too early to nostalgia bait too late to be cool

I loved super eclectic artists growing up but hate all these new Internet artists with 100 genres mixed

There's no culture. Just vibes

yeah when it's done well it's amazing but it feels like nobody knows wtf they're doing

Konna Netlaka

he truly is cause i wouldnt kno how he managed to find this in the first place!

the great roy jones jr said you need to master the rules to break the rules and these guys haven't mastered anything is the issue

yeah for sure

theres a similar epidemic in the painting world where people just add as much s*** as they can to a painting and make it as detailed as possible.

it can work but you have to be deliberate and know composition for it to work. You cant use decorations as a distraction

Can't say i have something specific since this is prolly the first album i'm listening to in arabic howcome u listen to it all the time?

Well they mastered is the bait because it's a load of wank

drake could genre bend so well bc he's an elite rapper so he could take rap in other directions but his fundamentals are strong so it's always grounded for example

i think shes one of the most famous singers in arabic language tbf

nort still the goat

i listen to everything and i grew up with and near a lot of arabs i can recognize a few different dialects of it and recognize which country arabic food is from even if it's the same food every country makes it slightly diff

Me with Ween

they got bangin music

was meaning to do a somewhat deep dive this year but itll prob have to wait til next year

elite arabic music

in my fine art world we say theres no rules just tools.

the more mental tools you know (anatomy, gesture, compostion, value control, perspective, mediums etc) the more things you can do. doesnt mean you have to use all of it. but it just gives you more options to make a more concise piece of work thats true to your vision.

kinda like how you can build a cabin with an axe and a hammer and nails, or you can learn architecture and cat machines and make a skyscraper.

if you know how to make a skyscraper, you can still make a mean cabin

turkish music amazing as well, i've always wanted to do a deep dive on some central asian sounds but i never got around to it

thts dope u ever tried learning the language as well?

Are you sure you aren't thinking of the I Set My Friends On Fire cover?

yeah was going to say other non-arab music from the islamic countries

ive heard some qawwali music which is fire

Just thought of an example

If you said ajolote in México with the guttural sound it’d sound off

that's a very interesting way to put it. it's still the same core skillset just different applications

Probably idk the artist it was just a bit reminiscent of them

this kim petras albumm is insano never rhought id say that about her again
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