Naaaah duude. Not even. Omar's stuff is cool. And when he does it he DOES IT. But (especially lately) I've felt he was cashing in on the detroit hype to a degree by getting by with sub par mixdowns (his ideas are always there, just the execution...) no mastering, and general inconsistency in his production quality. The fact that more than a few of his tunes are literally unplayable behind a properly mastered track without losing TONS of frequencies put me off more than one of his records. On the subject of the LP, I think the lp is an almost perfect culling of the tracks from the cd. If only they would've ditched "striders world" (much better bleepy stuff about with more concept and atmosphere <cough> hieroglyphic <cough>) and "I love you alex" (obviously unmastered and waaaaaay overdriven bass to the point of obscuring other frequencies=mud) and replaced them with "100% house" and "out of control" . That would be sublime. I'm buying the album by the way. And I'm a big fan.! Just want him bringing his A game if I'm spending my dough. Nahmeen? To be honest though, I really shouldn't compare them dudes as they're sooo different in approach and concept that it's almost a disservice to both. I think they both are excellent artists each in their own right, but I've never failed to buy a HB track I liked. I've passed on plenty of Omars stuff that I really liked, 'cause I couldn't bring myself to pay for such crappy sonics. There's the difference. (hope I'm not being too blunt and sounding like a hater 'cause it's not like that)
Kamal K. Stoddard Turner Broadcasting Systems > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 2:10 PM > To: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: RE: (313) HB on spectral > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: "Stoddard, Kamal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >I didn't really know how to articulate it, but that's the same > effect it had on me. Reminds me of the real raw, jacked out, > spin around freekiness that chicago was known for in the early days. > > i havent picked up any of the jamal moss stuff, despite at > least kinda digging some of the joints on each record. i feel > like omar-s is doing the chicago style minimal jacking weirdo > joints much better. > > tom > > ________________________________________________________________ > andythepooh.com > > > > >
