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I’ve never really understood picking favorites for music, games, movies, etc. I’ve always found “what’s your favorite ?” a hard question to answer. What’s wrong with enjoying things without ranking them? Do other people find ranking somehow increases their enjoyment?
Tigran Hamasyan, Animals as Leaders, and Plini are musicians I listen to almost everyday.
Tigran Hamasyan, Animals as Leaders, and Plini are musicians I listen to almost everyday.
hundreds of five star dubstep tracks. but ask around and people might be able to name skrillex and a few other names who arent dubstep.
> That doesn’t negate the fact that hip-hop is a lyrical artform, with the emcee being the star since the 1980s. I don’t think this is true. Instrumentals in hip-hop are largely first class citizens. Lyrics are at the forefront, yes, but consider that rappers are judged more on their technical ability to navigate the beats they choose. It’s the only genre where artists are regularly deemed unworthy of their own instr…
Fully agreed. Given my background, I was (and am) mostly listening to German Hip-Hop (but of course it’s born out of US Hip-Hop, which I appreciate as well, including Illmatic and pretty much anything with “primo beats”), but the same thing applies. I do value good lyrics of course, but for a track to be really good, it primarily has to have a really good beat, and really good flow in how the lyrics are presented. Th…
when the words fail you, its important to have good production values to fall back on and enjoy in the song.
i believe most the people in the US however are words above all listeners, and will accept subpar production, because theyre focused on the 'opera singer and the movie.'
If the author continued their lineage beyond hip-hop, into electronic music (house, drum n' bass, downtempo), I think they would see that "favorite instrumentalist" has transformed into "favorite producer".
Favorite producer seems equivalent to favorite big band leader.
Don Toliver is a producer turned artist, so is Metro Boomin... Ti is doing stand up comedy, and even Rick Ross is vlogging and running a podcast now instead of working on primarily music. Spotify not paying artists has a lot to do with it I'm sure... It's a sign of doom for music if making music becomes worthless, because the only music left will be artificially generated, and any real music connoisseur knows that's just never going to cut it.
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If you remember those songs, then surely you must have heard many more from the same era. TFA totally glosses over the increase in instrumental popularity during the 60s and 1970s. Two big factors completely missing are 1) decline of Top 40 AM radio, and 2) decline of 7-inch 45 vinyl singles. I remember the following instrumental hits of the era, they may not have reached number 1 but were definitely played a lot on…
Moments of Love - Art of Noise - how could I forgot that one.
Guru Josh - Infinity
Hot Butter - popcorn
Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F
Chariots of Fire - Vangelis
Star Wars - John Williams
Pick up the Pieces - Average White Band
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What a strange way to flex.
I'm not American so have no idea what you mean. My point was that she was busy with a non-musical project for several years. I have not met her since the pandemic though.
What do you think @copperx thought it was?
Your nationality shouldn't matter in any of that.
To be fair, Polyphia is a great band and Tim Henson still a star instrumentalist...
Yes, I was surprised to find no mention of Polyphia, even to dismiss it. Are they not as popular as I thought?
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Moments of Love - Art of Noise - how could I forgot that one.
Robert Miles - Children Guru Josh - Infinity Hot Butter - popcorn Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F Chariots of Fire - Vangelis Star Wars - John Williams Pick up the Pieces - Average White Band
Vangelis - so many - Love Theme from Blade Runner , Conquest of Paradise - just show you how terrible my memory is.