Music?

[Romo Ravens]

What's everyone's favorite type of music? I really have love for all genres, except I'm not a huge fan of country. My wife tries to make me listen to it all the time (she's from South Carolina), but I like kicks and snares in my music, so it's kind of hard just listening to a guitar haha. Also, who's your favorite artist(s) if you have any?

For me..

1.) Lil Wayne

2.) Kanye West

3.) It's up in the air after that, but if I had to pick, I'd say Kid Cudi.

Being from California, everyone love's hip hop.

[The Flock]

Hip Hop and Rock.

[Ed_Reed20]

I honestly like all types of music; if I had to pick an absolute favorite though, I'd go with hip-hop.

[marek0393]

Depending on my mood I can go for any genre... However I will mostly go for silent civilian or slipknot something heavy

[theFRANCHISE]

I'm more of a contemporary R&B guy, but hip-hop is my first love. I listen to many genres, though. '90s alt-rock, indie, electro-pop...I won't pretend to have such a diversified iPod since I have mostly hip-hop and R&B, but I dabble in a little bit of everything.

[AwakenTheDemon]

I'm the resident heavy metal guy. I appreciate nearly all music, but my Zune is filled with mostly heavy metal. You can catch me listening to a little bit of rap here and there, but it's not enough to call me a fan.

[Guest maryland1]

60s-80s classic & soft rock and 60s-90s country.

[size="2"]Some of my favorites:

[/size][size="2"]- Boston, [/size][size="2"]Steve Miller Band, [/size][size="2"]Eagles[/size]
[size="2"]- Hank Williams Jr, [/size][size="2"]Merle Haggard, [/size][font="Verdana"][size="2"]Crystal Gayle

Dislikes: Rap, hip-hop, punk rock, heavy metal.[/size][/font]

[Moderator 2]

Classic Rock , 80's and some of the newer artist like Lady GaGa, Gwen Stefani, Alisha Keys Some Metal, hate Rap and with Country it depends on the artist. I also like Swing, Glenn Miller and Louis Armstrong. If someone took my MP3 they would not know what to make of it lol.

[Michael]

I'm more into hip hop. If you take my ipod you'll most likely find Baltimore's own bossman, 2pac, dmx, lil wayne, dead prez. I also like some Baltimore club music, but that's kind of dried up since K-swift died. I hate heavy metal music. The non-stop screaming is like scratching nails on a chalkboard to me and I never have a clue what they're saying. Country also annoys me because all they do is whine and talk about their big green tractor. Although, other then hip-hop I do like some old time guys like John Lennon.

[Reddawn36]

1 Word

Chevelle

That is all

[AwakenTheDemon]

[quote name='Michael' date='09 May 2010 - 08:14 PM' timestamp='1273454072' post='407783']
I'm more into hip hop. If you take my ipod you'll most likely find Baltimore's own bossman, 2pac, dmx, lil wayne, dead prez. I also like some Baltimore club music, but that's kind of dried up since K-swift died. [b]I hate heavy metal music. The non-stop screaming is like scratching nails on a chalkboard to me and I never have a clue what they're saying. Country also annoys me because all they do is whine and talk about their big green tractor.[/b] Although, other then hip-hop I do like some old time guys like John Lennon.
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Two of the biggest stereotypes in music. I can give you plenty of heavy metal music that has clean vocals. Just as I'm sure a country fan can give you plenty of country that isn't whining or about a "big green tractor".

[Guest maryland1]

I don't care for most country music of the past 10 years because:

1. The drum beat is way too hard and pronounced (loud).
2. The pedal steel guitar and fiddle continue to fade away (and in many songs appear nonexistent).
3. Too many singers singing with an exagerated southern accent/drawl.
4. Many of today's song lack any substance (qaulity lyrics and arrangement) and too many cookie-cutter songs.
5. Many of today's country songs belong on a soft rock or pop station.
6. Many of today's so-called country singers wouldn't know a good, quality country song if it jumped up an bit them in the butt.
7. Just because a song is sung by a country artist doesn't necessarily make it a country song (i.e. Cowboy Cassanova by Carrie Underwood).

