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[supremebve]

12 hours ago, sabremike said:

Who could've possibly imagined that a guy whose entire career was built on leeching off far more talented people (including his dead friend whose corpse he milked for all it was worth) was in fact a really bad guy?

I was just talking to a friend about this.  If you take Biggie off of Bad Boy, their catalog lacks depth.  With hindsight, I have to say, Death Row won that shit as far as the music goes.  

[Cobra Commander]

Bad Boy had an amazing assortment of people getting their first hit and then never doing anything again

also... perhaps the success of girl groups under Puffy can be seen differently now

[Travis Sheldon]

Guys, you won't believe my luck.

In fact, I feel as if I just ripped someone off, but I just got 2 FRONT ROW tix to Jane's Addiction & Love and Rockets for $500!

This show has been sold out for months and the secondary market was crazy.

Never thought I'd be able to see two 80s greats like this, but I guess the GOOD LORD was smiling down on me from HIS HEAVENLY THRONE!

[RazorbladeKiss87]

7 hours ago, Cobra Commander said:

Bad Boy had an amazing assortment of people getting their first hit and then never doing anything again

 

A k a. The "Black Rob Effect"

[Cobra Commander]

9 minutes ago, RazorbladeKiss87 said:

A k a. The "Black Rob Effect"

or Craig Mack five years before Black Rob

[RazorbladeKiss87]

3 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said:

or Craig Mack five years before Black Rob

I was going to go with "Craig Mack Effect" but couldn't remember if he had a second minor hit. Also, I listened to that Black Rob album more. That and Puff Daddy and the Family are my most listened to non-Biggie Bad Boy albums. 

[supremebve]

The wild thing about Bad Boy is the percentage of artists who left because they found religion or died.  If everyone you deal with ends up in a church one way or another, you are probably a terrible person.  

[Cobra Commander]

the company isn't called Good Person Records

[ohtani's jacket]

I was never into Maze because I prefer harder funk, but since Frankie Beverly's death, I've been listening to old Maze records and appreciating them more. There's still a heavy R&B influence, but they were funkier than I remembered. Their 80s output is surprisingly solid too. 

[Cobra Commander]

back when Billy Hamilton played for the Royals for a few months back in 2019, he had like 2 or 3 different walkup songs and one of them was "Before I Let Go" by Frankie Beverly & Maze. I hadn't heard that before and I was surprised at how much a meh hitter had such a good walkup song that only played for some of his PAs

Edited September 18 by Cobra Commander

[DragonZombie]

I been listening to 90's grunge and techno and some pop.

[supremebve]

On 9/18/2024 at 5:15 PM, ohtani's jacket said:

I was never into Maze because I prefer harder funk, but since Frankie Beverly's death, I've been listening to old Maze records and appreciating them more. There's still a heavy R&B influence, but they were funkier than I remembered. Their 80s output is surprisingly solid too. 

I've been doing the same, and I agree 100%. The video I posted in the R.I.P. thread is a live version of I Need You, a 10-minute funk ballad that holds up to any funk song of all time.  It's a song you listen to and think, "Oh, that's why this band toured non-stop for almost 50 years."  Frankie's vocals are probably the most distinct feature of the band, but Maze is pretty amazing as a band.  They aren't Funkadelic or Earth Wind and Fire, but they're kind of right in the middle of both.  They aren't as drugged out and abstract as Funkadelic but aren't as straight down the middle as Earth Wind and Fire.  If funk is a spectrum, they are the median without ever trying to play the middle.  They can be an all-time great R&B band one second, an all-time great funk band the next, and neither feels like they are pushing the limits of what they can do.  I'm less in love with the synth-pop they moved into in the '80s, but that's just my preference.  Their late '70s stuff is unbelievably great, and their longevity is a testament to that excellence.  Maze featuring Frankie Beverly is a combination of the black Grateful Dead and the black Jimmy Buffett, where they were a jam band who never stopped touring, but were also a good time have a glass of wine in a park with your cool uncle type of band.  There are about 5 Maze songs that have always been a part of my life, but there is a lot of depth to their catalog.  Their music is a dope combination of soulful singing over funky grooves that seamlessly fit together into a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.  

[ohtani's jacket]

Their live records are fantastic. I came away thinking they were a better live band than a studio group. 

Edited September 21 by ohtani's jacket

[odessasteps]

 

[Curt McGirt]

On 9/16/2024 at 11:12 PM, sabremike said:

Who could've possibly imagined that a guy whose entire career was built on leeching off far more talented people (including his dead friend whose corpse he milked for all it was worth) was in fact a really bad guy?

The ODB documentary on A&E had Damon Dash on it; they were talking about him signing Dirty right out of prison with the aid of his new manager, who got Damon to hand him a million dollars that Dirty never saw. Damon gets asked his name by the interviewer and he responds by saying he isn't used to being asked to introduce himself, instead of being introduced by somebody else. It's the most arrogant fucking thing you've heard in your entire life. 

I mean, that's not sex trafficking and rape, but Dirty died of a heart attack while everyone including Wu members just watched and didn't say anything. They used him like a puppet. 

[supremebve]

14 hours ago, Curt McGirt said:

The ODB documentary on A&E had Damon Dash on it; they were talking about him signing Dirty right out of prison with the aid of his new manager, who got Damon to hand him a million dollars that Dirty never saw. Damon gets asked his name by the interviewer and he responds by saying he isn't used to being asked to introduce himself, instead of being introduced by somebody else. It's the most arrogant fucking thing you've heard in your entire life. 

I mean, that's not sex trafficking and rape, but Dirty died of a heart attack while everyone including Wu members just watched and didn't say anything. They used him like a puppet. 

Every time Dame Dash does an interview, I understand why Jay-Z said, "Fuck this, I'm leaving."  I can't think of anyone who would have more of a personality clash with me, than him.  

[Travis Sheldon]

An ad for a designer started to run on YouTube and I started to click to skip the ad, but the music they used was Suicide's "Rocket USA", so I let it play for a bit.

It still feels weird for me to hear certain songs in a commercial setting.

e.g. that time I heard "Rock and Roll" by Led Zeppelin in a Cadillac ad, or The Dead Kennedy's "Police Truck" from Tony Hawk in a TV ad.

Or like how suddenly everyone and their recluse cousin is a Pixies fan and has done a cover of "Where Is My Mind".

 

[Curt McGirt]

I saw that "Rocket USA" one and yeah that was bizarre. "Police Truck" would freak me out. 

The funny thing is I can't even remember the product but remember the song. Guess they failed haha

[Zimbra]

That period where Lust for Life was in a bunch of commercials was really weird. 

It's a song about heroin that got popular by being in a movie about heroin, time to advertise some cruises with that bad boy.

[Curt McGirt]

Hey, if it kept Ig flush with residuals, I'm happy.

[RazorbladeKiss87]

I was kinda surprised last summer when I heard "Down On The Street" by the Stooges in a vehicle commercial. 

[FireThunder]

The second single off Linkin Park's From Zero has hit the internet, in partnership with League of Legends. Definitely feels like Meteora-era LP.

 

[Curt McGirt]

2 hours ago, RazorbladeKiss87 said:

I was kinda surprised last summer when I heard "Down On The Street" by the Stooges in a vehicle commercial. 

This one too

[zendragon]

[odessasteps]

On 9/25/2024 at 5:41 PM, Curt McGirt said:

This one too

This ad apparently helped the Clash get a number one.