What are your absolute favorite musicians that never have gotten old to you? Music that you find is unique, influential, and could represent you or your life.
Most of us would probably consider PUTS as one of these groups. What other musicians do you have profound appreciation for? What are the "staple" bands and records of your record collections?
Here is my list of groups:
The Beatles
John Coltrane
Bob Dylan
PUTS
Wilco
The Staples of Your Music Collection
Started 16 years ago by funner than pleather / toggle topic info-
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Joined: Oct '09
Posts: 64Posted 16 years ago # -
P fan #1
Joined: Jul '07
Posts: 1,415Posted 16 years ago #PUTS
Beastie Boys
Cypress Hill
Some nice UK Hip Hop Blade, Roots Manuva.
Any mixes by DJ Skully
Got a fair few dnb tunes (2001 - 2006)
Got a few favourite labels...
Full Cycle (Bristol - Roni Size, Krust, Die, Dynamite MC, Clipz etc)
True Playaz (Now Real Playaz?!) (London - DJ Hype, DJ Zinc, Pascal, DJ Hazard etc)
Ganja Records, Bingo Beats, Frontline (Offshoots from True Playaz)
Ram Raiders (Hornchurch Essex - Andy C, Ant Miles, Red One, Moving Fusion etc)
Hospital Records (London - London Elektricity, High Contrast, Nu-Tone etc)
V Records (London - Bryan Gee, Roni Size, Krust, Die DJ Marky (Brazil))
Loads more really but dont really listen to dnb much these days.
I found a Bob Dylan album on vinyl for £4.99... has Hurricane on and so I'm a very happy man.
I'm trying to get as many tunes as possible on vinyl, I've got stuff from Abba to Zinc, Wu Tang to Beatles, Altern8 to Ordinary Boys, Snoop Dogg to Artic Monkeys. Some real dope Hip Hop LPs Funk Doobiest, Cypress Hill, Paul's Boutique. -
P fan #1
Joined: Oct '08
Posts: 3,255Posted 16 years ago #And yes, I listen to all of these people/groups on a regular basis
Tier 1 (essential to my personal life & constant)
PUTS
Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five
Belle & Sebastian
Stevie Wonder
Antonio Carlos Jobim
The Pharcyde / Fatlip
Galactic
Herbie Hancock
Jim Croce
Otis Redding
Radiohead
A Tribe Called Quest (through Beats Rhymes and Life)
Tier 2 (necessary, but not used day-to-day)
James Brown/The JBs/Maceo Parker/Fred Wesley (and permutations thereof)
nine inch nails
Bernard Herrmann / John Williams / Ennio Morricone
Nujabes
Bill Withers
Biz Markie (dude'll make me laugh ANYTIME)
Digable Planets
The Doors
Eric B & Rakim
Frank Zappa
Jack Johnson (early stuff only; don't hate me for this one)
Jamiroquai
Jane's Addiction (except for that newest album)/ Porno For Pyros
Jethro Tull (pre-1980)
João Gilberto
Jurassic 5
Johnny Cash
The Beatles
Bob Dylan
Quannum Collective / Chief X-Cel / Gift of Gab / DJ Shadow / Lyrics Born / Lateef
Boogie Down Productions/KRS-One
George Clinton/Funkadelic/Parliament/P-Funk All-Stars
Fats Waller
Chuck Berry
Count Basie / Duke Ellington / Glenn Miller / Benny Goodman
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Curtis Mayfield
Peter Tosh / Lee "Scratch" Perry
Dinosaur Jr.
Ella Fitzgerald / Etta James / Billie Holliday / Sarah Vaughan
Elton John
Elvis
fIREHOSE / Mike Watt
Fiona Apple
Wesley Willis
De La Soul
Grateful Dead
Harry Nilsson
Henry Mancini
Rollins Band
Bad Brains
The Isley Brothers
Jackie Wilson
Jimi Hendrix
John Coltrane
Kool & The Gang
Led Zeppelin
Leo Kottke
Louis Armstrong
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán
Marvin Gaye
The Meters
Michael Jackson
Miles Davis
The Mills Brothers
Nirvana
Talking Heads
Paul Simon / Simon & Garfunkel
Peter Gabriel
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Phish
Pink Floyd (favorite band in high school)
Public Enemy
Queen
Quincy Jones
Rage Against The Machine
The Ramones
Red Hot Chili Peppers (just through to Blood Sugar Sex Magik)
Rick James
The Roots (kind of... on a track-by-track basis...)
