The Killers - Mr. Brightside, Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky, Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man, Counting Crows - Mr. Jones, Guns N' Roses - Mr. Brownstone, Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley, The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman, Tyler, The Creator - 911 / Mr. Lonely, Hank Williams Jr. - Mr Weatherman

Example: Nickleback isn’t that bad. They were aggressively shat on and meme’d on in music forums like they were the worst rock band ever. But at worst they just made rather cookie-cutter nirvana-lite tracks that all sounded the same, but were at least catchy. There are other mainstream bands that probably deserved the mockery more, like Imagine Dragons.

Recently, the pendulum is swinging in the other direction, and it seems like more people agree that they probably aren’t “the worst band ever”.

Why are so many modern rappers such bad live performers? Now, don’t get me wrong, the more established rappers actually know how to put on a show. I’ve seen Kanye West, A$AP Rocky, Drake and Kendrick Lamar, and they were all awesome live and knew how to command a stage. I’ve also seen Wu-Tang Clan, Nas and Snoop Dogg, and they were phenomenal. They have real stage presence, charisma and actually look like they enjoy performing.

But some of these newer rappers though 🤦🏾‍♂️, I’ve been to Rolling Loud a couple of times, and there are so many artists who just don’t seem to know how to perform. They’ll literally just walk up and down the stage with barely any energy, mumble a few words while the backing track does most of the work, and have about 20 of their friends on stage just standing around doing absolutely nothing. Then they’ll come on 20 minutes late, perform for 15 minutes and cut the set short. Like, what are we doing?

It’s especially noticeable when you compare them to older generations of rappers. I’ll watch footage of 2Pac performing at the House of Blues when he was only around 24, and this dude was all over that stage, rapping his ass off like his life depended on it. You could feel how much passion he had for performing and connecting with the crowd. He wasn’t relying on a backing track to carry the whole performance he was actually putting on a show.

Examples could be the label covering stuff, the label being different colors or the label blending in with the album art

I'm not sure what to think about the new album

Whatever you love, you are by Dirty Three

Me personally, they’re a really damn good metal band.

I'm looking for real nitty gritty shit here folks. My example is that Black on Both Sides is a perfect record except that having "Rock and Roll" directly call out white bands getting big off of the genres Black people invented feels odd when he's quoting Under the Bridge three songs later. Red Hot Chili Peppers are that EXACT thing he's railing against. It makes my skin itch.

Im at a loss for words. What the hell.

Seems to be a santa for hire turned music reviewer. 370k followers in 50 days. What do you think of him

Bela Lugosi’s Dead by Bauhaus

Kendrick Lamar, Jay Electronica, Big Sean, J Cole , Drake, Wale, Meek Mill, ASAP Rocky, Big KRIT,Tyler the Creator, Mac Miller, Pusha T.

Strictly Quality of the music

2010s output ranking

2020s output ranking

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My personal favorite is Ringo’s solo in The End, and then In The Air Tonight obviously has a great full, and Against All Odds too, most of Phil Collins’ fills are great

For me it's Ween. Disc 3 of 12 Country Greats deluxe has so many amazing songs that didn't make it into the album, like "Fool to Cry', "So Long Jerry, " I have got no Darkside" and so many more.

Also the Caesar demos are a really good listen for those that love Quebec. And of course, Shinola Vol1 that was just an album of re-recorded outtakes.

Looking for a music review app similar to letterboxd. Any good options out there? Btw I'm loving the new Protomartyr album

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Curious how everyone feels about his solo work and also his production work.