What have you been listening to?, part 2

[RCMerchant]

the Jazzual Suspects- This Beat

nice. I like this style of hip hop, with pianos and live sounding drums...

you tell people you like "hip hop" and everyone thinks you mean Drake or Lil Wayne...

It's not hip hop! It's JAZZ, man! 

Now- Cab Calloway and Betty Boop- Old Man of the Mountain!

http://youtu.be/tK6Ty-uLIwM

[Allhallowsday]

the Jazzual Suspects- This Beat

nice. I like this style of hip hop, with pianos and live sounding drums...
you tell people you like "hip hop" and everyone thinks you mean Drake or Lil Wayne...

It's not hip hop! It's JAZZ, man! 
...

It's both.

[RCMerchant]

Brook Benton- Rainy Night in Georgia

http://youtu.be/Qr5djzzeA3M

[RCMerchant]

Led Zep- When the Levee Breaks

(I'll have no place to stay!)

http://youtu.be/28ZOwVAZS0o

[RCMerchant]

the Jazzual Suspects- This Beat

nice. I like this style of hip hop, with pianos and live sounding drums...
you tell people you like "hip hop" and everyone thinks you mean Drake or Lil Wayne...

It's not hip hop! It's JAZZ, man! 
...

It's both.

No-it's not. It's jazz. There is NO hip hop in this at all.

[RCMerchant]

Charles Mingus- Moanin'

http://youtu.be/__OSyznVDOY

[Allhallowsday]

...No-it's not. It's jazz. There is NO hip hop in this at all.

You're probably thinking Rap.  It's Hip hop through Jazz. 

[Rev. Powell]

...No-it's not. It's jazz. There is NO hip hop in this at all.

You're probably thinking Rap.  It's Hip hop through Jazz.  

I can see a jazz purist saying "It's hip hop, not jazz." It's a hybrid. Not everything fits neatly into one category or another, nor should it. The beat is the hip-hop part, I guess. Whatever it is I like it which is what counts.

[RCMerchant]

^ I like your new avatar! 

[Allhallowsday]

http://youtu.be/QM1lWkyFGcg 
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[Allhallowsday]

CONNIE CONVERSE How Sad, How Lovely  

http://youtu.be/i-Ez_1ooJRs  

http://youtu.be/b4a0fn2xEjA

http://youtu.be/ksn0Wjw-EiY 

http://youtu.be/gowqgGxDrE0

[Allhallowsday]

ELTON JOHN Honky Chateau  

 


http://youtu.be/h4y8WGOJu_c  


COSMIC DEALER Crystallization    

http://youtu.be/p1XzaSTIB3I  

I listened to that album several times 2 years ago and found what I wrote about it at Amazon :
COSMIC DEALER Crystallization 3.0 out of 5 stars
Great example of a band with potential who have no fncking idea who they might be...
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2018

Definitely a mixed bag. I like it well enough to keep listening. STRIDENT like a BEATLES-wanna-be crossed with JETHRO TULL DEEP PURPLE BADFINGER, but particularly CRAPPY songwriting, TALENTLESS singing... real musicianship and melodies ICED with self-absorbed indulgent artiness. Did I mention dumb pompous lyrics? There is actually a "Revolution 9" reference at the beginning of the title track... cool... are they kidding me or themselves? They KNEW they couldn't sing, it's such a strain. Somebody, however, told these talented musicians that they could write songs. They couldn't. Fantastically over-produced, I figured it out! They should be called MOUNTAIN OUSPINAL TAPFINGERTULL... unlike SPINAL TAP who knew they were clowns, these Bozos are EARNEST. Without the "ie" or Burt.
I'm kind of digging on hating it. And the more I listen to this train-wreck, the more I'm digging on hating it! SO much fun to hate on!!! I confess, I like BAD MUSIC as much as I like BAD MOVIE.

[Allhallowsday]

http://youtu.be/eAiN9R1RAlI 

[RCMerchant]

Quantic- Not So Blue

http://youtu.be/zBft8qY6caE

[RCMerchant]

the Dictators! Science Gone Too Far!

http://youtu.be/4mjBxggewdU