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Post by LondonNorthern on Aug 9, 2023 10:57:01 GMT
He’s not wrong. What songs has Puff Daddy ever made a good contribution to? I’ll Be Missing You is probably the only example of that, but it was all ghostwritten and should have been rapped by another Bad Boy rapper TBH. I think Puff Daddy was trying to get a piece of what Biggie had. I highly doubt he would have become a solo artist in his own right had Biggie not have died. Literally. I still think P Diddy is slimey and has a lot of blood on his hands. But Suge was still a terror back in those days. Especially with Vanilla Ice. But back to Diddy now I did find annoying that he kept appearing in Biggie's videos and acting stupid and that There are some examples of producers making excellent solo music. Think Pharrell, Timbaland and Dre. They have released their own solo material (Timbaland has more features but he compliments the features quite well - think Keri Hiilson and The Way I Are, his collaborations with Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake) but they all make excellent music in their own right. Diddy meanwhile with his “talking” rapping falls very far short. Was quite surprised actually Forgot About Dre, The Next Episode and Still D.R.E are all 2x Platinum over here but yet none of them are certified in the USA… No Diggity is pretty big on the club circuit as well IIRC What’s the Difference is also sampled by Blu Cantrell’s breathe which topped the UK charts for 4 weeks…2001 is truly an everlasting album |
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Post by MKAY315 on Aug 9, 2023 14:40:34 GMT
Literally. I still think P Diddy is slimey and has a lot of blood on his hands. But Suge was still a terror back in those days. Especially with Vanilla Ice. But back to Diddy now I did find annoying that he kept appearing in Biggie's videos and acting stupid and that There are some examples of producers making excellent solo music. Think Pharrell, Timbaland and Dre. They have released their own solo material (Timbaland has more features but he compliments the features quite well - think Keri Hiilson and The Way I Are, his collaborations with Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake) but they all make excellent music in their own right. Diddy meanwhile with his “talking” rapping falls very far short. Was quite surprised actually Forgot About Dre, The Next Episode and Still D.R.E are all 2x Platinum over here but yet none of them are certified in the USA… No Diggity is pretty big on the club circuit as well IIRC What’s the Difference is also sampled by Blu Cantrell’s breathe which topped the UK charts for 4 weeks…2001 is truly an everlasting album You hit the nail on the head there. Talk about taking it back in time. |
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Post by LondonNorthern on Oct 6, 2023 18:10:16 GMT
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Post by JUNIOR26 on Oct 7, 2023 17:03:50 GMT
Remember it like it was just yesterday! |
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Post by WH241 on Oct 7, 2023 17:54:29 GMT
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Oct 7, 2023 17:58:47 GMT
No idea what possessed her to get involved in an AfroBeats song. |
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Post by WH241 on Oct 7, 2023 18:02:24 GMT
No idea what possessed her to get involved in an AfroBeats song. No idea it’s been played a lot on Heart radio this week. |
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Post by JUNIOR26 on Oct 8, 2023 0:46:27 GMT
No idea what possessed her to get involved in an AfroBeats song. No idea it’s been played a lot on Heart radio this week. That's been happening since last year. You also get a lot of Burna Boy songs. |
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Post by LondonNorthern on Apr 16, 2024 11:46:33 GMT
I did hear someone blasting Sexyback by Justin Timberlake on the bus this morning (even though I liked it what is it with people not wearing headphones on public transport, particularly nowadays when they’re so readily available) but having said that it felt really nostalgic. Reminds me of when growing up my family owned both of his first two albums and how much of a blast they were! Really brought me back to the 2000s
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Post by borneobus on Apr 16, 2024 13:43:10 GMT
Seeing LondonNorthern posting about a 2006 released Justin Timberlake song inspired me to post this list of 25 great (well IMHO) songs released since 2000. Of course, the best music was recorded / released in the 1960s & 1970s - it's my era ;-) - but I try to keep up! Many of the songs on my list were global hits, but my top, top faves are probably tracks that may not be so readily recognised...i.e. Erykah Badu, Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lamar & Lorde One More Time – Daft Punk (2000) A Long Walk – Jill Scott (2001) Fallin’ – Alicia Keys (2001) Clocks – Coldplay (2003) Crazy in Love (feat. Jay-Z) – Beyoncé, Jay-Z (2003) Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes (2003) Mr. Brightside – The Killers (2004) Crazy – Gnarls Barkley (2006) I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor – Arctic Monkeys (2006) Tears Dry On Their Own – Amy Winehouse (2006) Chasing Pavements – Adele (2008) You’ve Got the Love – Florence and the Machine (2009) Window Seat – Erykah Badu (2010) Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5, Christina Aguilera (2011) Sweet Life – Frank Ocean (2012) Get Lucky – Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams, Nile Rodgers (2013) Happy – Pharrell Williams (2014) Shake It Off – Taylor Swift (2014) Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars (2014) How Much a Dollar Cost – Kendrick Lamar (2015) Desperado – Rihanna (2016) Green Light – Lorde (2017) Slow Burn – Kacey Musgraves (2018) Snooze – SZA (2022) Sweet Sounds of Heaven – The Rolling Stones & Lady Gaga (2023) |
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Post by vjaska on Apr 16, 2024 15:57:40 GMT
I did hear someone blasting Sexyback by Justin Timberlake on the bus this morning (even though I liked it what is it with people not wearing headphones on public transport, particularly nowadays when they’re so readily available) but having said that it felt really nostalgic. Reminds me of when growing up my family owned both of his first two albums and how much of a blast they were! Really brought me back to the 2000s Both albums are great - my favourite Timberlake song is Senorita |
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Post by george on Apr 22, 2024 12:52:29 GMT
Lana del rey is easily up there as being one of the greatest song writers of the 21st century. That is it nothing more to add.
