Expanding your tastes?
 

Well... what kind of music have you been giving a go lately, that you don't normally listen to?

Just recently I've been listening to a lot of hip-hop, primarily old skool hip-hop. I never liked it before, but I was blinded by that crappy mainstream hip-hop. NWA, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Mase, good stuff.

Wu tang Clan & my friend told me to get a tupac album so...

Same deal.

You need to dial up some Earth, Wind, And Fire, A Tribe Called Quest and Del Tha Funky Homosapien.

Either way, some new stuff I've been listening to is some black metal. Mostly Dimmu Borgir (sp) which I've found myself enjoying, though I'm too much of a pussy to delve deeper into the genre.

Get a Notorious B.I.G. album. Better flow, more interesting lyrics and miles ahead production wise.

ehh I like Tupac's voice better....

Biggie has like the best voice ever man...

let's see....

Lately, nothing. I've been a serious fan of metal, punk, and neofolk for a while now and don't have much desire to go scoping around for new genres. Used to comb all through the underground, but I've come to the conclusion that I'd rather listen to something I enjoy then artificially expand my listening habbits in order to appear more open minded. I have a few odd favorites from other genres, but they are exceptions, not rules.

Ooh he said the f word...Tupac has such a mediocre flow.

For hip hop check out Dr. Octagon, Madvillian, MF Doom, cLOUDDEAD, Deltron 3030, and Subtle. DJ Shadow, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Ultramagnetic MC's, Nas (Illmatic) are all classics too. Oh and Black Star and Jurassic 5 are great also. That's right I'm turning this into a suggestion thread. Also if you want to dive more into Wu-Tang's solo stuff Method Man's Tical, Ghostface's Fishscale, and Genius/GZA's Liquid Swords are all good.

Anyway lately I've been listening to a lot of stuff randomally that Marijan suggested to me like Cut Copy and Hercules and Love Affair. Mainly when walking around or driving.

whatever dude Biggie was slow

I've been listening to a lot of dead prez and afrika bambatta recently, also been listening to a bit of reggae and oi

I just downloaded some Quest. I'll give Biggie a go.

:rofl:

what TUPAC album should I get?

2Pacalypse Now if I had to choose.

Dr. Octagon is pretty funky, Crow.

And the greatest.

His lyrics are a lot different than most other hip hop artists, but that's a good thing.

I'd like to get into pop a little more. Not bubblegum pop, but more...intellectual pop, if that makes sense. Does anyone have some suggestions?

Er, The Beatles? The Smiths, Patrick Wolf, Emily Haines.

im listening to more electronic stuff,......and reggae other than marley

Rod Stewart, if you're looking for classic pop. If you want some contemporary stuff, I suggest The Wallflowers, although they're more along the lines of pop-rock. Seeing as I don't listen to much pop, I can't help you out too much though.

you know, alfreds right,...i'm not a huge rod stewart fan,...BUT,....
some of his early stuff is great,....
here's a few of my favs

YouTube - Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
YouTube - Rod Stewart - Maggie May 1971
YouTube - Reason to Believe

Yeah, I'm familiar with Rod Stewart's older stuff. I'm mostly interested in newer bands.

Hello Saferide and Jens Lekman both make wonderfully lovely indie-pop

I would add Bell and Sebastian and Stars as well

His extremely different version of Forever Young is amazing.

I got into electronic stuff like Girl Talk and Dan Deacon. Also I started listening to Bright Eyes and Elliot Smith (1-5 threads mentions at least one of them) and I really (surprisingly) dig them both.

I've been brushing up on industrial, and its been quite eenjoyable... Godflesh is awesome.

I try to expand my tastes each and every single day. Problem is that when people ask me what I am listening to these days I forget because there is just so much. Maybe I should just scale down and become a metal head.

:yikes:
Please, don't!

Ha. Wow I looked up Godflesh expecting something totally metal and severe but instead I got something much different. Godflesh is a very strange name for that band.

I was many years ago!

Just starting listening to Voodoo-U by Lords Of Acid

Today I listened to metal and nothing else, same as yesterday, and the last couple years. There is no question that metal is the only important music in the world.

I hate you.

I agree for the most part. I mean I love expanding my musical knowledge of genres that I like listening to but I see no reason in trying to listen to something that I've been proven time and again not to like.

Then gtfo off the forum, and go join metalheads united or something. ;)

Just agree with my post. That will suffice.