>lol...He may be "Hip Hop" but I'm not hearing that prominently
>in his musical output. It's kind of like how you have some of
>these indie rock bands who utilize certain Hip Hop production
>techniques (like big heavy sampled drum sounds for example)
>but that doesn't mean they are making Hip Hop music.

Why hip-hop sucks in 2010? © DJ Shadow
The notion that "hip-hop" is anything more than technique.
^^^ bait^^^

>I think
>the audience for his style of music is limited.

LOL!!! His audience is broader than a lot of 'hip-hop' cats.

>I don't think
>he will be embraced on a larger scale (not necessarily meaning
>mainstream popularity) until he can produce music that can fit
>into the current Hip Hop context while still being undeniably
>progressive.

He doesn't need to prove himself to hip-hop.

>His shit doesn't "bang" nor is it particularly
>"soulful".

I'd suggest you listen more. He makes shit that bangs. He also makes shit that is soulful (without soul samples). Sometimes in the same song. Not always. Like true hip-hop he has no limits. Remember when DJ's were spinning punk shit. What that wasn't hip-hop? Punk don't bang nor is it soulful. A lot of Bomb Squad lacks 'soulfulness' and what?

>Hip Hop music tends to lean in either one of those
>directions.

Myopic hip-hop does. But that's boring and lifeless.

^^^ more bait ^^^

>Thus, he has to show he can be consistent doing
>one of those two styles of Hip Hop music, with his own
>progressive spin on it, before he will begin to be
>embraced...if being embraced within Hip Hop is even a goal of
>his.

Again, he don't need hip-hop. But compare the original Drake "Forever" to the Nosaj Thing remix and you'll see that perhaps hip-hop could use him.


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