Everything except Rap and Country - and Jamiroquai

[Anthile]

The older members may remember the old thread in which Vegard and I conducted our Somewhere Back In Time experiment where we began with the restricted ourselves to only listen to music from a specific year for and we would move to the next year after a week, beginning with the year 1960. This was more or less successful and we discovered a lot of great and forgotten music; artists that were unrightfully forgotten in their time, just demonstrating that Nietzsche was right when he said that some are born posthumously. I came to love bands and artists like Can, Esquivel, Yezda Urfa, Kansas, Nick Drake or Kate Bush that absolutely were not my radar and most likely never would have been if we hadn't done this.

Actually, the thread title is a lie because I'm doing the inverse. For the next month, I will listen to nothing but Hip Hop, Country and, well, Jamiroquai. There is no particular reason for doing this besides that I'm a bit tired of British Alternative Rock and Swedish Progressive Rock right now and I'm thirsting for new tunes. It's not that I don't listen to music of these genres already, it's just that I think in these genres is the most potential for me since both are virgin land to me.
In the course of this month I will use this thread to document my journey; the curious, the bizarre - and Jamiroquai.


PS: I will gladly accept any recommendations or hints.

 

[Cavallier]

I have one question: Are you including "folk" in with country? I ask because for some weird reason I make a distinction between those two.

 

[Anthile]

I have one question: Are you including "folk" in with country? I ask because for some weird reason I make a distinction between those two.

That's an interesting question right there. I always thought Country was a sub-genre of Folk, considering that Country seems to be mostly a phenomenon in the USA and hardly made elsewhere but it seems that Wikipedia disagrees with me on that. It even offers a fusion called Country Folk. I googled a bit further and it seems a lot of other people have asked the same question but there is no clear answer. It's probably about the themes and the narrative forms or maybe it's just a matter whether or not the artists identify themselves as Country musicians. I don't really know. I think part of this experiment is to show that there is music beyond the stereotypes aka All Hip Hop is Gangsta Rap and All Country is about trucks. At least that's what I hope.

To actually answer your question, no, I'm not going to listen to any Folk that is not tagged as Country.

 

[Agent Intellect]

I might have some disparate hip-hop recommendations, if you're looking for some more 'unorthodox' styles.


Horrorcore:

Gravediggaz:

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YouTube - GRAVEDIGGAZ - DIARY OF A MADMAN

Twiztid:

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YouTube - Twiztid - Story Of Our Lives

Esham:

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YouTube - Esham - I'm Dead

Storytelling:

Slick Rick:

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YouTube - 2 Way Street - Slick Rick

Sticky Fingaz:

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This is a story that spans three songs:



YouTube - Why - Sticky Fingaz
YouTube - Sticky Fingaz - Oh My God
YouTube - Sticky Fingaz ft Canibus,Redman & Rah Digga - State vs Kirk Jones

JMT & R.A. the Rugged Man:

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Second verse is based on the true story of RA the Rugged Man's dad.



YouTube - Jedi Mind Tricks- Uncommon Valor (A Vietnam Story)

Cage:

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Get it while it's still underground: supposed to be a movie made about his life starring Shia LaBeouf.



YouTube - Cage - The Subtle Art Of The Break Up Song

Conscious Hip-Hop:

Common:

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YouTube - Common - Cold Blooded
YouTube - Common - Heat

Mos Def:

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YouTube - The Rape Over- Mos Def
YouTube - Mos Def Mathematics

Brother Ali:

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YouTube - Brother Ali - Uncle Sam Goddamn
YouTube - Brother Ali - Freedom Ain't Free

Mr Lif:

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YouTube - Mr. Lif - Success Feat. Aesop Rock
YouTube - Mr. Lif - Earthcrusher
YouTube - Mr Lif - "Obama"

 

[Anthile]

I might have some disparate hip-hop recommendations, if you're looking for some more 'unorthodox' styles.

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Thanks. This will be most helpful. I've already tried some of the artists you recommended me on my profile site and some of them I really like.

Here's what I'm currently listening to:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdk8g22A9bM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33jfKsSfkho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R2dbY4tmOg

Also, to allow some before-and-after comparison, here's what my lastfm statistics from the last three months say; unfortunately, they don't allow that for just one month:

PS: I really wish Shia LeBouf would stop ruining every aspect of my life.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

I have a ton of Hip Hop I could recommend, but I'll stick to accessible stuff.
I don't really know what you like. Some rockers who come to Hip Hop love the weird abstract indie underground stuff like MF Doom, Quasimoto, Atmosphere and P.O.S., but sometimes indie Hip Hop gets so lyrical and conceptual you lose the sense of culture in the music.

