ratatat
 

ok i picked up on these guys a while back. i saw them live and it was an amazing show. they have 2 cds, classics and ratatat. i prefer the self titled but they are b oth AMAZING. its 2 guitars with plenty of layers and whatnot, really bad ass stuff. recommend starting with the songs "seventeen years" "cherry" and "nostrand".

they have a myspace page
www.myspace.com/ratatatmusic

they dont have lyrics, but seperate from their albums they make guitar licks using rappers lyrics. (what do you expect from ny)

Get their ratatat remix volumes 1 and 2. It's their music mixed with the vocals of rappers like notorious, kayne, and Memphis bleek. Those two albums really opened up hip hop to me.

Cool stuff, it's nice to hear something different.

I've heard both of their albums and thought they were decent enough, but when I saw them at Coachella they were pretty lackluster. Saw them again a week or two ago opening for Daft Punk and they almost put me to sleep. Can't say I like them very much anymore.

Yeah they're not very good.

really? I enjoy them much.

dont listen to this guy, read his post. all he does it talk **** on these forums. i have seen him make about 3 positive post.

i saw them at coachella and thought it was a bad ass performance, of course i was tripping on acid and im a HUGE fan... doesnt change the fact that i know good music when i see it

No it's because I don't like the band. I can go and post threads about bands I do enjoy if you want.

Loud Pipes was kind of lame but I liked LEX.

i just take it from my head ya know i can do that no disrespect

i could be wrong, but i believe its 'ive been rapping for about seventeen years ok. i dont even like my stuff anymore; i just kick it from my head, ya know what im saying... i can do that. no disrespect but thats how i am.' i also believe this is his explination on why they dont have lyrics in any of their songs.

I have had that Biggie remix on my PC for a while and I fúckin' love it. Exactly my sort of thing. Anything else out there to listen to?

like i said, their two original albums classics and ratatat are both awesome. they have 2 different cds that are remixed like the biggie one. i suggest everything they put out.

can someone upload the remixes please?

hxxp://www.megaupload.com/?d=YVF9TKTQ

I only have Volume 2-enjoy!

ratatat was great for one song. then the next song sounded vaguely familiar. thats right, it sounded just like the first one. then the next 7 sounded like the second one. then their drum machine broke and they didn't know what to do for like 20 minutes.... like a deer in headlights. personally, i don't buy the whole brooklyn thing. i'm allergic to hype.

beyond my hype they havnt even been mentioned on here.. so i dont really know where that is coming from. btw all music sounds that same that you dont listen to enough. just like all people of a different race look the same if you live in a large majority society.

your hype aside, theres been plenty of outside hype for the last 2 years about any sort of rock music from the brooklyn area. i'm not even a huge music fan, yet this hype is undeniable and i live on the west coast. yeah, i'll admit.... the only time i heard the band was at their live show... but that was their big chance to blow me away and they didn't. i don't owe it to anyone to listen to this band multiple times until i find something i like in it. playing in a band is always about making a first impression on some new ears. if you f*ck that up, then the listener will hardly ever give it a second chance. this is just my take on this band. it means absolutely nothing. remember that.

I saw this band open for the Killers... they were nothing special.

ooo i'm down with 'Gipsy Threat' off their new one.

The opening to "Seventeen Years" really hooked me in... and then the song just got extremely boring. So, then I thought one of the remixes would be better, so I listened to their Missy Elliot "I'm Really Hot" remix, and it was about 10 times worse that the original.

I really wish they were producers for some rad mc...
may just be my preference for songs rather than just grooves
but it does get a bit samey

Seventeen Years is amazing... really got into their self titled. Didnt hear much of classics and I've only listened to LP3 once. I still think their first one is their strongest.

but that's how i am.



i only own Classics and thought it was really good. i am hopefully going to pick up LP3 and their self titled in the next couple weeks. they are playing pretty close to where i live in october, im hopefully gonna see them.

Wild cat is such a good song

I got to hear LP4 whilst doing work experience with XL, from what I heard it sounded fucking sweet

Lp4 is so good. their definitely going in the right direction with there sound

LP4 is amazing.

Bob Gandhi, Grape Juice City, Bare Feast, and Party with Children are my favorites.

*Bump* A co-worker of mine suggested I check these guys out. I listened to Classics, LP3 and LP4. <3 best trip ever. :D Classics is my favey.

I did find Remixes 2 very samey BUT Party and Bullshit is worth owning alone. Class.

Classics is pretty good. but their music is kinda one note- the whole album felt the same from start to finish

Anyone check out the NPR stream of the new album yet? I'm giving it a listen right now.

Underground Rapper and Ratatat? YES PLEASE.

Despot - Look Alive (ft Ratatat)

Thank you. Did you catch there AMA on Reddit earlier today?

Would love to hear this song without the vocals.