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Ice T on music albums vs singles. Old head babble or does he have a point?
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Elim Garak
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He's basically right. I was just thinking the other day about how albums used to feel like a movie almost. These albums now have no cohesion it's just a bunch on songs and hopefully one of them will stick and be a hit or just s bunch of random shyt someone created of the years.
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Do you ever see anyone creating a modern Makaveli?
Not only is that album totally timeless in terms of hiphop it really sounds like a journey inside the mind of madman who knows he won't be alive by the time the album is pressed. All of the cuts come together to create a mood, a vibe, a scene that was intended to be "consumed" in sequence as part of the setting.
Thats another huge thing that went out of the window, even with my mixtapes the sequence the next thing that came straight after track selection as that could make or break a set.
Not only is that album totally timeless in terms of hiphop it really sounds like a journey inside the mind of madman who knows he won't be alive by the time the album is pressed. All of the cuts come together to create a mood, a vibe, a scene that was intended to be "consumed" in sequence as part of the setting.
Thats another huge thing that went out of the window, even with my mixtapes the sequence the next thing that came straight after track selection as that could make or break a set.
Ethnic Vagina Finder
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The artwork used to be part of the experience.
Then you check to see who produced what.
Sometimes I bought cassettes based on the artwork alone.
Everything changed when artists would only have a few good singles for the radio and the rest was filler. People would cop the album on the strength of the first few singles and the rest would be trash.
Double albums also hurt the game.
And by the time MP3’s came along, people started downloading songs instead of albums.
Now people create playlists. They will skim through the snippets and keep what they want.
Then you check to see who produced what.
Sometimes I bought cassettes based on the artwork alone.
Everything changed when artists would only have a few good singles for the radio and the rest was filler. People would cop the album on the strength of the first few singles and the rest would be trash.
Double albums also hurt the game.
And by the time MP3’s came along, people started downloading songs instead of albums.
Now people create playlists. They will skim through the snippets and keep what they want.
Thanks to Kendrick for keeping albums alive
Rapmastermind
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Ice-T is right about the album experience being a journey. Jay-Z described it perfectly on Vol. 3 Intro:
Yep. One hit wonders and feminine dances were pushed and well rounded artists became an afterthought. Now in 2023, Hip Hop isn't the #1 genre for young people anymore and it is literally about to die out on the commercial level.
Yeah but the thing is I feel like majority of rap albums past and present were pretty much like this. Not every album had a specific theme with crazy transitions, most were just a bunch of songs and hopefully one or a couple catch on.
Not everything was like Redman’s whut the album or Death Certificate or ready to die
He's 100 percent right.
My favorite artists make incredible albums not just assembled songs.
My favorite artists make incredible albums not just assembled songs.
feelosofer
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Ice T is right was listening to Liquid Swords again and that album was an experience. With that said todays listeners and the music industry as a whole are way more single driven and its been like that for maybe 15-20 years.
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Another point is attention spans. Back when a new drop could very easily become all consuming, if not an event. Even if that was just your and your friends getting lifted and zoning out to a new album as you let it spin from end to end. Why? We ain't have ish to do! F Friday, any day that ends in a Y was fair game back in the days...
In many ways the world has gained but it has also lost as well because you've traded the intimate event for public performances instead. Thats quite sad, if you think about it. Worse still is the new jack kids don't know what they missed just like we didn't either so no big thing but still enough to get you pondering...
In many ways the world has gained but it has also lost as well because you've traded the intimate event for public performances instead. Thats quite sad, if you think about it. Worse still is the new jack kids don't know what they missed just like we didn't either so no big thing but still enough to get you pondering...
Elim Garak
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Well obviously the majority of rap albums are like that because it's only so many true rap artist but now none of the top rappers are even making albums with cohesiveness.