-
Hello!
Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.
Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....
Please be certain that the location field is correctly filled out when you register. All registrations that appear to be bogus will be rejected. Which means that if your location field does NOT match the actual location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected.
Sorry about the strictness of this requirement, but it is necessary to block spammers and scammers at the door as much as possible.
Music quiz
- Thread starter snakewispera snr
- Start date
jazzgeek
The Rule Of Thirds.
Ricky87
New member
Oops, My bad.Ricky, Ricky, Ricky.....artist and album. Themz the roolz.
Dale
jazzgeek
The Rule Of Thirds.
Ricky87
New member
" Skylarkin' ". I don't pretend to know a lot, if not anything about him, but I do love Marvin Gaye, and Mercy Me is definitely one of my favorite songs of any genre. Personally I love Hip-Hop, but I do listen to Marvin Gaye, and some of my favorite hip-hop/rap songs have jazz influences. I'm always surprised when I hear an older song that was then used by some of todays artists, such as "Spaceship" by Kanye West, which is really "Distant Lovers" by Marvin Gaye, plus a few others. Terrace Martin and DJ Hi-Tek are some other producers who heavily uses jazz in their music. Not sure if you care, but maybe you should check some of it out some time, if for no other reason than to hear songs you may know being used in a whole new way.
By the way, have any idea who it is that I posted?.
By the way, have any idea who it is that I posted?.
Ricky87
New member
Awww, dame. I though I switched it to his alias "L-Burna", but I must not have been paying attention. My bad...again.
jazzgeek
The Rule Of Thirds.
You mean Steven Howse?
Yeah, for an old fart, I get a kick out of beats/rhythms that are sampled from the music of "my generation" and put into hip-hop. Huge Steely Dan fan that I am, my favorite is "Deja Vu", by Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz, which samples from SD's classic "Black Cow".
Dale
Ricky87
New member
Oh my god, I'm completely repping you for that. To get the artist group name is impressive, but to get his real name is pretty crazy. I'll put up one more, but I warn you; this won't be easy. Alan gave me a heads up on tagging it correctly and this guy is pretty underground:You mean Steven Howse?
Yeah, for an old fart, I get a kick out of beats/rhythms that are sampled from the music of "my generation" and put into hip-hop. Huge Steely Dan fan that I am, my favorite is "Deja Vu", by Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz, which samples from SD's classic "Black Cow".
Dale
jazzgeek
The Rule Of Thirds.
I'll put up one more, but I warn you; this won't be easy. Alan gave me a heads up on tagging it correctly and this guy is pretty underground:
I'll give you a hint; he is a former member of a group formed with Aziatic and Nasir Jones.
I'm completely clueless on this one.
Dale
jazzgeek
The Rule Of Thirds.
I had to look him up on Wiki. I read the first line - "Cory McKay, better known as Cormega, is an African American emcee noted for his vivid and poignant narratives about inner-city life" - and had "a moment".
Given that first sentence, and that Ricky first thought that the "Skylarking" album was something by Marvin Gaye, my brain immediately went to this song, the last tune from the most soulful album to come out of the 70s...
I hope I didn't gum up the thread; I just wanted to let people in on my (sometimes strange) synaptic connections.
Dale
Ricky87
New member
You must either have FBI like investigation skills, or you just know your stuff. As for posting an album cover, he only has a few and all of them would have given it away immediately. Great guess, though, I'm impressed!. He's not well known at all, and I did my best to hide the tag, as to not give it away again. I'll try and post a real challenging one later if I can find one, but in the man time give your self a pat on the back. You nailed it!.
Ricky87
New member
I love that song. Not sure if you know this, but it was sampled 2 times at least as far as I know. The first time it was used in Spice 1's "Welcome to the Ghetto", and the second time the drums were bit by Outkast on "Crumblin' Erb" which is a great song, especially the intro by Andre. I also think it was used in a Scarface song, but I'm not quite sure which one.I had to look him up on Wiki. I read the first line - "Cory McKay, better known as Cormega, is an African American emcee noted for his vivid and poignant narratives about inner-city life" - and had "a moment".
Given that first sentence, and that Ricky first thought that the "Skylarking" album was something by Marvin Gaye, my brain immediately went to this song, the last tune from the most soulful album to come out of the 70s...
I hope I didn't gum up the thread; I just wanted to let people in on my (sometimes strange) synaptic connections.
Dale
Ricky87
New member
Have you ever heard anything off of "ATLien's". If you haven't I strongly suggest it. It's nothing like their newer stuff, but it's very creative and I definitely endorse it. Their's nothing with jazz or anything like that, but the sound is as original as anything else could be. It's definitely their most intra-spective album.
alan
Guest
Yep I've heard Atliens, it's mostly clean tracks, a little dull if you don't like Outkast. It's like they knew that and got more creative for the Aquemini CD. I still like when they play like that, some of Speakerboxxx has that style when Andre3K raps.
Is that Idlewild CD any good?
Is that Idlewild CD any good?
Ricky87
New member
Ya, it is cleaner, but that's what I love about it. It's very deep, and is one of those albums that transcends the era it was created in. "13th Floor/Growing Old" is my favorite Outkast song bar-none, and one of my favorite songs in general. Also, "Mainstream" (also on ATLiens) is an amazing song, too.
Don't get me wrong, I love Aquemeni; especially "West Savannah", "Da Art of Storytellin", "Spottieottiedopaliscious", and of course "Aquemeni" itself, but I'm biased when it comes to ATLiens
As for Speakerboxx/The Love Below, I thought those were two great albums. Especially the Love Below. Not so much for Andre's raps, cause their really aren't many, but more so for his creativity. The song I think your refering to as far as a more classic Andre sound is "Knowing", or something like that. It's off of Speakerboxx, but it's a really good song.
As for Idlewild, it's alright, but if you don't pick it up then your not missing anything. I do love the song on it called "The Train", but that's all Big Boi. Theirs another one called "Hollywood Divorce" featuring Lil Wayne, but it's not real great, and the rest of the album is mediocre.
Ricky87
New member
All right, I just spent 15 painstaking minutes photoshopping all dead giveaways from this album cover, and I dare you to guess who the Artist is, and what the name of the album is. Extra credit if you can name the producer. If you need a hint I'll think you up one, but other than that good luck; by the way their is a huge Jazz influence in this album so if you can find it out I would recommend checking it out. One of my all time favorites!.
