42. "RE: i thought it was really funny on first listen" In response to In response to 40
>Unfortunately, it'll lose something pretty quick, just like >"You Know It Ain't" on the Rise album. > >This might be the only real flaw for me with SAULT (and I >realize this isn't an issue for others). The instrumentals >underneath their spoken bits and interludes are often jamming; Cookie was 20 years ago, this isn't a trend lol. The Nic music interlude with Vox thing was more oa a Miseducation thing, and this seems what Sault is trying to do more than meshell's Cookie imo. I mean I dont hate it, and even still like You Know It Aint but just like the other spoken words that are more..wait..like Cookie (now I get it, i.e. the Angela Davis voices, property rights speech etc) I guess they are mixing the silly with the edutaining.
>the spoken pieces are good on first listen but just don't hold >up over time. I'd rather either have the instrumental OR work >the spoken material in a way that is more integral to the >piece itself. > >(This isn't just SAULT for me, it's a lot of acts using found >sound/spoken interludes on their records these days... when >Meshell did it on Cookie, it felt super fresh. Now it just >feels obligatory and I won't shed any tears when it passes as >a trend. I've often wondered where this started, beyond coming >out of a combo of hip hop skits and sampling, and I frequently >reach back to Cookie. It's not that it can't be done well and >hold up to repeat listens; Solange's "Seat..." is a good >recent example of one that I don't tend to skip anything. But >in most cases... I don't know.) > >-thebigfunk > >~ i could still snort you under the table ~