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Jay-Z has a ridiculous amount of songs that I love, way way more than any other rapper. I keep trying to get into rap more but it never completely catches on with me. I'll go through rap moods where I listen to it for a night or two. Most rap that I really enjoy is very commercial.

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08-03-2010 , 01:43 AM

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I'd like for Jay to put out another album before we pigeon hold him to not making another album like American Gangster. And like I said, and I avoided putting any of it into the writeup(and this is a big thing for rappers though it can't be commented on without mentioning undrafteds) Jay-Z has had some awesome songs recently as a featured artist.

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08-03-2010 , 01:44 AM

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nah, he was preaching we the people commie **** but he was hanging out in exclusive clubs and ****, so he got got. I don't like people playin' on my phone.

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08-03-2010 , 01:45 AM

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Just realized that was KC posting. I don't think I've read a KC post in forever and did not realize he and tarheels had the same avatar. My mind is completely blown right now.

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08-03-2010 , 01:46 AM

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For better or worse Jay has made a conscious decision to make music that will be more commercially successful. He is in a lot of ways the Michael Jordan/Tiger Woods of rap, but not because his skill is levels above everyone else, because he has taken a very "Republican buy sneakers too" approach to his music. Empire State of Mind is clearly contrived to be a ubiquitous song, but at the same time thousands of artists try to create ubiquitous songs and don't come close to having that success. I think Jay is a good pick, but I think there are other hip-hop artists who can make anyone into a star with their production and I am not sure Jay's force of personality will automatically make him into the global icon he became.

depends man, I mean this is the guy that famously said he dumbed down his lyrics for his audience. Rap is weird in this way. You can be the best MC in the world and never have a platinum album. People really don't want to listen to a guy spit 48 bars w/o hooks or some super introspective **** thats depressing.

I agree that there are better lyricists out there, ****, the guy who I just vaguely mentioned is better imo, but he just doesn't have the same ability to identify what works with the masses, or what will drive trends. He's more content with making albums hip hop heads will like, and while thats cool, he shouldn't go before Jay-z. This said person has also worked with some of the best producers in hip hop too.

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08-03-2010 , 01:46 AM

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I saw Dylan live last year and it was... yikes. He changed the key and tempo to all of his songs and you couldn't make out a single word either. I'm not quite sure what that was all about. Still confused.

i saw dylan like 10 yrs ago. he was opening for someone, cant remember who now. anyway, i knew nothing about him at the time. proly couldnt even name a song of his at the time.

it was a pretty atrocious 30min or so. his voice is completely garbled and raspy and incoherent words. the songs were pretty high tempo with his ugly singing as an undercurrent. he did have a pretty snappy cowboy outfit on and seemed to be having a blast.

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08-03-2010 , 01:47 AM

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Just realized that was KC posting. I don't think I've read a KC post in forever and did not realize he and tarheels had the same avatar. My mind is completely blown right now.

you must never venture into tz

yeah same avatar is tilting!

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08-03-2010 , 01:49 AM

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I'm pretty sure at this point I can't go into TZ without losing all the support from the non-TZ crowd that is behind me right now(for our violent takeover once the NFL season starts).

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08-03-2010 , 01:52 AM

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You just described exactly what I saw and heard too. Down to the outfit. I knew the vast majority of songs he played but I couldn't tell what he was playing on a few of them--I checked his playlist the night after--and it took me a long damn time to figure it out on others. He changed the entire structure of every song. It was at least interesting, kind of.

He sounds like this now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blb30Ilhzcw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLK6fMkoRQw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJw6m...eature=related

It's harder to make out the lyrics and song in the crowd than from these videos too.

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08-03-2010 , 01:52 AM

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you can usually tell the difference between mine and tarheels' posts because tarheels posts articulately

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08-03-2010 , 01:54 AM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LX7WrHCaUA

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08-03-2010 , 01:55 AM

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We've made our pick and I'm working on the writeup now.

F5 F5 F5

Pretty sure Wrane is online too, and I know who MEb wants, if SarcasticRat is around.

lol cwice has beaten me to the punch by like 10 seconds each time

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08-03-2010 , 01:56 AM

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Absolutely fantastic pick. Acoustical slowish is definitely the route I would have gone if I didn't want the rap studio. I really love that pick and love Elton John.

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08-03-2010 , 01:56 AM

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dude is 70 with grandkids that needs to goto college.

I saw him a while back, wasn't too good, lacked the power of his earlier days. Kinda just coasted along nursing his voice.

But still GOAT.

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08-03-2010 , 01:56 AM

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hahaha, man, I really have never listened to his albums, but some of those songs suck and some are awesome.

Rocket man
Crocodile rock
Saturday night...
Philadelphia Freedom
Bennie and the Jets

are some of my favorite songs ever

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08-03-2010 , 01:56 AM

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Elton John wasn't on my radar at all, but I think it is a very good pick.

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08-03-2010 , 01:57 AM

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BUH-BUH-BUH-BENNY AND THE JETS

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08-03-2010 , 01:57 AM

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F5 F5 F5

Pretty sure Wrane is online too, and I know who MEb wants, if SarcasticRat is around.

lol cwice has beaten me to the punch by like 10 seconds each time

You've really got to work on the speed of that pony.

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08-03-2010 , 01:57 AM

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Right on. I think it's a good pick. There is a question of having a collaborator, but I think he's pretty damn valuable on his own.

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08-03-2010 , 01:57 AM

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elton john is prone to princess's dying

also, EJ isn't really a standalone act. he has a songwriting partner (lyrics mainly, iirc).

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08-03-2010 , 01:58 AM

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CAN YOU FEEEEEEEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT

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08-03-2010 , 01:59 AM

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Elton John good pick one of best available might suffer a bit in this format

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08-03-2010 , 01:59 AM

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this is a pretty awesome draft. wish i woulda got in. too bad na.th named it like a downy so i thought we were actually drafting music labels. umm, death row i guess.

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