Post by @alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com
So who is young and making smart ("conscious") hip-hop right now? Like, who is the modern equivalent of Talib Kweli, Mos Def, and that crowd? (If that's even a reasonable question)
Okay I'm finding a few entrypoints by searching around. Just checking out SA-ROC and Armand Hammer for the first time, both are really cool.
SA-ROC seems like a badass MC so far. I'm geeked that she has so much music I can check out.
(I have zero idea how popular these people are or if everyone knows them bc I have no way of knowing that. But I currently have a streaming subscription for the first time in ages, so I'm popping around checking out stuff.)
yeah SA-ROC is giving me bass face. Currently listening to Gold Leaf. Fucking awesome.
Goddamnit she is my age, 45. So not exactly young. Oh well, still excited to travel through her catalogue.
@alisynthesis Not super young, but Dessa has some good tracks. Check out Rome and Fire Drills and Camelot
@m750 bass face? oh it's VERY good.
Very similar to the "oh face" made famous in the classic film Office Space, but usually lasts a lot longer.
@m750 (I wasn't sure if bass face was a common phrase, but my friends and I knew a bass player who made the face all the time, and I think I've heard other music people say it over the years. A quick search indicates it is known by others.)
See also Little Simz
Just popping through a new album by Rapsody: God Gotta Afro & Gold Hoops. It sounds GOOD and feels GOOD. Can't wait to listen to this whole album.
So I guess the ladies are carrying this torch? That's cool.
Okay, this☝️album is going in my collection for sure. I'm on track 4 and there's no way I'm doing anything else until I listen to the whole thing. Absolutely carrying the Talib/Mos Def vibe into the present.
I'm listening in my studio and the production is immaculate, with plenty of space and punch, which really matters to me w/ this kind of music.
(And yeah, she's also almost as old as I am.)
@alisynthesis I guess I'll pick it up - I need to broaden my musical horizon again. I've been falling back on comfort music lately (Sibelius and Khachaturain today).
@AlgoCompSynth yeah, I haven't been listening to this kind of hip-hop much for awhile, but I'm really craving it atm for some reason.
That's some good comfort music. :)
@alisynthesis I bought the complete Gayne ballet score recording on Amazon long ago - this may be the only recording in print, if it even is still in print. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007INY2Q