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Originally Posted by Qwertyy
Agreed.
Also, @OccultHawk, are you a fan of Billy Woods? At times I find Earl's approach similar to his because of the slow delivery, incredible lyricism, and as of late, his beat selection too.
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I like Billy Woods.
I'm not saying there won't be any more really good hip hop I'm just saying that I don't think there's going to be any more huge artistic revolutions within the genre.
I think a lot of great jazz happened after Coltrane died but he still had what I consider to be the final word on it's evolution. I also think Lee and Thurston did that with guitar based rock'n'roll.
You would have to be inside my head to know exactly what I mean by that but there it is.
In this sense, I don't view Coltrane as influential. I think he said everything there was left to say. Some critics call free jazz a dead end. I call it the mountaintop.
I do not like Woods as much as Earl. I really feel there's something very special about Earl. However, I will admit that for a long time I was right on top of hip hop as it happened but somewhere along the way I started discovering missed pieces or that for whatever reason it took me longer than it should have to realize how great certain artists are or were.