NHL Mega-Mock Draft Reboot - Discussion / Draft Thread - SUPPLEMENTAL SUPERGROUP 2 SUPERDRAFT!

[pit]

I had thought about some of these choices last round, but it didn't mesh. When we started discussing a second group, I knew I wanted to go this direction but I wasn't sure if it was valid. But then I recalled the sage words of a young RANCH when he said in one of his songs:
REDACTED first said a deejay could be a band
Stand on its own feet, get you out your seat

So using that wisdom, we're looking at a different kind of band and for my first pick, I look to the start of the very next line in that song:
Beat is for Eric B...

And while we aren't choosing Eric B, we are choosing his longtime partner, the God MC, Rakim.

There is always the "top MCs of all time" discussion and they're of course terribly subjective. If someone doesn't put Rakim somewhere in their top ten though, I find it had to give the list much weight. He introduced internal rhyming and multi-syllabic rhyming into hip-hop. In the Golden Age he pushed lyricism, metaphor and flow to the forefront. To people now hearing him for the first time it doesn't sound original, but that's because what he was doing then changed the game so much that what he does just became part of the fabric of the genre.

Original recipe:


Modern remix, still sounding awesome:


Classed up with live instrumentation:


@Chuck Downie , it's cool when you freak to the beat, but don't sweat the technique.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I had thought about some of these choices last round, but it didn't mesh. When we started discussing a second group, I knew I wanted to go this direction but I wasn't sure if it was valid. But then I recalled the sage words of a young RANCH when he said in one of his songs:
REDACTED first said a deejay could be a band
Stand on its own feet, get you out your seat

So using that wisdom, we're looking at a different kind of band and for my first pick, I look to the start of the very next line in that song:
Beat is for Eric B...

And while we aren't choosing Eric B, we are choosing his longtime partner, the God MC, Rakim.

There is always the "top MCs of all time" discussion and they're of course terribly subjective. If someone doesn't put Rakim somewhere in their top ten though, I find it had to give the list much weight. He introduced internal rhyming and multi-syllabic rhyming into hip-hop. In the Golden Age he pushed lyricism, metaphor and flow to the forefront. To people now hearing him for the first time it doesn't sound original, but that's because what he was doing then changed the game so much that what he does just became part of the fabric of the genre.

Original recipe:


Modern remix, still sounding awesome:


Classed up with live instrumentation:


@Chuck Downie , it's cool when you freak to the beat, but don't sweat the technique.

Old school hip hop pisses all over absolutely everything else. Great pick.

 

[Rebels57]

Old school hip hop pisses all over absolutely everything else. Great pick.

I seriously considered going that way with this Supergroup and will definitely be doing that if we do a 3rd.

 

[Lord Defect]

I seriously considered going that way with this Supergroup and will definitely be doing that if we do a 3rd.

Same. Had the band already picked and then noticed Freddie was available and started over

 

[BiggE]

My band has been chosen, at least in my wasted head that is. If we do a 3rd one, I’m gonna go with a blues band.

For our next spite group though, I’m thinking some kind of emo/death metal/polka combo

 

[ajgoal]

My band has been chosen, at least in my wasted head that is. If we do a 3rd one, I’m gonna go with a blues band.

For our next spite group though, I’m thinking some kind of emo/death metal/polka combo

I honestly don't think I hate enough music to put together another spite group. I mostly just ignore stuff.

 

[BiggE]

I honestly don't think I hate enough music to put together another spite group. I mostly just ignore stuff.

I love music, but it’s not that hard to find individual musicians who are massive assholes

 

[Magua]

I really can't decide on what genre of music I want this band to be so until then, i'm going with another Producer/Multi-Instrumentalist/Vocalist with BECK.

With him on board, I can still go in a variety of different directions. From alternative to indie electronic to pop. We shall see.

Odelay! is probably his most famous ablum, but my two favorite Beck albums are Guero and Modern Guilt. For me, that is where he peaked as an artist.

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Sea Change is one of my favorite albums. Considered him. But I’m a little all or nothing for a lot of his stuff. But it’s one of those CDs my dad randomly bought for himself, when I was like 9 years old, and it just ended up a staple for me down the line.

