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June 17, 2009
June 15, 2009
Common - Universal Mind Control
I’m not sure I can make it through this album all the way. It sounds like spiders are eating into the back of my brain. I need to hear some Missy Elliott or something else similar that I like, to make sure I’m not coming down with mind-shingles.
The problem is that the mixing/mastering of this music is designed to force us to hear it. It’s distorted, and as loud as is physically possible. Just as Mencius asks if there is anything you value more than your life, and just as businesses should recognize that profit is only a desirable second effect of accomplishing a good purpose, musicians should ask if attracting attention at all costs is wise.
5 months ago
June 2, 2009
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Missy Elliott - Under Construction (hear “Funky Fresh Dressed”)
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hip-hop
November 5, 2008
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Fugees - The Score (listen to “Ready or Not”)
Barack Obama’s favorite song, according to some magazine, is “Ready or Not” by Fugees. I think he may rather have been thinking of the title, with respect to his presidential ambitions, than of the lyrics, which I’m sure would consternate your average person for whom rap lyrics cause consternation. If you listen past Wyclef’s verse, which degenerates into hooligantry, Lauryn Hill’s verse is actually a direct commentary on gangsterism in hip-hop.
Not too many popular albums talk about parallax and retrograde motion, though.
1 year ago
September 11, 2008
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Tom Ze - Danc-Eh-Sa
Tom Ze is the greatest. Why he isn’t a top producer in hip-hop is beyond me. At a bare minimum, he should be all over a Bjork album, right?
1 year ago
