Trailerpark Poet

8mo

Thanks for mentioning the 33 1/3 book. I forgot about that one. I grabbed a copy now.

insertcoolnamehere

8mo

@Delfunk24 it's also how the audience receives art these days.

Like, I'll provide a real life example.

I teach after school music at a public school in the Bronx for 3rd graders right. This week we went over "genres/type of music" and used some of their fav artists they named (e.g. taylor swift, ishowspeed, ksi, one girl said dd osama and kyle richh, etc.) and through that, I showed them other types of artists and eventually went to D'angelo.

Lot of em wasn't even feeling him lol. Said his voice sounded ugly.

(also earlier I brought up Off The Wall by MJ and half the class was too caught up in the album cover and how "weird" he looked, one girl even said he looked zesty. mind you the man is just smiling lol.)

and while it was funny because these are 9 year olds and it's just interesting to hear their input even if it's negative, it does hammer home the point that the zeitgeist has made it so this type of music doesn't even register to the ears of the young. Look at how dijon is received now, as "hootin and hollerin" music on twitter and that'll get likes and retweets.

And yes, D'Angelo's interesting way of pronouncing lyrics was always talked about from Saul Williams liner notes in voodoo to the label calling it "D'Bonics" but even with ALL that, niggas still wanted to listen. Niggas still wanted to go buy those albums. And niggas still wanted to go to the shows.

Meanwhile, 3:50 is too long of length for a song now (most shocking comment I've heard so far from my class imo)

I told @xingu about his musician friend a few weeks ago this (and every present musician needs to think about) and that you REALLY have to decide more than ever why did you want to become an artist in the first place. If it's intrinsic and the journey itself brings you a sense of inner peace and understanding within your own life, you better f***ing keep at it.

But if it was because of external reasons like reputation and the sensation of chasing success, ngl, you should hang up your jersey cause you'll be so very very depressed. We're probably in the worst era of musicianship in a while where trying doesn't get you anywhere and the works that break the mold get trapped under the wave of "not viral enough"

And the extra "oomph" of D'Angelo dying is the realization that s*** is really cooked.

We tell everyone that s*** is on the internet but we forget to realize that...the marginalized never really evolved with that line of thinking and everything for them is STILL in 2025 given to them via radio.

Don't think niggas gonna realize the scope of all that we lost until like 30-40 years from now when a black youth dem from this instant gratification generation digs through the archives of the days of yesteryear and hears a "The Root" and thinks it's AI because they just can't fathom a song like that being accomplished as a human feat unless they were white/came from the Jacob Collier School of musical excellence.

tl;dr: It's a freedom in admitting it's not gonna get better

fancy lacriminal

8mo

This nigga shaped like a root vegetable

No Diddy

8mo

RIP king of Neo-Soul

RICHAXXVOYCE

8mo

I’ve talked to 2 artists about the Neo-Soul name on Twitter, Badu and Iman Omari. They both don’t like that genre title. I imagine D’Angelo would agree

kd radio

8mo

Please God let this be untrue…

Trailerpark Poet

8mo

So sad to hear this. D'Angelo was a huge blessing to me from the first time I heard him. His Houston performance on his Black Messiah tour was one of the best concerts I've ever witnessed. I'll never forget it.

I had been waiting patiently for the last 10 years hoping that he would bless us again with another new masterpiece. I'm going to miss him. Praying for his family.

Praying for you too @brownsugah I know this news must have hit you hard.

And Angie Stone is gone too! Such a loss to the world.

insertcoolnamehere

8mo

@Delfunk24 it's also how the audience receives art these days.

Like, I'll provide a real life example.

I teach after school music at a public school in the Bronx for 3rd graders right. This week we went over "genres/type of music" and used some of their fav artists they named (e.g. taylor swift, ishowspeed, ksi, one girl said dd osama and kyle richh, etc.) and through that, I showed them other types of artists and eventually went to D'angelo.

Lot of em wasn't even feeling him lol. Said his voice sounded ugly.

(also earlier I brought up Off The Wall by MJ and half the class was too caught up in the album cover and how "weird" he looked, one girl even said he looked zesty. mind you the man is just smiling lol.)

and while it was funny because these are 9 year olds and it's just interesting to hear their input even if it's negative, it does hammer home the point that the zeitgeist has made it so this type of music doesn't even register to the ears of the young. Look at how dijon is received now, as "hootin and hollerin" music on twitter and that'll get likes and retweets.

