As some of you may have seen from the "What Are You Listening To" thread I have a pretty diverse taste in music. I listen to hip-hop, R&B, soul, neo soul, hard rock, metal, alternative rock, grunge, classic rock, trance, techno, classical, and country. Maybe there's a few more I haven't listed but I like to listen to all types of music pretty much. What kind of music do you guys listen to?
I generally stick to R&B, classic rock, alternative rock, grunge, any genre related to electronic (trance, techno, etc..) but also sometimes hip-hop although I must admit new hip-hop is absolutely terrible with very very few exceptions to a few songs/artists.
Agreed about new hip-hop although there's some exceptions. One guy I've been listening to lately is XV. I like his stuff and he's under the radar. It seems like once rappers hit the mainstream they sell out to the fame and money. I use to like Lil Wayne back in the old days before he exploded with this whole Young Money and rock experimentation crap. Same is going to happen to Drake, don't know why he signed with Young Money. Right now hip-hop actually has some hope compared to the past, lots of young blood. J. Cole, XV, Cudi, and Big Sean are just a few. There's also Jay Electronica, Charles Hamilton, Joell Ortiz, etc. I think you might like an artist called Blu. Check him out. Listen to the album Below the Heavens by Blu & Exile
I'm a very mainstream kind of person, which isn't bad! I like pop, pop/rock, pop/r&b, basically... anything pop. I also like r&b, rock, foreign music (Korean, French, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, Spanish), Asian folksy music, classical music, the absolutely spectacular works from Joe Hisaishi (he has made the soundtracks to Miyazaki movies), and umm... some other genres too. One thing that I can't stand is autotune. I understand if it is used ONLY as a simple effect or a small correction on a few notes, but when artists use it ALL the time... it is extremely annoying. I can't stand listening to robots. Artists like Ke$ha, T-Pain, Lil' Wayne, and others like them... awful. Something that I really like about country is that autotune hasn't really penetrated as much as pop, especially pop, and artists still have to know how to sing to succeed in that genre. I still don't really like listening to country music though, only a few select artists that have a country + pop feel.
I'm really into prettymuch every sub-genre of rock and metal. I actually got my first Android product just for music. It's an Archos 5 Internet Tablet 500GB. I got it so I could have all my music with me all the time and run simple last.fm scrobbler in the background. It runs Android 1.6, I think they called that one Donut. It's the perfect mp3 player and great for movies too.
I'll listen to almost anything. Mostly rock and pop, though. I spent tonight at work alternating between SLOT, Dommin, Ke$ha, and Rammstein.
According to last.fm.... I'm into electronic, rock, hip-hop, indie and alternative, including: Red Hot Chili Peppers, System of a Down, The White Stripes, Mindless Self Indulgence, Placebo, Tenacious D, Queens of the Stone Age, Barenaked Ladies, The Cure, Lewis Black, Underoath, Alec Holowka, Bill Hicks, Gorillaz, Static-X, ABBA, George Carlin, blink-182, Misfits, The String Quartet, KoЯn, AFI, Aphex Twin, Bloodhound Gang, Johnny Cash, Dane Cook, The Offspring, Jim Gaffigan, The Left Rights, David Cross, Daft Punk, Goldfinger, Mitch Hedberg, Swollen Members, HIM, Avenged Sevenfold, Ozzy Osbourne, Radiohead, Nekromantix, Metallica, The Who, Rancid, Chris Rock, Sublime, White Zombie, Green Day, The Beatles, Weezer, Pearl Jam, The Smashing Pumpkins. Check out my music taste: Skmooch?s Music Profile ? Users at Last.fm
I didn't mean all mainstream artists, I just implied the bad ones like you mentioned I myself can't listen to hardcore/true country music.
Add me to the list but i think i would add nickelback and t-pain and motorhead and linkin' park and limp bizkit and hilary duff to my own rock collection
Im with soFlo i have alot of different types of music in my library. The most i listen to is Hip Hop (New School and old school), and Reggaeton (huge fan). I listen to both English ans spanish music House, techno, dubstep, r&b, rock, pop, just not country though (no offense) Music is a hobby of mine i have my own blog site www.realtalkhiphop.net that i started with a friend but we post diff kinds not just hip hop
You gotta keep in mind that some of those bands I haven't listened to in forever, Last.fm has been tracking everything I listen to since '05 and those are just my most played bands, Latley I've been into Deadmau5, QotsA, Jay-Z, White Panda (and other mashups), Some old Eminem, and Gorillaz
Oh I didn't even know about your little comment on mainstream artists until this. lol I was like "What is he talking about?" hehe. +1 for not being able to listen to hardcore music. I'm assuming you mean like heavy metal, death metal, and such, right? I can't stand people screaming at me in person, so I definitely will not pay to listen to people scream at me with a little tune. lol
Yeah death metal is one and screamo is another lol. I think there's only one semi-screamo song I like but then again I've never really made a conscious effort to listen to the genre. I just don't want someone screaming the entire song.
Short List: The Sword Electric Wizard Pelican Baroness Torche Dethklok Sunn 0))) Wolves in the Throne Room Zola Jesus Nice Face
Here are some of my favorites at the moment: The Airborne Toxic Event Amos Lee Black Eyed Peas Breaking Benjamin Bus to Brooklyn Erin McCarley The Flaming Lips Greg Laswell Hinder Imogen Heap Incubus Ingrid Michaelson Iron & Wine James Morrison Jason Mraz John Mayer Joshua Radin Kings of Leon Lady Gaga Landon Pigg Loudon Wainwright III Maroon 5 The Moody Blues Muse Needtobreathe Radiohead Ray LaMontagne Rolling Stones Safetysuit Secondhand Serenade Seether The Shins Stone Sour Stone Temple Pilots The Strokes System of a Down Theory of a Dead Man Three Days Grace Tool Wilco
Rap - Old School, Gangsta (NWA, Gheto Boyz), and some more recent stuff (Outkast, Game, E-40) Alt Rock/Country - Killers, Girl Talk, Jack Johnson, Jenny Lewis (LOVE HER), Postal Service, MGMT, Ryan Adams Industrial - NIN, How to Destroy Angels (new Reznor project), Nitzer Ebb, Ministry, Consolidated, VNV Nation Synth - Depeche Mode (favorite band), Iris, Mesh, Cut/Copy Metal (ish) - Metallica (old), Tool, Anthrax, DRI Punk - Sex Pistols, Guttermouth, Dead Kennedys Raggae - Bob Marley, Damien Marley, Toots and the Maytals, Local bands (mostly Roots Raggae) Musicals (yep, I said it) - Mostly Andrew Lloyd Webber stuff, IE Phantom, Evita, etc. 80's + Early 90's Alt - Pretty much all of it...The Smiths, The Cure, OMD, Erasure, Joy Division, etc. Country - Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, David Allan Coe, Johnny Cash I could go on and on, but that cover's it for now...hah...
Mostly metal/hard rock. Killswitch Engage and Tool are quite possibly the best bands around right now. But I listen to all different kinds except for hip hop/rap, some of the older stuff was good but the new crap is just horrible. I could care less how many houses, cars and gold chains these douches have and that seems to be all they sing about. Anyways, some examples: NIN, old Manson, Metallica(Black albumn and back), Tori Amos, Amon Amarth, As I Lay Dying, old country(when it was still country), System, Lady Gaga, Trance/House techno, Five Finger Death Punch, Trivium, Foo Fighters, Black Tide, H.I.M. and many many more.
