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Post by rayge on Aug 3, 2021 19:20:43 GMT
A Roots Manuva - Don't Breathe Out B Roy Ayres Ubiquity- Red, Black & Green
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Post by Sneelock on Aug 3, 2021 19:34:12 GMT
the first one seemed very promising by virtue of that cool phase-shifty effect which it uses a lot & I can never get enough of. Then I listen to B which is right up my alley.
so, we start shaving points. I like Hip-Hop just fine but personally I don't think I should need a lyric sheet. demerits for lack of annunciation. you got something to say or you're too cool to care? pick a lane. the other might run out of gas before it's over but not by much. a close call but a solid one.
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Post by rayge on Aug 3, 2021 19:39:50 GMT
so, we start shaving points. I like Hip-Hop just fine but personally I don't think I should need a lyric sheet. demerits for lack of annunciation. you got something to say or you're too cool to care? pick a lane. the other might run out of gas before it's over but not by much. a close call but a solid one. It be reggae toasting, no? I find a JA accent impenetrable, but then again, I'm deaf. |
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Post by toomanyhatz on Aug 3, 2021 19:42:22 GMT
Nothing personal, A, but that era of jazz fusion - fused with R&B rather than fretwankery, in other words - is just so much in the old proverbial wheelhouse that I gotta vote for B here.
I may eventually run out of new things to be delighted by in that area, but it hasn't happened yet.
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Post by Sneelock on Aug 3, 2021 19:43:18 GMT
said by rayge:
well then, sub-titles at the very least.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2021 19:55:31 GMT
so, we start shaving points. I like Hip-Hop just fine but personally I don't think I should need a lyric sheet. demerits for lack of annunciation. you got something to say or you're too cool to care? pick a lane. the other might run out of gas before it's over but not by much. a close call but a solid one. It be reggae toasting, no? No. He's a British rap artist. |
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Post by rayge on Aug 3, 2021 20:02:06 GMT
It be reggae toasting, no? No. He's a British rap artist. OK, stand corrected. NB I didn't actually LISTEN to the thing
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2021 20:08:55 GMT
No. He's a British rap artist. OK, stand corrected. NB I didn't actually LISTEN to the thing
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Post by oh oooh on Aug 3, 2021 20:21:52 GMT
I like Hip-Hop just fine but personally I don't think I should need a lyric sheet. demerits for lack of annunciation. and demerits to YOU because the word is enunciation!I liked that Roots Manuva thing a lot. The backing worked well with the vocal, some cool shifting patterns. Not keen on Roy Ayers and that kind of thing really. In FACT.... I think it's RUBBISHE |
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Post by oh oooh on Aug 3, 2021 20:24:18 GMT
so that's a vote for
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Post by sloopjohnc on Aug 3, 2021 21:30:11 GMT
Roots Manuva is UK hip hop I don't like. I get that they're trying to do their own thing separate from American hip hop, but lot's of the electronica stuff they incorporate doesn't work for me.
I like Roy Ayers, so there.
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Aug 3, 2021 23:28:18 GMT
Liked both, Manuva is very forward thinking
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is the effortless funkiness of back in the day that today just saying the word funky alot is suppose to conjure. It is the foundation upon which Manuva stands.
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Post by DayoRemix on Aug 4, 2021 1:04:41 GMT
Took a few listens, but the Root Manuva backing music grows on you after awhile..The vibe is interesting..The Ayers track sounds pretty much the same as most of that era's funky jazz, R&B fusion, so nothing really special..Vote A
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Post by bungo the mungo on Aug 4, 2021 5:59:32 GMT
A is a million miles from the music i like. it doesn't connect with me on any level and if i were to hear it playing somewhere i would actively seek to exit the premises.
i don't mind the roy ayers track and i like hearing the vibraphone on jazz records, so an easy win for:
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Post by fange on Aug 4, 2021 11:04:49 GMT
Oh really good start. Both very much in my HOUSE of WHEEL; in fact, i've played both these albums over the last few of months. Maybe it comes down to which is the more unusual or 'braver' choice, and for mine it is A.
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