As far as albums go I highly suggest:
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
Nujabes - Metaphorical Music
Binary star - Masters of the Universe
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
Typical Cats - Typical Cats

I'll add youtube links later

Atmosphere - Lovelife*
Blackalicious - Make You Feel That Way
P.M. Dawn - Reality Used To Be A Friend Of Mine
Aceyalone - Organic Electricity
Aesop Rock - Cook It Up (feat. P.F.A.C.)
Aesop Rock - Daylight*
Beastie Boys - Brass Monkey
Binary Star - Reality Check
Binary Star - Masters of the Universe*
Binary Star - Honest Expression
Cannibal Ox - Iron Galaxy*
Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - Devotion
cLOUDDEAD - Apt. A (1)*
De La Soul - I Am I Be*
De La Soul - The Magic Number
De La Soul - Eye Know
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - Mistadobalina
Deltron 3030 - Positive Contact
Denizen Kane - Holding Up The Wall*
Diverse - Leaving
Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard
Living Legends - Nothing Less ft Slug*
Living Legends - Moving At The Speed Of Life*
Living Legends - Immortal Souls*
Madvillain - Accordion
Madvillain - Great Day Today
Madvillain - Raid
Nujabes - Blessing It (Remix)*
People Under The Stairs - We'll Be There
People Under The Stairs - Acid Raindrops*
People Under The Stairs - San Francisco Knights
The Pharcyde - Runnin'
Quasimoto - The Unseen
Souls of Mischief - Cab Fare
Sound Providers - True Indeed
A Tribe Called Quest - Excursions
A Tribe Called Quest - Buggin' Out
A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz (We've Got)
A Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour
A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation
A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?
Typical Cats - Reinventing The Wheel
Typical Cats - Any Day
Typical Cats - Qweloquiallisms
Typical Cats - Snake Oil
Typical Cats - Thin Red Line
Qwel - If It Ain’t Been In A Pawn Shop, Then It Can’t Play The Blues
Qwel - Brick Walls
Qwel - Quest For Fire

 

[Cavallier]

Okay, I'll offer a few country although technically some of these are alt-country:

Justin Rutledge

Gram Parsons <----I'm certain you've heard of him but I've often enjoyed his alt-country stuff.

Cherryholmes

Gurf Morlax

My favorite country song:

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Okay, so it's a Dave Matthews song but if it weren't for that band's "rock" genre label it would be an excellent country song as proved by Willie Nelson:

YouTube - Willie Nelson - Gravedigger

 

[DesertSmeagle]

I'm listening to reiki now, and I could ask for no more.

 

[Agent Intellect]

Here's what I'm currently listening to:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdk8g22A9bM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33jfKsSfkho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R2dbY4tmOg

I'm not sure how much of the P.O.S. you've listened to, but you should watch the live performance of the song "Handmade Handguns". I think it's better than the CD version.

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CD Version:

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YouTube - P.O.S - Hand Made Hand Gun [Hidden Track]

Live Version:

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YouTube - P.O.S. feat. Astronautalis - Handmade Handgun - Philadelphia 3/7/10

PS: I really wish Shia LeBouf would stop ruining every aspect of my life.

I think Transformers is the only movie I've ever seen him in.

I don't watch very many movies.

 

[foemangler]

I might have some disparate hip-hop recommendations, if you're looking for some more 'unorthodox' styles.


Horrorcore:

Gravediggaz:

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YouTube - GRAVEDIGGAZ - DIARY OF A MADMAN

Twiztid:

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YouTube - Twiztid - Story Of Our Lives

Esham:

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YouTube - Esham - I'm Dead

twiztid just released an album a few days ago called "heartbroken and homicidal". good rock vibe with some very low bass drops. sticking with horrorcore, here are some other noteworthy artists:

project born
blaze ya dead homie
king gordy
tech n9ne(my personal all-time favorite rapper)
prozak

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Interesting. I see you've already found Dälek, so here are some other favourites of mine:

Hip-hop:

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YouTube - Madvillain - All Caps

YouTube - J Dilla - Last Donut of the Night

YouTube - DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World

Country: (none of this is straight country, I hope it's all okay. RYM calls all of it country, I really don't have a clue myself)

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YouTube - Those Poor Bastards - Crooked Man

YouTube - Wilco - Radio Cure

YouTube - Death to Everyone - Bonnie "Prince" Billy

YouTube - 16 Horsepower Burning Bush

 

[Polaris]

It's country, okay?

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YouTube - Emil Friis And The Absolute Believers "A Little Something"

Country gone psycho:

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YouTube - Emil Friis & The Absolute Believers - Wicked Messenger

uh.. "Bluegrass":

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YouTube - Hotel Memphis - Limes "Small Child Fell Into a Well"

 

[Anthile]

Again, thanks for all the suggestions. Now there are so many of them, I decided to ignore all of them for the moment and rather look for my own stuff, besides the artists that already are in my library.

