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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: Nima - Dubcnn.com on May 27, 2008, 04:27:03 PM
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Ice CubeRaw Footage", through the first two joints he leaked off the record - "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" and "It Takes A Nation". Both records were received with tremendous feedback both on- and offline and built the anticipation for "Raw Footage".
Another track off the album was leaked to the masses today. It's called "Do Ya Thang" and was produced by Palumbo Beats. This is a more light hearted track compared to the first two highly political tracks. Dubcnn has the dirty, radio and instrumental version of the track available for you to check out:
Ice Cube - Do Ya Thang (Dirty) (http://www.dubcnm.com/audio/2008/may/ice_cube-do_ya_thang_dirty-(dubcnn).mp3)
Ice Cube - Do Ya Thang (Clean) (http://www.dubcnm.com/audio/2008/may/ice_cube-do_ya_thang_clean-(dubcnn).mp3)
Ice Cube - Do Ya Thang (Instrumental) (http://www.dubcnm.com/audio/2008/may/ice_cube-do_ya_thang_instrumental-(dubcnn).mp3)
Enjoy the track, and keep it locked to dubcnn for the latest news on Ice Cube's upcoming album "Raw Footage"!
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cant wait for that album gonna be hot!!!
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Cheers for the dirty and instrumental. Props.
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bangin!
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Cheers for the dirty and instrumental. Props.
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Thanks ! ;D
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big props
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I heard this beat already, i know i have. I just cant seem to find it!!!
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Well...the dirty version is certainly better but I don't see this fitting in too well with the rest of the album's concepts. Perhaps he's going to shoot a video for this as a promotional tool to lure more people into buying the record.
At the same time, Cube has said over and over again he's not expecting any mainstream success from Raw Footage ???
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I am definately gonna get this shit when it drops. It already sounds real good from these couple tracks I have heard.
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O ya, it kinda sounds like the same beat from that Young De song "Pistol By My Side" LOL!!!
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When's the release date?
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http://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php?topic=181805.0
;D ;D
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cant wait for that album gonna be hot!!!
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http://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php?topic=181805.0
;D ;D
Songs hot mayne, propz!!
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http://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php?topic=181805.0
;D ;D
Songs hot mayne, propz!!
Thanks homie, I appreciate it.
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This one goes to show Cube's persistence and pioneering in the rap game.
Can't wait to pick this album up.
-W
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Sh!t's Bangin!! 8)
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man alot of westcoast rappers should look at what Ice Cube is doing...
This guy is still on the radio even with songs like "gangster rap made me do it"...
Hes been in the game since the late 80's and he still going strong in 2008...how many rappers from the 80's still making dope tracks like this...
I think it has to do with him making songs that are real mainstream but still street... These songs got some dope beats but still westcoast but good enough for the mainstream...
Im really feeling this song and the other 2 tracks hes released from this album...
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Props - we just keep dropping heat
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so the leaked track is really from Raw footage :P
not sure what to expect from Raw footage now :P
i mean this is just the first filler for me, but i thought he would go real RAW this time :-\
so if he's not aiming for sales, then why is this track on there? :-\
sounds mainstream friendly to me.
Dubcnn: Your new album “Raw Footage” will undoubtedly cover more of those topics. What is the concept behind this album?
Yeah, I think that the title speaks for itself. I’m not gonna pull back any punches. I’m not doing this record for any commercial success at all. It’s basically done for the intelligent, mature, hardcore hip-hop fan, and that’s it. It’s for Ice Cube fans, it’s for people who like street knowledge, who like politics in their music, and that’s what I’m gonna give them.
you can finally hear the shit you like
bill clinton :wavey:
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8)
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instrumental's only 1:55, wtf?!?
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Bangin song. Props! Raw Footage should be good.
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instrumental's only 1:55, wtf?!?
Weird for some reason the upload must have been cut off. Just replaced it, should be working now.
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damn, this song sucks!
