Topic: The Music Thread

@AgentCooper It’s when I start to think about it, that I realise how useful things like minidiscs and tapes still are. Even now, streaming is a mess of subscriptions and such. You really needed to have scanned all your CDs into iTunes in about 2007 because my laptop doesn’t have a disc drive so I can’t even just download hard copies onto my phone that way. If you want to listen to an owned copy of an album on the go then I guess you either pay iTunes prices or you get a Walkman.

@nessisonett I buy all my music but digitally and as much as possible through bandcamp as, I believe, that is the maximal way for artists to get the money, particularly on the infrequent "bandcamp Fridays" where the site waives any take.

I gave up buying CDs as I realised I literally bought them, got them onto iTunes, and then shelved the CD. I buy a couple of vinyl records a year for albums I have already got digitally but have really enjoyed so that I still have some physical media and vinyl is clearly the coolest way to own it too

I have my music on my phone with two playlists. One of new stuff with eight albums on and a one-in, one-out system when I get something new. A second playlist of albums that I change every other week where I go through iTunes alphabetically and choose albums I haven't listened to in the last 12 months and only one album by an artist.

It's been a cool way of revisiting albums I haven't listened to in ages while also enjoying new stuff too.

I'm up to 35 albums/EPs from this year so far!

@Thrillho Yeah, I’ve got a fair amount of records too but they never did make that Vinylman 😉

I think I might actually own some albums through Bandcamp over the years, partly buying them digitally to support the artists and then some albums that I bought physically through there which gave free digital copies!

Listening to this now, great stuff.
It's from her second album, amazing positive vibe-filled jazz music.

@nessisonett What are your thoughts on Jay Z?

@TheBrandedSwordsman Depends what you mean by that! Always been one of my least favourite rappers of the East Coast bunch from that period but he’s a good producer. Not a big fan of him cheating on Beyonce though 😂

@nessisonett Who is your favourite East Coast rapper then? I personally love Wu Tang and their various associated works such as the Only Built 4 Cuban Linx albums.

@Jimmer-jammer What were your thoughts on the Sun Ra album?

@TheBrandedSwordsman Such a hard one, there’s so many to choose from. Nas and all of the Wu-Tang Clan including their solo stuff are fantastic, it’s got to be MF DOOM though, he was technically born in London but moved to New York young enough to absolutely be part of that scene.

I’ve just seen that SiM has a new album releasing at the end of the months. They’ve released a few of the songs as singles and they absolutely slap!

In last time I listen much of historical songs like Sabaton and RADIO TAPOK. It's great and very powerful songs

@nessisonett Some good choices there man, and sorry about the late reply, I love MM FOOD by MF DOOM, anagram of his name obviously, haha!. Anyway, going back to what we were saying before about Jay Z, don't you rank any of his best albums as at least reasonably good? i.e Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint, The Black Album and 4:44. Those are my favourites by him and ,arguably, all classics. I highly recommend listening to at least Reasonable Doubt, if you haven't heard it already, and getting back to me. It may change your mind.

@TheBrandedSwordsman Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint are probably his best but I just don’t really go out my way to listen to him I guess. Same as Kanye, never been a fan outside of a few tracks.

@nessisonett That's fair enough man. Where do you stand on cinematic soul, if you're familiar with the genre? If you're not here's something to give you an idea of what it sounds like.

@TheBrandedSwordsman Not really something I’m that familiar with! I guess maybe people like Isaac Hayes would count as that sort of soul? I wasn’t that big on Hot Buttered Soul but the Shaft soundtrack’s iconic for a reason. In terms of soul, I do like the Philly style, like Tower of Power and stuff.

@Kidfried Michael Kiwanuka does similar but with a rockier angle and he’s been solid for years now. Great live too.

@nessisonett I hope I was able to introduce you to a new genre that you enjoy then. I can recommend more if you liked that album. Reverting to the subject of East Coast Hip Hop ,have you heard Raekwon's sequel to the purple tape? I'd love to know your thoughts on the album .

@AgentCooper I love Surprise Chef as well, I had the chance to see them live but I passed as I prefer more shreddy stuff live, i.e John Scofield & Julian Lage, as I play guitar and that's the sort of stuff I like to play, I also like free jazz music like Evan Parker live and to listen to as well.

@TheBrandedSwordsman Yeah, I couldn’t believe Part 2 was as good as it was considering what it had to live up to. It’s probably not as good as the original but it’s impressive he managed to put out something that could stand alongside his 90s work.

@nessisonett Yeah i agree, the original is hard to compete with, though. And I've heard that the Cuban Linx albums top anything else in his solo discography. Apparently there's a third on the way, like the Godfather trilogy or something.

@TheBrandedSwordsman Well let’s hope this album isn’t like the Godfather Part 3!