why i hate ninja (Re: ninjas & 2001 hip hop redux)

From: t bird (djt_bird@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Nov 30 2001 - 03:35:32 CET

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    i don't really hate ninja, i just wanted people to
    read this!!<chortle>

    > Sorry, but I don't agree. The Antibalas album is
    > fantastic (OK, it's a
    > "simple" afrobeat stuff, but how excellent).

    i agree that the antibalas record is definitely worth
    owning--although it is mainly a "i-love-fela" riff.

    > I had the chance to listen to the forthcoming
    > Herbaliser album this
    > September at their studio (Jake and Ollie were still
    > working on it) and I
    > can tell you that it is really worth to wait! It'
    > more cinematic than
    > Cinematic Orchestra! It's more psychedelic and
    > symphonic than Axelrod!
    > Expect a bit less hip hop but lot more 70s
    > soundtrack vibes!

    <rant alert>

    this is really what i was bugged about. now i can
    cross off herbaliser's new one so i don't get suckered
    in like i did for dj food's "kaleidoscope." why don't
    these people just get someone to make a film so they
    can score it and get it out of their system? i'm
    tired of spending hard earned cash on the *import*
    vinyl of LISTENING MUSIC!! i'm sure it's really nice,
    but i could save a lot of money by just getting the
    domestic cd, since i'm not going to play it out on
    gigs...

    i'm really bummed that ninja's taken the "everything's
    ok" route of releases. i understand that they want to
    release music they think is cool and don't want to
    hamstring their artists--that's great--but from a
    *buyer's* point of view i'd like to know if the
    artist-formerly-known-for-block-rockin' beats is
    taking a left turn and discovering their inner debussy
    *before* i spend anywhere from 10-30 (or more) u.s.
    dollars on a future frisbee... i thought that was the
    idea of having sublabels & aliases, so you could have
    a reasonable idea what to expect when you bought a
    record (e.g., monkey mafia [big beat] & junior cartier
    [house])...

    -t

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