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what about you D~Nice, how come you haven't dropped any feedback yet? :o :banana_rock: ;)
you're a big ice cube fan, and you like club bangers :rock: :D
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propz on tha dirty Nima
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Well, one thing you can say about Cube is that when he does these types of "let's cruise around town and get some pussy" types of songs, at least he does them about the best way he could, mostly because of his humor (LOL @ the line about how "nuns put away their crucifix" when he comes through. ;D)
But yeah, like Dre Day said, if RAW FOOTAGE does ultimately end up being mostly issues/political types of songs, I wonder how a song like this is going to fit in. I mean, when Cube was doing interviews for LAUGH NOW, CRY LATER, he said ahead of time that that CD was going to be a mixture, w/ political/issues-type songs, street boasters, and lighter, (almost) club-type songs. Because of that, I was able to enjoy and accept songs like "Steal The Show" and "Holla @ Ya Boy" because they were expected. But he's been saying RAW FOOTAGE is going to be more politically-oriented than LNCL, so I don't know...maybe "Do Ya Thang" is intended to be the one "lighter" song on the CD to offer a break from the more serious stuff. We'll soon see...
PEACE!
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can u post the acapella please?
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can u post the acapella please?
I think I got the only acapella homie. ;D If you want it, then PM me & I'll send it to ya ;)
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what about you D~Nice, how come you haven't dropped any feedback yet? :o :banana_rock: ;)
you're a big ice cube fan, and you like club bangers :rock: :D
This is status quo for Cube. The Peace disc was originally supposed to be a politically charged album and it ended up being club tracks and west coasted out. I think as much as Cube will not admit it. He likes making songs like this. We Be Clubbin opened up a whole new audience for him so I think he will revert back to making a track or 2 like this.
As for where it will fit on the album, that is yet to be seen. But I will not be surprised in the least if there are at least 2 or 3 more songs like this on the album. Track is cool to me but it fits LNCL more.
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But yeah, like Dre Day said, if RAW FOOTAGE does ultimately end up being mostly issues/political types of songs, I wonder how a song like this is going to fit in. I mean, when Cube was doing interviews for LAUGH NOW, CRY LATER, he said ahead of time that that CD was going to be a mixture, w/ political/issues-type songs, street boasters, and lighter, (almost) club-type songs. Because of that, I was able to enjoy and accept songs like "Steal The Show" and "Holla @ Ya Boy" because they were expected. But he's been saying RAW FOOTAGE is going to be more politically-oriented than LNCL, so I don't know...maybe "Do Ya Thang" is intended to be the one "lighter" song on the CD to offer a break from the more serious stuff. We'll soon see...
PEACE!
what about you D~Nice, how come you haven't dropped any feedback yet? :o :banana_rock: ;)
you're a big ice cube fan, and you like club bangers :rock: :D
This is status quo for Cube. The Peace disc was originally supposed to be a politically charged album and it ended up being club tracks and west coasted out. I think as much as Cube will not admit it. He likes making songs like this. We Be Clubbin opened up a whole new audience for him so I think he will revert back to making a track or 2 like this.
As for where it will fit on the album, that is yet to be seen. But I will not be surprised in the least if there are at least 2 or 3 more songs like this on the album. Track is cool to me but it fits LNCL more.
yeah he was just talking; being honest is clearly not Cube's strongest point :P
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what about you D~Nice, how come you haven't dropped any feedback yet? :o :banana_rock: ;)
you're a big ice cube fan, and you like club bangers :rock: :D
This is status quo for Cube. The Peace disc was originally supposed to be a politically charged album and it ended up being club tracks and west coasted out. I think as much as Cube will not admit it. He likes making songs like this. We Be Clubbin opened up a whole new audience for him so I think he will revert back to making a track or 2 like this.
As for where it will fit on the album, that is yet to be seen. But I will not be surprised in the least if there are at least 2 or 3 more songs like this on the album. Track is cool to me but it fits LNCL more.
Yeah, actually, you just refreshed my memory...that was true w/ both WAR and PEACE! I remember back around 1997, WAR was announced as being all "street" (as Cube said at the time) and it ended up being mostly boss-baller mafioso-type stuff ("Don Mega") w/ a few political things towards the end (but I liked it, and still do--to me, WAR's like a "lost" gem today, in that it wasn't really appreciated in it's time). But yeah, I've often wondered about that, too, what you said about the possibility that Cube likes making those kinds of club songs here and there. Either that, or maybe it's a thing where even if he starts off w/ one musical plan, he's open to changing it if it looks like the audience might not be ready for certain types of songs. Either way, "Do Yo Thang" is cool, and as long as Cube does what he does on the rest of RAW FOOTAGE w/ some wit and banging beats, it's all good.
