Comments on: ethiopium

By: JD

JD — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:16:23 +0000

Saw this (ethiopium) is now up on the stones throw website, but it seems unclear when it might get released elsewhere. Any word on if/when it’ll show up on emu?

By: Vicious

Vicious — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:05:25 +0000

“that inexplicable gangster-rap record they put”
HA!!!!! Kid, if you think Guilty Simpson was gangster rap, you need to protect your ears from getting sawed off if they ever happen to come in touch with real gangsta rap. Guilty’s album – especially the cornier tracks like “Gettin’ Bitches” – was not the nuanced, soulful and experimental kind that we know from Stones Throw’s Madvillain, Quasimoto, etc, but compared to actual gangsta rap albums (of the past and present), it was just that.

Vilens, agreed that Roc C seems like he’s off the label. That guy’s album was the worst piece of misfired shit they ever dropped on it. They must have lost a bet with the guy, or been tricked into putting that record out.

By: Vilens

Vilens — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:51:14 +0000

Similar acts also…all be them not as violent that are MED, Oh No, and Roc C although i doubt roc c is still signed to ST.

By: Daniel, Esq.

Daniel, Esq. — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:06:41 +0000

Yeah, Guilty Simpson was the artist. Just not for my ears, I suppose (not too much in that genre appeals to me, TBH, aside from Ghostface and some Wu-Tang Clan, which rise above a lot of other hardcore rap with attention to detail lyrically (Ghostface) and 70s soul-sampling (Wu-Tang)). I didn’t see any other rap acts similar to Simpson on the Stones Throw label, but maybe I missed it. I am a big J Dilla fan, tho, and I like some of his production-touches on Simpson’s songs, especially the fact that Simpson’s songs don’t seem to depend totally on a throbbing base.

By: Vilens

Vilens — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:27:48 +0000

I don’t know what this guy Daniel Esquire is talking about but that “explicable rap” was dilla protege Guilty Simpson, and that album was dope as all hell. Let us fairweather stones throw fans recognize it started out as a RAP LABEL. Now we should feel lucky if they put out hip-hop with lyrics.

By: Daniel, Esq.

Daniel, Esq. — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:18:32 +0000

“If you haven’t heard Dr. No’s Oxperiment, go get it now. Mos Def nabbed the first song, ‘Heavy,’ for his own album, The Ecstatic and made it something special. Go get that, too.”

I’ve got Dr. No’s Oxperiment. Not sure I’ve listened to it more than once (not a knock on it, just not enough time). What’s the best few tracks on it — I’d use those as my gateway to the whole disc.

I’ve had The Ecstatic on my saved-for-later list for a while now. Something’s kept me from downloading it, tho. Not sure what.

By: JTO

JTO — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:53:34 +0000

Hey, how about a feature on Japanese language music? I’d be very interested (particularly in Japanese female vocalists).

By: sean

sean — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:47:20 +0000

Co-signing the anticipation on this and all of this fall’s Stones Throw stuff. If you haven’t heard Dr. No’s Oxperiment, go get it now. Mos Def nabbed the first song, “Heavy,” for his own album, The Ecstatic and made it something special. Go get that, too. Oh No is very quietly one the best producers – not just in rap, in music period – working today.

By: Daniel, Esq.

Daniel, Esq. — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:07:17 +0000

I look forward to almost all Stones Throw releases (except that inexplicable gangster-rap record they put out last year). So, yeah, I’m excited.