Run DMC
Shuggie Otis
Sly & the Family Stone
Smashing Pumpkins (through Machina... barely)
Soundgarden (through Superunknown)
Smokey Robinson
The Spinners
Steely Dan
Stereolab
Thelonius Monk
Toots & the Maytals
Ugly Duckling
Van Morrison
The Velvet Underground
Vince Guaraldi
Violent Femmes
Weird Al Yankovic
The Who
Willie Nelson
I know some seem sort of odd, but... I listen to them all from time-to-time... there are other bands I don't like, but I end up hearing anyway all the time (like U2)... -
EP
Joined: Mar '05
Posts: 103Posted 16 years ago #cool to see some other people on there are as varied as i am on music tastes. my desert island music would probably consist of (trying to represent all generes):
PUTS
A Tribe Called Quest
Pharcyde
Prefuse 73
Squarepusher
Portishead
Zero 7
Queens of the Stone Age
Clutch
wow, this is a lot harder than i thought... -
P fan #1
Joined: Sep '09
Posts: 537Posted 16 years ago #Loudwon said: PUTS
Beastie Boys
Cypress Hill
Some nice UK Hip Hop Blade, Roots Manuva.
Any mixes by DJ Skully
Got a fair few dnb tunes (2001 - 2006)
Got a few favourite labels...
Full Cycle (Bristol - Roni Size, Krust, Die, Dynamite MC, Clipz etc)
True Playaz (Now Real Playaz?!) (London - DJ Hype, DJ Zinc, Pascal, DJ Hazard etc)
Ganja Records, Bingo Beats, Frontline (Offshoots from True Playaz)
Ram Raiders (Hornchurch Essex - Andy C, Ant Miles, Red One, Moving Fusion etc)
Hospital Records (London - London Elektricity, High Contrast, Nu-Tone etc)
V Records (London - Bryan Gee, Roni Size, Krust, Die DJ Marky (Brazil))
Loads more really but dont really listen to dnb much these days.
I found a Bob Dylan album on vinyl for £4.99... has Hurricane on and so I'm a very happy man.
I'm trying to get as many tunes as possible on vinyl, I've got stuff from Abba to Zinc, Wu Tang to Beatles, Altern8 to Ordinary Boys, Snoop Dogg to Artic Monkeys. Some real dope Hip Hop LPs Funk Doobiest, Cypress Hill, Paul's Boutique.
Hell yeah Loudwon! I'm really feelin you on the D&B/Jungle tip. I've been a huge fan of that scene for a long long time. Im a big fan of Ganja Kru (classic:
On the music tip, Im going to list it in genres. I listen to too much music, so ill condense it to the ones I can think of.
HIP HOP.
The P (Yes.)
A Tribe Called Quest
The Pharcyde (Quinton's on his way, and its gonna be ooookkkkk)
The Roots (Organix is niceeeee)
De La Soul
Wu Tang and all solo albums (Liquid Swords was off the chain)
Gangstarr/Guru
Jedi Mind Tricks
Immortal Technique/Diabolic
INI
Illogic
Souls of Mischief/Hieroglyphics
Common Sense (He was droppin' SCIENCE on Resurrection)
Beatnuts
Mos Def/Blackstar
Living Legends
Pete Rock
Madlib/Quasimoto
Jay Dee/Jdilla
Showbiz & A.G.
X-ecutioners
Rob Swift
RJD2
Blueprint
Jazz Addixx
DJ Jazzy Jeff
Giant Panda
Common Market
Brand Nubian
Atmosphere
DJ Shadow/Cut Chemist
DJ Krush
Nomak/Nujabes/Eccy/Shing02/Samurai Champloo
MF Doom
Cypress Hill
Das EFX
Jungle Brothers
Dr.Dre/Eminem/D12
Eyedea & Abilities
Mad Doctor X
Cyne
Digable Planets
Dizzee Rascal
Binary Star
Blackalicious
CunninLynguists
DJ Smash
Clipse
Jurassic 5
M.O.P.
Run DMC
NWA/Easy E
KRS-One/BDP
The Large Professor
The Last Emperor
Masta Ace
Method Man & Redman (Blackout 1 & 2!)
Murs
Nas
Q-Tip/Phife Dawg Solo stuff
I'll list more later, I got some other work to do
Catch all y'all cats later, PEACE. -
EP
Joined: Nov '09
Posts: 112Posted 16 years ago #Xellerated said:
HIP HOP.
The P (Yes.)
A Tribe Called Quest
The Pharcyde (Quinton's on his way, and its gonna be ooookkkkk)
The Roots (Organix is niceeeee)
De La Soul
Wu Tang and all solo albums (Liquid Swords was off the chain)
Gangstarr/Guru
Jedi Mind Tricks
Immortal Technique/Diabolic
INI
Illogic
Souls of Mischief/Hieroglyphics
Common Sense (He was droppin' SCIENCE on Resurrection)
Beatnuts
Mos Def/Blackstar
Living Legends
Pete Rock
Madlib/Quasimoto
Jay Dee/Jdilla
Showbiz & A.G.
X-ecutioners
Rob Swift
RJD2
Blueprint
Jazz Addixx
DJ Jazzy Jeff
Giant Panda
Common Market
Brand Nubian
Atmosphere
DJ Shadow/Cut Chemist
DJ Krush
Nomak/Nujabes/Eccy/Shing02/Samurai Champloo
MF Doom
Cypress Hill
Das EFX
Jungle Brothers
Dr.Dre/Eminem/D12
Eyedea & Abilities
Mad Doctor X
Cyne
Digable Planets
Dizzee Rascal
Binary Star
Blackalicious
CunninLynguists
DJ Smash
Clipse
Jurassic 5
M.O.P.
