the masses don't care about good or bad music, they just want simple stuff
they recognise..... it should not become a aim to become
mainstream.......just keep on making good music for the peeps who want to
find it and appreciate it...let the masses rot
Olaf
----- Original Message -----
From: MANUEL MARTINEZ, FOR RICK MARTINEZ <djessential@msn.com>
To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 11:34 AM
Subject: [acid-jazz] 21st century urban music observation.
I usually don't write these type of rant emails, but I've gotta let this
out!!!!!!!! I've been djing for 10 years, now. I started when Hip hop was at
it's prime with great records by A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Jungle
Brothers, Brand Nubian, Digable Planets, Black Sheep, Main Source, Pete Rock
& C.L. Smooth, Gangstarr, and Common Sense. Now, only Common and De La Soul
is still around to only minor success. What is shoved down people's throats
on the radio, tv, and commercials is bullsh*t like Nelly, Ja Rule, Cash
Money allstars, Jay-Z, Ludacris, P. Diddy, DMX, and R&B/ Hip Hop crossovers
Jagged Edge, J- Lo, Ashanti, Eve, etc. It's makes sick and saddened by the
state of so- called urban music. The only thing saving it is stuff like Jill
Scott, Erykah Badu, MusiQ SoulChild, Bilal, Maxwell, Dwele, Bahamadia,
usually gets lost in the shuffle. Underground hip hop acts like Jurassic 5,
Mosef, Talib Kweli, Slum Village, Quannum, Solesides/ Blackalicious, People
under the stairs, Def Jux artists, still plug away trying to make obscure
beats and frenetic rhymes never getting the respect they deserve. Black
music (jazz, soul, and funk) of 60's & 70's had purpose which were either
political, conciousness, spirituality, and just GOOD VIBES. What happened to
the SOUL in the U.S. I hear more in house artists like Osunlade, MAW, Blaze,
Roy Davis Jr., Chriss Brann/Ananda Project/ P'taah, Basement Boys/ Charles
Dockins, Maurice Fulton, Moodymann, Theo Parrish, Kevin Yost, Joe Claussell,
Danny Krivit, and Mateo & Matos.
In the U.K., Drum & Bass and UK Garage has continued to keep urban music
on the streets, but there is crap like So Solid Crew, Heartless crew, Pay as
you go crews that rip off the bling bling materialistic aspects and guntalk
popularised by US rap groups. Drum & bass has seen some great lp's like
Newforms (Roni Size's Reprazent), Colours (Adam F.), John B., and Hospital
artists like High Contrast and Danny Byrd. Some great 2-step/ Garage has
been filtering through like Tempa/ Shelflife/ Texture/ Hospital/ Locked On/
Sirkus, artists like Horsepower, Nude, El-B, Zed Bias/ Maddslinky/
Phuturistix, Landslide, Roxy, Darqwan, J da Flex, etc. But it's only the
crap dominating all three scenes.
It's been great that both Nu- jazz and Broken beat have been putting out
equally amazing records since '97, (when the Acid Jazz scenes ran out of
gas). Artists like 4 Hero, King Britt, Jazzanova, Truby Trio, United Future
Organization, Kruder & Dorfmeister have continued to reinvent themselves to
exciting brand new music. There's been some brilliant cross pollenization
from the Broken Beat and 2-step scenes to much success like
Phuturistix/Maddslinky, Landslide, KV5, Sequel, Soul Electric, Zest, Cousin
Cockroach, Seiji, Afronaught's "Shapin' Fluid", New Sector Movement's "The
Sun", I.G. Culture's mix of Julie Dexter's of "The Plan", and even
Jazzanova's remix of Incognito's Get into my groove.
You can see what I mean.
But, I really hope we can change the music formats on Radio & TV. We sure
had agood thing going with internet radio. Nu-jazz/ Broken beat was
definitely on the ball with that one until those ridiculous copyright laws
took over, messing up internet radio in the U.S.
Great shows like On the corner, Beta Lounge, Soul Rebel Radio, Broke & Beat
radio, SoulStrut, Dublab, Flaresound, KCRW's Chocolate City & Blueprint,
were good doses of U.S. soulful intenet radio
Now, people Jazzanova, Vikter Duplaix, 4 hero, our ready for serious
mainstream domination. Let's hope the people are ready for intelligent
SOULFUL music.
Anyone else have comments on 21st century urban music?????
dj essential.
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