Was a click away from posting that very same Big L track t'other day, what an emcee!
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Interesting.Originally Posted by Derby Tup
One cannot really compare music of the 40s and the 50's but to listen to Roy Brown (he wrote it) and then Elvis singing the same song is a revelation. Similarly I consider Reconsider Baby to be the finest track Elvis made for RCA and if you listen to Lowell Fulson's original (he wrote it) you realise that Elvis could transform an OK song into something sublime.
The roots of modern music are indeed interesting and also intertwined, especially when you expand beyond 'rock 'n' roll' into other genres e.g the late Curtis Mayfield's influence on reggae music
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The GOAT imo, with Biggie in a close second.
Think I'd have GZA for liquid swords alone, but some of Rakim's best - Sheesh!
"I once saw him change a string without stopping a song. I still think that just for that alone there should be a monument to him." - Johnny Marr.
Or when someone asked Jimi Hendrix what it was like to be the greatest guitarist in the world he replied: "I don't know. Ask Rory Gallagher."
Sky Arts HD 10pm tonight.
Graham, do you read Mojo magazine, or look at their website? Interesting article in last or latest edition about the Rolling Stones. Rory Gallagher got a mention
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