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I've probably seen a couple hundred hip-hop shows in my life. Tyler the Creator's set at Day in Vegas on Sunday ranks pretty high among them.
And for the record: A Wu-Tang set circa 2010 Denver was easily the worst. Though Drake gave them a run for their $$$ at what I'm pretty sure was Coachella 2015.
Bahahaha
"The pressing is bad and it sounds like a man": Taylor Swift fans confused by LPs pressed at 45rpm
Taylor Swift fans have been left confused after receiving their exclusive vinyl editions of Red (Taylor's Version) from Target, which seem to be pressed at 45rpm instead of the standard 33rpm.
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What's your guy's go to record cleaner? I've used a Spin Cleaner for years but it's time to upgrade to a vacuum based one.
The price that Azealia Bank's Broke With Expensive Taste is going for on Discogs makes it irrational for me not to sell... And yet I can't bring myself to do it because that album is integral to my life in the mid-10's and probably the most "golden ticket" purchase experience of my life.
As somebody who makes what constitues a lower middle class living in the year 2021- and has seen them press a # of my all-time favorite album over the past year- I absolutely loathe that charging $40 a record seems to be a sustainable business model for Vinyl Me Please.
I used to drop $80 a month on 3 or 4 records via them. But apparently they only want to cater to the rich. Assholes.
Got a promotion that requires leaving LA for Chicago. Any tips or links for helping move my vinyl collection cross country?
I welcome all crtitics to the "Drake is bad pop for people who think they might like hip-hop" train I've been riding for over a decade.
Also, somebody call the fire department, that new Little Simz is scorching
A. Kanye's new album is borderline unlistenable in places
B. Anyone who thinks Kanye (or especially Drake) is a better rapper than Kendrick is living on a different planet than me
Everyone talks about the West Coast v East Coast hip-hop divide that permeated the sounds of both scenes until very recently.
But nobody really mentions the fact that the East Coast is OBSESSED with Springsteen where as you can go an entire childhood (or three) without hearing more than a song or two of his while growing up in the West.
Not sure what the West Coast equivalent is though.
Caribou @ the Greek, Modest Mouse @ the Mosiac in SF & Van Morrison @ OAT in SD. Live music and road trips are back!!!
Still absorbing but think I dig the new Modest Mouse. Haters probs gonna hate though cause it sounds like nothing else they've done before.
Edit: Yeah, it's dope.
Also, for any Ben Harper fans out there:
Ghetts: Conflict of Interest is my favorite hip-hop album in a LONG while. Between him and Little Simz, the UK is pumping out some really interesting stuff.
The 17 year old me would be absolutely appalled by the amount of pop music I consumed this year... and blown away by how free from bubble gum the genre has become.
The only difference between electing somebody who denies the severity of climate change and electing someone who thinks Covid is a hoax is that the consequences of the former are further down the line (and more drastic).
I'm very picky with which Rogan episodes I listen to, but this is a very good listen:
Just finished reading Never Let Me Go. Easily one of the most powerful novels I've ever read. Cannot recommend it enough.
Likely lost a family cat to coyotes. The (already outrageous) Fiona quotient has been upped even further today.
We are just waiting
For the old thoughts to die
Just killing time
Just killing time
Just killing time
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