4. "As soon as I bought it," In response to Reply # 0
I opened the case and read the liner notes. And then I lost it. And as of now, I'm not financially stable enough to afford to buy it again. I will eventually. You bet I will.
this is just as rare as the double live cd. i think only 30,000 copies each. and then poof!
NO! LIST Tom Petty M J Zeppelin Springsteen Neil Young Eagles Ray Charles Madonna Chuck Berry South Park TV Songs Justin Timberlake "Food Glorious Food" "Twilight Zone" theme "A Boy Named Sue" "Night Moves" "The Situation" "Superbowl Shuffle"
i never thought a major would even consider releasing a record they press 30.000 copies of . whats the point for them ? they need that type of change money ?
35. "they did it against my wishes" In response to Reply # 28
i told them mofos would come to this before they came to the albums. this is why i HAD to put my ass into it (the liner notes, the rare shit) before they did it (woulda sold you the same shit twice)---
i think as a middle finger device...well not label guy...he is the one who looked out and made this happen (me taking control)---but this album cost $0 to make. maybe $10,000 for the mastering and perhaps the commercials for BET and MTV (all 3 of em)--so 40 sales means they in the black.
and they need ANY type of victory to make this seem like "they did their job".
the goal aint "what's good for me"
the goal is "what is good for my job".
and greatest hits are a SUREFIRE money maker.
NO! LIST Tom Petty M J Zeppelin Springsteen Neil Young Eagles Ray Charles Madonna Chuck Berry South Park TV Songs Justin Timberlake "Food Glorious Food" "Twilight Zone" theme "A Boy Named Sue" "Night Moves" "The Situation" "Superbowl Shuffle"
37. "How about an actual Box Set..." In response to Reply # 35
Complete with photos, music sheets, notes, session footage, commerative gold coin (j/k). Did you think about packaging HG another way other than two separate discs with an inspired blue notes album cover?
41. "he's promised this" In response to Reply # 37
upon his retirement or whatever. he also says the roots will only do 10 albums, a la the beatles, but i hope to god every day that ain't true. cuz i believe game theory is number 7 or 8 (im not sure how the live albums or home grown figure in).
42. "HG doesn't count..." In response to Reply # 41
as an official album i believe in their catalog. The track numbering doesn't continue from TTP. GT will start with number 100-something (i don't know off the top of my head).
5. "RE: 'Homegrown' liner notes appreciation post" In response to Reply # 0
Homegrown was my introduction to The Roots. I was wavering back and forth for a while between checkin' 'em out. When I saw the Homegrown series I jumped on it and never regretted it. The linear notes really add that something special that is more than the "who produced the track".
8. "RE: 'Homegrown' liner notes appreciation post" In response to Reply # 6
>Yep, massive thanks to quest for taking the time to do them. >Gives you such a good insight to the song and makes you >appreciated it further. > >Thanks and hope we see some with game theory.
7. "Read while listening..." In response to Reply # 0
Read each respecitive liner note while listening to that respective record on HG. It paints a perfect picture of what and how things went down. Hell, even on myspace i put as my favorite books: "HG Liner Notes, Vol.1 & 2"
9. "RE: 'Homegrown' liner notes appreciation post" In response to Reply # 0
This is pretty much the only Roots CD that I don't own. I've purchased all of their CD's including the Legendary EP. If I have this whole collection already, is it worth it to buy this 2CD set? Any bonus tracks or reworked versions? Anything special to it?
13. "Mos definitely.." In response to Reply # 9 Sat Jul-29-06 06:14 PM by BrklynzFinestPR
Theres a lot of unreleased/reworked/remixed/alternate versions of stuff on Homegrown, esp on Vol2. 2 good reasons to buy Homegrown.. Quicksand Millenium & The Giles Peterson Worldwide Sessions.
<---------------------------------------- "Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spittin the epitomy of stupidity!" - Talib Kweli http://www.takotron.com/news/2006/mets_cap.jpg
10. "One Of My Favourite Things..." In response to Reply # 0
about The Roots is ?uest's extensive liner notes. The other thing that's a lot smaller but I still enjoy is that they actually number each track individually, and each album or EP continues where the last left off. Are there any other artists that do this?
11. "RE: One Of My Favourite Things..." In response to Reply # 10
If there is then they are biters!
>about The Roots is ?uest's extensive liner notes. The other >thing that's a lot smaller but I still enjoy is that they >actually number each track individually, and each album or EP >continues where the last left off. Are there any other >artists that do this?
12. "blackstar was doing that before the roots." In response to Reply # 11
i guess illadelph had a little of that, but blackstar was pre-tfa.
there comes a time in every mans life when he's gotta handle shit up on his own Can't depend on friends to help you in a squeeze, please they got problems of their own---slim kid3
20. "I think he was talking about the liner notes." In response to Reply # 14
n/m
<---------------------------------------- "Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spittin the epitomy of stupidity!" - Talib Kweli http://www.takotron.com/news/2006/mets_cap.jpg
I had just picked them up at the library here in Ohio (my copies are in storage in Delaware). But check it, they only had the edited copies at the library. So I said to hell with that, checked 'em out anyway, and just read the liner notes. Crazy that was not even a week ago. Peace
"Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which has been given for you to understand." Saul Williams
45. "Hold on, there's one with Kweli?" In response to Reply # 34
"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."
yeha I took homegrown liner notes on my breaks with me at work, which was a workout in itself with regard to 'How dilated ur eyes get while reading these flea size fonts!?!??' but u know, worth putting up for. May I add that at the expense of others (?uest n so on..) I definitely enjoyed the Break u off dramas that I read. I take that shiz on board now when I listen to that track (the only track I never warmed to on the album) **a mighty fine album at that!
49. "this was sitting right on top of my computer. it is getting played now." In response to Reply # 0
such a tight compilation. being a former dj smooth transitions pull me in. i love how this comp flows. i want to sit here and read the liner notes again but i don't think that would be cool at work. ha!
-T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "rick ross got old african woman swag" (c)nayaa
i bought the albums separately on different days and both days sat in kfc reading the notes getting all greasy and laughing out loud like a crazy person.
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