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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: TakingBackSunday on November 16, 2009, 08:13:42 PM

Title: Hey PD, get in here.
Post by: TakingBackSunday on November 16, 2009, 08:13:42 PM

So I'm going through NPR's 50 albums of the decade and I stumbled across this rap album from Little Brother, "The Listening," one I had never heard before.  I just recently got into rap a lot more than I used to and I'm curious.  I might get the album but I figure I'd get the resident rap specialist's opinion on it first.

everyone else: gtfo

Title: Re: Hey PD, get in here.
Post by: Himu on November 16, 2009, 08:17:24 PM

The Minstrel Show > The Listening

The Minstrel Show is a pretty good satirical album on the state of black music.

That's not to say The Listening is bad, per se. It's just not as good as The Minstrel Show.

Title: Re: Hey PD, get in here.
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 16, 2009, 08:27:14 PM

imo The Listening>The Minstrel Show, but I'm kinda alone in that opinion.

I like it. It's a nice throwback to 90s hip hop (the radio station theme is similar to De La Soul is Dead)

I want to hear St Cornelius' opinion on The Listening and The Minstrel Show btw!

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Title: Re: Hey PD, get in here.
Post by: Himu on November 16, 2009, 08:30:14 PM

I guess the concept of The Minstrel Show interests me more than what's presented in The Listening.

Title: Re: Hey PD, get in here.
Post by: Phoenix Dark on November 16, 2009, 08:37:10 PM

Agreed, but for me The Listening had better songs.

Title: Re: Hey PD, get in here.
Post by: Himu on November 16, 2009, 09:00:45 PM

But The Minstrel Show has "Cheatin'"!