And yes, D'Angelo's interesting way of pronouncing lyrics was always talked about from Saul Williams liner notes in voodoo to the label calling it "D'Bonics" but even with ALL that, niggas still wanted to listen. Niggas still wanted to go buy those albums. And niggas still wanted to go to the shows.

Meanwhile, 3:50 is too long of length for a song now (most shocking comment I've heard so far from my class imo)

I told @xingu about his musician friend a few weeks ago this (and every present musician needs to think about) and that you REALLY have to decide more than ever why did you want to become an artist in the first place. If it's intrinsic and the journey itself brings you a sense of inner peace and understanding within your own life, you better f***ing keep at it.

But if it was because of external reasons like reputation and the sensation of chasing success, ngl, you should hang up your jersey cause you'll be so very very depressed. We're probably in the worst era of musicianship in a while where trying doesn't get you anywhere and the works that break the mold get trapped under the wave of "not viral enough"

And the extra "oomph" of D'Angelo dying is the realization that s*** is really cooked.

We tell everyone that s*** is on the internet but we forget to realize that...the marginalized never really evolved with that line of thinking and everything for them is STILL in 2025 given to them via radio.

Don't think niggas gonna realize the scope of all that we lost until like 30-40 years from now when a black youth dem from this instant gratification generation digs through the archives of the days of yesteryear and hears a "The Root" and thinks it's AI because they just can't fathom a song like that being accomplished as a human feat unless they were white/came from the Jacob Collier School of musical excellence.

tl;dr: It's a freedom in admitting it's not gonna get better

fancy lacriminal

8mo

you gotta go

insertcoolnamehere

8mo

@Delfunk24 it's also how the audience receives art these days.

Like, I'll provide a real life example.

I teach after school music at a public school in the Bronx for 3rd graders right. This week we went over "genres/type of music" and used some of their fav artists they named (e.g. taylor swift, ishowspeed, ksi, one girl said dd osama and kyle richh, etc.) and through that, I showed them other types of artists and eventually went to D'angelo.

Lot of em wasn't even feeling him lol. Said his voice sounded ugly.

(also earlier I brought up Off The Wall by MJ and half the class was too caught up in the album cover and how "weird" he looked, one girl even said he looked zesty. mind you the man is just smiling lol.)

and while it was funny because these are 9 year olds and it's just interesting to hear their input even if it's negative, it does hammer home the point that the zeitgeist has made it so this type of music doesn't even register to the ears of the young. Look at how dijon is received now, as "hootin and hollerin" music on twitter and that'll get likes and retweets.

And yes, D'Angelo's interesting way of pronouncing lyrics was always talked about from Saul Williams liner notes in voodoo to the label calling it "D'Bonics" but even with ALL that, niggas still wanted to listen. Niggas still wanted to go buy those albums. And niggas still wanted to go to the shows.

Meanwhile, 3:50 is too long of length for a song now (most shocking comment I've heard so far from my class imo)

I told @xingu about his musician friend a few weeks ago this (and every present musician needs to think about) and that you REALLY have to decide more than ever why did you want to become an artist in the first place. If it's intrinsic and the journey itself brings you a sense of inner peace and understanding within your own life, you better f***ing keep at it.

But if it was because of external reasons like reputation and the sensation of chasing success, ngl, you should hang up your jersey cause you'll be so very very depressed. We're probably in the worst era of musicianship in a while where trying doesn't get you anywhere and the works that break the mold get trapped under the wave of "not viral enough"

And the extra "oomph" of D'Angelo dying is the realization that s*** is really cooked.

We tell everyone that s*** is on the internet but we forget to realize that...the marginalized never really evolved with that line of thinking and everything for them is STILL in 2025 given to them via radio.

Don't think niggas gonna realize the scope of all that we lost until like 30-40 years from now when a black youth dem from this instant gratification generation digs through the archives of the days of yesteryear and hears a "The Root" and thinks it's AI because they just can't fathom a song like that being accomplished as a human feat unless they were white/came from the Jacob Collier School of musical excellence.

tl;dr: It's a freedom in admitting it's not gonna get better

brownsugah

8mo

Hey TP. It’s been a while. D’s passing is very unreal and just hard to accept. I’m doing the best I can right now. I was wondering how you were doing. I hope you’ve been ok.