What Are You Listening To? (warning: Nsfw Language)

Not at all. I only post the hip hop I listen to ... because it seems like everyone else in here only listens to hip-hop

I like to think I have a pretty diverse taste in music. Going through my iTunes, here are some of my favorite non-hip hop artists.

Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, At the Drive-In, The Beatles, Beirut, The Black Keys, Blink-182, Bob Marley, Bon Iver, Bright Eyes, Chet Faker, Death Cab For Cutie, Deftones, The Dismemberment Plan, Eddie Vedder, The Fall of Troy, Feist, Fiona Apple, Fleet Foxes, Florence and the Machine, Foo Fighters, Frank Sinatra, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Gorillaz, Grizzly Bear, In Flames, Incubus, Interpol, James Blake, Jamie xx, Joanna Newsom, Justin Timberlake, Lana Del Rey, Led Zeppelin, Linkin Park, Mac DeMarco, The Mars Volta, Mastodon, Matisyahu, Michael Jackson, Modest Mouse, Mumford & Sons, Muse, Mutual Benefit, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Of Montreal, Paramore, Passion Pit, Pearl Jam, A Perfect Circle, Phoenix, The Police, Portishead, The Postal Service, Queens of the Stoneage, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Regina Spektor, Rush, Senses Fail, Smashing Pumpkins, St Vincent, The Strokes, Sublime, Sufjan Stevens, System of a Down, Tame Impala, Tegan and Sara, Thrice, Tool, TV on the Radio, Vampire Weekend, Wavves, Weezer, The xx, 311

 

What does DJ Khaled even do? From what I know, he's a "producer" but he doesn't even make his beats. He pretty much just gets the hottest rappers and producers together?

 

Eh, I've taken a liking to Pandora.... It plays all the music i like. I was against Pandora for the longest time, but it's grown on me, big time.

 

Channel Orange was a classic.

I was so confused by the album rollout that when I listened to "Endless", I wasn't sure if it was the actual album or just a visual album to accompany the real thing (what it turned out to be). I liked it, but was disappointed because I was wondering if that would be only release from Frank this year. I liked the music on it, but felt a lot of the better songs were too short.

So I was glad to find out that "Endless" was just a bonus. Seems like it was probably just "B-sides" or throwaways from the actual album

Gonna check out "Blonde" later tonight. Trying not to get too hyped.

 

Blonde was great. It's going to continue to grow on me, but I already know it's gonna be one of my favorite albums of the year. Much more cohesive than Endless. Musically he's shown so much growth since Channel Orange. The lyrics are deeper and more mature, his songs are more experimental. I can't say it's better than cO, but it's a damn good addition to Frank's discography.

EDIT: Just watched/listened to Endless again before I listen to Blonde a second time. Endless is so much more enjoyable now that I know it's just a bonus and not the full album that I had been waiting 4 years for.