Comments on: Hot As The Earth’s Core http://www.fluxblog.org/2008/12/hot-as-the-earths-core Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:35:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Matthew Perpetua http://www.fluxblog.org/2008/12/hot-as-the-earths-core#comment-15517 Matthew Perpetua Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:36:55 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2060#comment-15517 Please don't misunderstand: I think he's talented and good, and I like Los Angeles just fine, but I do think it's quite a lot like stuff people were doing 10+ years ago. Not everyone has to break the mold, you know? Just because I think he fits into a genre doesn't mean I don't think he's being creative or has his own style within it. Being trip hop is NOT A BAD THING! If anything, I'm commenting on how people are so eager to distance themselves from a subgenre which has given us a lot of very good music. Please don’t misunderstand: I think he’s talented and good, and I like Los Angeles just fine, but I do think it’s quite a lot like stuff people were doing 10+ years ago. Not everyone has to break the mold, you know? Just because I think he fits into a genre doesn’t mean I don’t think he’s being creative or has his own style within it. Being trip hop is NOT A BAD THING! If anything, I’m commenting on how people are so eager to distance themselves from a subgenre which has given us a lot of very good music.

]]> By: what http://www.fluxblog.org/2008/12/hot-as-the-earths-core#comment-15516 what Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:50:01 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2060#comment-15516 Don't be so quick to write off FlyLo as run of the mill trip-hop. Check a track like "Interference" off of the L.A. EP 1 and try to find anything else that sounds like that. He's undeniably unique, IMO. Just because he's getting a lot of praise before some other artists, doesn't mean it's undeserving. If it's not your thing thats cool, but shit, the man is creative. Don’t be so quick to write off FlyLo as run of the mill trip-hop. Check a track like “Interference” off of the L.A. EP 1 and try to find anything else that sounds like that.

He’s undeniably unique, IMO. Just because he’s getting a lot of praise before some other artists, doesn’t mean it’s undeserving.

If it’s not your thing thats cool, but shit, the man is creative.

]]> By: namhenderson http://www.fluxblog.org/2008/12/hot-as-the-earths-core#comment-15502 namhenderson Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:40:04 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2060#comment-15502 I actually have been meaning to get around to this album. Mainly to see what all the buzz was about. After listening to this song a few others the biggest reason i think it differentiates itself from the trip-hop label and why "heads" might be so into it is it has a bit more of a J-Dilla style than a pure Massive Attack London/UK trip-hop (or even Portishead circa 1990s) sound. Mostly in the syncopation, fuzz and mixing. And Dilla's as well as other Stones Throw/Madlib beat tapes have been big in the last year or two. All in all probably won't buy it. But nice to listen to. I actually have been meaning to get around to this album. Mainly to see what all the buzz was about. After listening to this song a few others the biggest reason i think it differentiates itself from the trip-hop label and why “heads” might be so into it is it has a bit more of a J-Dilla style than a pure Massive Attack London/UK trip-hop (or even Portishead circa 1990s) sound. Mostly in the syncopation, fuzz and mixing. And Dilla’s as well as other Stones Throw/Madlib beat tapes have been big in the last year or two.
All in all probably won’t buy it. But nice to listen to.

]]> By: beau http://www.fluxblog.org/2008/12/hot-as-the-earths-core#comment-15499 beau Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:04:55 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2060#comment-15499 i listen to flying lotus and i keep expecting 'aqua teen hunger force' to start any second PASS i listen to flying lotus and i keep expecting ‘aqua teen hunger force’ to start any second

PASS

]]> By: Matthew Perpetua http://www.fluxblog.org/2008/12/hot-as-the-earths-core#comment-15498 Matthew Perpetua Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:00:20 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2060#comment-15498 Yeah, exactly. I read a bunch of reviews and I can't remember anyone just saying it, if anything, they try to sell it as a hip hop record, which is just sorta laughable. I mean, it's a pretty standard album within the trip hop/downbeat electronica genre! It's good, but let's not pretend it's some bold new thing. They were playing this stuff in coffee shops in 1997. To a certain extent, I can't help but feel like, in terms of year-end stuff, it's this year's equivalent of The Field, in that Kompakt had been putting out similar or better material for a long time, but suddenly that was the record to break through and catch on with critic people. In this case, it's quasi-Ninja Tune aesthetic stuff. Yeah, exactly. I read a bunch of reviews and I can’t remember anyone just saying it, if anything, they try to sell it as a hip hop record, which is just sorta laughable. I mean, it’s a pretty standard album within the trip hop/downbeat electronica genre! It’s good, but let’s not pretend it’s some bold new thing. They were playing this stuff in coffee shops in 1997.

To a certain extent, I can’t help but feel like, in terms of year-end stuff, it’s this year’s equivalent of The Field, in that Kompakt had been putting out similar or better material for a long time, but suddenly that was the record to break through and catch on with critic people. In this case, it’s quasi-Ninja Tune aesthetic stuff.

]]> By: Reid http://www.fluxblog.org/2008/12/hot-as-the-earths-core#comment-15497 Reid Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:40:39 +0000 http://www.fluxblog.org/?p=2060#comment-15497 Well said on the Flying Lotus. It's a nice record, but I keep wondering why so few people see the record ("RobertaFlack" especially) for the trip-hop it is. Not that that's a bad thing, but it's pretty much boilerplate. Well said on the Flying Lotus. It’s a nice record, but I keep wondering why so few people see the record (”RobertaFlack” especially) for the trip-hop it is. Not that that’s a bad thing, but it’s pretty much boilerplate.

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