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Post by Blacksmile on Dec 20, 2011 19:51:38 GMT -8
Yeah that might be a 'had to be there' type thing because I cant think of a song in the world I would like to see performed 11 times in a row instead of the artist playing 11 different songs. I'm in full agreement of this. I just don't get the point of it and it baffles me.
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Dec 20, 2011 20:21:45 GMT -8
Kanye and and Jay-Z repeating their tune isn't so much an art statement as a a hip hop thing. I'm not gonna pretend that I understand all the ins and outs of hip hop culture, but I do have friends that are very into the scene and also I've like, read books about it and stuff (I know, serious gangsta). You can't really look at The Throne show like a "rock" concert, it's a hype event to play both "bangers" for the crowd and allow the MC's to show off how hot shit they are. Back in tha day, to so painfully white boy say, an MC or DJ with a "Hot Track" would peacock that shit all night long. Like a victory lap. At clubs and parties it got people to make specific dances to specific songs and develope a whole little by-product that was almost independent of the song itself but was still facilitated by this very song. In a sense I'm saying that their is so much more than the "listening experience" involved in a "hot track", it's a totally all encompassing experience that can be enjoyed repeatedly as it celebrates both the crowd's owning of the song and the MC's dominance all at the same time.
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Dec 20, 2011 20:25:11 GMT -8
I've probably never sounded more white than in that above post, talking about the hipping and the hopping.
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Post by Shaxspear III Esq. on Dec 20, 2011 20:53:00 GMT -8
and also I've like, read books about it and stuff (I know, serious gangsta).
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Post by Drew on Dec 20, 2011 21:31:19 GMT -8
That was awfully white, FD, but I think you mostly nailed it.
You sounded like when NPR does segments on rap music and black culture. I remember hearing one about Waka Flocka Flame and the Atlanta strip-club scene, and it sounded about the same.
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Post by Drew on Dec 20, 2011 21:32:08 GMT -8
Buncha brainwashed fanboys! I know this is tongue-in-cheek because you're, like, captain fanboy, Pea. #jussayin
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Post by Pea on Dec 20, 2011 21:38:37 GMT -8
Hah! Who's fanboy in particular??
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Post by Friendly Destroyer on Dec 20, 2011 21:45:48 GMT -8
FD's Hot Tracks and Hot Jams Corner
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Post by Drew on Dec 20, 2011 21:58:47 GMT -8
Hah! Who's fanboy in particular?? I don't know but if wonk were here he could probably come up with something. Maybe I just mean you're the captain of hyperbole. You always say stuff like, "this is probably the best album of the decade" or "this might be the song that changes the way people live their lives."
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Dec 20, 2011 21:59:59 GMT -8
That description makes it sound less fanboy and more bandwagon. IMHO.
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Post by romanticizer on Dec 20, 2011 22:09:19 GMT -8
I've probably never sounded more white than in that above post, talking about the hipping and the hopping. U iz a honky.
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Post by Drew on Dec 20, 2011 22:10:10 GMT -8
That description makes it sound less fanboy and more bandwagon. IMHO. No it's not bandwagonning because it's usually also a board suicide. A hyperbolic board suicide.
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Dec 20, 2011 22:23:55 GMT -8
So its more... throwing himself under the bandwagon?
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Post by emptyfox on Dec 20, 2011 23:44:43 GMT -8
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Post by J. Walter Weatherman on Dec 20, 2011 23:53:10 GMT -8
Hahahaha, fucking perfect.
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Post by Pea on Dec 21, 2011 0:04:57 GMT -8
I won't deny that. I love exaggerations and lots and lots of hyperbole. I think I'm just a super excitable person. FD can back me up on that.
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Post by know ID yuh on Dec 21, 2011 1:37:19 GMT -8
Hah! Who's fanboy in particular?? I don't know but if wonk were here he could probably come up with something. Maybe I just mean you're the captain of hyperbole. You always say stuff like, "this is probably the best album of the decade" or "this might be the song that changes the way people live their lives." Pea is not a homer, he is just extremely positive. He talks about music he likes just like he talks about beer he likes, and exaggerates their appeal because he likes them so much. He wouldn't even be top ten fanboys on this board.
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Post by know ID yuh on Dec 21, 2011 1:45:33 GMT -8
Ya that sounds fucking awful and I refuse to believe it was amazing. Buncha brainwashed fanboys! I wish I was surprised by this, but I heard it would happen many times many times. Count me as one who didn't want to hear it x11. Luckily they only played it 6 times in Tacoma. While walking back to my hotel, one exiting car had their windows down playing that song. I kept thinking, "Six wasn't enough?"
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Post by kymess_jr on Dec 21, 2011 2:37:53 GMT -8
I'm sure no one but me cares.... I picked up a pair of tickets to Concrete Blonde in Jan. as a Christmas present for my mom!
I was actually pretty shocked when I found out they were coming to town, but it's a nice coincidence since they've been creeping back into my regular listening since I picked them for album of the week. I'm kinda killing two birds with one stone by giving the tickets to my mom, but I know she'll love 'em too.
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Post by wompwomp on Dec 21, 2011 6:38:55 GMT -8
I wish I was surprised by this, but I heard it would happen many times many times. Count me as one who didn't want to hear it x11. Luckily they only played it 6 times in Tacoma. While walking back to my hotel, one exiting car had their windows down playing that song. I kept thinking, "Six wasn't enough?" Haha, we were at a club after the show and the DJ played the song once and everyone laughed and then he started playing it again and everyone started booing and screaming NO!!!! I don't really need to hear that song again for a while.
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