Is music dying? pop music has been going down hill since the seventies... and it seems like more and more people are trying to strike it rich being artist despite a serious lack of talent and training.

or maybe I have it twisted? what good stuff have you heard that others should know about?

whatever music isn't on the radio (or god forbid mTV) that you think others should hear, post here.

Rules:
1. hip/hop, rock, oldies, whatever... just not pop stuff
2. try to limit the list to just the best stuff, not everything you've ever listened too that isn't on the radio. maybe limit to like your top 10 for each genre?
3. if you only like one or two songs (and the rest of the album sucks), make sure you mention that!
4. youtube links appreciated
5. no pimping your friends demo tapes! Try to keep it to artists with an actual label (or at least a CD you can buy in stores).
6. bold your artists please! with the absolute best one (of each genre) underlined as well!

Hip Hop for yours truely:

- people under the stairs - lyrics are kinda dumb and shallow, but every beat is amazing, and the flow of the two rappers is awesome
- Black Star (mos def and Kweli)
- Hieroglyphics (from Oakland!) - the album with "fantasy island" first four or five tracks are great!
- Jurassic 5 - Canto de Ossanha a remixed Baden powell song is awesome. quality control album is the better than their new shiit
- OLD Common - before he got on the radio, in the nineties... like water for chocolate and can I borrow a dollar albums
- RJD2 - ghostwriter!, 1976, smoke and mirrors
- The Pharcyde - labcabincalifornia album was great. every other album is complete crap, don't touch it.

Cool "Drop" video
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBwv9Loj84Y&feature=related[/youtube]

Brazilian (mainly bosa nova stuff)

- Baden Powell - samba triste, O astronauta,
- Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Ellis Regina

Jazz

- Erroll Garner
- James Booker

I'll add more later

John legend
Everybody Knows
Quickly
Cross the Line
No Other Love
Take Me Away

Brandy ("Human" album")
Piano Man
Camouflage
Long Distance

Ne-Yo
Fade Into the Backround
So You Can Cry
Lie to Me

The Dream
Livin A Lie [(feat. Rihanna) not to be confused with "Live Ya Life"]
Purple Kisses
Playing In Her Hair

the only time i listen to the radio is when im in other peoples' cars... but im almost positive that none of these songs

8th ave wrote:John legend
Everybody Knows
Quickly
Cross the Line
No Other Love
Take Me Away

Brandy ("Human" album")
Piano Man
Camouflage
Long Distance

Ne-Yo
Fade Into the Backround
So You Can Cry
Lie to Me

The Dream
Livin A Lie [(feat. Rihanna) not to be confused with "Live Ya Life"]
Purple Kisses
Playing In Her Hair

the only time i listen to the radio is when im in other peoples' cars... but im almost positive that none of these songs

you haven't heard Ne-Yo, John Legend, or Brandy on the radio? I'm talking about artist that don't whore themselves out to Mtv or clear channel radio stations!

maybe those are good, but that's not what this thread is for!

www.cdbaby.com (I have two cd's for sale on this site)

www.pandora.com

both good sources to check out new music you've never heard...

music aint dying... it never has and never will... music evolves, just like everything else in popular culture.

Mr. Crackerz wrote:music aint dying... it never has and never will... music evolves, just like everything else in popular culture.

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people under the stairs - san francisco knights

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbUCjmMn8uo[/youtube]

first off wrote:

8th ave wrote:John legend
Everybody Knows
Quickly
Cross the Line
No Other Love
Take Me Away

Brandy ("Human" album")
Piano Man
Camouflage
Long Distance

Ne-Yo
Fade Into the Backround
So You Can Cry
Lie to Me

The Dream
Livin A Lie [(feat. Rihanna) not to be confused with "Live Ya Life"]
Purple Kisses
Playing In Her Hair

the only time i listen to the radio is when im in other peoples' cars... but im almost positive that none of these songs

you haven't heard Ne-Yo, John Legend, or Brandy on the radio? I'm talking about artist that don't whore themselves out to Mtv or clear channel radio stations!

maybe those are good, but that's not what this thread is for!

okay... well i thought you were talkin about songs... not artists... but whatever... i will stay away from your precious thread

Raul Midon is an extremely talented new artist....

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTv24sSNXHc[/youtube]

Vox Tempus
Boards of Canada
Empty Tremor
State Radio
Shpongle


These are all AWESOME bands of various genres and I would be surprised if many people here have heard of any of them.

As for the poll . . . no way. Music is DEFINITELY not dying. It is changing, but not dying. If you want me to go into more detail, I will do my best. I'd do it here and now but I gotta pee

for the metal heads (if there's any out there lol)

Evile(traditional thrash-seriously kick ass)
Mastodon(new album out early 09)
5 Finger Death Punch(nice slab of Groove Metal)
Yakuza(awesome prog)
Opeth(still the kings of Melodic Death Metal)


fk i could go on and on in this thread. I'll do some popular OZ hard rock bands you guys may haven't of heard next

evidence for music dying.

hip hop is now on the brink of death... I give you, gucci bandana

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHbwVlRWqWQ[/youtube]

the word "gucci" is used more than 100 times in less than 3 and a half minutes.

80's was the age of excess, 90's was grunge, 00's will be known as the age of instant fame. from youtube, to reality show spin offs, of spin offs, of white trash versions of spin offs on VH1, to stupid hip hop like this **** that takes zero energy to make. Music is losing it's soul to people who just want to get paid for doing as little work as possible.

I think hip-hop is dying for certain generations, but the new gen... it's just getting started. A new style of hip-hop has rised, many hate it, many love it. Really depends who the person is.

I mean, I HATE today's mainstream hip-hop with some exceptions. Very few songs out there I could listen to.

It's like my friend told me, hip-hop isn't dead, it's just moved underground!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em6nV_g0u1Y[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSxLzrXurJI[/youtube]

Not a fan of hip-hop at all. Today's hip hop (at least that on the radio) is not even listenable. Back in my high school days I loved PE and some other artists were fun to listen to from time to time.

Definately more of a classic rock type of guy. But having lived in Seattle and got the privelidge to see Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Alice in Chains all in local small clubs, I am very partial to the grunge scene. What a time that was!!! Amazing and influential music coming out of one area.

bada wrote:Not a fan of hip-hop at all. Today's hip hop (at least that on the radio) is not even listenable. Back in my high school days I loved PE and some other artists were fun to listen to from time to time.

Definately more of a classic rock type of guy. But having lived in Seattle and got the privelidge to see Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Alice in Chains all in local small clubs, I am very partial to the grunge scene. What a time that was!!! Amazing and influential music coming out of one area.

Did you smell some of that teen spirit back in the day?