53. "I'm in that same boat, and my username is a testament to that" In response to In response to 41
>>So in the end I always have a hard time taking these >>recommendations seriously. Is it really THE MUSIC that >y'all >>like? > >On second thought, this comment made think about how a lot of >the underground/indie/so-called "neo soul" I liked as a teen >circa 2000-2002, was really average or not that good despite >what I thought at the time. > >"A Poem About Ms. Doss" comes to mind. > >I do think people tend to think "not mainstream" or widely >ignored music is inherently better than what garners >commercial success.
but my elitist scenester phase started in the late 90's. I was listening to a lot of underground rappity rap, with some power to the people poetry & neo soul mixed in. A lot of the stuff I was listening to then, does nothing for me now.