Run DMC
NWA/Easy E
KRS-One/BDP
The Large Professor
The Last Emperor
Masta Ace
Method Man & Redman (Blackout 1 & 2!)
Murs
Nas
Q-Tip/Phife Dawg Solo stuff
I'll list more later, I got some other work to do
Catch all y'all cats later, PEACE.
That's a solid list you got there. Mine would be pretty similar give or take a few. Not a fan of Jedi Mind Tricks, Dizzee Rascal, or Eyedea & Abilities, but I like your like your list man. -
P fan #1
Joined: Sep '09
Posts: 537Posted 16 years ago #Mad respect, Dwight. Glad to see someone who appreciates hip hop in its entirety. I hate asking some people what they listen to and hearing, "Everything but rap, that's retards attempting poetry." -
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Joined: Jul '09
Posts: 75Posted 16 years ago #wicked to see such diversity in this thread.
the world needs more musically diverse folks.
i love seeing people's faces when i pull up to a bluegrass jam pumpin' the P...
not so much pulling up to the rap show rocking the 'foggy mountain breakdown', though. -
P fan #1
Joined: Feb '07
Posts: 594Posted 16 years ago #burt bacharach! (+Dionne Warwick)
sergio mendes
maceo
shawn jackson
GP
anything featuring the Cookie Monster -
P fan #1
Joined: Jun '08
Posts: 1,874Posted 16 years ago #yo Xellerated, I didn't think that the US did drum n bass so much? Have you guys got Dubstep? I'm lovin the Dubstep at the moment... you can't beat it for bustin a move to. That wobbly bass gets me every god damn time... -
LP
Joined: Jun '05
Posts: 428Posted 16 years ago #burt bacharach! (+Dionne Warwick)
sergio mendes
maceo
shawn jackson
GP
anything featuring the Cookie Monster
Dionne, Sergio, GP and definitely Shawn Jackson... In my opinion he had one of the dopest albums and singles (feelin jack) last year.. new mixtape on the way I've heard.
Hey dodo could you post up a couple dubstep tunes that you think are really good for bustin a move.. trying to feel it but it seems mad varied.
peace -
P fan #1
Joined: Jun '08
Posts: 1,874Posted 16 years ago #Dubstep wise, i dunno, it helps if your standing less than 30cm away from a 20ft tall speaker stack, but some good guys to check out would be
Milanese (one tune, Caramel Cognac, it particular is a banger)
Skream (he pretty much started dubstep as far as i can tell)
Mary Anne Hobbs has a nice Dubstep mixtape call Warrior Dubz, definitely check that for a good cross section.
Caspa is f*ckin dope too...
Thing is, i don't tend to sit about listening to it so much, I usually cop dubstep when I'm out and about and I can feel the bass rising up through my legs and into my chest and making the hair on my neck vibrate... Not really sure about album names and stuff eh... -
P fan #1
Joined: Jul '07
Posts: 1,415Posted 16 years ago #The more I think about this the more I remember...
Good Charlotte
Blink 182
Panic at the Disco
Old Skool jungle... The old (original) Ganja records had some dope tunes 'Super Sharp Shooter' (Zinc is dope... dopeskillz too lol) 'Mash up da place'. Old stuff on V is heavy.
2 degrees 2, dred bass. helicopter, champion sounds, vintage dread stuff by Ray Keith 'Chopper' (shy fx remix), 'renegade terrorist' etc.
Most tunes by Shy FX are dope from 'original nutta', 'wolf', 'ra' (ebony dubsters) 'Feelings', 'everdyay'... pretty much anything by shy fx.
Prodigy and slipmatt need a mention too.
How could I forget Run DMC! -
P fan #1
Joined: Jun '09
Posts: 1,659Posted 16 years ago #Aside from the obvious that have already been mentioned and the few im gna now you tube coz im pretty open 2 all music, and i love it. somethin a bit different i hope
Armin van buuren>love a bt of trance
Skream>love a bit of dubstep
boards of canada>make life jus a little better
annie mac>not an artist but hosts a show on radio1 that pretty much plays wot i like
manic street preachers>local boys
stereophonics>local boys
DJ krush>lurvly tokin music
DJ shadow> not outsider tho, while i accept people have to change theire style and its a quality album it jus neva found a place in my heart
Burial>beautiful beautiful beautiful music
most hard dance and dutch terrorcore/hardcore/gabber>certainly my oddest taste in music
Nightmares On Wax- Listend last night n realised theyre never far from me
could probably add continuesly if i thought about it. lol
jus a little insight i hope, i think amusic collection says alot about someone, if i meet someone who doesnt like any music whotsoeva i tend to find they borin. lol
peace
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