The Dink Network

: those bands are so.... automatic. of course people say the beatles are the greatest band of all time, because they have no individual sense of good music. nirvana? how many times have you heard that? bob marley? sex pistols? metallica? these bands are just the corporate giants of their genres. people jump on the band wagon and dont get to sense the real diversity and technique of music. you listen to metal right? metallica fan? oh yeh punk rock, i like the sex pistols! not that these bands arent good, its just not apparent that you have any sort of genuine attachment to these bands when everyone who has ever heard of the concept of music picks these bands to be the best ones. whatever is on the radio seems to be the most talented bands out there. it is social proximity that creates this fact, and its lame. not that you cant like these bands, i just think you should listen to a little more bands and form a little more personal list of great bands,

Oh my god, you said something smart (Not meaning to be rude or anything, it's just.. you know

I only listen hiphop and what's on the radio&tv is not the best out there nor doesn't it represent *real* hiphop. I'm talking about fake-ass-gangsters and others such as Nelly, DMX & crew, Dr Dre & everyone who got there thanks to him, etc... And lots of people who say they love hiphop and only listen hiphop (& r&b ofcourse) usually can only come up with these names. I'm not saying neither that these artist are bad, I listen to all of them myself and enjoy it for what it's worth.

But you don't know what hiphop is until you've sampled work from artists like:

KRS-ONE (The teacher!)

Arrested Development

Wyclef Jean

Gangstar (Guru)

NWA (fake, but classic)

Jurassic 5 (new old-skool)

Rakim

Early Ice Cube, Nas, Ice T & Wu-Tang Clan is good too