10. "Even with the post the CD revolution 40 min of material" In response to In response to 8
usually fell into the album category imho as far as marketing and feel. You could take a 'glass is half full' view an say that EP's and LP's still exist, it's just everyone is creating double albums, lol.
I may disagree with the premise of the post, but I agree with the sentiment; less is more. Like I said in the pfork Schoolboy Q post the era of super long albums has just lead to sloppy ass editing.
I feel the mixtape era is helping a bit hip-hop wise since there is a legit outlet for lesser album cuts or strong ideas that won't necessarily fill a big big album. But yeah, any album longer then 14 cuts (excluding skits/other bullshit) is in the danger zone.
>truth of the matter is LP's used to be shorter as someone >above was trying to point out. But once the CD came out it >exteded the length of the LP from around 40 minutes to over an >hour. As such IMO the EP length has also been extended from >25 minutes to 40 minutes, in which case Illmatic is an EP. >________ >Big PEMFin H & z's >█▆▇▅▇█▇▆▄▁▃ >http://concretesoundsystem.com >Mo'Nium - http://monium.tumblr.com/ > >"When the music stops he falls back into this abyss."