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zesty_pintoI was originally going to use Vanessa Carlton, but the more I thought about it, she had some elements that translated well into a lot of other music I listen to, so here's another genre. How about rap?
I have a very small list of rappers that I listen to, but there's one artist whom I ended up getting into twice.
I will disclose there's a few rap songs that I liked through my childhood and they are a very small number since I was brought up to hate rap, but when I started working for a hip hop mag, I started to be more open minded over rap. One day, on WNYC while watching this compilation on classic rap, between the politically charged violent lyrics of late 80's to early 90's gangsta rap, there's this funny rap that had a bit of that hard lyric work you don't expect from "safer" venues like Will Smith and the stuff they sell to kids.
At the same time, I ended up enjoying eMusic and, finding more stuff to look into, I noticed Adult Swim pushing this artist who is hilarious. The tracks he uses reach into all the TV shows I grew up off of too.
I didn't realize it until I wiki'd it, but that same artist was in the same group I looked into.
The band's name was KMD.
And if you watch Adult Swim, you probably know that the artist I'm talking about is MF Doom.
Although KMD is a bunch of kids doing a lot of really hard racial discussion on being black in a world that we still are having difficulty with accepting, you can see a lot of them still being kids having fun despite this. Just as significantly, you can find the same track laying that you would find in Zev Love X turned MF Doom's later work.
That it lead to him turning into this nerdcore rapper's rapper who both epitomizes but chagrin's the rap industry's traditions just feels right to me. He's still the playful nerdy kid willing to play by his own rules, and god bless him I gotta love him for it.
I know this is about one song, but I gotta do two just to compare. First, from his KMD days: a song that verbally plays with words that have a different meaning in the street into a parable.
-and something that feels like a followup response so many years later, on an album whose entire theme is food.
I will also add that I always feel insecure trying to describe hip hop properly so if someone corrects me in how I define this mythos, it probably would be for the best anyway, ha!
Day 01 - Your favorite song
Day 02 - Your least favorite song
Day 03 - A song that makes you happy
Day 04 - A song that makes you sad
Day 05 - A song that reminds you of someone
Day 06 - A song that reminds of you of somewhere
Day 07 - A song that reminds you of a certain event
Day 08 - A song that you know all the words to
Day 09 - A song that you can dance to
Day 10 - A song that makes you fall asleep
Day 11 - A song from your favorite band
Day 12 - A song from a band you hate
Day 13 - A song that is a guilty pleasure
Day 14 - A song that no one would expect you to love
Day 15 - A song that describes you
Day 16 - A song that you used to love but now hate
Day 17 - A song that you hear often on the radio
Day 18 - A song that currently intrigues you (questioned changed because I don't listen to the radio)
Day 19 - A song from your favorite album
Day 20 - A song that you listen to when you’re angry
Day 21 - A song that you listen to when you’re happy
Day 22 - A song that you listen to when you’re sad
Day 23 - A song that you want to play at your wedding
Day 24 - A song that you want to play at your funeral
Day 25 - A song that makes you laugh
Day 26 - A song that you can play on an instrument
Day 27 - A song that you wish you could play
Day 28 - A song that makes you feel guilty
Day 29 - A song from your childhood
Day 30 - Your favorite song at this time last yea.
I have a very small list of rappers that I listen to, but there's one artist whom I ended up getting into twice.
I will disclose there's a few rap songs that I liked through my childhood and they are a very small number since I was brought up to hate rap, but when I started working for a hip hop mag, I started to be more open minded over rap. One day, on WNYC while watching this compilation on classic rap, between the politically charged violent lyrics of late 80's to early 90's gangsta rap, there's this funny rap that had a bit of that hard lyric work you don't expect from "safer" venues like Will Smith and the stuff they sell to kids.
At the same time, I ended up enjoying eMusic and, finding more stuff to look into, I noticed Adult Swim pushing this artist who is hilarious. The tracks he uses reach into all the TV shows I grew up off of too.
I didn't realize it until I wiki'd it, but that same artist was in the same group I looked into.
The band's name was KMD.
And if you watch Adult Swim, you probably know that the artist I'm talking about is MF Doom.
Although KMD is a bunch of kids doing a lot of really hard racial discussion on being black in a world that we still are having difficulty with accepting, you can see a lot of them still being kids having fun despite this. Just as significantly, you can find the same track laying that you would find in Zev Love X turned MF Doom's later work.
That it lead to him turning into this nerdcore rapper's rapper who both epitomizes but chagrin's the rap industry's traditions just feels right to me. He's still the playful nerdy kid willing to play by his own rules, and god bless him I gotta love him for it.
I know this is about one song, but I gotta do two just to compare. First, from his KMD days: a song that verbally plays with words that have a different meaning in the street into a parable.
-and something that feels like a followup response so many years later, on an album whose entire theme is food.
I will also add that I always feel insecure trying to describe hip hop properly so if someone corrects me in how I define this mythos, it probably would be for the best anyway, ha!
Day 01 - Your favorite song
Day 02 - Your least favorite song
Day 03 - A song that makes you happy
Day 04 - A song that makes you sad
Day 05 - A song that reminds you of someone
Day 06 - A song that reminds of you of somewhere
Day 07 - A song that reminds you of a certain event
Day 08 - A song that you know all the words to
Day 09 - A song that you can dance to
Day 10 - A song that makes you fall asleep
Day 11 - A song from your favorite band
Day 12 - A song from a band you hate
Day 13 - A song that is a guilty pleasure
Day 14 - A song that no one would expect you to love
Day 15 - A song that describes you
Day 16 - A song that you used to love but now hate
Day 17 - A song that you hear often on the radio
Day 18 - A song that currently intrigues you (questioned changed because I don't listen to the radio)
Day 19 - A song from your favorite album
Day 20 - A song that you listen to when you’re angry
Day 21 - A song that you listen to when you’re happy
Day 22 - A song that you listen to when you’re sad
Day 23 - A song that you want to play at your wedding
Day 24 - A song that you want to play at your funeral
Day 25 - A song that makes you laugh
Day 26 - A song that you can play on an instrument
Day 27 - A song that you wish you could play
Day 28 - A song that makes you feel guilty
Day 29 - A song from your childhood
Day 30 - Your favorite song at this time last yea.
