Re: Best albums of 2010?
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 3:47 pm
Both p51 and Zeke have good points, but I'm going to have to take the road in between them. Music is both defined and undefined. Wtf, what do u mean by that? O, well what I mean to say is that music, generally speaking, is not defined, you can neither predict or formulate a way to make the "perfect" sound or noise, music is forever changing, you will never know which direction it is headed. In this, I would say zeke is right, but on the other hand, if I am understanding p51 correctly, what I think he means to say is that modern day music is certainly defined. I would definitly agree with saying that modern music is defined, producers/artists have discovered a certain formula that works and generates profit and appeals to the masses, which is one reason I hate it so. Not to sound like a hipster, but mainstream/radio music today I find extremely boring, and I'm not speaking about complexity or simplicity, but rather like I've heard the song before, its been done, lets move on already.
Btw, to call Eminem a musican is just absurd. He plays no instruments or electronic instruments, he doesn't sing, he is indeed a poet. Most of his "beats" are either from DJs who agree to license their music to him in exchange for a certain percentage of the song each time its sold. In fact most rappers do this, the more mainstream ones that is. But I would call him an artist in production, which is a completely different ball park, and to say otherwise is just ignorance. Knowing that bass frequences reside in the 20 to 80 hz range doesn't prove that your a musician, knowing the attack range, sustain, and release time on dynamic compressors doesn't prove that your a musician, knowing how to use a low and high pass filter doesn't prove your a musician.... I think you get my point. Production is a completely different art form entirely. Now, it is true that I am a hip-hop hater, but that is mainly due to the fact that their lyrics fucking suck, they arn't musicians.
Now if rappers like this got more popular, I would jump on the bandwagon in a heartbeat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEBGCOCxLgA
He makes his own backing tracks and lyrics, and produces, lyrics are so much better as well.
Btw, to call Eminem a musican is just absurd. He plays no instruments or electronic instruments, he doesn't sing, he is indeed a poet. Most of his "beats" are either from DJs who agree to license their music to him in exchange for a certain percentage of the song each time its sold. In fact most rappers do this, the more mainstream ones that is. But I would call him an artist in production, which is a completely different ball park, and to say otherwise is just ignorance. Knowing that bass frequences reside in the 20 to 80 hz range doesn't prove that your a musician, knowing the attack range, sustain, and release time on dynamic compressors doesn't prove that your a musician, knowing how to use a low and high pass filter doesn't prove your a musician.... I think you get my point. Production is a completely different art form entirely. Now, it is true that I am a hip-hop hater, but that is mainly due to the fact that their lyrics fucking suck, they arn't musicians.
Now if rappers like this got more popular, I would jump on the bandwagon in a heartbeat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEBGCOCxLgA
He makes his own backing tracks and lyrics, and produces, lyrics are so much better as well.