The Hendrix, Pink Floyd of our generation?

Jizz · Post by **Jizz** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 8:11 pm

I know there can only be one Experience, only one Dark Side of the Moon etc etc

But there must be someone...

I keep thinking Danny Brown's a sort of a modern-day Hendrix. As for Floyd... Radiohead comes to mind but they're more or less done now, so I really don't know. I would have liked to have said Kanye if his lyrics weren't so egotistic

I hope to see some funny suggestions

Harkat · Post by **Harkat** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 8:17 pm

"Funny" answers:

Tracks
Yung Lean
Burgaboy

4 real doe:

Kanye, wether you like him or not he has that position
Kendrick Lamar, especially if he dies soon (not that I hope that lol)
Aphex Twin maybe.

But I'm taking your question to be exclusively about people with the Pink Floyd level of fame, where they're considered a musical great by lots of people. Those guys aren't my favorites or anything.

I guess the true answer is we won't know who's the Pink Floyds etc of our generation until a couple of decades have passed.

EDIT: In terms of UK urban music, Wiley, possibly actually Mala, Photek, Burial

m8son666 · Post by **m8son666** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 8:17 pm

"kanye"

fml

BonerJams04 · Post by **BonerJams04** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 8:19 pm

ya probs kanye.

Genevieve · Post by **Genevieve** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 8:22 pm

There aren't any. Maybe until Napster you could think of some, but the internet has changed the game. People don't listen to music like they used to. The divide between mainstream and underground is so radically different now and the culture around music is so not what it used to be.

OGLemon · Post by **OGLemon** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 8:36 pm

Kanye reminds me of someone who just read Nietzsche and wants to become the embodiment of the Übermensch.

Muncey · Post by **Muncey** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 8:58 pm

Impossible to compare imo, I dunno what you'd be comparing them on.

You could argue Aphex/Burial just as much as Kanye. You could make a good argument for hundreds of artists. It'd be hard in this generation to have a mix of originality, musical genius, longevity AND popularity because popular music tends to be mostly horseshit.

Nirvana come to mind if by Hendrix you mean died too young.

skimpi · Post by **skimpi** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:11 pm

Disclosure

m8son666 · Post by **m8son666** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:12 pm

incnic

NilsFG · Post by **NilsFG** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:48 pm

DJ wanka has changed the whole musical game for me to be honest.

kidshuffle · Post by **kidshuffle** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:50 pm

Skrillex (if he dies at 27)

kaili · Post by **kaili** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:10 pm

kanye

kidshuffle · Post by **kidshuffle** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:13 pm

Kanye may be an asshole, but future generations are going to look at him as alot more forward thinking than "we" gave him credit for.

Harkat · Post by **Harkat** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:24 pm

Pitchfork gave him a 10.

There's no shortage of people thinking his music, both for himself and the music he "directs" for guys like Pusha, is forward-thinking.

You can't deny the dude is a musical leader, not a follower, a chief keef remix here and there aside.

Harkat · Post by **Harkat** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:27 pm

Again, this doesn't mean Kanye is the greatest of our generation. But he's an original and forward-thinking figure, who has a gigantic audience and a gigantic influence on music as a whole. And it's been that way for a while now.

That IMO qualifies him. Whether you think his music is up to par with Pink Floyd's isn't relevant.

BonerJams04 · Post by **BonerJams04** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:27 pm

anyone who blindly hates on kanye is just dumb. maybe you dont like his music personally, but hes done a ton for music as a whole

m8son666 · Post by **m8son666** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:31 pm

yh but hitler was original and forward thinking

BonerJams04 · Post by **BonerJams04** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:34 pm

Ya kanye=hitler you get it m8

Harkat · Post by **Harkat** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:34 pm

Also Kanye seems like he's on the brink of a meltdown at all times, which defo puts him in that sort of rock star category

m8son666 · Post by **m8son666** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:36 pm

Reverb wrote:Ya kanye=hitler

exactly

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