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<p>I find it really hard to take him seriously as a rapper (although I like the tracks of his I've heard) - he'll always be Troy.</p>
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<p>He never actually intended to be taken seriously but then realised that he's actually amazing at it. Lyrically a monster, has a crazy good flow and can sing hooks too.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Razbra" data-cid="515255" data-time="1442036508"><p>Yeah sorry I left out that I love the album. But the whole king kunta being a supposed play on mainstream hip hop didn't really work. He sacrificed his own quality to prove a point.<br><br>J Cole's recent offering was pretty bloody good. Also look up Childish Gambino.</p></blockquote>King Kunta was the first Kendrick tune I heard and at the time, it did nothing for me. I was more forgiving once I heard it within the context of TPAB and now I'll happily tap my toe to it although theres a vast gap in terms of depth and musicality compared to the rest of the album.<br><br>I'll check out J Cole / Childish Gambino - chur!
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<p>[b][url=http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/10/hit-charade/403192/?single_page=true]Hit Charade[/url][/b]<br><br></p><p></p><blockquote class="ipsBlockquote">Meet the bald Norwegians and other unknowns who actually create the songs that top the charts.<br></blockquote><br>
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<p>J Cole and Kendrick are both mainstream as fuck Razbra.</p>
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<p>I've stumbled across this earlier this week, Onehunga boy based in LA now</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://soundcloud.com/smokeygotbeatz/big-bad-cpt-ft-mc-eiht'>https://soundcloud.com/smokeygotbeatz/big-bad-cpt-ft-mc-eiht</a></p>
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<p>I am a massive hiphop fan and a Kendrick fan but King Kunta is a mainstream pice of fluff. </p>
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<p>JK taking me back to campus radio haze flashbacks. Those are a couple bands I haven't thought about for, hoooo, twenty years. I interviewed Red Kross on that tour, and photographed L7 a couple times on that particular tour. I don't remember anything about either experience. I'm sure it was fun. I'll have to drag the film and tape recordings out one of these days, but until you posted those I didn't think anybody would be the slightest bit interested.</p>
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<p>Still love my old 90s grunge and alternative scene eh. </p>
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<p>Pretty much saw all the bands that came to NZ in that era. Was good times.</p>
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<p>Spent a lot of time this arvo listening to the pixies, some really great tracks.<br><br>
Then I found this cracker, must have been 15 years since I heard it...<br><br>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;">Then I found this cracker, must have been 15 years since I heard it...</span><br>
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<p>Pretty much saw all the bands that came to NZ in that era. Was good times.</p>
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<p>Been listening a fair bit of that stuff on spotify lately. Sure brings back the memories.</p>
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<p>Not sure if Come ever came down that way. Boston/NYC band, recorded for Matador, only around for a few years, but they were amazing. Saw them three times, and the best of the lot was the night before ABs opening game vs. Ireland at RWC1995 (a.k.a Jonah Unleashed), and that show was certainly one of best 5 shows of my life. Small club, rested my beer on the front of the stage, I was levitating and thinking it hard to imagine the Stones at their peak could have played so tight. If you enjoy Afghans and L7 you might like to add to your playlist.</p>
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<div><strong><span style="font-size:24px;">Yes, the Pope is Releasing a Prog-Rock Album</span></strong></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px;">Pope Francis, a.k.a. “Cool Pope,†has been rocking Washington D.C. this week — and in two months, he might actually rock the Billboard charts.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px;">As reported by Rolling Stone, the Pope is planning the release of a <strong>“prog-rock-infused albumâ€</strong> for Nov. 27.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px;">Titled Wake Up!, and approved by the Vatican, the album blends the Pope’s speeches with music by various musicians, including Tony Pagliaca, who founded prog-rock band Le Orme and worked with Van Der Graaf Generator.</span></div>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="background-color:rgb(247,247,247);">Hear the Pope’s first single, “Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!†here:</span></span></p>
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<div><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/09/25/yes-the-pope-is-releasing-a-prog-rock-album-hear-a-song-here/'>http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2015/09/25/yes-the-pope-is-releasing-a-prog-rock-album-hear-a-song-here/</a></div>
