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Originally Posted by Pedestrian
I'll start out.
Hip Hop.
The problem: I find that the repetition of vocals and their focus on rhythm rather than melody doesn't hold my attention. Also, vulgarities in lyrics turn me off. I didn't even really care for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. I thought it had moments, but that they couldn't be redeemed by what I considered negative qualities (f.ex. that piano based song where the guy at the end talks about ****ing for two or three minutes).
So far, I've found a few albums that I consider listenable, but wouldn't purchase for myself or listen to regularly.
- Eternia & MoSS - At Last
- Dalek - Absence
- Buck 65 - 20 Odd Years
- Beast - Beast
- Why? - Alopecia
I like instrumental hip hop, and I love trip hop. The one album closest to hip hop in nature that I can say I love through and through is Gorillaz - Demon Days.
So, any hope for me? |
Black Up - Shabazz Palaces (experimental hip hop mainly focused on the instrumentals; can be somewhat repetitive lyrically)
Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives - Prefuse 73 (very interesting instrumentals and features a few great emcees)
Appleseed EP - Aesop Rock (Sure you know him. This is one of his lesser known works, but one of his best; heavy use of strings)
A Sufi and a Killer - Gonjasufi (not hip hop, but has hip hop elements)
Take Me To Your Leader - King Geedorah (Another well known artist but one of his lesser known albums; get what you'd expect from a DOOM album)
Quicksand - Noah23 (abstract lyricism with very nice production)