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The original Not bad, The remix Classic. Maybe this is because I've just heard the remix so many times without hearing the original but the original doesn't seem in the 'right' key to me at all. They've changed the whole feeling of the words by changing that harmonic emphasis - it...

Sadmanbarty has very helpfully compiled a Youtube list of choons in this thread: watch?v=5Msy8GaFIEE&index=1&list=PLUauGzUG35p6KfsG2XWGZCl6msqcU4Fhr UK Funky meets Trap/Road Rap? I'm mildly curious as to whether Drake's 'One Dance' will trigger some sort of funky resurgence ala the Grime...

I am planning to save some of my ill-gotten gains up over the next few months to buy some speakers. Currently, I have some 200 quid monitors that were useful for production but aren't that great for listening to music on. My housemate has some KRK 8s which seem fantastic for listening to music...

A thread to discuss the current Drake-induced phenomenon of Americans having heard of Skepta/Crazy Cousinz possibly being persuaded into making funky again. Is it a coming of age, a tipping point, a much deserved and delayed coronation? Or is it just Drakeula looking for a new angle for his...

I'm going to cyprus on saturday. I've been put in charge of securing appropriate poolside music. I have spotify, but would also appreciate summery mixes. I've tried google and a load of horrible cafe del mar style shit comes up. PLEEEEEEEEASE

I always love finding a writer online who I enjoy so much that I am compelled to read dozens of articles by them. As shit as my attention span is these days, it's no surprise that I read a lot more long form journalism and critical writing than I do novels/books. I read a lot of stuff in The...

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/13/party-young-people-debt-jogging-drinking-fitness I've scanned this article while at work so I've not ascertained to what extent it's a load of cobblers, but it interests me to consider if this phenomenon (if such a phenomenon exists) has had...

I've been listening to Soundbombing 1 and 2, Superrappin' and Lyricist Lounge over the last few days and rediscovering the modest pleasures that attend late 90's underground rap music. Of course, you get some complete no hopers, some wild eccentrics who veer all over the place, a general lack...

Basically I mean anything from that grime/funky/jungle end of things, ideally would have MC/s on it but not necessarily. Also wondering what's going on on this end of the spectrum these days. Where are the Petchy equivalents in 2016? Do they even exist? Really this was going to be...

Do you do it? Does it effect your taste? Has it been a positive influence on your relationship with music? Did it hook you into music that you couldn't understand when sober?

There's something in the air, I'm seeing a lot of tweets about this. Not solely the gentrification, the bandwagon jumping. What's going on?

Playlists are also acceptable. Inspired to make this thread by coming across lists compiled by rateyourmusic user ''diction'' today: http://rateyourmusic.com/~diction He has listed the top albums in Hip-Hop year by year (not sure where up to but at least 1995), with explanations of why he...

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I love listening to music alone but there's really nothing that beats seeing a tune go off in a crowd (the only thing that would top this is presumably playing the tune yourself). I want to be fed your happy memories through my computer screen and remember why I got into dance music in the first...

http://gu.com/p/495tp This article is about how Jamacians like Michael Bolton and Shania Twain mixed in with their Chronixx and Popcaan, and why it is that they don't feel these things are "guilty pleasures"; indeed, its suggested that there is no such THING as a "guilty pleasure" for a...

I happened across the video for Kano's new song today on YouTube and it provoked me into briefly skimming his catalogue. This, in turn, has provoked me into starting this thread, in which poor ignorants such as myself will ask the forum to give them a run down of the best...

Any era. Any genre. Any reason. Please explain the reason. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nq3R-h8qJnE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Rakim might well be miming here but it's still a pleasure to see the crowd going nuts to that break, innit...

Dissensi, I need your expertise. I'm doing a short list for work tomorrow with the theme of UK garage with horror samples/names etc. Ideally pre grime. I've got: KMA - Cape Fear El-B - Buck N Bury Some tune called 'Michaels Theme' which samples Halloween Other possibilities include "R.I.P...

Thought I'd kick-start this thread (in September!) with a list of things I've been feeling this year, or at least things that I've blogged about. King Louie - God King Los - Woke Up Like This Young Thug - Eww Chinx Drugz - Knew That Fat Trel feat. Wale - In My Bag Young Money feat Lil...