it's hardly the case that BIB was going to be any more successful than "Frank" was (and for real, how many U.S. listeners heard/remembered "Frank" prior to BIB? Exactly.) In a not-hard-to-imagine alternative universe, Winehouse…
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Based on what you're saying then I do think Jones/Dap-Kings are the obvious link you're looking for. It is true, early in their career, their sound was more JB-style but by their 2nd and 3rd albums, they had begun to shift to more '60s soul influenc…
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I ride for Put This One. Bonus trivia: Derek Guy = used to run Subculture Magazine.
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Hey Batmon (and everyone else on Strut; tis been a while), I'd concur with everyone else in saying that, if you're talking about the mid-2000s, leading UP to Amy's second album, there's no real "other artists blowing up" a retro sound beyond …
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JectWon said:This reminds me of a cool toy that google has. Any of y'all ever play with the ngram viewer? It's been out for a while now. I looked up 'not a good look' to track it's gain in use, for fun.... http://books.google.com/n…
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DB_Cooper said:Zeitgeist can easily be replaced in conversation with "spirit of the times" or a similar equivalent. So you want to replace one word with four? No. If there's a better ONE-WORD equivalent for "zeitgeist", by all …
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Oh wait, are we saying "not a good look" needs to be moratoriumed? Or moratorium is a bad look? I'm so confused.
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JectWon said:Agreed. Also, does anyone have any objections to killing off the term 'zeitgeist'? So you're asking for a moratorium on "zeitgeist"?
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If I may also add: this is one of the greatest "record collectro" pix, ever.
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Just wrote a profile piece on Eilon who swung through the West Coast over the last couple of weeks: http://goo.gl/gtorK We ended up interviewing one another for our mutual projects. All I know is that he made my cramped record room look decep…
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Just picked up a Technics SL-Q2 this morning. http://soul-sides.com/2012/11/on-the-turntables/ Here's the synopsis: It's a semi-automatic (auto-stop/return) direct drive, quartz-locked turntable, built in the same era as the 1200. It actually…
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Two songs that withhold their titular moments until the very end, to great effect: -I'd swap out The Cure's "Let's Go To Bed" and replace it with The Cure's "Just Like Heaven" but then again, the titular moment isn't necessarily the best mome…
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Dude, you can't start a thread by /ending it. Hard act to follow.
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Excellent read. I love stories like this! Do you mind talking about Grand Puba whom you worked with on his hit ???360?? (What Goes Around Comes Around)???? He was famous for not showing up. I did a lot of Sample This! on Grand Puba???s…
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HARDEN.
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Kakalak = North Carolina. But that's where Stacks is from originally. I believe he's out in NJ these days.
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Harden --> Rockets. Whoa.
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ketan said: the hook on poetic justice reminds me of aaliyah. Um.
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batmon said:white_tea said:BTW, can we get a track-by-track breakdown from Ed Powers and/or Batmon??? Wack Wack Wack Wack Wack Wack Wack Wack Wack Wack Shit is dead :comedy_gold:
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Harvey: Yeah man. I mean, I like this album but it's no "Aquemini." I also cosign on the growling voice from "Backseat Freestyle." Spoof or not, it was less "funny" and more "annoying."