PEACE!
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Props, will take these. The Cube album is gonna be bangin.
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Propers on the swift instrumental add 8)
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what about you D~Nice, how come you haven't dropped any feedback yet? :o :banana_rock: ;)
you're a big ice cube fan, and you like club bangers :rock: :D
This is status quo for Cube. The Peace disc was originally supposed to be a politically charged album and it ended up being club tracks and west coasted out. I think as much as Cube will not admit it. He likes making songs like this. We Be Clubbin opened up a whole new audience for him so I think he will revert back to making a track or 2 like this.
As for where it will fit on the album, that is yet to be seen. But I will not be surprised in the least if there are at least 2 or 3 more songs like this on the album. Track is cool to me but it fits LNCL more.
Yeah, actually, you just refreshed my memory...that was true w/ both WAR and PEACE! I remember back around 1997, WAR was announced as being all "street" (as Cube said at the time) and it ended up being mostly boss-baller mafioso-type stuff ("Don Mega") w/ a few political things towards the end (but I liked it, and still do--to me, WAR's like a "lost" gem today, in that it wasn't really appreciated in it's time). But yeah, I've often wondered about that, too, what you said about the possibility that Cube likes making those kinds of club songs here and there. Either that, or maybe it's a thing where even if he starts off w/ one musical plan, he's open to changing it if it looks like the audience might not be ready for certain types of songs. Either way, "Do Yo Thang" is cool, and as long as Cube does what he does on the rest of RAW FOOTAGE w/ some wit and banging beats, it's all good.
PEACE!
Well put. But I would not mind seeing a concept album from Cube. I think he could pull it off. And yeah the War disc was street at times, Ghetto Vet, Pecking Order, etc. But his alter ego Don Mega took over on that. But yeah the War disc is a personal classic for me. Some of the best beats for 1 album I have heard in a loooong time.
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what about you D~Nice, how come you haven't dropped any feedback yet? :o :banana_rock: ;)
you're a big ice cube fan, and you like club bangers :rock: :D
This is status quo for Cube. The Peace disc was originally supposed to be a politically charged album and it ended up being club tracks and west coasted out. I think as much as Cube will not admit it. He likes making songs like this. We Be Clubbin opened up a whole new audience for him so I think he will revert back to making a track or 2 like this.
As for where it will fit on the album, that is yet to be seen. But I will not be surprised in the least if there are at least 2 or 3 more songs like this on the album. Track is cool to me but it fits LNCL more.
Yeah, actually, you just refreshed my memory...that was true w/ both WAR and PEACE! I remember back around 1997, WAR was announced as being all "street" (as Cube said at the time) and it ended up being mostly boss-baller mafioso-type stuff ("Don Mega") w/ a few political things towards the end (but I liked it, and still do--to me, WAR's like a "lost" gem today, in that it wasn't really appreciated in it's time). But yeah, I've often wondered about that, too, what you said about the possibility that Cube likes making those kinds of club songs here and there. Either that, or maybe it's a thing where even if he starts off w/ one musical plan, he's open to changing it if it looks like the audience might not be ready for certain types of songs. Either way, "Do Yo Thang" is cool, and as long as Cube does what he does on the rest of RAW FOOTAGE w/ some wit and banging beats, it's all good.
PEACE!
Well put. But I would not mind seeing a concept album from Cube. I think he could pull it off.
i don't think so; he may be able to make a plan for it, but i really doubt he could bring it to life.
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what about you D~Nice, how come you haven't dropped any feedback yet? :o :banana_rock: ;)
you're a big ice cube fan, and you like club bangers :rock: :D
This is status quo for Cube. The Peace disc was originally supposed to be a politically charged album and it ended up being club tracks and west coasted out. I think as much as Cube will not admit it. He likes making songs like this. We Be Clubbin opened up a whole new audience for him so I think he will revert back to making a track or 2 like this.