Listen to [i]Murder on Music Row[/i] by George Strait and Alan Jackson and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Video: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsKQRScpeMc"]http://www.youtube.c...h?v=JsKQRScpeMc[/url]

Lyrics: [url="http://www.cmt.com/lyrics/george-strait/murder-on-music-row/1882745/lyrics.jhtml"]http://www.cmt.com/l...45/lyrics.jhtml[/url]

[theFRANCHISE]

[quote name='maryland1' date='09 May 2010 - 09:51 PM' timestamp='1273456312' post='407811']
I don't care for most country music of the past 10 years because:

1. The drum beat is way too hard and pronounced (loud).
2. The pedal steel guitar and fiddle continue to fade away (and in many songs appear nonexistent).
3. Too many singers singing with an exagerated southern accent/drawl.
4. Many of today's song lack any substance (qaulity lyrics and arrangement). Too many cookie-cutter songs.
5. Many of today's country songs belong on a soft rock or pop station.
6. Many of today's so-called country singers wouldn't know a good, quality country song if it jumped up an bit them in the butt.
7. Just because a song is sung by a country artist doesn't necessarily make it a country song (i.e. Cowboy Cassanova by Carrie Underwood).

Listen to [i]Murder on Music Row[/i] by George Strait and Alan Jackson and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Video: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsKQRScpeMc"]http://www.youtube.c...h?v=JsKQRScpeMc[/url]

Lyrics: [url="http://www.cmt.com/lyrics/george-strait/murder-on-music-row/1882745/lyrics.jhtml"]http://www.cmt.com/l...45/lyrics.jhtml[/url]
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A lot of those problems you have with contemporary country is a lot of the problems I have with contemporary hip-hop:

1) Too much emphasis on electronic sounds today; minimalist production or live instrumentation has always worked best in hip-hop's past
2) Too many songs that rely on heavy studio effects (auto-tune, for example) as opposed to raw vocals
3) Too many rappers overexaggerating their masculinity and street cred
4) Young rappers who are signed just because they're popular with their age group but have no real talent (Soulja Boy, for example)
5) Pretentious rappers who fool listeners into thinking that they're talented, when their rhymes are actually simplistic
6) Rappers focused more on their fashion than their lyricism
7) Young rappers who don't respect the pioneers of the genre and will blatantly attack them in a song just for quick publicity
8) Too many kids in the listening audience who disrespect older rappers and tell them they should retire, when they have more talent at 70% of their ability than 90% of the current crop of rappers

That's why I've gravitated more towards R&B (other than the soothing effects that R&B has on me), as I'll listen to a lot of current rappers and usually end up switching to an older album I grew up with instead. There's some decent rappers on the scene today, but the majority of the crop in the mainstream annoy me. I also stay away from a lot of the underground stuff, as the level of egotism there is even higher since the majority of those lyrics tend to either be too political for my taste or are so focused on bashing the mainstream that the negativity makes me vomit.

[Ed_Reed20]

[quote name='theFRANCHISE' date='09 May 2010 - 10:13 PM' timestamp='1273457620' post='407821']
A lot of those problems you have with contemporary country is a lot of the problems I have with contemporary hip-hop:

[b]1) Too much emphasis on electronic sounds today; minimalist production or live instrumentation has always worked best in hip-hop's past
2) Too many songs that rely on heavy studio effects (auto-tune, for example) as opposed to raw vocals
3) Too many rappers overexaggerating their masculinity and street cred
4) Young rappers who are signed just because they're popular with their age group but have no real talent (Soulja Boy, for example)
5) Pretentious rappers who fool listeners into thinking that they're talented, when their rhymes are actually simplistic
6) Rappers focused more on their fashion than their lyricism
7) Young rappers who don't respect the pioneers of the genre and will blatantly attack them in a song just for quick publicity
8) Too many kids in the listening audience who disrespect older rappers and tell them they should retire, when they have more talent at 70% of their ability than 90% of the current crop of rappers[/b]