So here is what I'm listening to now:

General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners - Fire In The Hole

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Okay, this includes Mike Patton who is pretty much one of my favorite artists of all time and no matter what style he does, he's always awesome. Unfortunately, the songs are a bit short on this album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pezuhpb53B8

Bleubird - Switchblade

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USt1AuveQow

DJ Okawari - Luv Letter

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Instrumental. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGvIzFRcRMA

Surreal - Moment In Time

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssIVb_0Xj0U

 

[foemangler]

i don't know if you've heard of a genre called "nu-grass", but it's basically bluegrass on some sort of amphetamine. check out Old Crow Medicine Show(you may have heard of them) and also Trampled By Turtles are very good. When the country mood strikes, i mostly listen to Hank III. Shooter Jennings is good too, but he fits in more with the southern rock genre i believe.

 

[DesertSmeagle]

Ive seen lately that there is no correlation between personality and music.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

Again, thanks for all the suggestions. Now there are so many of them, I decided to ignore all of them for the moment and rather look for my own stuff, besides the artists that already are in my library.

In my post, just go for the artists with multiple entries and the songs with an asterisk next to them.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

Ive seen lately that there is no correlation between personality and music.

Genres do not determine quality of music. I'd like to think that everyone here has a good sense of aesthetics even if they listen to a different genre, so it is all still good music.

 

[Anthile]

I decided that I will sacrifice my firstborn to Anticon and my secondborn to Doomtree .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YywqSQ6-2Os


And, as I dubbed them, the Dream Theater of Bluegrass:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaiyW_UDuG0


Also, Pirate Rap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dabFuH7_Jxg

 

[EyeSeeCold]

I decided that I will sacrifice my firstborn to Anticon and my secondborn to Doomtree .

Also, Pirate Rap:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dabFuH7_Jxg

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YouTube - Rhymin' and Stealin' - Beastie Boys

 

[Cavallier]

Flatt and Scruggs Yes!!!

 

[Anthile]

Alright, here's some gorgeous country:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7OAx8v4ggs

 

[Anthile]

Not much new to say. I have been listening to even more anticon and discovered some truly great Alt-(Country). Even though it has been only a couple of days, the experiment has been a total success so far, way beyond everything I expected. And I have only checked out a fraction of the suggestions in this thread! If you want to listen for yourself what I found, here you go.


Slim Cessna's Auto Club - This is Our Land Redux

This is some sort of Alt-Country supergroup and it shows - these guys really know what they're doing and it rocks.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJf123zWI6w

Lilium - Sense And Grief

Melancholic, quiet and folk-ish Alt-Country that is simply beautiful.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCoP-Uax9fY

Themselves - Hat In The Wind

Collaboration of Jel and Dose One from anticon. I love this song.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kKE2_aUiE

Raujika - City Of Twilight

Found this by a fluke. The album is half instrumental and half rapping, jazzy Hip-Hop. It got no description on lastfm and only about 600 listeners there. Considering the quality, this is quite mysterious.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNnxdVICxbU

 

[babrock]

What is jamirocki? I am guessing it is s type of world music i am unfamiliar with. If so, where is it from and what is it derived from and such?

 

[Anthile]

What is jamirocki? I am guessing it is s type of world music i am unfamiliar with. If so, where is it from and what is it derived from and such?

What? You don't know Jamiroquai? They're a British Funk band with quite some mainstream success. You most likely have heard either Deeper Underground or Virtual Insanity sometime on the radio.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP561bI0xH8

 

[Anthile]

So, as I mentioned in the movie thread, I was busy watching Farscape and thus I haven't listened to a lot of music this week. I mostly expanded what I already posted here and got some more Anticon artists.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqcckeKtSU4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RCSIp0xIW4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xxoA8jgIW8


^all of these songs are awesome

Besides from that my tag cloud looks like this now:

 

[EyeSeeCold]

I know you say it's been a while, but if you fixate on Anticon you're not really getting the Hip Hop experience...

 

[Beat Mango]

This is the only country song I've ever liked (yeah that's Mark Knopfler in the background):

YouTube - Chet Atkins I Still Can't Say Goodbye Legendado br

 

[Anthile]

This is the only country song I've ever liked (yeah that's Mark Knopfler in the background):

YouTube - Chet Atkins I Still Can't Say Goodbye Legendado br

^Hmm, that's a nice song.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9UDTOveUyk

 

[Deridaburi]

tech n9ne(my personal all-time favorite rapper)

I LOVE Tech N9ne, what are some of your favorite songs of his?

 

[Anthile]

I love this song, great lyrics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dytKmI-gLdM

 

[RubberDucky451]

Country love
YouTube - Your Long Journey-Alison Kraus&Robert Plant