The taboo topic!!

[T-Dash]

Ok, now this is a question that people passionate about rap tend to dislike answering...for whatever reason. What I wanna know is, who else do you like that isn't from the urban music scene? Should be interesting to see who's feeling what...don't be ashamed (unless its N Sync)!

Personally, a few of the people outside of rap that I like include...

- Muse: They can really play good music. The singer has an awesome voice and they generally make good music. I quite like Muse because its rock but with an actual purpose...not just screaming.

- Fatboy Slim: Gotta respect this hit maker. He's pretty much a production genius when it comes to making tunes you wanna dance to. I have a great deal of respect for him.

- Frank Sinatra: Yep, he's a classic. He brought out a lot of good music during his career and there was just a lot of charm about him and his music that I really liked.

Well, should be interesting if people respond to this..

 

[vitaminman]

Hey,

Journey : The first tape I ever bought back in '83, it's what got me interested in music and synthesizers.

Metallica : Their first three albums were so frigging awesome...fast, tough and full of beans.

Joy Division/New Order : These guys were doing amazing things with synths and production back in the 70's, then brought it into the 80's by marrying traditional instruments with electronic ones.

Vangelis : Listen to the soundrack to 'Blade Runner', it will do all the speaking for me.

The Prodigy : 'Music for the Jilted Generation' is still a favorite, great production using synths and samplers, the whole thing was done by a single person, yet it sounds like a bunch of people.

The Smiths : Amazing band. Musically and technically no one could touch the musicianship of each member, great lyrics, great production. The singer's a twat, though....

The Church : Another amazing band from Australia. Great melodic guitar.

Iron Maiden : Their album covers alone were worth the money spent on the record...fun, progressive metal, duelling guitar leads, great riffs, amazing bassist, cool lyrics about the supernatural, historic personalities, and WWII. And a mascot.

Shit, I don't even listen to rap music that much, come to think of it...

Nick

 

[DJ Excellence]

Phil Collins/Genesis : excellent drummer and decent singer...

Frank Zappa : incredible composing skills

Vangelis : I like his synth sounds

Led Zeppelin : tight guitars/drums

Serge Gainsbourg : versatile composer

Rabih Abou-Khalil : nice fusion of western and arab music

Jerry Goldsmith : excellent film music composer

and all kinds of Classical music (old and contemporary),

of course I could name tons of Funk,Soul and Jazz artists but that would be too easy ...

 

[Cold Truth]

well lets see.... i like this topic.

i have to confess that i like that "doo wop" sound of the earls and drifters, and i think van morrison is one of the nicest cats from the 60's...creedance clearwater revival could show marvin gaye a thing or two about soul..... any of you ever heard a song by them called "just a thought"? very simple but well played music.... U2 is one of the best bands ever, then you have oasis and the cranberries....i do listen to older soul, etta james, harold melvin, etc., .... plus i listen to a lot of christian worship music... anyhow thats my list.

hey phil- there arent many cats with more skills then phil collins! we're talking Prince territory here... this guy plays EVERYTHING!

 

[Shonsteez]

It's been a while since i even played anything else but rap - but tha last stuff i was listening to was titles like...

Jimi Hendrix
Curtis Mayfield
The Clash
Steel Pulse
Three Dog Night
Alice In Chains
Rick James
Muddy Waters
and ...The Murder City Devils

 

[dacalion]

I can get into alot of ish, I just can't get into heavy metal or country. Anyway, here are some of my favorites in different catogories...

KORN-bad @$$ white boyz.
ENYA- Celtic music is the ish when you want to chill and get focused.
PARLIAMENT- Funk opened alot of doors.
MAXWELL- The guy got skillz.
L. VANDROS- Responsible for the baby-boom.

--dac

 

[SpLitPerSonaliT]

some of my favorite non hip hop:
michael jackson
bob marley
green day
alanis morrisette
sublime
john coltrane
Tom petty

 

[Crate Raider]

im a soul fiend.....
curtis mayfield
isaac hayes
herold melvin & the bluenotes
david ruffin
eddie kendricks
donald byrd
les mccann
delphonics
blah blah blah.....basically all of the 70s soul with heavy instrumentation, before everything went gay when synth and reverb junkie studio engineers took over. also, am i the only one that sees similarities between pharell's singing and curtis mayfield's??

 

[Cold Truth]

i dont think there is a "similarity".... he sounds like he's delibrately trying to sound like curtis.... i liked the music that he sang to better then his actual songs.

 

[Ash Holmz]

issac hayes is fucin king in my opinion,but actually he is urban music so i guess that dont count..anyway

jimi
nirvana
prodigy
weezer
fat boy slim
mozart
beethoven
bach
shakira - i dont know if its her or her ass
credence clearwater revival - str8 ill

uh thats all i think of at the moment but yo this thread is bout urban music so soul and R&B dont count right?

 

[Copenhagen]

Apart from listening to old soul, funk etc, too many names to mention...newer stuff I like is, Massive Attack, Portishead, Cam, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Tosca...

 

[inrctyhoodmusic]

Godsmack
linkin park
korn
staind
3 doors down
Fish Bone
Hall and Oates
Guns n Roses
Jimmy Hendrix
Ahmad Jamal
John Coltrain
Miles Davis
Grover Washington jr
Herbie Handcock
Temptaions
Count Basie
Ashford and Simpson
and many more

 

[metrosoul]

Im realy fealing Cold Play, they have like a U2 quality about them. But my favorite non urban artist of all time are Nirvana. I think they are the best rock group ever, most people would disagree.

 

[MaximeRobin]

aphex twin (exp. electronic music)
autechre(exp. electronic music)
clouddead (I guess it's still hiphop it's still kind of hiphop... very spacy hiphop)
the whites stripes, the hives (lofi rock)
the ramones (it's the ramones you know, 3 chords songs...)
tori amos
bjork
chris de luca/funkstorung (glitch-hop)
bob marley
four tet (electronic music)
nelly furtado (interesting for pop music)
tortoise (exp. rock, more like sonic youth than radiohead tho...)

this seems to be the non-hiphop disc lying around.

 

[T-Dash]

Oh yeah the White Stripes do some dope stuff....the bass line on 'Seven Nation Army' is heavy! I'd like to add that I also like a lot of jazz and soul music eg. Ottis Reading, Issac Hayes, Barry White, Dionne Warrick, Earth Wind and Fire, etc. But I didn't include them at the start of the post cause I still consider soul and jazz to be urban music...you might not agree but thats how I feel.

 

[Cold Truth]

hey theres also Bush... their first major album (to my knowledge), "sixteen stone", was one of the 5 best rock albums of the 90's...... (in my opinion) sarah mclaughlin (DONT laugh!!!!!) is nice too... there are so many artists outside of hip hop!!

 

[Equality 7-2521]

Yo FatBoy Slim is dope.


BUT DOESNT ANYONE LIKE RAGE AGAISNT THE MACHINE.....? Shiiit