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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
Finally grabbed that Feature Magnetic.. its not like all time great or anything but definitely a solid Kool Keith-esque record. I am glad to have some new hip hop even if not from a "new" artist.. Indeed aside from Earl and MC Tree I don't think I have ANY new artists records, just plenty of "new" stuff from all the same artists I have been listening to since the 1990s.. I philosophically am not sure how to feel about this, am I trapped as an anachronism or is it all good since its still technically "new" music?
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I think ... we'll, I think you should listen to what you want to listen to. Personally, I think I'd kinda die a little if I stopped buying new music. It's a big part of my life, finding the best stuff out there (in my opinion) each year, so I can't really speak to your way of doing things. But certainly there's nothing wrong with listening to what makes your brain feel good and saying fuck it to everything else.
Now, I do think it's important to at least keep an ear open for new things. If you just listened to the same stuff because you refused to give anything new the time of day, that would be kind of sad. Still totally acceptable, but I wouldn't really encourage it.
I don't think you do that though. I think you check stuff out and it usually doesn't do much for you, so you stick with the stuff you know you like. And that's totally fine.
What bothers me is when people say "there's no good (rock, rap, electronic, whatever) out there" and then they ignore any recommendations people give them, and continue to just act as though the world is somehow less dead and lifeless now than it was in the '90s. That irks me.
I am glad you like Feature Magnetic. And no, it's not a revolutionary album at all, but it's solid and it gets the job done better than a lot of what's out there.
I do wish you'd dive into ScHoolboy Q's new album a bit. I think there's a lot ther that you would like. Same goes for Isaiah Rashad's The Sun's Tirade. Good fresh albums, both. And they contain plenty of the elements of the hip hop you seem to like.
But I'm honestly not sure if you've really even tried Kendrick yet. Which would really be a shame.