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First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

#1 Madonna
1 Kylie Minogue
2 Janet Jackson
3 Cher
4 Lady GaGa
5 Britney Spears
6 Danii Minogue
7 Cindy Lauper
8 Spice Girls

#2 Marilyn Manson
9 Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids
10 Nine Inch Nails
11 Rob Zombie
12 Rammstein
13 Deathstars
14 John 5
15 KoЯn
16 Dope

#3 Crass
17 Flux of Pink Indians
18 Conflict
19 Subhumans
20 Rudimentary Peni
21 Zounds
22 Poison Girls
23 Dirt
24 Aus-Rotten

#4 Icon of Coil
25 Combichrist
26 Rotersand
27 Panzer AG
28 Covenant
29 Assemblage 23
30 Seabound
31 Neuroticfish
32 Apoptygma Berzek

#5 Combichrist
Panzer AG
33 Icon of Coil
34 Suicide Commando
35 Grendel
36 Noisuf-X
37 Aesthetic Perfection
38 Agonize
39 :wumpscut:

#6 London After Midnight
40 Fear Cult
41 Clan of Xymox
42 All Gone Dead
43 Cinema Strange
44 Diary of Dreams
45 Rosetta Stone
46 Christian Death
47 Two Witches

#7Nightwish
48 Tarja
49 Epica
50 Within Temptation
51 Delain
52 Vision of Atlantis
53 Leaves' Eyes
54 After Forever
55 Sonata Artica

#8 Megadeth
56 MD.45
57 Anthrax
58 Testament
59 Slayer
60 Exodus
61 Kreator
62 Pantera
63 Annihilator

#9 Fun People
64 Boom Boom Kid
65 Cucsifae
66 Eterna Inocencia
67 Loquero
68 El Otro Yo
69 Shaila
70 Flema
71 2 Minutos

#10 Immortal Technique
72 Jedi Mind Tricks
73 Poison Pen
74 Akir
75 OuterSpace
76 Ill Bill
77 Sabac
78 dead prez
79 Army of the Pharaohs

#11 Propagandhi
80 I Spy
81 Dillinger Four
82 Good Riddance
83 Strike Anywhere
84 Bigwig
85 None More Black
86 A Wilhelm Scream
87 Dead to Me

#12 Social Distortion
88 Mike Ness
89 The Bones
90 Rancid
91 Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
92 Pennywise
93 Backyard Babies
94 Street Dogs
95 The Bouncing Souls

#13 Siouxsie and the Banshees
96 The Creatures
97 Siouxsie
98 Bauhaus
99 X-Mal Deutschland
100 The Glove
101 Alien Sex Fiend
Christian Death
102 Skeletal Family

#14 1200 Micrograms
103 Talamasca
104 Astrix
105 GMS
106 Hallucinogen
107 Infected Mushroom
108 Shpongle
109 Electric Universe
110 Astral Projection

#15 Depeche Mode
111 Dave Gahan
112 Martin L. Gore
113 Recoil
114 Camouflage
115 De/Vision
116 Erasure
117 And One
118 Pet Shop Boys

#17 Atmosphere
119 The Dynospectrum
120 Brother Ali
121 Slug
122 Eyedea & Abilities
123 Sage Francis
124 Murs
125 Mac Lethal
126 Aesop Rock

#16 Eminem
127 D12
128 50 Cent
129 Obie Trice
130 Stat Quo
131 Benzino
132 Proof
133 Dr. Dre
134 2Pac

#18. Mind.In.A.Box
135 Edge of Dawn
Seabound
136 Pride and Fall
Rotersand
137 Liquid Divine
138 Syrian
Neuroticfish
139 Code 64

#19. Black Sabbath
140 Ozzy Osbourne
141 Judas Priest
142 Dio
143 Heaven and Hell
144 Deep Purple
145 Motörhead
146 Iron Maiden
147 Rainbow

#20. Angelspit
148 Ayria
149 Helalyn Flowers
150 Zombie Girl
151 I:Scintilla
152 Pzychobitch
Combichrist
153 Hanzel und Gretyl
154 Psyclon Nine

That took time -.-

My score is 154/160 :D

1.How did you get into 31? Jurassic 5
I knew something about their music before that, but it wasn't until Power in Numbers came out, that I really started to listen to them. What's Golden was first track of theirs that fell in love with, and it's still one of my favorites.

2.What's the first song you ever heard by 22? Pharrell
Well, Can I Have It Like That ft. Gwen Stefani, but of course I started with N*E*R*D

3.What's your favorite lyrics by 29? The Killers
"You sit there in your heartache, waiting on some beautiful boy to
To save you from your old ways. You play forgiveness
Watch it now, here he comes
He doesnt look a thing like Jesus, but he talks like a gentleman
Like you imagined, When you were young"
From When You Were Young

4.What's your favorite album by 49? Michael Jackson
Thriller

5.How many albums by 13 do you own? Dr. Dre
Two; 2001 and The Chronic

6.What is your favorite song by 50? The All-American Rejects
Gives You Hell

7.Is there a song by 5 that makes you sad? 2Pac
There are songs like that, but the first one that comes to mind is definitely Brenda's Got A Baby

8.What is your favorite song by 15? Snoop Dogg
That's easy. Who Am I (What's My Name)?

