>Stop knocking my song!!! I'm >living for that one. >It's all about repetition. >Hasn't he heard any Afro-beat? > Any house? Any >James Brown? (20 minutes >of "Hot Pants" comes to >mind, or how about 20 >minutes of "Make It Funky"?). > Hell....any GOSPEL, blues, even >jazz. WTF?
i was waiting for this
Yes... i've heard afro-beat, house, j.b.
listen to fela and you'll hear so much more rhythmically intensive goings on that it doesn't matter that everything's being repeated for 15-20 minutes.. same goes for james. with "The Root", it's just "boom... b-chak.. b-boom.. b-chak..." and that irresistible guitar line. it's very straightforward. listen to "expensive shit" and you'll hear Tony Allen tappin the hell out of that snare, keys being hit with different intensities... the dynamics in the song are enough to keep it interesting.
and yes... i agree with you that the vocals are great, "The Root" is possibly one of the best examples of this. there's about 500 d'angelo's mumbling at me all at the same time (jokes!!!)
--me-- "ENOUGH with the RHODES!! STOP IT!!!! use it a little bit... not like 'WAHHOOO listen to this DAWWWW DAWW DAWWW'" -- jef lee