Trollheart Listens to Every Album on Wiki's List for 2017

Trollheart · 01-10-2018, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

You should be ashamed of yourself.

I'm not.

**Frownland** · 01-10-2018, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

I'm not.

Your description of the music is ****ing idiotic. I don't expect you to like the record, I just wish that you were open minded enough to humour the idea that you need to train your ear to certain types of music or that maybe there's a lot beyond your surface level initial interpretation of it.

rubber soul · 01-10-2018, 04:10 PM

Actually, Sun Ra is one of those artists I want to hear more of. I am impressed with The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra and their best known track is probably Rocket Number Nine. They're obviously pretty avant-garde jazz so it is an acquired taste to be sure. I like what I've heard from them so far.

Trollheart · 01-10-2018, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Your description of the music is ****ing idiotic. I don't expect you to like the record, I just wish that you were open minded enough to humour the idea that you need to train your ear to certain types of music or that maybe there's a lot beyond your surface level initial interpretation of it.

Nah, I know what I like, what I can come to like and what I never will. This falls into the latter category. Honestly, did you expect any other reaction? Some music I will get into, possibly despite myself, but this has nothing for me. Deal with it. You can't force people to like music they don't, just because you like it.

**Frownland** · 01-10-2018, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Nah, I know what I like, what I can come to like and what I never will.

Close-mindedness in a buttshell.

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This falls into the latter category. Honestly, did you expect any other reaction? Some music I will get into, possibly despite myself, but this has nothing for me. Deal with it.

If you understood the dynamics of what you're listening to and the jazz dialogue that they were working with, I 100% guarantee that you wouldn't have such a strong reaction to it.

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You can't force people to like music they don't, just because you like it.

I never said that I expected you to like it, I said that I expect you to approach music in such a poor way.

Trollheart · 01-10-2018, 04:26 PM

And yet you allow elph to be closeminded about Slayer? At least I listened to (some of) the damn thing. Anyway, I couldn't care less. I knew you'd react this way. I won't lose sleep over it. Moving on.

**Frownland** · 01-10-2018, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

And yet you allow elph to be closeminded about Slayer?

I give him **** for his taste in metal quite often, I just don't think that he needs to be concerned about other people with his opinions as was being discussed in that thread. But yes, I put you two on the same tier as far as this is concerned.

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At least I listened to (some of) the damn thing.

You might have heard a minute or two of the album but I am certain that you didn't listen to anything. You just went "nyeh not pop! Not free jazz conventions!" and ran away.

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Anyway, I couldn't care less. I knew you'd react this way. I won't lose sleep over it. Moving on.

Pretty cool of you to not care about the fact that you're a godawful music critic and music enthusiast.

Trollheart · 01-10-2018, 05:34 PM

Album title: Dominion
Artist: Tech N9ne
Genre: Hip-hop
Nationality: American
Release date: April 7
Position in Discography: Eighteenth
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No; heard of him
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 2.44
Damn it, I hate reviewing albums through YouTube. Why isn't this on Spotify? Why? So annoying. Anyway, I hear this as more trap than hip-hop, if trap is what I've been told it is, viz, darker, slower more kind of menacing hip-hop? First track (after the intro) is anyway, for sure. Sorry: fo sho.

“Casket Music” is more stripped-down and hardcore, while “Wheels Like Hill” just powers along with some great rhymes and rhythm. Yo. I don't, however, and probably never will, get the idea behind “skits”. Are they just there to pad out the album, or are they supposed to relate to something? Usually they're either phone calls, people talking or maybe excerpts from studio recording talk. They never mean anything to me, and they just come across as an annoyance, so I won't mention any here, though there are several.

“Reloaded” is another stripped-down effort, almost industrial in a way, and "The Answer" has a kind of reggae feel to it. Mind you, there are so many guests on this album it's literally impossible to get an idea of whether this Tech N9ne guy is any good or not. Too many cooks spoil the album, guys. Also too many tracks: twenty-four? It's all right but doesn't impress me as anything particularly special.

