Recent content by frycus

The Drapery Falls

Deliverance and Blackwater Park are atmospheric indeed. Ghost Reveries is not. I agree with the previous comments to that effect.

So you must not like 2Pac, since he has sold over 70 million albums worldwide.

Digitized vocal samples ? Lol, that would be the late Roger Troutman from Zapp and Roger fame, performing on the talkbox - of which he is the master. The talkbox is one of the staples of P-Funk influenced West Coast gangsta rap. It has a constant looped beat ? Yes, just like To Live and Die...

I don't know if some of you speak french but missing out on MC Solaar's lyrical genius is really unfortunate for any hip-hop fan.

"NO." ? hahahahaha Who cares if it is commercial ? You think Me Against the World, Life Goes On, I Ain't Mad at Cha and To Live and Die in L.A. are not ? Can you even explain how these songs are any less commercial than California Love ? What's funny is that all the songs you've listed are...

It's definitely hip-hop; and it's a great song.

Simplified versions of the original rap formula ? When was the original rap formula established in your opinion ? 1974 ? 1979 ? 1982 ? 1986 ? 1989 ? Gangsta rap can be very sophisticated musically i.e. NWA - EFFIL4ZAGGIN, MC Ren - Shock of the Hour, 2Pac - All Eyez on Me. All of these records...

Subgenre: basically the same thing in a slightly different style.

So there are different styles of metal but no different styles of rap music ? In your opnion, there is then no difference between A Tribe Called Quest, Geto Boys, OutKast, E-40, Do or Die, Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac, Beastie Boys, Souls of Mischief, Puff Daddy, Juvenile, Wu-Tang Clan, Black Eyed...

Well, again, I don't think mindless and meandering metal progressions are superior to the musical content of the two great 2Pac albums. I qualified them for a reason ...

Orchid - None Morningrise - To Bid you Farewell (The Night and the Silent Water not far behind) My Arms Your Hearse - Demon of the Fall Still Life - The Moor Blackwater Park - The Drapery Falls (very difficult choice, The Leper Affinity and Dirge for November are close behind)...

I certainly disagree about Dirge for November and Patterns of the Ivy; and Wreath and By the Pain I see in Others are incredibly underrated in my opinion. Generally speaking, I think that Opeth's songwriting really improved on Blackwater Park although there are some gems on previous albums...

That quote is elitist. A lot of these so-called conscious rappers are actually less creative poetically than gangster rappers.

2Pac is an incredible rapper. Two of his albums, Me Against the World and All Eyez on Me are full-fledged classics, even outside the rap genre. He had a total mastery of flow and intonation. Musically speaking, the songs on these albums are much more interesting than mindless and meandering...