That's why I've gravitated more towards R&B (other than the soothing effects that R&B has on me), as I'll listen to a lot of current rappers and usually end up switching to an older album I grew up with instead. There's some decent rappers on the scene today, but the majority of the crop in the mainstream annoy me. I also stay away from a lot of the underground stuff, as the level of egotism there is even higher since the majority of those lyrics tend to either be too political for my taste or are so focused on bashing the mainstream that the negativity makes me vomit.
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I salute you.

[Moderator 2]

[quote name='theFRANCHISE' date='09 May 2010 - 10:13 PM' timestamp='1273457620' post='407821']
A lot of those problems you have with contemporary country is a lot of the problems I have with contemporary hip-hop:

1) Too much emphasis on electronic sounds today; minimalist production or live instrumentation has always worked best in hip-hop's past
2) Too many songs that rely on heavy studio effects (auto-tune, for example) as opposed to raw vocals
3) Too many rappers overexaggerating their masculinity and street cred
4) Young rappers who are signed just because they're popular with their age group but have no real talent (Soulja Boy, for example)
5) Pretentious rappers who fool listeners into thinking that they're talented, when their rhymes are actually simplistic
6) Rappers focused more on their fashion than their lyricism
7) Young rappers who don't respect the pioneers of the genre and will blatantly attack them in a song just for quick publicity
8) Too many kids in the listening audience who disrespect older rappers and tell them they should retire, when they have more talent at 70% of their ability than 90% of the current crop of rappers

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Franny that is the same argument I have with my son. I am classically trained vocally and listening to what they try to pass off as music for the teenage set--it is all flat vocally, no need for all the profanity/shock value, and the electronic sounds--you listen to 3 songs in a row they all basically say the same thing and sound the same. I have the same issues with modern Country are what Maryland1 brought up. Pretty much in the car he gets a song I get 2.

[Michael]

[quote name='theFRANCHISE' date='09 May 2010 - 10:13 PM' timestamp='1273457620' post='407821']
A lot of those problems you have with contemporary country is a lot of the problems I have with contemporary hip-hop:

1) Too much emphasis on electronic sounds today; minimalist production or live instrumentation has always worked best in hip-hop's past
2) Too many songs that rely on heavy studio effects (auto-tune, for example) as opposed to raw vocals
3) Too many rappers overexaggerating their masculinity and street cred
4) Young rappers who are signed just because they're popular with their age group but have no real talent (Soulja Boy, for example)
5) Pretentious rappers who fool listeners into thinking that they're talented, when their rhymes are actually simplistic
6) Rappers focused more on their fashion than their lyricism
7) Young rappers who don't respect the pioneers of the genre and will blatantly attack them in a song just for quick publicity
8) Too many kids in the listening audience who disrespect older rappers and tell them they should retire, when they have more talent at 70% of their ability than 90% of the current crop of rappers

That's why I've gravitated more towards R&B (other than the soothing effects that R&B has on me), as I'll listen to a lot of current rappers and usually end up switching to an older album I grew up with instead. There's some decent rappers on the scene today, but the majority of the crop in the mainstream annoy me. I also stay away from a lot of the underground stuff, as the level of egotism there is even higher since the majority of those lyrics tend to either be too political for my taste or are so focused on bashing the mainstream that the negativity makes me vomit.
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I only like a few underground rappers for the same reason. But Bossman has some pretty nice lyrics. His land of the O anthem is such a classic.

[Ed_Reed20]

[quote name='theFRANCHISE' date='09 May 2010 - 10:13 PM' timestamp='1273457620' post='407821']
1) Too much emphasis on electronic sounds today; minimalist production or live instrumentation has always worked best in hip-hop's past
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That's why I love The Roots. Black Thought is an unbelievably good poet on his own but add him to what the rest of the band does and you have some quality music.

