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craner
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Fucking hell, that's one of my favorites, it was even in my first Top 100. And I missed it.
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30. Legowelt, Gina Flies To Space
The Man. The Myth. The Legend. He's got so many of these brilliant, thumping, squelchy, gliding tracks. Corpsey posted an amazing one the other day and there are plenty more I could have picked, but this is probably the one. The kind of synth lines you catch yourself mouthing and one of those artists who'll probably be making music 'til the day they die and still have the odd tune worth checking out.
The Man. The Myth. The Legend. He's got so many of these brilliant, thumping, squelchy, gliding tracks. Corpsey posted an amazing one the other day and there are plenty more I could have picked, but this is probably the one. The kind of synth lines you catch yourself mouthing and one of those artists who'll probably be making music 'til the day they die and still have the odd tune worth checking out.
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31. James Brown, There Was A Time
The Godfather of Soul. You can practically feel the heat coming off the sleeve. A force of nature. The first time I saw that clip of him in Zaire in his 40s, I couldn't believe my eyes. He walks out and within maybe ten seconds of being on stage he's done the splits twice and you've almost forgotten there's anyone else up there with him. Absolutely astonishing.
For anyone with a deeper knowledge of his back cat. than I have, does he actually have any essential releases? I get the impression he's one of those people who just has mountains of great material scattered across their discography rather than anything you can point to as a defining document.
The Godfather of Soul. You can practically feel the heat coming off the sleeve. A force of nature. The first time I saw that clip of him in Zaire in his 40s, I couldn't believe my eyes. He walks out and within maybe ten seconds of being on stage he's done the splits twice and you've almost forgotten there's anyone else up there with him. Absolutely astonishing.
For anyone with a deeper knowledge of his back cat. than I have, does he actually have any essential releases? I get the impression he's one of those people who just has mountains of great material scattered across their discography rather than anything you can point to as a defining document.
Benny Bunter
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I think you're right, so I'd say the Star Time boxset is the essential compilation that covers all eras.
Oh and live at the apollo is fire
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33. Mary Jane Girls, All Night Long
The GTA games, and Vice City in particular, shaped the tastes of an entire generation. I don't think you see the fetishisation of the 80s you get online these days without millions of teenagers growing up on that game.
The GTA games, and Vice City in particular, shaped the tastes of an entire generation. I don't think you see the fetishisation of the 80s you get online these days without millions of teenagers growing up on that game.
Grand Theft Auto
seems to me theres two really visible influences among the youth/pop culture of the 00s. one is vice magazine which is just the face for a more affectless generation the other, much more potent pervasive influence is this computer game. it must be in more homes than any recent album or dvd or...
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linebaugh
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I think he's a precursor to your young thug/cheif keef types in that way.
Ive seen The Payback called his essential release, but I think thats discourse demanding seminal artists have essential release to point to more than anything. The Payback stands out because it was a later career revival for him, but it hasn't struck me as so much better than everything else he's made
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34. GZA, Investigative Reports
It took a while for me to warm to this album. I picked it up just knowing it was considered "one of the best hip-hop records of all-time" and only really listened to the title track at first as the rest struck me as a bit drab and there are a couple of tunes - Living in the World Today, Duel of the Iron Mic - which I've just never liked.
Nowadays the title track does my head and this is my favourite. One of RZA's best beats, plus Rae's sole appearance on the album and he's my fav.
It took a while for me to warm to this album. I picked it up just knowing it was considered "one of the best hip-hop records of all-time" and only really listened to the title track at first as the rest struck me as a bit drab and there are a couple of tunes - Living in the World Today, Duel of the Iron Mic - which I've just never liked.
Nowadays the title track does my head and this is my favourite. One of RZA's best beats, plus Rae's sole appearance on the album and he's my fav.
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35. Autechre, 1 1 is
The forum mascots. You knew they were going to make an appearance. We asked where's the avant-garde? Where it's always been. In the heads of two aging b-boys from Rochdale.
The sunlight-resistant body armour in Blade II.
The sound of space folding in on itself.
The forum mascots. You knew they were going to make an appearance. We asked where's the avant-garde? Where it's always been. In the heads of two aging b-boys from Rochdale.
The sunlight-resistant body armour in Blade II.
The sound of space folding in on itself.
craner
Beast of Burden
I think a lot of the effect was to grab it at the time, it really sounded incredible in context, even with the exceptionally high standards of hip hop in 1995, which eclipsed jungle in the same year despite London’s world-beating triumph in 1994 (which was also a peak year for hip hop).