The thread of music, be it modded, retro, or normal.

Merged this topic with the just the thread of Toast's Afro just locked and deleted the irrelevant posts.

Lets keep all music in this thread.
 
Afro's Official Music Bump Vol. 1
(I'll be doing three album reviews every week or so in this thread.)

Madvillain - Madvillainy
Hip Hop
The collaboration project between DJ Madlib and MC MF DOOM. Madvillain released one album Madvillainy, which received critical acclaim and heavy play from underground Hip Hop fans.



My Review: There has never been such a perfect pairing in Hip Hop as Madlib and MF DOOM. Madlib's dense, bass-heavy production perfectly complements DOOM's oblique, abstract lyricism and gruff voice. No song on here surpasses the 3-minute mark, with most tracks being in the 1-2 minute range, the perfect amount of time for DOOM. Madlib's production is interesting and entertaining enough to stand by itself. From the second track, "Accordion", you can see the strange samples he uses (in this case, a strangely emotive accordion sample). You can also hear how well Madlib and DOOM worked together. Often, DOOM references Madlib's production in his lyrics. Overall, this album is a must hear.
Rating: ★★★★★★★★★✰
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Big Star - #1 Record
Power Pop
Along with Cheap Trick and Badfinger, Big Star are one of the legends of first-wave Power Pop.



My Review: Big Star's distinctly catchy brand of Power Pop is just amazing. This debut showcases the wonderful songwriting talents of Alex Chilton. Some of you may recognize the third track "In The Street" from a certain popular television show. If you are at all interested in Power Pop (such as Weezer, Cheap Trick, etc), you should definitely give this album a listen.
Rating: ★★★★★★★★✰✰
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The United States of America - The United States of America
Psychedelic Rock/Experimental Rock
A lost gem of the psychedelic 60's, The United States of America blend tape music, sound collage, psych rock, and other genres to bring one of the best albums of the 60's.



My Review: Man, what can I say about this album that can do it justice. Nothing, really, but I'll try my best. This album opens up with "The American Metaphysical Circus", which starts with a strange collage of march music followed by the voice of Dorothy Moskowitz which is slowly distorted into a robot-esque voice. After that, it only gets stranger. Perhaps the strangest track on this album is "I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar," which blends Psychedelic Rock, Dixieland Jazz, and Country with strangely distorted instrumentation and a off-sounding violin. But, despite all of the experimentation, this album never shorts the listener on hooks. Every track on here is memorable. An absolute must-listen for any fan of experimental, psychedelic, or just strange music.
Rating: ★★★★★★★★★★
 
I gave The United States of America a listen...holy flax, how did I not know about this!?
 
This seems like the place to post this:

Abstract Hip Hop
Acid Rock
Afrobeat
Afro-Funk
Alt-Country
Alternative Dance
Alternative Metal
Alternative Rock
Ambient
Ambient House
Ambient Pop
Ambient Techno
American Primitivism
Art Pop
Art Punk
Art Rock
Ashante Drums
Atmospheric Black Metal
Avant-Garde Jazz
Avant-Garde Metal
Baroque Pop
Black Metal
Blackgaze
Boom Bap
Britpop
Brutal Death Metal
Chamber Folk
Chamber Pop
Chanson
Country
Death Metal
Death/Doom Metal
Dream Pop
Drone Folk
Drone Metal
East Coast Hip Hop
Electronic
Electropop
Emo
Experimental
Experimental Hip Hop
Experimental Rock
Folk
Folk Metal
Folk Pop
Folk Punk
Folk Rock
Freak Folk
Funk
Funk Rock
Future Garage
Garage Punk
Garage Rock
Glam Rock
Glitch Hop
Gothic Country
Gothic Rock
Grunge
Hardcore Punk
Heavy Psych
Horrorcore
Indie Folk
Indie Pop
Industrial
Industrial Metal
Instrumental Hip Hop
Jangle Pop
Jazz Fusion
Jazz-Rock
Krautrock
Lo-Fi
Lowercase
Mande Folk Music
Melodic Black Metal
Melodic Death Metal
Metalcore
Microhouse
Minimal Techno
Modernism
Neo-Psychedelia
Neo-Soul
New Wave
Noise Pop
Noise Rock
Nu-Jazz
Pagan Black Metal
P-Funk
Plunderphonics
Pop
Pop Rap
Post-Avant Jazzcore
Post-Hardcore
Post-Metal
Post-Punk
Post-Rock
Power Pop
Powerviolence
Progressive Death Metal
Progressive Electronic
Progressive Rock
Progressive Sludge Metal
Proto-Punk
Psychedelic Folk
Psychedelic Pop
Psychedelic Rock
Punk Rock
Purple Sound
R&B
Riot Grrrl
Rock
Screamo
Shoegaze
Slowcore
Sludge Metal
Space Rock
Stoner Metal
Swamp Rock
Synth Pop
Technical Death Metal
Third Stream
Trip Hop
Tropicalia
Twee Pop
Viking Metal
West Coast Hip Hop
Wonky
Zeuhl

A list of every genre in my music library
 
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I will never listen to any music AfroLH post, ever again. 48 hours later, and still have the same few words ringing over and over in my head. she really wants me to call her... maybe.
 
My iTunes is filled with showtunes, ska-punk, and little of anything else, so I'm probably not pleasing anybody with my choices. However, these are a few of my favorites, a little of everything.







 
Solos in music is almost always pretentious wankery, they add nothing to a song except for "LOOK HOW FAST I CAN MOVE MY FINGERS" bit that usually gets boring after the first time, imo.
 
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