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ZILLA THA GOODFELLA:
All great examples Trauma....but NO!

I don't understand how The Beatles or goofy ass Beach Boys even come close 2 soudin like Dre....how many do strate soul shit u know that have an 8 bar rap in da middle? It's more unique than them cats ever was....

U talk about concepts, umm, maybe some songs concepts do sound like what Jimi Hendrix or what Beatles did....but so what?? lol....wats yur point? U like tha Obie Trice album rite? all his concepts been said & done before but he made it pretty unique, it had replay value....ain't nobody sayin Dre's tha 1st one doin it....(altho he is in hip hop)....by U saying it's garbage just cuzz Beatles did somethin like it back in da day shows U dunno what yur talkin bout....

shit's sicc....

Trauma-san:
It's my opinion, not yours.  Yours may vary.


However.

He's getting credit for shit he didn't do.  He didn't invent 'the concept album', he's not being creative, all he's doing is making funky shit.  I don't even hear much time put into this.  

Like I've said before: Making a fucked up song, then trying to figure out what it means AFTERWARDS is bullshit.  

Also, it may be rare in hiphop, but it's not the first.  The Death Certificate, anybody?  

I don't mind Andre rapping about his life, or singing about being in love, or whatever, but this shit is just abstract, to me it sounds very haphazard, like he just threw some shit together, then tried to make out like he meant it that way from the start. Some of it is orchestrated around themes, but most of it is just nonsense that people are pulling meaning out of.  In my opinion.

As for the Beatles, or the Beach Boys, Please.  The reason I give them props is, ORIGINALITY.  They invented this shit.  I still swear to god that the Beatles helped invent Rap.  NOBODY was doing this shit! Do you realize people weren't even writing their own music before the Beach Boys, and the Beatles?  Think about that shit.  The impact they've had on music is immeasureable.  

Now, with that said, Outkast has made some crazy-ass contributions to rap, too.  I'm not saying Dre sucks.  I think he's one of the greatest rappers of all time.  I'm just saying this album don't do it for me.... and it's not because I don't like the theme, I loved Cee-lo's album which was similar.  I just don't think the album is very good, and I am very into creative, different shit.  This is just shit.  Not different shit.  

Sol:

--- Quote from: Trauma on November 02, 2003, 05:22:54 AM --- "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", considered by many people to be the greatest album of all time.  It's ALSO a concept album, and when Brian Wilson heard it, he retired from the beach boys, LOL thinking he could never top the beatles.  ".  

--- End quote ---


Lol, not exactly true. The guy retired because he lived on a cocktail of drugs and alcohol that messed him up, not becasue of the way over rated Beattles.
He actually did an album after Pet Sounds, Smile, which many said would have topped PS, but it never got released in full.
Brian Wilson had more talent in his little finger than Paul Mc.

And the Love Below is one wierd but amazing album.

Don Jacob:
^ preach

i like the beach boys and actually do think that they were better than the beatles and agree that brian wilson is over paul and john . BUT there are 100 bands that can make that statement, black sabbath, zeppelin, pink floyde, ect. BUT the beatles contributed ALOT more to music than just about every artist before or since , the only other artists that come close are Elvis and Jacko. that's why they get the cred they get.....IMO i'd compare them to RUN DMC....there's a jillion rappers better than Run and DMC and a million dj's better than JMJ, BUT their contribution and influence will always be remembered and appreciated....get it


and about andre's album.....straight up , album of the year, and i like this album EVEN more now that i know it's a concept album......damn that's some DEEP shit for a hip hop artist! Andre proved with this album that he's one of probably only 5 true artists in hip hop right now with this shit.....let's face it rap doesn't get deep like this , props to someone who took a chance and took it this deep musically

and trauma my guy......thanks for schooling everyone , but c'mon man you gots to listen to this album again man....it's brilliant.

Don Jacob:
..another concept album


...And justice For All

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