Indeed! I just made a comment the other day praising Bandcamp Fridays, myself.

Note about FLAC: A lot of times it’s just the 320k MP3 transcoded by BC’s backend. There isn’t really a good way to tell from the frontend which artists actually give FLACs from the masters, gotta check the file metadata. Not a super huge deal unless you have an audiophile type of setup or care about that kinda thing, though.

Still, better than any other streaming service that gives pennies to the artist, and you can actually download what you buy… with the option to buy physical copies as well. Dunno why this isn’t a more popular method to obtain music.

I always think of corny in relation to romantics. A lot of times doing things for your partner, especially cliche things, is referred to as corny. However, it doesn’t detract from the relationship or how they feel about each other.

Clearly, we agree on the wordsmith definition, at least

I think we have different definitions of corny, I don’t mean it as an insult at all. Something can be both corny on the surface and have a deeper meaning IMO. I chose Aesop and DOOM because they both have that level of, “serious, but written like a joke”, and it’s part of why I love their work so much.

Conversely, Run The Jewels is almost always serious and direct. They have some corny stuff, too, but again I’m not belittling anything about their work. Just pointing out a difference in the vibe, Aesop and DOOM tend to lean a little more into the comedy when they write is all. Some times comedy has the deepest meaning.

The example you gave about Plies is just garbage. There’s nothing there. Never listened to them, but if that’s what their lyrics are like then I’m not interested.

On today’s episode of Scat or Scat?…

I was with Akai from the MPC Renaissance up to MPC Live/X.

Got to meet Q-Tip when the Ren released, that was probably one of the coolest things that ever happened. Too bad the company is owned by a piece of shit misogynist and Akai’s main idea guy does nothing but rip the rankest farts all day long.

I’m not criticizing his use of the word, I’m criticizing the fact he said he can’t be controlled by corporations, and now look at him.

I censored it cause it’s not my place to say or write it, even if repeating what someone else said.

Corny bars I can handle, love 'em even. I listen to Aesop Rock / Hail Mary Mallon and MF DOOM a fair bit, so yea… 😅

I used to work for a company that made samplers/boards/synths, and I do remember there being a lot of chatter about the production side of things. One of my buddy’s at the time ran a fairly successful studio and couldn’t stop talking about some of the releases.

Thanks for the deep dive! I dig that stuff, too.

Thanks! I’ll do my best to check those recs out while separating the man from the art.

ETA: Yikes. From New Slaves:

Fuck you and your corporations, y’all ******* can’t control me

So much for that line 🥲

I never really listened to Kanye, but I have to imagine it wasn’t always this vomit inducing, right? I remember people gushing over this guy.

And I’m not even talking about the lyrical content, didn’t make it past 18 seconds. Purely dogging on how shit the mix is and wondering how it manages to use autotune so poorly so quickly.

The image for the vid doesn’t help, either.

One of the best lyricists of our time, IMO. That first album was absolutely insane, especially the tracks Perfect Wife and One Kind of People.

A line from the latter:

Marrying for money goes to show, where there’s a will there’s a way

I CAN’T SWIM SO I DOG PADDLE

Interesting. First search I did for “naaak” gave me this as the first result.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Näääk

Swedish, been around for a minute. Recently did a thing with Snoop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqmBSXRxouw

Lastly, if you read the video description there’s a link directly to all his music on Apple…

https://music.apple.com/us/album/namnet-va-näääkish/346382668?i=346382681

Drugs 'N Chugs, bby

Meshuggah & L’Impératrice

(live performance quality is a huge reason why they’re in my tops)

Nice. Two of my tops! Despite the tonal difference, they get shuffled together a lot.