KeyserCorleone
03-05-22, 01:23 AM
Finally actually "getting into" EDM. I have two of my new favorite albums to thank for getting me into that:
Ranked 3 on my favorite albums by this band...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmHDhAohJlQ
Fat of the Land
Ranked 2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM3Pc9hDLJI
Invaders Must Die
Ranked 1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VooqAQO9lGM
Music for the Jilted Generation
Now for my ramble on The Prodigy.
What amazes me is that for a while, each Profigy album was different. Experience was very clearly an attempt at creating a bunch of festival bangers, all sharing the same tempo if I remember correctly. Much of it was a balance between fanciness and party spirit.
Jilted took it to a new level with a darkness that not only rocked, but occasionally felt face-melting. Fat of the Land was The Prodigy's answer to the commercialism that outsiders of the rave scene were willing to pay for. 1996 had a very different idea of how electronic should be handled. The straightforward hip hop said it all.
They got more commercial from there, and because they commanded the standard of breakbeat since the early 90's, having to meet the standard was a necessity. But how can you? That's like asking Snoop Dogg to replicate his debut. That, combined with the ever-changing style of the Prodigy with each album, lead to a critical backlash I strongly oppose.
True, Always Outnumbered was worse than the last two albums. But after hearing a lot of break music, The Prodigy was still carrying their punk-infused take-on-the-world spirit. It just needed to know how yo modernizr. That's where Invaders Muat Die came in. That album took strengths from the previous albums: the party spirit of Experience, the face-melting edge of Jilted, the modernization of Fat of the Land and the punk-rocker vibes of Always, and molded all those ingrediants into a consistent album where each song had its own identity, a feat not seen since Jilted.
Most people say the drop in quality started after Fat of the Land, but I say it came after Invaders Must Die. The Day Is My Enemy is just a generic album through and through, and No Tourists relied too much on a modern sound.
Anyway, that's my fanboy rant and analysis of The Prodigy. For any other EDM fans, be it techno, house, trance, etc., get posting and party.
Ranked 3 on my favorite albums by this band...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmHDhAohJlQ
Fat of the Land
Ranked 2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM3Pc9hDLJI
Invaders Must Die
Ranked 1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VooqAQO9lGM
Music for the Jilted Generation
Now for my ramble on The Prodigy.
What amazes me is that for a while, each Profigy album was different. Experience was very clearly an attempt at creating a bunch of festival bangers, all sharing the same tempo if I remember correctly. Much of it was a balance between fanciness and party spirit.
Jilted took it to a new level with a darkness that not only rocked, but occasionally felt face-melting. Fat of the Land was The Prodigy's answer to the commercialism that outsiders of the rave scene were willing to pay for. 1996 had a very different idea of how electronic should be handled. The straightforward hip hop said it all.
They got more commercial from there, and because they commanded the standard of breakbeat since the early 90's, having to meet the standard was a necessity. But how can you? That's like asking Snoop Dogg to replicate his debut. That, combined with the ever-changing style of the Prodigy with each album, lead to a critical backlash I strongly oppose.
True, Always Outnumbered was worse than the last two albums. But after hearing a lot of break music, The Prodigy was still carrying their punk-infused take-on-the-world spirit. It just needed to know how yo modernizr. That's where Invaders Muat Die came in. That album took strengths from the previous albums: the party spirit of Experience, the face-melting edge of Jilted, the modernization of Fat of the Land and the punk-rocker vibes of Always, and molded all those ingrediants into a consistent album where each song had its own identity, a feat not seen since Jilted.
Most people say the drop in quality started after Fat of the Land, but I say it came after Invaders Must Die. The Day Is My Enemy is just a generic album through and through, and No Tourists relied too much on a modern sound.
Anyway, that's my fanboy rant and analysis of The Prodigy. For any other EDM fans, be it techno, house, trance, etc., get posting and party.