Who has this category on lock?

Was thinking about this because of a brief, low-content thing about Tyler on Grantland today. I'm not exactly an OF detractor but suffice to say, I don't have much use for 'em. But I think that "Sandwitches" performance on Fallon that really set things on fire for them is so far above anything else Tyler has done that it's almost depressing. Every single time I stumble across that clip I get a charge from it; it makes me think, "Oh shit, maybe Odd Future is really good and I've been completely ignoring it." Then I go listen to a few more tracks and nnnnnnoooooope. Still doesn't work for me at all. Maybe they should do a live album with The Roots.

There's gotta be plenty of artists, too, that had one great single and then a bunch of junk otherwise.

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nobody really bought the whole album/cd to accurately judge,

however,

The Godfathers were the craze when their song "Birth, School, Work, Death" was tearing up MTV in the late 80's.

I bought the whole LP and gave it away after a few listens. Suffice it to say, the rest of the lp did nothing for me.

I know they went on for a couple of albums after that but obviously no song of theirs got the shine of "Birth, School, Work, Death"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO5dcW0P75M

never really cared to listen though.

but on at least 2 follow up CD's, they came up with some more hits.

First album was balls to the wall.
Second album was similar but with that one song...

He was featured on a couple of Spike Lee soundtracks, and had some buzz after remaking "People Make The World Go Round". Based on those songs I thought he might be the second coming of Donny Hathaway, but much to my disappointment his album was pretty much cookie cutter R&B trash.

http://www.last.fm/user/jtown78

that's the first time i heard her material.
i thought she was on the next level.

and she was.



but only for that one song.

Her career since then has been kind of a fun train wreck. Not any actual good music, though it's so bizarre at times that I enjoy listening to it and making fun of it.

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her inflections/wordplay were top-notch on that song

John Legend - Once Again
The Foreign Exchange - Leave it all Behind
Carl Thomas - Emotional
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Rae - OB4CL
Zion-I - True & Livin
Foxy Brown - Ill Na Na


Songs are a lot harder

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he always lures you in with a fun, happy single.
then he delivers a bleak, depressing ass album.

which is not to say that he doesn't have a lot of quality stuff.


but the single never matches the tone of the album.
ever.

And he's made it pretty clear that a part of his artistry is his ability to stay on the charts while subvervisely offering up the most chart-unfriendly content imaginable. Just one of the things that makes him a living legend.

This song is a million times better than anything else I've ever heard from him

They basically stole the 'WU....TANG' chant and changed it to 'WOLF....GANG'. I'd be interested in a better explanation of what makes that appearance impressive in the first place.

Bizzareness of the performance that had me hype

R.I.P. Loud But Wrong Guy
Dec 29th 2009 - Dec 17th 2017