What are you listening to?

[Leonormous Boozer]

New Nas album was decent. Doubt there's many hip hop heads in here though.

**** all that trance rubbish. This takes me back

I can't say I've kept up with recent stuff. Kendrick is what kept me interested and DAMN. was what 2017? I liked some of Chance's stuff around then and picked up a few songs off Pablo too. Lil Wayne, Eminem and 50 cent before that. Yesterday's HT show was fairly awesome!

Can't say I like much of the current crop. Have a bit of Jack Harlow on my playlists but can't think of anyone else.

 

[Welsh Exile]

I can't say I've kept up with recent stuff. Kendrick is what kept me interested and DAMN. was what 2017? I liked some of Chance's stuff around then and picked up a few songs off Pablo too. Lil Wayne, Eminem and 50 cent before that. Yesterday's HT show was fairly awesome!

Can't say I like much of the current crop. Have a bit of Jack Harlow on my playlists but can't think of anyone else.

You're a young whippersnapper (I assume) so you didn't have the pleasure of growing up in the golden era but I tend to agree with what you're saying re the current crop. Though there's still lots of great hip hop made today (underground) if you know where to look.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

early Kendrick was the last rap I really liked

 

[Welsh Exile]

Lots of good UK stuff as well. Not really my cup of tea (though I like a lot of their lyrics) but Akala and Lowkey are popular amongst the "conscious" hip hop fans.

 

[Welsh Exile]

 

[Welsh Exile]

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Akala - Shakespeare was the biggest tune in sixth form

 

[Welsh Exile]

Akala - Shakespeare was the biggest tune in sixth form

Ha ha. You're a few years younger than me. When I was a kid it was all about Chester P and Jehst from a UK perspective. I'm not a massive fan of Akalas music but I like the dude and when he does more boom bap stuff I like it.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Just popped up on my shuffle mix, seems appropriate...

 

[The Seeker]

I dedicate this song to the people of Ukraine.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Gotten really into Architects recently, some serious riffs in their repertoire

 

[Eleutherarch]

Gotten really into Architects recently, some serious riffs in their repertoire

Josh Middleton (current guitarist for Architects) is the founding member of Sylosis, a band synonymous with serious fking riffs (best albums: Edge of the Earth, Monolith and Dormant Heart). The only reason I can think for him to be in this band is a more substantial paycheck.

Same goes for Jeff Loomis who is currently playing with Arch Enemy (you mentioned them a little earlier). Killed it with his former band Nevermore (if the vocals don't irritate), has two brilliant solo albums and released a juggernaut of an album with the supergroup Conquering Dystopia. Three outlets, three platters of pretty sumptuous riffs and outrageous leads (albeit with a slight overreliance on diminished scales - it was ever thus . . .)

Welcome surprise to find others listening to heavier music.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Loomis is one of my all time favourite guitarists - him joining Arch Enemy is what actually got me into them properly (before then I'd just heard Nemesis on Kerrang back in the day)

 

[Eleutherarch]

Loomis is one of my all time favourite guitarists - him joining Arch Enemy is what actually got me into them properly (before then I'd just heard Nemesis on Kerrang back in the day)

Kerrang. Those were the days . . . Headbangers Ball too. You had to stay up late in to the night to catch a glimpse of anything good or extreme on TV.

In a perverse sort of way, I miss it a little. As a teen, I used to get such a sense of electrification and excitement upon finding something new, usually at a time when I was not supposed to be awake, let alone downstairs. The threat of parental hidings made it even more thrilling.

But the accessibility today is good in its own way.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

******* hell,
RIP

 

[Bada-Bing!]

******* hell,
RIP

50 is too young to go. No cause of death?

I recall the Stereophonics drummer died young as well. But that was from an alcohol binge IIRC.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

No cause of death?

Only happened a couple of hours ago

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Only happened a couple of hours ago

Taylor Hawkins: Drugs found in body of late Foo Fighters drummer

Colombian investigators examining the death of Taylor Hawkins are yet to establish a cause.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bada-Bing!]

 

[The Seeker]