If you Nina Simone on one side...I don't fault them for put Theopaultius on the other. I'm sure they wanna expand the fanbase, and it's not like it's Machine Gun Kelly on a cover.
10. "i wouldn't say jumped the shark, i quit buying them a while back" In response to Reply # 0 Thu Sep-08-11 06:44 PM by mr_graff
Maybe they are trying to freshen up something that IMO was getting somewhat stale. *
* EDIT: I'm not saying they were bad, but I noticed the number of articles I was really interested in had been declining. I used to look forward to the whole thing and it got down to 1 or 2 per issue.
13. "Reserving Judgement" In response to Reply # 0
until I have the issue in hands and I've had a chance to read the article. They usually don't disappoint do I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
--------- "We in here talking about later career Prince records & your fool ass is cruising around in a time machine trying to collect props for a couple of sociopathic degenerates" - s.blak
"Slaves got options...cowards aint got shit." --PS "Once upon a time, little need existed for making the distinction between a nigga and a blackat least not in this country, the place where niggas were invented" -- Donnell A
24. "That's a great look" In response to Reply # 23
are you writing FT again? ________ Big PEMFin H & z's █▆▇▅▇█▇▆▄▁▃ "I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician." Miles Davis
"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."
------------------------- The other dude after me didnt help my case. It was just likecrazy nigga factory going on. Dre makes no apologies for his own eccentricities. I was young, and searching, trying to find myself, he says. Never did.-- Andre B
25. "RE: Wax Poetics jumps shark?" In response to Reply # 0
I enjoyed the Roger Troutman and the ohio players issue. since Prince isnt being interviewed on the latest issue, I wont be buying it. unless I hear it from Prince himself, its all from someone else's perspective which is second hand knowledge.
30. "RE: did they interview roger?" In response to Reply # 26
No, they interviewed Lester Troutman. Roger was killed by his older brother larry back in 1999. I would have had another chance to see Roger live if that wouldnt have happened. I hate that I missed his show when they came to fort valley state university freshmen year back in 1998.
34. "RE: so it was secondhand information that you got about Roger... n/m" In response to Reply # 33 Fri Feb-24-12 02:53 PM by Strangeways
NOOOOOOOO.....ITS COMING FROM LESTER TROUTMAN....the people that were family and closest to ROGER and He knew him the most....thats why He is spokesman for Zapp now.
38. "writing was on the wall" In response to Reply # 0
they are becoming Fader. ________ Big PEMFin H & z's █▆▇▅▇█▇▆▄▁▃ "I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician." Miles Davis
"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."
i wonder how the guy doing the 'one good article' startup is doing. still think that'd be great for music as well. ________ Big PEMFin H & z's █▆▇▅▇█▇▆▄▁▃ "I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician." Miles Davis
"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."
These days as the "mainstream" conglomerates into a gigantic amorphous mass, there's actually more value than ever in servicing a specialized niche that can't be authentically duplicated by Time-Warner, Disney or NewsCorp.
Now... whether the money is there is another issue, and depends on your expectations and your operating costs.
well, some of the completely independent specialty electronic music sites (news, reviews, interviews) i used to go to occasionally i started noticing were covering mainstream (rap, r&b/pop) music... there was no parent corporation forcing their hand, they just felt they needed to cover these more popular and "normal" musics... so my relationship with these sites completely changed (read: all but ceased to exist)
45. "ehh, i understand why you'd say this" In response to Reply # 38
but i always felt from jump they should've balanced the historical/archival stuff, with the comtemporary artist. i'm actually excited to see them cover Nas, Danny brown, Shabbazz and re-trace No Limit/Master P (even though i hated P's image/music when i was a teen)
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