Comments on: Friday Fire: What Do You Rock Eyes Closed…Mind Wide Open?

By: Ron Glover

Ron Glover — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:57:54 +0000

Come and get some /hold eight and keep one up in the chamber/ blast wit my middle finger/ nine swordsmen attack like the four horsemen…

And Justice For All!

By: Tariq

Tariq — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:52:14 +0000

Oh don’t sleep on Meth’s lyricism, man! Bottom line be this: high explosive, not for the average Joseph.

By: Jordi

Jordi — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:57:09 +0000

I definitely agree with the GZA comments. Same with RZA’s insightful verses (about 50% of his content). I too can’t write with hip-hop on – unless it’s someone like Redman, Meth, or Busta Rhymes – the jokers.

Performers I listen to eyes closed mind open:
Jimi Hendrix
Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”
and a little known rock band called “Sunna” – which is arabic for tradition. They have some really deep songs on their 1st album called One Minute Science. “I miss war/ I miss killing people / I miss the point.”

Other people I have to listen to without much going on as their lyrics are packed (not so much deep – just very narrative): Aesop Rock, Ghostface, and a rock band called Clutch.

I love discussions like this. Mizzo, thanks for introducing me to Jay Elect!

By: Tariq

Tariq — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:45:36 +0000

Well, he did die young. Only 48:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdel_Halim_Hafez

By: Ron Glover

Ron Glover — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:32:20 +0000

@ Tariq, I’m with you on the GZA comment.

By: Mizzo

Mizzo — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:46:13 +0000

Yeah I remember you showing me that. Crazy how that was flipped into a Hip Hop classic. A dead Egyptian lol

By: HarveyDent

HarveyDent — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:39:10 +0000

Immortal Technique, TI, and classic DMX when it comes to hip to the hop

Some of everything when it comes to other music but ‘Soldier of Love’ by Sade, the entire album, is getting mucho gusto airplay in my IPOD.

By: Tariq

Tariq — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:03:03 +0000

Enjoy:

By: Tariq

Tariq — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:55:18 +0000

Now if you want me to get into ARABIC music… OH! you want to see something hilarious? I don’t remember if I showed it to you or not. Someone JACKED A BEAT from a dead Egyptian! LOL…

By: Tariq

Tariq — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:52:19 +0000

I saw the movie “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” which came out about 12 years ago.

By: Mizzo

Mizzo — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:00:25 +0000

Nice. How the hell did you come across Frankie Lymon?

By: Tariq

Tariq — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:01:38 +0000

Oh and Santana!

By: Tariq

Tariq — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:38:27 +0000

Yeah, I’ve been listening to Jay Electronica for a couple of years now. He’s probably the nicest new guy out there. Elzhi is very good. Black Milk is one of the best producers/rappers. Kidz in the Hall. Of course you can’t go wrong with DOOM. And I’ll always have a place in my heart for the Wu-Tang Clan. GZA is probably my all-time favorite MC.

But I noticed that when I’m writing, I can’t listen to rap, because I get distracted by the lyrics. I need to listen to something else. So I listen to the Beach Boys, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Prince, Nirvana, Chuck Berry, Curtis Mayfield, The Beatles (esp. ’8 Days a Week’), Pearl Jam, Guns N Roses, Al Green, Michael Jackson, and …ahem …Eagle Eye Cherry.

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