A Music Thread

[Al B. Sure!]

This is another guy trying to be the modern Prince:



Kanye's even made a 45-minute music film, like Prince's Purple Rain, but more artsy, inspired by Fellini, apparently:

The trailer:

[Al B. Sure!]

How about Bilal? I've posted his stuff before.

[C0ckney]

dinosaur - kiss me again

[C0ckney]

outkast are really good, very talented guys. really liked altiens, aquemini and stankonia. not too fussed with the more recent stuff though.

[C0ckney]

Well it's not different. She's an Outkast product who debuted on their Idlewild album (and is in the video for "Morris Brown", that I posted) and is on Puff Daddy's Bad Boy record label. Sorry but she's talented and eclectic but she's in the same spirit as everything else I post. Sorry, she's rap/r&b at the core and is on, oh my god, Puff Daddy's pop crap record label

If you like her, well there's a problem because you need to readjust your attitude on everything else I post, at least the stuff I post from the last few years.

err...no...it's different because it sounds different to what you usually post. you might have posted one or similar things in the past, but generally, i would say no. obviously, our tastes are going to overlap at some points, just as my tastes overlap somewhat with just about everyone who posts here. the idea of these threads isn't to see how different we can be, after all...

the first thing i thought when i heard that track was grace jones, who i'm a big fan of. if you're not familiar with her work, then you should really check her out.

that second track you posted was ok i guess, but nothing special. nothing i've not heard before. much preferred the first one with just her.

[Al B. Sure!]

You know what, Cockney... what do you think of Outkast?



Here's Janelle Monae and Outkast:

[Al B. Sure!]

At the risk of turning you off from her, here's another one of her videos featuring rappers B.O.B. and Lupe Fiasco, two rappers I've posted here several times:

[Al B. Sure!]

Well it's not different. She's an Outkast product who debuted on their Idlewild album (and is in the video for "Morris Brown", that I posted) and is on Puff Daddy's Bad Boy record label. Sorry but she's talented and eclectic but she's in the same spirit as everything else I post. Sorry, she's rap/r&b at the core and is on, oh my god, Puff Daddy's pop crap record label

If you like her, well there's a problem because you need to readjust your attitude on everything else I post, at least the stuff I post from the last few years.


I've posted spoken word here. I've posted Gil Scott Heron and I've posted Talib Kweli doing spoken word.

And Sea of Bees is boring. Or at least what you posted is.

[C0ckney]

i find most of what you post to be quite dull if i'm honest, but i liked that and will investigate her further. and yes i would say it's fairly different from your usual fare

anyway, have you heard of those artists i've mentioned (they've all been posted before by myself or others at some point)? also what did you think of sea of bees?

[Al B. Sure!]

How the hell is that a change? You must not have been paying much attention to what I post, Cockney.

[C0ckney]

Check this out... and check her album cover in the video... this and her last album were Metropolis, Sci-Fi concept albums:


Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid

this is actually quite interesting and makes a nice change for you.

are you a fan of grace jones? or spoken word artists like anne clark or george pringle?

[Al B. Sure!]

RIP Gregory Isaacs. Died this morning at 59.

[Al B. Sure!]

Performing on Ellen's show:




She's like the female James Brown

[SlowwHand]

The CD is highly rated at AllMusic.

Track Picks
Dance or Die
Locked Inside
Cold War
Tightrope
Wondaland

[Al B. Sure!]

here she's singing the classic song "Smile"