FuNkeNsteiN said:

That actually would mean something if you actually were born during that time (you're, what, 20 years old?) . At least VA lived through the times that music was made, which gives him a different perspective on how to evaluate that period.

NOTE: Technically, Keith Sweat's album is copyrighted for 1987 and the first single "I Want Her" was released in the end of 1987 (late November), but I consider the "Make It Last Forever" period as 1988. All his singles were released and/or peaked in 1988 and that was when the album gained its prominence.

That's actually why I have a lot of respect for Funkenstein. I lived through that era so it's only natural that I'm going to love a lot of the stuff because it was the soundtrack to my youth. However, living through the era, your tastes are also formed from the people you were around and what was going on in your life at the time.

Funkenstein, on the other hand, wasn't even born when a lot of the music he loves was released. He didn't live though the era so he doesn't have the influence of outside friends or personal experiences molding his tastes. His love for the funk is 100% pure and influence free. I have my own perspective but I enjoy and appreciate his perspective also. Considering his age, he is going against everything that his age group listens to. He has a mind of his own and wasn't scared to explore what his friends were afraid to. Now, if we could only get some of these other 20 year olds to listening to funk, we might could start back ass shakin' again and get things back on the right track.
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MuthaFunka said:

I hate rap

FuNkeNsteiN said:

So when the rap segment of the show comes on, they send you to the green room

That's actually why I have a lot of respect for Funkenstein. I lived through that era so it's only natural that I'm going to love a lot of the stuff because it was the soundtrack to my youth. However, living through the era, your tastes are also formed from the people you were around and what was going on in your life at the time.

Funkenstein, on the other hand, wasn't even born when a lot of the music he loves was released. He didn't live though the era so he doesn't have the influence of outside friends or personal experiences molding his tastes. His love for the funk is 100% pure and influence free. I have my own perspective but I enjoy and appreciate his perspective also. Considering his age, he is going against everything that his age group listens to.

1987, A crappy year for us Bowie fans.

First there was....



Followed by the even worse....

vainandy said:

On the other hand, his perspective also could be based on "It's cool because it's different from what other people expect me to hear." It's hard for him to make an argument because he doesn't exactly know what he would have listened to in the 1970s, largely because soul music was mostly segregated from non-black American demographics. It can come off as being a music snob with no context about which he is talking.
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"Never Gonna Give You Up" (I know it's kinda cheesy but I like it anyway).
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My favorite song became a hit that year:

MuthaFunka said:

I hate rap

1987 was the year for the debut of this Hip-Hop/Rap duo:

FuNkeNsteiN said:

You don't hate rap. You hate C.R.A.P. (Contemporary Rap And Pop)!

TonyVanDam said:

Well, I don't really like earlier rap/hip hop either.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Not even Afrika Bambaataa?!?

TonyVanDam said:

Actually, I haven't listened to any of his work