Check out more from this artist? Nah
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Actual Rating:

Trollheart · 01-10-2018, 06:14 PM

Album title: My Moment
Artist: Tee Grizzley
Genre: Hip-hop/Trap
Nationality: American
Release date: April 7
Position in Discography: Debut
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 2.94
It's very refreshing to hear a hip-hop album (given the few I've heard, of course) open with an a capella track; really demonstrates how good (or bad) the rapper is, and this guy seems to be pretty good. When the music kicks in he's still impressive. “Real Niggas” is a damn fine track, in fact there's not really a track I don't like. Damn excellent for a debut.

Check out more from this artist? Yes
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Actual Rating:

Trollheart · 01-11-2018, 12:43 PM

Album title: Sincerely, Future Pollution
Artist: Timber Timbre
Genre: Folk/Freak Folk/Psych Folk/Country Blues
Nationality: Canadian
Release date: April 7
Position in Discography: Sixth
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.07
Very gentle start, lovely soft organ driving the opener in a nice laid back country style; like the guy's voice, very pleasant. Next one has more a kind of almost funk bite to it, more uptempo (though not, it has to be said, a lot) followed by a really cool instrumental. Sounds like “Moment” is using vocoders, which is interesting in this genre (well, the folk part – there seem to be a whole lot of subgenres checked here) and some fairly darkish organ too. There's a very low-key presentation to most of this that I find charming. You're not going to be performing any air guitar solos to it, that's for sure, but very enjoyable, if quite dark. Some good instrumentals too.

Check out more from this artist? Yes
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Actual Rating:

01-10-2018, 04:26 PM	#1526 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	And yet you allow elph to be closeminded about Slayer? At least I listened to (some of) the damn thing. Anyway, I couldn't care less. I knew you'd react this way. I won't lose sleep over it. Moving on. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-10-2018, 05:34 PM	#1528 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Album title: Dominion Artist: Tech N9ne Genre: Hip-hop Nationality: American Release date: April 7 Position in Discography: Eighteenth Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No; heard of him Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 2.44 Damn it, I hate reviewing albums through YouTube. Why isn't this on Spotify? Why? So annoying. Anyway, I hear this as more trap than hip-hop, if trap is what I've been told it is, viz, darker, slower more kind of menacing hip-hop? First track (after the intro) is anyway, for sure. Sorry: fo sho. “Casket Music” is more stripped-down and hardcore, while “Wheels Like Hill” just powers along with some great rhymes and rhythm. Yo. I don't, however, and probably never will, get the idea behind “skits”. Are they just there to pad out the album, or are they supposed to relate to something? Usually they're either phone calls, people talking or maybe excerpts from studio recording talk. They never mean anything to me, and they just come across as an annoyance, so I won't mention any here, though there are several. “Reloaded” is another stripped-down effort, almost industrial in a way, and "The Answer" has a kind of reggae feel to it. Mind you, there are so many guests on this album it's literally impossible to get an idea of whether this Tech N9ne guy is any good or not. Too many cooks spoil the album, guys. Also too many tracks: twenty-four? It's all right but doesn't impress me as anything particularly special. Check out more from this artist? Nah Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-10-2018, 06:14 PM	#1529 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Album title: My Moment Artist: Tee Grizzley Genre: Hip-hop/Trap Nationality: American Release date: April 7 Position in Discography: Debut Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 2.94 It's very refreshing to hear a hip-hop album (given the few I've heard, of course) open with an a capella track; really demonstrates how good (or bad) the rapper is, and this guy seems to be pretty good. When the music kicks in he's still impressive. “Real Niggas” is a damn fine track, in fact there's not really a track I don't like. Damn excellent for a debut. Check out more from this artist? Yes Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-11-2018, 12:43 PM	#1530 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Album title: Sincerely, Future Pollution Artist: Timber Timbre Genre: Folk/Freak Folk/Psych Folk/Country Blues Nationality: Canadian Release date: April 7 Position in Discography: Sixth Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 3.07 Very gentle start, lovely soft organ driving the opener in a nice laid back country style; like the guy's voice, very pleasant. Next one has more a kind of almost funk bite to it, more uptempo (though not, it has to be said, a lot) followed by a really cool instrumental. Sounds like “Moment” is using vocoders, which is interesting in this genre (well, the folk part – there seem to be a whole lot of subgenres checked here) and some fairly darkish organ too. There's a very low-key presentation to most of this that I find charming. You're not going to be performing any air guitar solos to it, that's for sure, but very enjoyable, if quite dark. Some good instrumentals too. Check out more from this artist? Yes Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018