 

[Chuck Downie]

First pick for Supergroup 2

Al Jourgensen

Al Jourgensen - Wikipedia

 

[Chuck Downie]

Second pick for Supergroup 2

Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie - Wikipedia

@pit

 

[Lord Defect]

Second pick for Supergroup 2

Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie - Wikipedia

@pit

 

[mja]

I'm loving all of these picks and all of the different directions people are headed in.

I really can't decide on what genre of music I want this band to be so until then, i'm going with another Producer/Multi-Instrumentalist/Vocalist with BECK.

With him on board, I can still go in a variety of different directions. From alternative to indie electronic to pop. We shall see.

Odelay! is probably his most famous ablum, but my two favorite Beck albums are Guero and Modern Guilt. For me, that is where he peaked as an artist.

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It was at a Beck show where I pissed off Kim Gordon. He was nice enough though.

Sea Change is one of my favorite albums. Considered him. But I’m a little all or nothing for a lot of his stuff. But it’s one of those CDs my dad randomly bought for himself, when I was like 9 years old, and it just ended up a staple for me down the line.

Wait, 9?

 

[pit]

We pair Rakim's effortless smooth flow with an MC who is a blaring siren that epitomizes boom bap. A founding member of Boogie Down Productions and later solo artist, his combination of consciousness, activism and lyricism put him on another level when he hit the scene and he continues to bring the fire thirty years later.

Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone, KRS One is our second pick.

@GKJ , that's the sound of the beast.

The start:


Solo:


Still bringing it:


@GKJ , it's da sound of your pick.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

We pair Rakim's effortless smooth flow with an MC who is a blaring siren that epitomizes boom bap. A founding member of Boogie Down Productions and later solo artist, his combination of consciousness, activism and lyricism put him on another level when he hit the scene and he continues to bring the fire thirty years later.

Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone, KRS One is our second pick.

@GKJ , that's the sound of the beast.

The start:


Solo:


Still bringing it:


@GKJ , it's da sound of your pick.

The GOAT, hands down. Translates live too. Just an incomprehensible talent. Sadly, he knows it.

 

[GKJ]

We pair Rakim's effortless smooth flow with an MC who is a blaring siren that epitomizes boom bap. A founding member of Boogie Down Productions and later solo artist, his combination of consciousness, activism and lyricism put him on another level when he hit the scene and he continues to bring the fire thirty years later.

Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone, KRS One is our second pick.

@GKJ , that's the sound of the beast.

The start:


Solo:


Still bringing it:


@GKJ , it's da sound of your pick.

WOOP WOOP

 

[GKJ]

My pick is Frances Quinlan of Hop Along, of which I feel like I have something else from that band on my roster. But they are too good of a vocalist. I’ve put together such a dream duo of vocalists.



@Rebels57

 

[Chuck Downie]

My band name will be

Spittin' Barf


Inspired by a shitty podcast

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

The name of my Supergroup 2 is The Daring Surrenders. Rather than make up a name again, I went into the co-greatest thing ever written in the English language (tied with "Hamlet"), T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land."

"Datta: what have we given?
My friend, blood shaking my heart
The awful daring of a moment’s surrender"

 

[BiggE]

At the rate this is moving, I might not live long enough to finish my band.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

At the rate this is moving, I might not live long enough to finish my band.

We just have to make sure @Rebels57 gets some picks in before tomorrow, because he is hopeless on Saturdays.

 

[Asnito]

At the rate this is moving, I might not live long enough to finish my band.

You do any Rush songs at your gigs?

My personal fav.

 

[Asnito]

We just have to make sure @Rebels57 gets some picks in before tomorrow, because he is hopeless on Saturdays.

Just Saturdays

 

[BiggE]

You do any Rush songs at your gigs?

My personal fav.

That is my fave from Moving Pictures. Kind of hard to do Rush as a solo performer and I don't sing nearly as high as Geddy Lee, LOL. But, when I play restaurants and add in some instrumental stuff, I'll usually throw in the opening acoustic part of "The Trees".

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

That is my fave from Moving Pictures. Kind of hard to do Rush as a solo performer and I don't sing nearly as high as Geddy Lee, LOL. But, when I play restaurants and add in some instrumental stuff, I'll usually throw in the opening acoustic part of "The Trees".

You should do "Discovery" from 2112.

 

[BiggE]

You should do "Discovery" from 2112.

Ha, I'd have to sit down and figure it out first, but hell, why not?