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DJ_Enki said:rootlesscosmo said:prof_rockwell said:thesolelife said:***hella*** 'hella' is associated primarily with Northern California. GAWD! folls under the age of 30 will not remember this, but it used to be even more granular: this …
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DB_Cooper said:In what way does having the paper come from above or underneath change anything anywhere for anyone? Real question. If you have young children and/or cats, they may occasionally bat at the toilet paper much in the manner of a boxer …
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batmon said: b/w
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I'm not gonna buy that Enjoy The Experience book, but I agree that Paul Major's writing is pretty incredible, and I would love with The Love That Purchases At Retail to see it compiled.
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LokoOne said:Would they be the first written pieces on digging to appear in magazines? In the 90s, most rap magazines--and to a lesser extent, general-music magazines--had yearly one-page "Hey, did you know that a lot of your favorite rap hits of …
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Dang. Family, music, sex, literature, sports collectibles--that dream really had it all. Mine are never that good. The last relevant one I had was that I'd been conscripted to create all the promotional materials for some hipster carnival thing, and…
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mrmatthew said:Labels that, in thier charter/mission statement (if they have actually have one) refuse to create, promote or distribute thier art in any way that might be construed as "the mainstream". I don't know--facilitating the commercial av…
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DB_Cooper said:Considering how virtually every kid in the 60s had all of their albums and knew them front to back (and all released in what, a 7-year period?), I have to agree with the idea that there are no underrated Beatles songs. I would disag…
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"She Loves You"
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Soulman's shit was hugely influential on my writing and my outlook, and I don't think he's ever gotten the credit he deserves as a writer and as an idea man. He was once of the first guys--if not thee first--that I ever saw writing about the …
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Max Roach
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Herm said:I like how Bat spells it "bassline" in half his posts and "baseline" in the other half. Then when he's feelin' extra generous he'll throw a dash in. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr t…
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batmon said:Well have to agree to disagree. Baseline-less song from Prince is a big deal to you. Its not to me. Well, I was really talking about music and culture and shit, more so than about you and me. Apart from being an interesting te…
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batmon said:Alot of Rap made after Run Dmc attempted to ape their style. That was a shift. Sucker Mc was without baselines in Black music before When Doves Cry. This is a surprising level of myopia, even for a New Yorker. Like, okay, le…
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batmon said:james said:batmon said:And its not that Revolutionary. Props for making a Black/Funk/R&B hit w/out a baseline but its not that big of a deal. Cats have been talmbout that feat for a long minute, but its not some great paradig…
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batmon said:And its not that Revolutionary. Props for making a Black/Funk/R&B hit w/out a baseline but its not that big of a deal. Cats have been talmbout that feat for a long minute, but its not some great paradigm shift. It kinda is,…
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"You collect records? Hey, I collect records, too! We should..." Let me stop you right there.
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RAJ said:scratched up Brother Jack McDuff records in a dimly lit apt Uh oh. Sounds like somebody's getting pregnant.
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TheKindCromang said:ppadilha said: :hard_as_fuck: Looks more like a semi-, actually.
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DOR said:coolchris said:I have watched this nearly 500 times. Never fails to put me in a good mood. Caldwell especially. No doubt. On my list of Music Video Moves To Someday Master, the Nicholas Caldwell newspaper-fold-transitioning-into-Mas…
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rootlesscosmo said:today is Chem Trail Friday. get fam. as for past bumps, who knows. I'll be reminded of a past thread (maybe a video I see on TV, or a FB post, or a restaurant I pass on the way to work), look it up, bump it. it's fun to …
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rootlesscosmo said:after a certain level of old-ness (5 yrs?) the threads look weird. This seems like maybe a good time to ask: Why do you bump all these old threads?
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rape_donkeys said: One time I talked to this one girl at a waterslide while this song was playing in the background. I almost never miss the 90s. I used to have Acid on cd, and it's one of those records where after a very short while I'd …
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batmon said:I dont want to see Chappelle again. Ditto. Dude is the Method Man/Ludacris of comedy: Some great shit, for sure, but I kinda feel like we've seen the show, you know?
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John Lurie said:You guys have to assume that Salma Hayek is watching. So stop touching yourselves.
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The tv commercial for Voice Of Chunk changed my life. Or at least the way I answer a telephone.
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batmon said:Ban cheap ear-pods. Im sick off hearing your "Rap Music That Your Liking" or Merengue bleeding through your Coby's on the subway. Blast that shit on some better head/ear phones. Shit sound like some cheap-ass foam & ta…
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I'm not sure I've ever seen before a trailer that touts the movie's editor.
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A footnote: Mary J. Blige's "Deep Inside." (A footnote to the footnote: Puffy originally had the "Deep Inside" track earmarked for Beck. Beck Hansen.)
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Also, check your man Martin Rev--his eyewear game as serious as ever--giving zero fucks while bare-knuckling a Korg behind soulstrut fave M.I.A.: