>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 11:51 PM >To: 313@hyperreal.org >Subject: Re: (313) Re: 313 Best 2003 > > > > > > >Oh yes oh yes - I can see what Ken's saying - take a listen to people like >Beans, Boom Bip, Prefuse 73, Madlib, Mr. Lif, etc. >I do have to say that if you want some coverage of great hip-hop check >these two magazines - XLR8R and Grand Slam > >recently came across the later in a Barnes & Noble of all places - >fantastic magazine that covers all of my funk and soul addictions >a little old and a litte new > >MEK >
>Ken Odeluga wrote: >> Most Neglected Genre (by me): Hip-Hop. >> My feeling is that in terms of 'futuristic music' it's likely to have >> something of a renaissance year in 04. > >Interesting comment there, Ken! Hip-Hop as "futuristic music"? >Not quite sure I understand what you mean in that sense, tho. > >When I see the term "futuristic music" the first thing that comes to my >mind are, e.g., the tracks that Magda played in the Underground stage at >this year's Movement/DEMF, not Hip-Hop. All the Hip-Hop I ever get exposed >to (read: Not Much) seems like variants on the old time-honored theme. >(Well OK, not OutKast, but they don't seem "futuristic" to me, just >Different.) > >Or do I just not get out enough? ;-) > >Happy Christmas/Chanukah/Kwanza(a), > > - Greg > I couldn't have said it better Michael! Cheers One might also check out at least one Rob Hood Track on Wire To Wire LP for more futuristic hip hop, plus a lot of Night Time World volume two, and of course the 11 Phases of Detroit comp. Also, "Everyday" by Model 500. Plus, as someone a lot wiser than me recently pointed out, although stuff by artists like Boards of Canada and Bola isn't ordinarily thought of as hip-hop, it owes a lot to what *is* ordinarily thought of as such, due mostly to the rhythmic structure used by The Boards et al. Basically, when I say "futuristic" I'm not narrowly meaning sci-fi sounds and beats. I'm thinking also of just the spirit of how something is put together, if it's done in an unconventional way. Another example might be the 'unreleased' Dwele LP. Not very hi-tech (from what I've heard, not much of it admittedly) but in ethos, it sounds way ahead. All in all I think hip-hop is very much a stone left unturned for future music, at least by me. Peace, k > > > >
