Since I've basically been listening to "Float On" all day (with the exception of the couple hours I spared for Dan's Arcade Fire/Wolf Parade bootleg, and Jordan's Flying Saucer Attack album [why vocals!? why!?]), I didn't have time to do very much real thinking on "moody hip-hop." Although I originally planned to pick out something like Notorious BIG's "Suicide," here's a track I like a lil more.
MF Grimm - "Tick, Tick" [f. MF Doom]. Reluctant, pissed off, belligerent, with fine rhymes and brilliant, brilliant, fast-and-slow tempo shifts. It's jazzy and dark, with both a high-concept mentalist form and a rough, from-the-gut delivery. When it come to currency, love is nonexistent / Foes magnified, Friends become so distanced. (from MF Doom's Operation Doomsday.)
Posted by Sean at January 30, 2004 7:07 PMthis is nice.
I don't get the modestmouse at all and considering how everyone's raving about it, I listened to it about fifteen times.
Doesn't do anything for me at all.
Interesting how different ears are.
the thing is... it doesn't have to make sense.
and i think that's why i find modest mouse so apealling.
had the pleasure of finally seeing mm play live. missed out on them by a couple of days when i passed through seattle a few years back. and let's face it, they'll never tour australia. so yeah, saw them play their jangly, drummy, yelling set in london and it was grand!
Why the hell is the MF Doom track based around a Beatles sample?
Posted by Eppy at February 3, 2004 4:28 PMI love modest mouse. They rock!
Posted by ashley at December 17, 2005 5:56 PM
and it will begin playing. All songs are also available to download: just right-click the link and choose 'Save as...'