As for where it will fit on the album, that is yet to be seen. But I will not be surprised in the least if there are at least 2 or 3 more songs like this on the album. Track is cool to me but it fits LNCL more.
Yeah, actually, you just refreshed my memory...that was true w/ both WAR and PEACE! I remember back around 1997, WAR was announced as being all "street" (as Cube said at the time) and it ended up being mostly boss-baller mafioso-type stuff ("Don Mega") w/ a few political things towards the end (but I liked it, and still do--to me, WAR's like a "lost" gem today, in that it wasn't really appreciated in it's time). But yeah, I've often wondered about that, too, what you said about the possibility that Cube likes making those kinds of club songs here and there. Either that, or maybe it's a thing where even if he starts off w/ one musical plan, he's open to changing it if it looks like the audience might not be ready for certain types of songs. Either way, "Do Yo Thang" is cool, and as long as Cube does what he does on the rest of RAW FOOTAGE w/ some wit and banging beats, it's all good.
PEACE!
Well put. But I would not mind seeing a concept album from Cube. I think he could pull it off.
i don't think so; he may be able to make a plan for it, but i really doubt he could bring it to life.
At this point in his career, no, never would happen. But I definitely think he could if he really put his mind to it. But at this point? Nope, never happen.
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-Cube has pulled of a couple of concept albums (Death Certificate and Bow Down),so I can't see why he can't pull of again.
I mean albums like NWA´s Niggaz4Life is a concept album,but they fucked it up at the middle of it. >:( :-\
But still managed to save it,you know.... so why can't Cube? it's only one track (so far)....
All the tracks on Niggaz4Life is top notch (musically),but those tracks in the middle fucked up the concept.
Then again who said Cube´s new album is a concept album?
For the record I hate Cube´s club style,but whenever my old ass go to club...
Cube´s club records get mad play,so what can I say... Action speaks loader than words... :P :P :P :-\ :-\
So D-Nice got a valid point :P
Yeah 1 track does not really change the concept of the album. It is COMPLETELY different then the 1st 2 that have been released. But I think people want to hear the politically charged Cube from his 1st 3 or 4 albums that when alot of them heard him say this album will tackle real issues, that it might be a conceptual album on that. The subject matter is there for Cube to do it, but I lean more towards Cube just making dope music the fans can enjoy.
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-Cube has pulled of a couple of concept albums (Death Certificate and Bow Down),so I can't see why he can't pull of again.
I mean albums like NWA´s Niggaz4Life is a concept album,but they fucked it up at the middle of it. >:( :-\
But still managed to save it,you know.... so why can't Cube? it's only one track (so far)....
All the tracks on Niggaz4Life is top notch (musically),but those tracks in the middle fucked up the concept.
Then again who said Cube´s new album is a concept album?
For the record I hate Cube´s club style,but whenever my old ass go to club...
Cube´s club records get mad play,so what can I say... Action speaks loader than words... :P :P :P :-\ :-\
So D-Nice got a valid point :P
Yeah 1 track does not really change the concept of the album.
It is COMPLETELY different then the 1st 2 that have been released.
But I think people want to hear the politically charged Cube
from his 1st 3 or 4 albums that when alot of them heard him say this album will tackle real issues,
that it might be a conceptual album on that.
The subject matter is there for Cube to do it, but I lean more towards Cube just making dope music the fans can enjoy.
Sure,as I said before I just move on... and don´t hold a grudge :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I don´t think this is a conceptual album,and if there´s a couple of tracks that "don´t fit your taste" just skip them.
All the so called "classic albums" got a track or two that got to go,so hey chill....
Cube brought two heaters so far... (from this album,so I can live with this one :P :P :P :P track)
But I see the point with contratictions..... but we ain´t A&R´s are we? :laugh: :laugh:
Real talk. And yes the 2 tracks before this one were straight fire.
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2 or three tracks ive heard so far are pure heat . imc oppin this
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-Cube has pulled of a couple of concept albums (Death Certificate and Bow Down),so I can't see why he can't pull of again.
