Aug 19, 2020·1 reply
Amphernee HardawayThe great albums are easily digestible in one sitting.
Im.not listening to an album.for an hour and a half.
I got s*** to.do.
For those with nothing better going on in their lives, have at it lol
you dont:
go on walks
exercise
listen to music while working
clean the house
cook
do yardwork?
all great times to listen to music
- Aug 19, 2020·1 replyJim Halpert
you dont:
go on walks
exercise
listen to music while working
clean the house
cook
do yardwork?
all great times to listen to music
That's if you're passively listening aka not really listening
- CKL TML 🌺Aug 19, 2020·edited
UnforgivableI mean this kinda applies to Drake seeing as how he keeps bloating his albums with 20+ songs just for streaming
Room For Improvement (2006) = 23 tracks
Comeback Season (2007) = 23 tracks
Take Care (2011) = 20 tracks
IYRTITL (2015) = 19 tracksDamn streaming was really hitting in 2006
Think for once before posting dumb s*** for likes
Aug 19, 2020Amphernee HardawayThese 20+ song albums and deluxe editions are clearly a decrease in quality. Half those songs would end up on the cutting floor before streaming.
Now they use everything. The feet, the giblets, everything.
RASIE 🎣Aug 19, 2020·edited·1 replyThuggerBabyYeah I meant moreso around that late 2000s/ early 2010s kinda wave where you saw tons of artists across all genres (Coldplay, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Flo-Rida, Kanye, Wayne, etc.) all start to use that pop-edm sound to blend with their respective styles.
I think moreso now artists dont really look to incorporate pop trends like that anymore. Rap has got its own homogenized sound that most rappers just stick to and get popular off of. Pop artists still do some blends (certainly with hip hop/r&b at times) but for the most part its still a viable strategy for many pop stars to just stick to a typical top 40 sound. Even Coldplay for all their pop-edm stuff they were doing in the early 2010s, were cool with going back to their more traditional sound again for their latest release. So I think moreso now we are seeing artists from their genres look to stick to the roots of their genre moreso than before when everyone would look to take the trendy sound in pop and add it to their style.
I can def see the case for the modern industry causing the top 40 (and artists whose goal is to be on that kind of chart) sounding less diverse than its been for a while. Though the amount of music that's actually available on streaming platforms is so large that it's incredible easy to find many things that contrast the more popular homogeneous stuff. The idea of "local artists/bands" is nearly a relic of the past now — people from any area can fans from any area.
But tbh, even current charts are still more diverse than the first half of the 20th century when songwriting houses like Tin Pan Alley & Brill Building were basically cranking out hundreds of singles that sounded exactly the same and got covered a dozen times each by the most popular performers. We aint sunk back down to that level yet at least
Aug 19, 2020·1 replyUnforgivableI mean this kinda applies to Drake seeing as how he keeps bloating his albums with 20+ songs just for streaming
Take Care is 20 songs and IFYRTITL is 18
- Aug 19, 2020·1 replyquadra
Take Care is 20 songs and IFYRTITL is 18
40 told drake take care was too bloated and to make the next album shorter
Aug 19, 2020It’s just led to more albums so there is an excess of untalented artists. Good albums are still getting released but you have to sift through 10 bad albums a week to find them
Aug 19, 2020·1 replyRASIE· editedI can def see the case for the modern industry causing the top 40 (and artists whose goal is to be on that kind of chart) sounding less diverse than its been for a while. Though the amount of music that's actually available on streaming platforms is so large that it's incredible easy to find many things that contrast the more popular homogeneous stuff. The idea of "local artists/bands" is nearly a relic of the past now — people from any area can fans from any area.
But tbh, even current charts are still more diverse than the first half of the 20th century when songwriting houses like Tin Pan Alley & Brill Building were basically cranking out hundreds of singles that sounded exactly the same and got covered a dozen times each by the most popular performers. We aint sunk back down to that level yet at least
We getting close with artist like Saweetie tho lol
- RASIE 🎣Aug 19, 2020·1 replygnarlynasty
We getting close with artist like Saweetie tho lol
Ive never heard of them and I guess im grateful for that
- Aug 19, 2020·1 replyMisfit
40 told drake take care was too bloated and to make the next album shorter
And they’re both classics
Now what - Aug 19, 2020·1 replyquadra
And they’re both classics
Now whatone is a bloated classic
- Aug 19, 2020Misfit
one is a bloated classic
Lol that’s what you think
I’ll see you on it’s 10th anniversary next year when the internet gives it up as a game changer for rap history - Aug 19, 2020RASIE
Ive never heard of them and I guess im grateful for that
It’s a her and her whole career at this point seems to be based around basically stealing whole beats from other songs and putting her spin on it. Pretty shameless stuff
- RASIE 🎣Aug 19, 2020·1 reply
At the same time though, it's hard to think of that stuff being a result of streaming itself, rather than just a longterm effect of track-and-hook songwriting that completely took over the top charts since the Cheiron group first came on the scene in the 90s
- Aug 19, 2020·edited
Yes. Been this way since at least 2015 tho
Its more so we're living in the worst era of music
- Aug 19, 2020Amphernee Hardaway
That's if you're passively listening aka not really listening
damn man i can hardcore listen on more than half of those
- Aug 19, 2020RASIE
@ThuggerBaby
At the same time though, it's hard to think of that stuff being a result of streaming itself, rather than just a longterm effect of track-and-hook songwriting that completely took over the top charts since the Cheiron group first came on the scene in the 90s
Well I think it’s based on how the standard to be culturally relevant before was the radio, and moreso specifically the radio stations that played pop because those were by far the most tuned in ones.
Streaming has given way to replacing radio through their customized libraries in each genre and big stations of their own and that’s kinda removed this monolithic entity music fans would tune into Now that they can just stick to their preferred genres hear more stuff like it with a click.
So in a way I think it’s made “popular” music more diverse but it’s also kinda made the entry sound in various genres so much more homogenous and probably benefits younger artists who copy that rather than younger artists with a different style.