I would like him more if he didn't copy his show over and over into new shows. (American Dad, Cleveland Show) His roasts are pretty funny. I could live with or without. Hit or miss.
http://www.amazon.com/Section-80/dp/B005AJ8A94/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336510365&sr=8-1 Thats the most recent one I've had. Ambition by Wale is a very solid album as well. There is new Odd Future out as well thats pretty good, although I haven't listened to it more than once. If you're looking outside of hip-hop there is great stuff too. There is a band called Real Estate that I'm really into these days.
I kind of enjoyed the first 2 seasons of the show. The tipping point was the superbowl episode starring the Patriots. It wasn't just the Patriots, but the 5 minute unfunny show tune just wedged into the middle of the show. From that point on I just hated the show. I tried numerous times to give it another chance and just hated everything about it. I refuse to watch the spin-offs for even a second.
I hated that show tune as well. It was terrible. I tend to not watch the show unless it is an episode that has a pairing of Brian and Stewie. I enjoy those two characters together.
Time to start the WTF is wrong with Seth Mcfarlane thread? I agree though, my favorite episodes center around one or both of them.
There is nothing wrong with music today. It's been the same as it's always been. Hated by the older and accepted by the new. And appreciated by the people that insist on liking what's not popular because that makes them look cool. Guilty pleasures are a heavy burden, sometimes.........
That Kendrick Lamar album is alright for me but I'm just not that big a fan of his or Wale's style. I absolutely hate Odd Future but Tyler does make some good beats. I liked that song he did w/Pusha T
Tyler is just an awful rapper in my eyes though. I think that song would of been amazing had it just been pusha t. or even better, pusha t and malice. Would of been nuts. KL is extremely talented. But his flow and delivery is just boring to me. Wale is a guy I didn't even give a chance to be honest, but when I did, I liked him. His album was just OK, but that was much better then I expected actually.
This GOOD Music album should be nice assuming Kanye produces the whole thing. Beanie and Scarface could be decent also.
I'm actually enjoying music at the moment because there is a huge trend of 90's alt rock acts getting back together including some Canadian alt rock acts. Considering you form your musical tastes around the age of 14 (you'll branch out somewhat..but your core will always be what you listened to at 14)....it was a good time to be a teenager ;p [video=youtube;-HmW9rVAtVs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HmW9rVAtVs[/video] [video=youtube;l1_t3z5egPM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1_t3z5egPM[/video] Even Garbage and Bush are back: [video=youtube;4OdTBCgqRt4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OdTBCgqRt4&ob=av2e[/video] [video=youtube;vi06TWlKeHc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi06TWlKeHc&ob=av3e[/video]
I chuckled when I saw Garbage, but that song wasn't bad. Last time we heard from Garbage chick she was being a terminator -
I think a large part of the problem now is that -- more than ever -- actual talent and musicianship aren't required to make musical sounds. Just layers upon layers of electronic food coloring and additives, to the point that IS all you're hearing. The ProTools era has made things too perfect. One more reason why I love Dave Grohl......he made the Foos last album in his garage.....on tape. His words: "Rock music isn't supposed to be perfect." I love listening to old records ("what's a record?"), shifting the balance all the way left or right and hearing the instrument stand on its own, unique and imperfect. It makes me feel like I'm sitting there with them, the human being playing it. That's how I learned to play guitar, shifting left and right. Bob Dylan had it right a few years ago: Everything is just noise now. I wish things would still remain clear and differentiated/segregated during the production process. I guess that's what drives me crazier than anything else; the overproduction of modern music. Nickelback is the flaming torch-carrier for it in rock music. They don't sound like guitars and drums. I can deal with ****ty songs and lyrics because then they'd just be a lackluster band instead of an overproduced lackluster band trying to fake it. And everything has ****ing autotune on it. Why does Usher need anything on his voice? Why does everybody have to sound robotic? What is that? Where's the individuality? Differentiality? Another reason why I respect Adele. She won't add anything to her voice and, win or lose, wants it to stand on its own. Though not exactly the same, I see it similarly to how popular hip hop artists can't make albums on their own. There has to be a dozen other popular rappers on the album. I suppose that's just personal preference, but I feel it's something unique and virtually non-extinct.
I'll admit I'm old. I'm also a guitar player. To start with, in my opinion rap is not music; it's poetry set to rhythm. Music has tones and harmonies in addition to rhythm and lyrics. Most of what has happened to music today has to do with the way it's produced: digital audio workstations, MIDI, sequencers and electronic instruments and effects taking the place of musicians playing in front of a microphone. It started with studio effects in the 50s and 60s and progressed to today, when anyone with an ear, a computer and a rudimentary knowledge of music can be a producer; often even a good one. But people still perform live and record live together; you just have to choose it from a monstruous catalogue of music.
In the words of Popeye the sailor, I am what I am and that's all that I am. But if you hear an Indian raga, it's chock full of tonalities and harmonies, too.
Childish Gambino - Camp was a good hip hop album. There are plenty of great artists out there making music nowadays you just have to know where to look. Hint: it's not on the radio or MTV.
To be honest, I didn't like Tyler, KL, or Wale at all when I first listened to them. Took me a bunch of listens before I actually got into it.
After watching the Voice....I think most people wouldn't know good music if it ruptured their eardrums. How in the blue **** Juliet Simms and Chris 'I'm trying to get away from Opera but still sing Opera' Mann made the finals, and Tony Luccia was in 3rd are all just beyond me. It just demonstrates to me that people focus more on the overall package and not the quality of the voice or player making the music.
Really depends who you listen to. A lot of producers play their own instruments (RZA). I do agree with you for a lot of pop/rap music though.
Thats not the music video This is: [video=youtube;D3ZNtOcY_1A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ZNtOcY_1A[/video] And yeah I am eagerly awaiting their upcoming album.
I think rock acts are really getting to that point to. It's not just Foo Fighters. Our Lady Peace is finally back to playing like they used to. They went back to an old producer and dropped Bob Rock and came out with a very 90's sounding Our Lady Peace: [video=youtube;OfwPGZxIXz4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfwPGZxIXz4&ob=av2e[/video] [video=youtube;Mhrn_iweyYc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhrn_iweyYc[/video]
