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The Anticon Appreciation Thread
The founding members of Anticon have been releasing genre-shattering infused hip hop since 1997 and have made a huge impact on what we consider as 'alternative' hip hop, as well as having a firm voice in the industry as a whole, and I think they deserve some love. The main ‘collective' consists of Doseone, JEL, Sole, Why?, Odd Nosdam, Alias and Pedestrian but they often collaborate with each other, forming acts such as Subtle, cLOUDDEAD, Hymie's Basement and a **** load of other collaborations. The amount of music and diversity put out by the Anticon group is nothing short of amazing. If you can't get into 'rap' this might be a good place to start, or a good place to realize it's not all black and white.
So basically, if you don't appreciate these artists we can't be friends. A few good ones: Why? cLOUDDEAD Doseone Hymie's Basement |
cloudhead is fantastic. Listen to that for a longgg time.
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I appreciate Anticon.
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Janszoon and RezZ, on my good list..
The rest of you however..:ar_15s: I agree cLOUDDEAD is one of the better projects, as I tend to listen to the material Why? puts out and contributes to more. Yoni Wolf is a god, people. |
hymie's basement are one of my favourite bands. amazing album.
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Anyway, I've had so many near misses with Why? it's hilarious. I first heard about him about six years ago when Oaklandazulasylum came out. I remember searching high and low for that album and never finding it until I lost interest and forgot about ever getting it. To this day I still don't own any Why?. Then I went to see him/them back in September at the Unitarian church in downtown Philly. Me and the friend I went with weren't that into the opening act so we went to a bar around the corner for a couple drinks. By the time we got back the show had just ended and we completely missed Why?. :( |
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I find anticon to be pretty average honestly. Why? is pretty good, but not anything super special in my opinion. (alopecia was among the better 2008 releases). The only Doseone groups im really into are Subtle (namely For Hero: For Fool) and Deep Puddle Dynamics' Tase of Rain...Why Kneel (Slug, dose, among a few others. great stuff). Clouddead is something ive never really been able to get into, but im giving the self-titled another listen as I speak. Hymie's Basement I never heard.
Overall though from what Ive heard I find anticon to be a pretty average independant rap label, eclipsed by similar offerings from Def Jux, Rhymesayers, and Stones Throw. |
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Didn't see this thread earlier or would have posted here.
themselves- theFREEhoudini mix http://www.anticon.com/thefreehoudini/ Everyone should cop this if they're in to any kind of experimental hip-hop, there's no validator so you can B.S. an e-mail. |
I also appreciate Anticon, though I find some of the stuff a bit too silly for my taste. Or too white, I don't know. Dose One's voice gets on my nerves, most of the time. My favorite Anticon release would be Odd Nosdam's No More Wig for Ohio. I suggest everyone go out and get that. Here are some others I enjoy:
Alias - Muted Jel - Soft Money Telephone Jim Jesus - Anywhere Out Of The Everything Odd Nosdam - I enjoy them all DJ Mayonnaise - Still Alive (****ty name, good music) Thee More Shallows - Book of Bad Breaks |
The only artist I've heard from Anticon so far is cLOUDDEAD, and I absolutely love them. I'm listening to the other artist you posted and I'm fairly interested. Not sure if I like them or not, I just want to listen to more of their material.
I'll take any uploads you are willing to give as well. |
Uh personally i find Aesop Rock a bit boring although he has some good songs and that new why album was just pants.
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I liked the production of the clouddead video, but the vocal delivery was way too minimal.
But the Why? video totally won me over and I'm definitely going to check him out. What would you say is his best? |
Dude.
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I suggest starting with Elephant Eyelash, but The Vowels Pt. II is on Alopecia which is drop dead gorgeous as well. |
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Take-Away Show: Why? - "Eskimo Snow" | Crackle New Why? album coming soon. :hphones: |
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I'm extremely looking forward to a new album, thanks for the heads up. |
I think it's like, a bunch of songs that weren't put on Alopecia, and some other things, or something like that. I'll see if I can find the news story thing about it again, man.
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I'd say Alopecia has more elements of hip hop than EE does, if that's what you're looking for. Again, both are great so it probably doesn't matter which one you go with.
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So, I got sidetracked looking through the Anticon roster and ended up with A New White by Subtle, which is a side-project by Doseone I think.
Anyway, I'm on a first listen and I can already tell it's excellent. The production is just stellar, with a stronger hip hop focus than Why? but in a completely original way. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2104/...127e059d_o.jpg |
Deep Puddle Dynamics are excellent but I can't find my cCloudead album :( Any up's will be appreciated :) why? are excellent too. I need to get hold of Alopecia as I only have Elephant Eye Lash.
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I plan to.
God, I read his interview on Pitchfork and man, there is a lot going on behind these albums. Most of it seems to be just in his head though, there's no way I could piece together the songs to come up with that story. |
Yeah, Doseone is a completely different breed of human. The videos of him on youtube are pretty entertaining. People complain about his voice but I don't really have a problem with it, the sh*t he comes up with makes it worth sitting through.
For Hero: For Fool is a good album, I agree.. gets better every time I listen to it. |
I just bought Why? "Alopecia" because it's a popular release, and accessible. I really like it so far. Chuch!
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I appreciate certain projects within Anticon, namely Hymie's Basement, Why? and ClouDDead, but i dont think it has anything on the quality of Def Jux
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deep puddle dynamics is in my top 10-20 h/h albums, doseone is a genius, gotta love those scribble jam vids he comes with capital B Bars.
Not had the time to explore much beyond cLOUDEAD, who make Sounds that pleaseth the ear. Not so sure about the schmindie stuff, although I think the hip-hop fusion renaissance of Anticon has got to be respected. 'Genre' does not seem to be a term in their lexicon. |
Jel: bona fide badass
and another thing... |
why? is playing here with AU, Serengeti, & Polyphonic. tonight.
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those videos were amazing. liked the description of Lil' Wayne and 50 Cent 'stylistically? like two grandmas kissing' haha
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Dayum, that was great.
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