Rap and Hip-Hop at the game table?

[Zoatebix]

Alot of pop music is trite and soulless, but alot isn't.

Yay! Anyone else glad that Hot Hot Heat (canadian post-hardcore-ish) and the Roots (a rap band) have finally been getting radio play and such? Anyone wish thay more than just one single from each group was on, so that everyone wouldn't be tired of hearing the same thing over and over?
-z

 

[Mirth]

Yay! Anyone else glad that Hot Hot Head (canadian post-hardcore-ish) and the Roots (a rap band) have finally been getting radio play and such? Anyone wish thay more than just one single from each group was on, so that everyone wouldn't be tired of hearing the same thing over and over?
-z

Hot Hot Heat is a very cool Cure-ish kind of band. I likes. And The Roots are the shiznit. I have all their records. I'm not much of a Jay-Z fan, but I have to give him props for choosing The Roots as his backing band for his Unplugged album. I could give a rat's ass if they get radio play or not, honestly. I gave up listening to most radio years ago. Now I only listen to NPR. I wouldn't mind seeing more videos from those bands, though. Unfortunately, I don't have Mtv2 or MuchMusic

 

[ShinHakkaider]

Hot Hot Heat is a very cool Cure-ish kind of band. I likes. And The Roots are the shiznit. I have all their records. I'm not much of a Jay-Z fan, but I have to give him props for choosing The Roots as his backing band for his Unplugged album. I could give a rat's ass if they get radio play or not, honestly. I gave up listening to most radio years ago. Now I only listen to NPR. I wouldn't mind seeing more videos from those bands, though. Unfortunately, I don't have Mtv2 or MuchMusic

I just got the Hot Hot Heat CD the other day, it's not great but I do like a few of the songs though. It's on rotation on my ipod along w/ neko case (a country act). I have the Do You Want More, Illadelph halflife and Things Fall Apart by the Roots on my Ipod as well but I dont have thier latest album yet. I dont listen to radio either, only when I'm in the car with the wife.

 

[Mirth]

I just got the Hot Hot Heat CD the other day, it's not great but I do like a few of the songs though. It's on rotation on my ipod along w/ neko case (a country act). I have the Do You Want More, Illadelph halflife and Things Fall Apart by the Roots on my Ipod as well but I dont have thier latest album yet. I dont listen to radio either, only when I'm in the car with the wife.

Neko Case is great too. On the country tip, I like mostly alternative country like Whiskeytown & Ryan Adams, Uncle Tupelo & Wilco & Son Volt & Jay Farrar, Gillian Welch, The Jayhawks, Lucinda Williams, The Handsome Family, Hank Williams III, Wayne Hancock, Trailer Bride, The Derailers and so on and so on. When it comes to classic country, I get a bit more picky --- Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, Marty Robbins, Buck Owens are a few I can think of off the top of my head. Not a big fan of mainstream country, although I like Lyle Lovett and Dwight Yoakam (and I have a hidden fondness for Marty Stuart). Shelby Lynne is a hit and miss artist I like most of the time too. I Am Shelby Lynne was a brilliant record. I might add some more later if I think of them.

Edit: I wanted to add that I met my wife when we worked together in a record store Finding a woman with great taste in music is a must, let me tell you...

 

[Zoatebix]

You can't forget Charlie Daniels for classic country!

 

[Mirth]

You can't forget Charlie Daniels for classic country!

I can

 

[Zoatebix]

I think I like HHH's EP Knock Knock Knock better than Make up the Break Down (or whatever it's called - their both loaned to a friend now). "Touch You Touch You" is an amazing track, or maybe I'm just a sucker for the triplet and dupal meter cross-rhythms in the introduction.

 

[Zoatebix]

noooooooo! Devil Went Down to Georgia!!!

Okay, that one's not the best choice... but Uneasy Rider is so well written! Plus it's spoken word, and this is a rap thread

Maybe I'm partial to uneasy rider 'cause my dad did a cover of it when he was playing in the bars for a living, though I was too young to remember him when he was well-practised enough to do it live.

I've got a Johnny Cash fanatic friend, though, who's really been turning me on to Cash. He's also the dude who played Kraftwerk's Autobahn for me. Yay for our collected eclectic tastes.

-z

 

[BrooklynKnight]

I'm more partial to the Devil Went Down to Jamaica

 

[Snoweel]

I'm more partial to the Devil Went Down to Jamaica

I bet you are.

I'm really surprised that nemmerle hasn't dropped into this thread yet.

Or (contact), a rap fanatic and big, big Roots fan.

and while it has bonus instrumentals for Drums of Death pt 1 and 2, it does not have Be There on it. Sorry.

Thanks for looking.

Yay! Anyone else glad that Hot Hot Heat (canadian post-hardcore-ish) and the Roots (a rap band) have finally been getting radio play and such? Anyone wish thay more than just one single from each group was on, so that everyone wouldn't be tired of hearing the same thing over and over?

I assume the Roots song to which you refer is The Seed 2.0?

Ironic that it's the one song of theirs to go massive, really, since it's about changing musical style (and you have to admit that it is markedly different from their usual stuff) in order to gain recognition.

Finding a woman with great taste in music is a must, let me tell you...

Let me add large breasts to that list...