[Ravenmore74]

I like Techno and house stuff much like the David Guetta stuff..

[Romo Ravens]

Ed.. Who are some of your favorite artists? You better say Kanye.

I love how music can match any kind of mood you're in. It's truly a special thing, and it's healing powers are beyond amazing. Something about country just turns me off, but I do love some jazz, oldies, pop, electro, rock, house, etc.

Franchise, you hit the nail on the head. Although I do really like some of the new sounds producers are coming out with. I love just laying back and putting me ear phones and hearing a cim come from the left and a hat on the other side. When producers really incorporate unheard sounds in a song, it just sounds so great. It all flows. I'm also a fan of auto-tune. Not specifically to make my favorite artist sound good when they sing, but to add in a different effect once in a while, much like Lil Wayne.

Rap is practically every song wrapped into one, but it's the artists I enjoy the most who go beyond the norm of basic song writing. Those who actually get in touch with your soul are the ones who grab me. Not the ones who say the same things all the time, like, well, I can't say it on here lol. If a song can make me move my feet and go crazy when I'm home alone and make me look a fool, then I'm all for it. Low key songs at the same time do it for me too.

Is Bossman from Maryland?

[Ed_Reed20]

[quote name='Romo Ravens' date='10 May 2010 - 01:43 AM' timestamp='1273470214' post='407941']
Ed.. Who are some of your favorite artists? You better say Kanye.
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I would be here all day if I talked about my favorite artists so here's a "Top 25 favorite rappers" list a while ago:

1) Lupe Fiasco
2) Andre 3000
3) Mos Def
4) Nas
5) Black Thought
6) Canibus
7) DMX
8) Kanye West
9) T.I.
10) LL Cool J
11) Talib Kweli
12) Ludacris
13) Big Boi
14) Ice Cube
15) Eminem
16) Dres
17) GZA
18) Busta Rhymes
19) Common
20) Jadakiss
21) The Game
22) Wale
23) Xzibit
24) Krayzie Bone
25) Nelly

[FlaccoFlicker]

Demon is the resident metal guy,for the most part.I even have asked him who is worth listening to,I am more of the older metal(metallica,motorhead,king diamond/merciful fate,megadeth,slayer...etc),alot of the newer music in all genres annoys me alot.I listen to a little of everything from pop to country...depends on my mood,picked up Chevelle's newest and enjoyed it but after awhile dudes voice gets on my nerves....I have noticed I have been listening to alot of stuff from my highschool days 13 years ago(Nirvana,Pearl Jam,Local H,and so on)

[AwakenTheDemon]

Love Nirvana. Hate Pearl Jam.

There's something about Eddie Vedder that I just don't like.

[FlaccoFlicker]

pearl jam has sentimental memories main reason why its mmore like 4-5 songs lol.
Has anyone heard the cover songs by Stonesour doing Wicked game and Seether doing careless whisper? i absolutley love them

[JEEPercreepermd]

[quote name='FlaccoFlicker' date='10 May 2010 - 09:42 AM' timestamp='1273498945' post='408034']
Demon is the resident metal guy,for the most part.I even have asked him who is worth listening to,I am more of the older metal(metallica,motorhead,king diamond/merciful fate,megadeth,slayer...etc),alot of the newer music in all genres annoys me alot.I listen to a little of everything from pop to country...depends on my mood,picked up Chevelle's newest and enjoyed it but after awhile dudes voice gets on my nerves....I have noticed I have been listening to alot of stuff from my highschool days 13 years ago(Nirvana,Pearl Jam,Local H,and so on)
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Chevelle can be an aquired taste at times. They go from an almost tool-ish experamental sound to mainstream rock. I'm more of a fan of Breaking Benjamin than I am of Chevelle. They are a bit more mature musically, and a little heavier.