i think the problem with vince’s album and rap + rock as a whole is the fusion paring neither side. fuzz pedal guitars + drums + rap is way too busy. i think the gorillaz’s feel good inc worked because the rock stuff way really subtle
@MarryYoda it takes a while especially if you didn’t grow up on it. every time i tried to play them for friends, they were telling me to turn that shit off and put on dmx and jay z 😂😂
that sorta lines up with what i saw growing up. my dad used to be a dj and owned many records. if he veered too far from hip hop beats, people complained. people like tribe now, but it the first two albums took a while to sell
@gina_scooter A lot of rap fans have very limited musical palettes so house and jazz samples are going to be off putting. Admittedly, it took me listening to ATCQ to appreciate jazz fusion and the history of it.
anyway, i can see why people don’t like it. i am always hesitant to listening to rap over rock because i don’t think it’s a good mix for a full album. feels like a novelty
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again, if your point is platner’s ex is a right wing activist who has motivated reasoning, you should ask about the decision making process of a man who dated her lol
This has dramatically reduced how much weight I’m giving her Platner accusations from “a lot” to “nearly none.”
It strains credulity that some longtime GOP operative in NoVa really thinks the NYT duped her to *aid Platner*, doesn’t know how factcheck works, etc.
But it’s perfectly calibrated for a partisan conservative audience and to raise her own standing.
Like I’m sorry but your best friend is Bethany Mandel, you worked in DC, you live in blue northern Virginia right now—you’re an establishment Republican, in other words, but you really can’t discern that a NYT reporter who has a history of Zionist activism *probably* isn’t in Platner’s corner? Or that the NYT in general isn’t exactly boosting him?
I don’t believe for one second this kind of experienced political professional can’t discern between the populist left and the establishment liberals. Just like anyone on the other side can distinguish between establishment Republicans and right-populist MAGA.
I also don’t believe that she would be this naive about the factchecking process and see it as surprising, let alone a setup. She presents herself as this wilting Christian mom naïf, taken for a ride by the big bad liberal NYT.
That’s just not the story of someone from her background with her experience who’s telling an honest narrative, but it is the story of someone who’s doing this whole thing in a calculated way to advance a political and professional agenda. Sorry but this just tanked her credibility in my eyes.
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