I mean albums like NWA´s Niggaz4Life is a concept album,but they fucked it up at the middle of it. >:( :-\
But still managed to save it,you know.... so why can't Cube? it's only one track (so far)....
All the tracks on Niggaz4Life is top notch (musically),but those tracks in the middle fucked up the concept.
Then again who said Cube´s new album is a concept album?
For the record I hate Cube´s club style,but whenever my old ass go to club...
Cube´s club records get mad play,so what can I say... Action speaks loader than words... :P :P :P :-\ :-\
So D-Nice got a valid point :P
having a general theme for an album is not equal to a concept album.
as i said before, i don't think he can make a concept album ( hypothetically speaking)
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^^^ so what is a concept album? ^^^
in my opinion niggaz4life and death certificate is both concept albums... both went "off topic" at times but still.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_album
so if you still want to argue about the albums y'all mentioned then you've got to come with stronger arguments ;)
But I see the point with contratictions..... but we ain´t A&R´s are we? :laugh: :laugh:
so?
Cube's the one that brought it up, so no suprise that he gets criticised for it :bandit: ;)
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-Cube has pulled of a couple of concept albums (Death Certificate and Bow Down),so I can't see why he can't pull of again.
I mean albums like NWA´s Niggaz4Life is a concept album,but they fucked it up at the middle of it. >:( :-\
But still managed to save it,you know.... so why can't Cube? it's only one track (so far)....
All the tracks on Niggaz4Life is top notch (musically),but those tracks in the middle fucked up the concept.
Then again who said Cube´s new album is a concept album?
For the record I hate Cube´s club style,but whenever my old ass go to club...
Cube´s club records get mad play,so what can I say... Action speaks louder than words... :P :P :P :-\ :-\
So D-Nice got a valid point :P
having a general theme for an album is not equal to a concept album.
as i said before, i don't think he can make a concept album ( hypothetically speaking)
^^^ so what is a concept album? ^^^
in my opinion niggaz4life and death certificate is both concept albums... both went "off topic" at times but still.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_album
so if you still want to argue about the albums y'all mentioned then you've got to come with stronger arguments ;)
Problems with defining a concept album
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_album
In the contemporary rock era (from 1966 onwards - the point at which critics started to differentiate between "pop music" and "rock music" as a more serious form), there were, broadly speaking, two types of concept album: those that were essentially thematically-linked song cycles such, which did not claim a storyline, and those that presented a narrative that threaded the songs. Music critics of that era did not usually distinguish between the two types of concept album. An album that met either criterion was commonly referred to as a concept album. However, the distinction between the two types of concept album is important to note in respect to claims that are made as to which album may have been the first concept album in the rock era. Given this legitimate distinction, there are probably several contenders in each genre.
Another difficulty in classifying whether a given album qualifies as a concept album arises from the fact that both musicians and their listeners, through the rock era, increasingly viewed the record album as a unified art form, not simply a collection of songs. Songs on many albums may have a certain sense of cohesion even if there is no unifying lyrical theme or narrative structure. That sense of cohesion may be imposed simply by the particular lyrical or musical concerns of a composer or group of composers at the time a record was recorded. Thus, many albums that cannot genuinely be labeled concept albums in a strict sense get so designated by their fans. The album OK Computer by Radiohead is an example of this tendency. In each of these cases, there was no intention by the performers to produce an actual concept album. Some albums without any single theme or narrative structure may nonetheless have a deliberate structure in which the order in which the songs are heard expresses a particular artistic intention. Such an album, or other collection of songs, may be best viewed as a song cycle, a broader notion, with roots in classical music, that may encompass many concept albums.
But I see the point with contradictions..... but we ain't A&R´s are we? :laugh: :laugh:
so?
Cube's the one that brought it up, so no suprise that he gets criticised for it :bandit: ;)
I said;
But I see the point with contradictions.....
;) ;) ;)
So yes,Cube's the one that brought it up and like most artists/people they make mistakes :P ;)
If you go back and check rap albums released in the late 80´s they all had a dance track at the end. :P
(EPMD,Queen Latifah even NWA :P)
But fuck it,I managed to skip that track and pretend it wasn't there :P :P :laugh: :laugh:
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But I see the point with contradictions..... but we ain't A&R´s are we? :laugh: :laugh:
so?
