From Brock Suter Sent Fri, Mar 20th 1998, 09:24
From Brock Suter Sent Fri, Mar 20th 1998, 09:24
pete moench wrote: > is it just me, or does anyone else hate roni size? i've only had the > patience to listen to brown paper bag, but that was plenty. as far as > i'm concerned that song is beyond sucking. i wouldn't hate it so much > if it wasn't generally thought of as "really good" (especially by the > stupid mainstream titanic lovers, spin, rolling stone, any other pop > music magazine, and people who sit and worship wu-tang all day)but > face it kids, it's a big stinky pile of crappy jungle. feel free to > try to explain how BPB is worth the 4 minutes it takes to sit through > it. Funny, I had the same attitude not to long after all the reprezents stuff came out. The first mistake I made was buying the 3xLP on the hopes that the one track I had heard and loved would be on it. It wasn't, and at that point I realized that the the LP was pretty dry. I've since the picked up all the singles, collecting some decent remixes like Grooveriders jeep mix of 'share the fall', the takamaura remix of BPB or Optical's mix of 'Watching Windows'. I made the mistake of dissing Roni Size to a friend (who's also a uk engineer/producer) and he said, 'what about V? What about Dope Dragon' and named off a few dozen tracks I've dropped and loved over the years. The conversation that followed made me realize that it wasn't so much Roni Size or the music so much as the hype being generated over the Reprezents project. I also decided that this is a pretty silly thing to get upset about. So it's not the most challenging music. So it's getting blown out of proportion. Big deal...It's not enough to hate someone over. Roni Size is still a pioneer and has done some great shit. peaceout, brockout. np: John B - 'Visions'