The Bands Who Inspired Your Favorite Bands. We ran a rather lighthearted feature earlier this week about endearingly silly hair metal bands, one of which was the enduringly awesome Hanoi Rocks. At the time, we noted that despite inspiring many of the bands who’d rule the Sunset Strip in the 1980s, Hanoi Rocks had already broken up by the time hair metal went global. This got us thinking about how often this pattern has been repeated over the years — it’s not always the bands who are the first to play a new sound who enjoy that sound’s success.
And in a happy coincidence, there’s a new album by one such band — Seattle proto-grunge pioneers Melvins — out this week, so it seems a fine time to explore the idea further. Melvins Influenced: Nirvana (and grunge in general) Let’s Shortlist The Indie Song Of The Summer 2012. What makes for a solid summer song? It’s an ontological discussion scholars far more astute and nerdy than us have debated since time immemorial, or at least since 1981. And what even defines a song as indie? Yikes that’s a fun one. Honestly though, stop thinking so hard. Here’s how it’s gonna work: Name your top candidate(s) in the comments, and once a few prospective contenders have emerged, we’ll make an official shortlist (next week) and vote on it like Obama. There will be only one winner, but there are a lot of worthy contenders.
The Walkmen – “Heaven“Azealia Banks – “Jumanji“Beach House – “Lazuli“ El-P – “The Full Retard“ Icona Pop – “I Love It“ Animal Collective – “Honeycomb“Death Grips – “I’ve Seen Footage“Passion Pit – “I’ll Be Alright“Japandroids – “The House That Heaven Built“Superchunk – “This Summer“Tanlines – “All Of Me“Twin Shadow – “Five Seconds“Yeasayer – “Henrietta“ Does M.I.A.’s “Bad Girls” qualify if it came out in Q1?
Anyway — democracy. Sibling | Big Nils. Music Blog, Music Videos, Mp3s. Blue Note Records' Ten Best Sample Sources - New York Music - Sound of the City. The Top Ten Rap Supergroups That Never Happened - New York Music - Sound of the City. Over the weekend, the rapper Sean Price took to Twitter to propose a collaboration album between his own Brooklyn-based Boot Camp Clik hip-hop crew and Staten Island's mighty Wu-Tang Clan.
The idea has been received rapturously. But then again, theoretical hip-hop supergroups usually are. Rap's history is littered with fanciful unions, most of which rarely get beyond the brain-storming stage: pesky little glitches like scheduling conflicts, waning enthusiasm from higher profile members, and mortality, among other things, tend to keep most supergroups from ever becoming reality.
But that doesn't mean playing rap fantasy football isn't fun. Here's a rundown of ten of the most desired hip-hop supergroups from the genre's real life annals, along with the reason they never quite happened: Wu-Tang Clan vs. Boot Camp Clik '93 'til infinity alert! What Will Happen? The Commission A big-budget hip-hop version of a mafia movie, The Commission was spearheaded by The Notorious BIG.
What Happened? Hip-Hop's Top Ten Aretha Franklin Samples - New York Music - Sound of the City. Rap royalty loves the Queen of Soul. Or, at least, some very prestigious hip-hop types have found the intimate grooves of Aretha Franklin's discography to be fine and fertile fodder for their sampling kicks. So with Franklin preparing to warble her way through a couple of back-to-back shows at Radio City Music Hall this coming Friday and Saturday, here's a rap-centric tribute to the enduring impact of her music. Respect! 10. Public Enemy, "My Uzi Weighs A Ton" (Sampled: "Rock Steady") Franklin's most sample-friendly moment is also one of her unabashedly funkiest, as she hollers joyfully, "Rock steady baby, that's what I feel now" and coxes the listener to "just move your hips with a feeling from side to side now.
" 9. Back before their cover of "Killing Me Softly" took the group's profile stratospheric, the Fugees etched out a low-key position as boho hip-hop happy-go-lucky types. 8. 7. 6. Frank Ocean - Thinking About You Hosted by @MadeManMaine. Frank Ocean: Nostalgia, Ultra. DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Azealia Banks, "212,'' Plus Two Unreleased Tracks Produced By Machinedrum, "P-U-$-$-Y" and "Barbie Shit"