like they were pushing the limits on what you believed was possible that they honestly frightened you?

there's quite a few battle rappers out nowadays that make me feel like this.

madlib made me feel this way.

there's all sorts of old musicians who are dead or in their 60's-80's...
but they don't count for "new".

anybody out there have a clip you want to share of chops in such abundance it makes other people reconsider trying?
(and please don't post that kid who pushes buttons quickly on an mpc - i don't care about that bullshit anymore)

shame it didn't turn out the same way on Wax.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Hy6kp5kIs


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so much conviction. he put everything he had into that, but still managed to make it look easy.

that are just on such a higher level than anything that could of been considered dope 10-15 years ago...

there's a kid named jc, check his stuff out.
he's one of the most talented imo.

lux's theatrics were the selling point, the rhymes weren't all that.
that last verse was sort of wack imo (naming black heroes to diss his father for being affiliated but then talking gunplay in his other verses)

listen to how many witty lines there is between the 2 of these dudes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWlqxqODLk8

Calicoe is a good one 'cause i probably woulda cracked. i would have either started crying or started whooping his ass. maybe both. that shit was BRUTAL.

Since 1976

Robert Glasper, imo, is a jazz GIANT. he's absolutely amazing on the piano.

Chris Dave does shit on drums that i never contemplated being possible. if i was still playing, i'd hang my drumsticks up.

in bethesda at a mansion were the "room" was made of wood.
just him and the piano. he was amazing.


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"It is better to be silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"

Janelle Monae...played live in bristol...incredible

dances, sings, showmanship etc

>dances, sings, showmanship etc

no, i seen her.
but so talented it's scary?
i get that the way she performs is unusually for a woman, but then again so is her image.
she is for lack of a better word kind of lesbian imo.
i saw her do the prince tribute a few years ago at the bet awards and it was just awkward.
she shuffled and flailed around doing a jackie wilson/little richard and god knows what else...
it didn't do much at all for me except make me wince.
but one man's trash is another man's treasure.

i just never thought she would instil fear in other people as a talent...

>she shuffled and flailed around doing a jackie wilson/little
>richard and god knows what else...

when i saw her ppl were giving her props for being james brown like
that level of energy is lacking in RnB (or whatever she does) so you have to credit her

because it just makes me feel embarrassed for her.

and i've seen male soul singers do it better 40 years ago.
i dunno...

>she is for lack of a better word kind of lesbian imo.

you're right that she is very atypical as a female artist in this age

very asexual

Master Blazter really, really fucked me up when they came to Nashville last year. For just three people to rock like that was something to behold. Those who saw them know what I mean. RIP J-1

like maybe i didn't explain this effectively...

somebody doing something so amazing that it scares you.
something that NOT everyone could do.
somebody possessing and displaying a musical proficiency so high above the norm it's extraordinary.

thought Odd Future was about to Doggystyle the game and push the genre further
didn't quite work out that way though

or something.

they had a provocative, un-nerving, un-filtered image like Wu-Tang and NWA. Yonkers sounded like the creation of a genius mad since birth.

but yeah, odd future didn't follow up on Yonkers with an album that matched the hype.

woulda been, coulda been

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e95/schide66/CornetteFace_4208.jpg

I know its been a minute but it had me stuck for the longgggggeeeeeesssssttttttt time ... she was in a fluking zone, caught up completely in the music ... blew me away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQm5gNo-5Vo
(Jill starts at the 03:00 mark)

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Prince - While my guitar gently weeps (HOF performance)
http://splicd.com/6SFNW5F8K9Y/205/376

No words needed. It's Prince. It was just how easy it looked for him to do what he was doing that was insane.

Challenger-

they were just so fucking epic

yo yo ma

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