Tech's stuff is always so consistently good. His rhyme structure and the way he can switch to 4 or 5 different flows in one verse is just goddamn incredible. Probably the best lyricist putting out hip-hop right now.
Eminem just keeps falling off harder and harder. His cypher verse has me hopeful for a somewhat decent solo album but I listened to this (his most recent recorded release) and was all like
Going to see these guys in the summer, can't fucking wait! You can all just imagine me with a spliff in one hand and a beer in the other, dancing like a twat in a field to these guys while smiling from ear to ear. That's what my summer will be, people.
"Once we reach a certain level of mastery, we see there are higher levels and challenges. If we are disciplined and patient, we proceed. At each higher level, new pleasures and insights await us--ones not even suspected when we started out. We can take this as far as we want--in any human activity there is always a higher level to which we can aspire."
“Right thoughts produce right actions and right actions produce work which will be a material reflection for others to see of the serenity at the center of it all”
Huh? Do what? Are you being pedantic here? Are you looking for the more techincally correct term ska-punk? Sublime is pretty diverse, some reggae, some dub, but mostly ska.
Music historians typically divide the history of ska into three periods: the original Jamaican scene of the 1960s (First Wave), the English 2 Tone ska revival of the late 1970s (Second Wave) and the third wave ska movement, which started in the 1980s (Third Wave) and rose to popularity in the US in the 1990s.[6]
Telling me Sublime is not ska is like telling me Fat Freddy's Drop isn't reggae because it's not like Bob Marley style reggae. FFD isn't technically reggae alone, it's a fusion of many genres (like a great deal of modern music), but its dominant influence is reggae and as such is easiest defined as reggae, rather than reggaedubsouljazz.
Likewise, Sublime is ska-dominant, and as such, it's fucking ska. Have more ska, and tell me this is rock or something...
Pedantic? Maybe. Far too many people would agree with you for me to put up any kind of argument. I've just always hated that Sublime was pigeonholed into being specifically ska. Yeah there;s ska influence but they were so much more than that. I also hate when they're referred to as skunk or skank.
Saying Sublime is ska is like saying the chili peppers is strictly funk or rage is a hiphop band. I mean, the early Beatles had clear doo wop influecnes, does that make them a doo wop band?
“Right thoughts produce right actions and right actions produce work which will be a material reflection for others to see of the serenity at the center of it all”
yeah sublime defo has more in there than just ska. lots of punk ofc, and they have a diff vibe than most "straight-up" 90s ska bands. Who cares I guess, I still love em'. brings me back to being a teenager and gettin' kicked out of skate spots by cops, drinking shitty liquor out of iced tea bottles and fingerblastin' sluts in the park.
yeah sublime defo has more in there than just ska. lots of punk ofc, and they have a diff vibe than most "straight-up" 90s ska bands. Who cares I guess, I still love em'. brings me back to being a teenager and gettin' kicked out of skate spots by cops, drinking shitty liquor out of iced tea bottles and fingerblastin' sluts in the park.
“Right thoughts produce right actions and right actions produce work which will be a material reflection for others to see of the serenity at the center of it all”
Trinity Roots gets a thumbs up...
Salmonella Dub I'm already familiar with, they're fucking great...
Cornerstone Roots are average...
Black Seeds are ok...
i'm biased cos new zealand and i've seen them all live loads of times. Cornerstone roots are probably mostly worthwhile cos their show, same with hikoikoi reserve - i wouldn't buy their music. One year i saw the dub about ten times and their sets were consistently more fucked up out of the world than i was - check out shapeshifter, more dnb and used to play with the dub heaps. Black seeds seem bored whenever i see them live now, but The Black Seeds - Keep On Pushing - YouTube
"sittin' and starin' out of the hotel window,
got a tip they're gonna kick the door in again
i like to get some sleep before i travel.
but if you got a warrant, i guess you're gonna come in."
05-26-2012, 03:08 PM Australia Legalized Online Poker coming up in next 6 to 12 Months
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