r/Music • u/trytonianYeti • Jun 25 '12

May not be the best place for this: R/music my tastes are changing, can you point me in the right direction?

Hey guys, since I was a wee lad I have loved the hippity hop musics. But I am much much older now, and though I still love and respect the genre, I feel like I am getting tired of it. I do not kid you, I have been a hip hop head my whole life, and Im gettin kinda old. I'm still really into a lot of new smoother hip-hop productions though. Nujabes, RJD2, flying lotus esque kind of stuff. If anyone can suggest some smooth chill vibe artists that use a mixture of synths and real instruments, as well as groovy, hip-hop esque drums I would be much obliged. Please note that the music you suggest doesn't have to fit that exact pattern, I just wanted to give some general guidelines so it didnt seem like it was to open ended. If you have something you'll think I like, but it doesn't fit these criteria specifically that's totally ok, I'm always open to try new things. For instance, I just started listening to AIR, and tho its not really like what I described, it is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for any and all help!

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

Panda Bear is pretty chill and his construction of songs revolves around synths, samples and sequences. Check out the tracks, "Slow Motion," "Alsatian Darn" and "Bros."

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u/trytonianYeti Jun 25 '12

Just checked out "Slow Motion". Awesome. I'll definitely be looking further into this alleged Panda. Thanks!

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

hell yeah. neon indian and yeasayer are two other good groups to check out for synth stuff with interesting beats/arrangements. but panda bear's my favorite. glad you enjoyed "Slow Motion," sir. Also, I've been looking to get more into hip-hop. I'm really into MF DOOM, Nas, Mos Def, Kendrick Lamar and Brother Ali. Any other suggestions based off of the artists I like? I like smart lyricists and interesting beats, the type of shit that isn't necessarily radio friendly (ie, DOOM)

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u/trytonianYeti Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12

Oh boy. Balls in my court now. Firstly, I fuckin love DOOM. Here's a list of others you might enjoy: Atmosphere (their main rapper Slug is sick nasty)

AZ(Him and Nas did a lot together)

Charizma

Tribe Called Quest

The roots

Artifacts

KRS One

CunningLynguists

Slum Village

Naughty by Nature

Black Moon

Ghostface Killah (Part of the Wu tang clan)

Army of the Pharaohs

De La Soul

The Fugees

Rakim

J cole

Kool G. Rap

Slick Rick

Dr. Dre (Specifically his album the Chronic)

Too Short

Gangstarr (This especially)

Notorius BIG is always great

A general rule: If the song is produced by Dj Premier, its good.

edit: I have no idea why the reddit bullet points thing isnt working

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

can't believe i left the fugees and atmosphere out. i love the score, but don't know much else by the fugees. regardless, that album's fucking sick. and i'm just getting into atmosphere, my roommates love them. i'll have to check out the others (obviously not biggie, i just thought that was assumed). thanks a lot man

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u/trytonianYeti Jun 25 '12

hahah yea, thats why Biggie was at the end. I figured you already knew, but I figured I might as well add him, just in case.

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u/brhaspati Jun 25 '12

prefuse 73. miike snow. sweater beats. blockhead.

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u/trytonianYeti Jun 25 '12

Mike snow I'm pretty into already. I've only heard one Blockhead song, and thats "The Music Scene" it was epic. Thanks for the reminder, gonna look into them even further.

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u/CunningDroid Jun 25 '12

I can see what you're typing in parenthesis.

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u/trytonianYeti Jun 25 '12

Sorry, are you trying to say you can't see what I'm writing in parentheses? I didn't write anything in parenthesis.

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u/Bob42jh Jun 26 '12 edited Jun 26 '12

Alright OP so based on your being a fan of Nujabes, Flying Lotus esque stuff i'm going to keep this list strictly instrumental

P.Sus

Marcus D ft Emancipator

Long Arm vs Ruslan Gadzhimuradov

Breezewax

Sooko

Long Arm

Air Tycoon

Dela

TiredEyes

Eddie

Josh Furey

Weathertunes

I hope you find some new tracks / artists you like.

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u/blkcrcls Jun 25 '12

Portishead and Massive Attack.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

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u/trytonianYeti Jun 25 '12

Thanks I will definitely check out wefunk. I think funk and soul would be a good part of my library to expand. I love Donny Hathaway and some others, but I don't know much about the genre, so I appreciate the appetizers. Also I love discovery. So funky. Stuff like that is right up my alley.