Non-Urban Music Old music >> New Music :)

[Casey]

So, I get new promo's from all the labels each week. This week I got the following ones:

Rihanna - Umbrella ft. Jay-Z
Clipse - Wamp Wamp ft. Slim Thug
Bobby (formerly Bobby Valentino) - Anonymous ft. Timbaland
Digitalism - Pogo
Jazzy Jeff - Return of The Magnificent.

I listened through all of them, and to be honest, they all sucked.

Then, I got this promo:

"The Urban All Stars Promo Sampler"

and it occurred to me that EVERY SINGLE TRACK on this promo shits on 95% of all the new music I've heard in the last 5 years or so. Here's the tracklist:

1. The Urban All Stars - It Began in Africa
2. James Brown - Give It Up or Turn It Loose - Remix
3. Jackson Sisters - I believe in Miracles
4. Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul
5. Marva Whitney - It's My Thing
6. James Brown - She's The One - Funky Drummer Remix
7. Bobby Byrd - Hot Pants
8. Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swinging
9. James Brown - Payback - The Final Mixdown
10. James Brown - Cold Sweat
11. Myra Barnes - The Message from the Soul Sisters
12. Maceo & The Macks - Soul Power
13. The JB's - The Grunt Parts 1 & 2
14. JTQ - Theme From Starsky & Hutch- Funky People Mix
15. Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves The Sunshine
16. Maceo & The Macks - Cross The Tracks (We Better Go Back)



man....why doesn't anyone make music like this anymore???

 

[Rahim]

So, I get new promo's from all the labels each week. This week I got the following ones:

Rihanna - Umbrella ft. Jay-Z
Clipse - Wamp Wamp ft. Slim Thug
Bobby (formerly Bobby Valentino) - Anonymous ft. Timbaland
Digitalism - Pogo
Jazzy Jeff - Return of The Magnificent.

I listened through all of them, and to be honest, they all sucked.

Then, I got this promo:

"The Urban All Stars Promo Sampler"

and it occurred to me that EVERY SINGLE TRACK on this promo shits on 95% of all the new music I've heard in the last 5 years or so. Here's the tracklist:

1. The Urban All Stars - It Began in Africa
2. James Brown - Give It Up or Turn It Loose - Remix
3. Jackson Sisters - I believe in Miracles
4. Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul
5. Marva Whitney - It's My Thing
6. James Brown - She's The One - Funky Drummer Remix
7. Bobby Byrd - Hot Pants
8. Kool & The Gang - Hollywood Swinging
9. James Brown - Payback - The Final Mixdown
10. James Brown - Cold Sweat
11. Myra Barnes - The Message from the Soul Sisters
12. Maceo & The Macks - Soul Power
13. The JB's - The Grunt Parts 1 & 2
14. JTQ - Theme From Starsky & Hutch- Funky People Mix
15. Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves The Sunshine
16. Maceo & The Macks - Cross The Tracks (We Better Go Back)



man....why doesn't anyone make music like this anymore???

i wish they did...everyone is set on that "mainstream vibe" ..and it doesnt sound so great all the time if u ask me....mid 80's and 90's were good years for music...thats when music sounded best....

 

[hizzle?]

No. was the '70s. Rock music shits over everything else.
Led Zep is the best thing that happened to the world, after Bob Dylan


But yeah something that I noticed... The beats in Rap are better than ever, but the lyrics are so shitty that they make the songs the worst things ever.

 

[k69atie]

That Umbrella song sucks ass.

 

[_carmi]

No. was the '70s. Rock music shits over everything else.
Led Zep is the best thing that happened to the world, after Bob Dylan


But yeah something that I noticed... The beats in Rap are better than ever, but the lyrics are so shitty that they make the songs the worst things ever.

agreed.