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Yea, I'll be honest and say that I probably didn't put the best example of Black Keys that I could find. As far as they go, they're not really my favorite as much as they used to be, but I included them because I'm sentimental. I also find that Gold on the Ceiling is one of my least favorite songs and the album it is off of is not my favorite either with exception of one or two songs.
Aesop Rock. What to say? His lyrics are wacky and he strays so far away from the beaten path of today's hip hop and has earned a place next to Wu Tang Clan among others as a defining artist that's really influenced the entirety of my tastes in hip-hop and rap.
Sage Francis is a little preachy and to be honest, I find an overwhelming majority of his songs terribly...depressing. They aren't bad, as a matter of fact, the emotion it conveys is what makes it good. The particular song is pretty ra-ra, as you said. His collaborations with B. Dolan and his work on Non-Prophets really give him a chance to stray from his usual, well, wah wah music and flex his abilities as an emcee much, much better than listening to some of his solo tracks. Examples here and here. He's been pretty good about moving past his emotional phase, which is good.
Leftöver Crack is another one that I gave an honorable mention that, while being not a band that I listen to as much anymore, still has influenced my overall tastes in music. I can definitely understand your feelings about Leftöver Crack, they definitely are not for everyone, as they routinely make songs about murdering CEOs and dead cops. Not exactly things I supported even when I did listen to them more than I do now, but they are a band that knows themselves and their audience: Anarcho-Punks holding 40oz's and looking for an excuse to hit a rich kid.
Ludovico Einaudi. He gets a lot of crap from a lot of people about how a lot of his songs lack the depth of some other artists because of their lack of variation. I still like his music, fuck it.
Townes Van Zandt. Well, everyone already knows my opinion on the guy.
Your like for their songs where they drew a lot from funk, which I got a lot from their Brothers album, not necessarily the one after it, made me revisit my funk playlist. If you like the funk sound that much, well, here's some funk for yo ass.
Your assessment of my taste for music is kind of spot-on. I love simplistic and raw blues and rock, which is why I like a lot of early and modern garage punk. Although, I do love more laid back songs as well. Generally, one can sum up some of my music collection as songs that could and may very well have been in a Quentin Tarantino or Guy Ritchie film. I just like cool guy music.
Since you said that you were looking for more hip-hop artists, I can supply a few.
It all depends on what you want with your hip-hop, but I'm just going to dump what I usually listen to.
I like Joey Bada$$ and many would share my opinion that his brand of hip-hop hearkens back to an earlier time where lyrics weren't all about phat asses and whatnot.
You can't like hip-hop without liking the Wu Tang Clan, dawgg.
There's also NWA, but they're more gangsta rap. I grew up getting dropped off at elementary school to Dopeman, so I was pretty gangster, whatever, nbd.
An artist that comes up in the same conversations as Aesop Rock is Slug. He's good. That's pretty much my only opinion on the guy.
Another artist that was in the same circles as Slug, Sage and Aes is Eyedea, who also went by Oliver Hart. He died early and he was definitely a hip-hop prodigy. Where people praise artists for not selling out by simply just never being approached, Eyedea is among the few that turned down a direct offer to sellout. Speaking of Aesop Rock, Slug and Eyedea, here's a song with all of them.
Mobb Deep, more old school rap.
House of Pain - Jump Around. Play this song anywhere and eve people who have never heard of House of Pain will say "OH I LOVE THAT SONG" and the old-timers will absolutely love you.
Beastie Boys. What more to say?
Also, just for shiggles, here's Snow. A Canadian who raps with a feaux-Jamaican accent. Good song though.
Aesop Rock. What to say? His lyrics are wacky and he strays so far away from the beaten path of today's hip hop and has earned a place next to Wu Tang Clan among others as a defining artist that's really influenced the entirety of my tastes in hip-hop and rap.
Sage Francis is a little preachy and to be honest, I find an overwhelming majority of his songs terribly...depressing. They aren't bad, as a matter of fact, the emotion it conveys is what makes it good. The particular song is pretty ra-ra, as you said. His collaborations with B. Dolan and his work on Non-Prophets really give him a chance to stray from his usual, well, wah wah music and flex his abilities as an emcee much, much better than listening to some of his solo tracks. Examples here and here. He's been pretty good about moving past his emotional phase, which is good.
Leftöver Crack is another one that I gave an honorable mention that, while being not a band that I listen to as much anymore, still has influenced my overall tastes in music. I can definitely understand your feelings about Leftöver Crack, they definitely are not for everyone, as they routinely make songs about murdering CEOs and dead cops. Not exactly things I supported even when I did listen to them more than I do now, but they are a band that knows themselves and their audience: Anarcho-Punks holding 40oz's and looking for an excuse to hit a rich kid.
Ludovico Einaudi. He gets a lot of crap from a lot of people about how a lot of his songs lack the depth of some other artists because of their lack of variation. I still like his music, fuck it.
Townes Van Zandt. Well, everyone already knows my opinion on the guy.
Your like for their songs where they drew a lot from funk, which I got a lot from their Brothers album, not necessarily the one after it, made me revisit my funk playlist. If you like the funk sound that much, well, here's some funk for yo ass.
Your assessment of my taste for music is kind of spot-on. I love simplistic and raw blues and rock, which is why I like a lot of early and modern garage punk. Although, I do love more laid back songs as well. Generally, one can sum up some of my music collection as songs that could and may very well have been in a Quentin Tarantino or Guy Ritchie film. I just like cool guy music.
Since you said that you were looking for more hip-hop artists, I can supply a few.
It all depends on what you want with your hip-hop, but I'm just going to dump what I usually listen to.
I like Joey Bada$$ and many would share my opinion that his brand of hip-hop hearkens back to an earlier time where lyrics weren't all about phat asses and whatnot.
You can't like hip-hop without liking the Wu Tang Clan, dawgg.
There's also NWA, but they're more gangsta rap. I grew up getting dropped off at elementary school to Dopeman, so I was pretty gangster, whatever, nbd.
An artist that comes up in the same conversations as Aesop Rock is Slug. He's good. That's pretty much my only opinion on the guy.
Another artist that was in the same circles as Slug, Sage and Aes is Eyedea, who also went by Oliver Hart. He died early and he was definitely a hip-hop prodigy. Where people praise artists for not selling out by simply just never being approached, Eyedea is among the few that turned down a direct offer to sellout. Speaking of Aesop Rock, Slug and Eyedea, here's a song with all of them.
Mobb Deep, more old school rap.
House of Pain - Jump Around. Play this song anywhere and eve people who have never heard of House of Pain will say "OH I LOVE THAT SONG" and the old-timers will absolutely love you.
Beastie Boys. What more to say?
Also, just for shiggles, here's Snow. A Canadian who raps with a feaux-Jamaican accent. Good song though.
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