Janszoon

Is there even such a thing as a good hip-hop skit? I find myself lunging for the skip button every time one comes on.

Dr_Rez

When there funny its worth it. But your somewhat right, most are boring and pointless.

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Janszoon

Even on the off chance that the skit is funny (which honestly I can't think of a single example of) it's probably the kind of thing that's only going to make you laugh the first time you hear it. After that it turns into a an old joke you've already heard that you're probably just going to skip past.

Dr_Rez

Again you are right, but some skits are used to link an album together. And if your like a lot of the members here at musicbanter, or just someone who listens to music by album then many of the skits are as important as the songs themselves.

ex: I know this is a cliche example but on DSOTM there are many points in which no music is played and there is just a break between songs. But without that i think the album would be lacking.

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Janszoon

I think if you sat down and listened to DSOTM right now you'd be surprised by how little of it is like what you describe, and none of it involves Roger Waters making dumb jokes. There's nothing wrong with having little interludes of some kind between songs. As you say it can help link the songs together. But how many hip-hop skits can you think of that really move the album along?

Dr_Rez

By skits do you actually mean like people talking and making jokes..? Or just anything thats not music and fills space between songs.

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Janszoon

Well, the word "skit" definitely implies people talking and that certainly seems to be the case on most hip-hop albums. But for argument's sake we can certainly expand the discussion to include any non-musical interlude between songs.

When you we're talking about DSOTM I was assuming you were referring to non-musical interludes in general, not specifically ones with people talking.

jackhammer

Perfect answer. I can't stand them either.

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