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Post by LondonNorthern on May 13, 2024 21:12:16 GMT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcHs2f2TSxIHeard this a few days ago on the radio. Jesus christ. Talk about a throwback to 2003! That song was so ridiculously overplayed on UK radio in 2003, hadn't heard it in years so was very surprised when I heard it
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on May 18, 2024 8:13:51 GMT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcHs2f2TSxIHeard this a few days ago on the radio. Jesus christ. Talk about a throwback to 2003! That song was so ridiculously overplayed on UK radio in 2003, hadn't heard it in years so was very surprised when I heard it It was based on a 1983 song Get Down Saturday Night that only scraped into the top 40 at the time. Mind you, another #1 from 1983, Elton John's Are You Ready for Love?, missed the top 40 when new in 1979. |
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Post by borneobus on Jun 15, 2024 13:32:52 GMT
If you have no interest in popular music over the last 70 years look away now and my apologies for filling your timeline, but I know from the Music Thread that there are forum members who share a passion for music.
The 1970s was the golden period of the ‘album’ and new album releases by artists such as Elton John, Genesis, The Rolling Stones & Rod Stewart were keenly anticipated. I well remember forgoing the push-bike and taking a London Country 441 (often RML2442 or RML2444) into Windsor to buy an album in WH Smiths or Revolution Records and carefully carrying it home on the bus. There was something very tactile about placing the new vinyl on the turntable and carefully ‘dropping’ the needle. Some forum members of a similar vintage may recall this, for younger members ask you parents…or your grandparents!
I’ve been a life-long music fan, and my favourite musical genres are blues, soul, rock, pop and jazz, probably in that order. ‘Home alone’ during the 2020 COVID lockdown I started listening ‘properly’ to albums and reviewed and rated each one and recently completed my target of a total of 500. There’s no space for reviews but below is an extract of the list of albums awarded four or more stars and accordingly deemed worthy as being part of my album collection.
- The 500 albums includes at least one release from each of the 70 calendar years from 1955-2024
- 336 artists are included – everything from ABBA to ZZ Top and from Frank Sinatra to Kanye West (or should I say Ye) and genres from Easy Listening to Thrash Metal
- The most rewarding aspect of the project was discovering 15-20 great albums that were new to me that I’d never listened to, in some cases by artists that I hadn’t heard of
- My ratings are of course subjective and are of no more and no less value than yours, but I have always attempted to articulate and justify why an album in my opinion is good, bad or indifferent
- Not commercial and unpublished…although some reviews are/will be added to Musicboard
- I hope the list is of interest, maybe it will bring back some memories and/or motivate you to search out an album or two…If you want to discuss further feel free to ‘PM’ me
**** Albums (Sample of 20 from a total of 133)
Sergio Mendes & Brasil `66 – Ye-Me-Lê (1969)
Gil Scott-Heron – Pieces of a Man (1970)
Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)
Toots and the Maytals – Funky Kingston (1973)
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record (1976)
Joan Armatrading – Joan Armatrading (1976)
The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers (1976)
David Bowie – Station to Station (1976)
Chic – C’est Chic (1978)
Blondie – Parallel Lines (1978)
Sister Sledge – We are Family (1979)
Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching for the Young Soul Rebels (1980)
Pretenders – Pretenders (1980)
Duran Duran – Rio (1982)
Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair (1985)
Paul Simon – Graceland (1986)
Frank Ocean – Channel ORANGE (2012)
Rihanna – ANTI (2016)
Lorde – Melodrama (2017)
****½ Albums (15 from 45)
Little Richard – Here’s Little Richard (1957)
Stan Getz and João Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto (1964)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced (1967)
Santana – Abraxas (1970)
Curtis Mayfield – Super Fly (1972)
Steely Dan – Aja (1977)
Thin Lizzy – Live and Dangerous (1978) had to include this 😉
The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses (1989)
Massive Attack – Blue Lines (1991)
Sade – Love Deluxe (1992)
Portishead – Dummy (1994)
Erykah Badu – Baduizm (1997)
Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Air – Moon Safari (1998)
Beyoncé – Lemonade (2016)
***** Albums (10 from 27)
The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds (1966)
The Beatles – Abbey Road (1969)
Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (1971)
The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street (1972)
Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark (1974)
Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti (1975)
Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours (1977)
Radiohead – OK Computer (1997)
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