Cube's the one that brought it up, so no suprise that he gets criticised for it :bandit: ;)
I said;
But I see the point with contradictions.....
;) ;) ;)
So yes,Cube's the one that brought it up and like most artists/people they make mistakes :P ;)
yeah but we're not talking about a little mistake here; it's not the first time that Cube talks shit.
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But I see the point with contradictions..... but we ain't A&R´s are we? :laugh: :laugh:
so?
Cube's the one that brought it up, so no suprise that he gets criticised for it :bandit: ;)
I said;
But I see the point with contradictions.....
;) ;) ;)
So yes,Cube's the one that brought it up and like most artists/people they make mistakes :P ;)
yeah but we're not talking about a little mistake here; it's not the first time that Cube talks shit.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
So all his (previous) mistakes should make or break this album?
You´re crazy :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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But I see the point with contradictions..... but we ain't A&R´s are we? :laugh: :laugh:
so?
Cube's the one that brought it up, so no suprise that he gets criticised for it :bandit: ;)
I said;
But I see the point with contradictions.....
;) ;) ;)
So yes,Cube's the one that brought it up and like most artists/people they make mistakes :P ;)
yeah but we're not talking about a little mistake here; it's not the first time that Cube talks shit.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
So all his (previous) mistakes should make or break this album?
You´re crazy :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
no but it feeds my skeptism ;)
the only reason i initially changed my mind was because Cube dropped it takes a nation, after gangsta rap made me do it.
so i thought he was really heading for a RAW direction.
but now that this new track dropped i'm back to my earlier skeptism "mode" ;)
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^^^ so what is a concept album? ^^^
in my opinion niggaz4life and death certificate is both concept albums... both went "off topic" at times but still.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_album
so if you still want to argue about the albums y'all mentioned then you've got to come with stronger arguments ;)
^^ Quoting from the above wikipedia link:
"Concept albums are considered de rigueur in the progressive rock genre of the 1970s, hence the name of the genre itself. Most notably, Pink Floyd recast itself from its 1960s guise as a quirky psychedelic band into a commercial mega-success with its classic series of concept albums, beginning with The Dark Side of the Moon in 1973, then Wish You Were Here from 1975, Animals from 1977, 1979's rock opera The Wall and its lesser-known follow-up The Final Cut in 1983, with Roger Waters behind the themes and storylines. The Dark Side Of The Moon meets the criteria and is generally referred to as a concept album, but the band members have questioned this."
Chad Vader quoted the following from the same wikipedia link:
"In the contemporary rock era (from 1966 onwards - the point at which critics started to differentiate between "pop music" and "rock music" as a more serious form), there were, broadly speaking, two types of concept album: those that were essentially thematically-linked song cycles such, which did not claim a storyline, and those that presented a narrative that threaded the songs."
In which case Pink Floyd's Animals album partially embodied both types of concepts as defined by wiki in that it had a thematically-linked song cycle as well as a narrative that threaded the songs together with an underlying storyline, however subtle it may seem. It wouldn't hurt if wiki added a 3rd type of concept album, which should just point to the Pink Floyd Animals album. ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_(album)
"Animals is a concept album, based on the flaws of capitalism. Various castes in society are represented as different types of animals (Dogs as the businessmen, Sheep as the powerless pawns, and Pigs as the ruthless leaders). Although this album mainly attacks capitalism, several components are similar to George Orwell's novel "Animal Farm": In the book various animals (mainly pigs, sheep, dogs, etc.) represent different roles assumed by individuals in a communist society."
"The three core songs are bookended by a pair of love songs written by Waters for his then-wife Caroline "Pigs on the Wing, Part 1" and "Pigs on the Wing, Part 2". Both are in stark contrast to the misanthropic middle three songs, and suggest that companionship can help us overcome our flaws – though the final lines suggest that the singer is or was once one of the dogs."
Pink Floyd - Animals lyrics: http://www.pink-floyd-lyrics.com/html/animals-lyrics.html