9.What is your favorite song by 4?Nas
The World Is Yours

10.Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? Jamie Cullum
Yes! Many! For example I Get A Kick Out Of You, What A Difference A Day Made and These Are The Days

11.What is your favorite album by 40? Snow Patrol
Eyes Open

12.What's your favorite song by 10? Talib Kweli
Beautiful Struggle

13.What's a good memory you have involving 33? Dizzee Rascal
Even though Bonkers isn't my favorite Dizzee song, it brings up the memory of last summer when it came out. Me and my friends listened to it a LOT and it reminds me of them <3

14.What's your favorite song by 37? Jamiroquai
Aaah, one classic song; Virtual Insanity

15.Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? OutKast
With the energy that Hey Ya! has, it should make everyone in the world happy.

16.How many times have you seen 24 live? The White Tie Affair
I've never seen them live.

17.What's the first song you ever heard by 23? N*E*R*D
I think it was Provider

18.What's your favorite album by 1? Xzibit
Do I have to choose?? Let's say... Restless

19.Who is your favorite member of 11? The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Let's give it to lead vocals, Ronnie Winter

20.Have you ever seen 14 live? Jay-Z
Nope :(

21.What is good memory involving 45? Avain
Between ages 12-15, I barely listened to anything else than Avain. His music has plenty to do with me growing up.

22.What is your favorite song by 16? Lupe Fiasco
Kick, Push

23.What is the first song you heard by 47? Jedi Mind Tricks
Could've been Animal Rap, but I'm not sure.

24.What is your favorite album by 21? Robin Thicke
The Evolution of Robin Thicke

25.What is your favorite song by 18? Run-D.M.C.
It's Like That which also has the coolest music video ever!

26.What is the first song you heard by 38? Big Daddy Kane
Raw

27.What's your favorite lyric by 3? Kanye West
"Through the fire, to the limit, to the wall
For a chance to be with you, I'd gladly risk it all
Through the fire, through whatever come what may
For a chance at loving you, I'd take it all away
Right down through the wire, even through the fire"
From Through the Wire

28.What's your favorite song by 2? Beastie Boys
This is actually easier to pick than you'd think. Because if I had to choose my favorite song of all time, just one song, it would be: Paul Revere

29.What's the first song you heard by 32? Loost Koos
Pojast miehex

30.How many times have you seen 17 live? Coldplay
Never seen them live :(

31.Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? All Time Low
Well... Poppin' (Champagne) is a fun song!

32.What is your favorite album by 12? Panic at the Disco
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out

33.What is the worst song by 46? Ritarikunta
Don't know. Can't say. Nope.

34.What's the first song you ever heard by 34? A Tribe Called Quest
And I'm seriously supposed to remember? Uhm... I'd guess it could have been Can I Kick It?

35.What's your favorite album by 42? Eric B. & Rakim
Paid In Full

36.How many times have you seen 39 live? Common
Never seen him live.

37.What is your favorite album by 36? Gnarls Barkley
St. Elsewhere

38.What was the first song you heard by 28? Ronnie Day
Ever and After

39.What is your favorite album by 7? Secondhand Serenade
A Twist In My Story

40.How did you get into 8? T.I.
I heard U Don't Know Me on MTV and after that it was clear I loved T.I.

41.What's the first song you heard by 9? 3OH!3
Don't Trust Me

42.What's your favorite lyric by 20? Proof
The whole lyrics of Kurt Cobain and here's just a part of it:
"But now on I'm all alone
Just Proof, no shine, no friends, just fans
No wonder my hands, tight where the Internet ends
I take back most of the flack
The stress smokes, press me close to the crack
Like my pops, the ghost of my past"

43.What's your favorite album by 25? Cobra Starship
Hot Mess

44.How many albums by 26 do you own? Family Force 5
One, Dance Or Die

45.What's your favorite song by 27? Gym Class Heroes
Papercuts

46.How did you get into 30? Wu-Tang Clan
I stole their cd from my sister. Sorry, sys :)

47.What's your song by 35? Asa
Varkaan laulu

48.What's your favorite album by 41? Egotrippi
Vielä koittaa uusi aika

49.How many albums by 48 do you own? Naughty by Nature
Two; Naughty By Nature and 19 Naughty III

50.How did you get into 43? The Fray
Last.fm recommended it to me :)

So I decided to reset my charts... again (after about 23,000 scrobbles). Here are my top artists and albums from early January up until late November. It seems I can't go more than 25k scrobbles without resetting... I would probably have over 100,000 scrobbles if I never reset my charts (combined with my scrobbles from my old account).


1. Steve Roach- 504
2. Boards of Canada- 490
3. Agalloch- 377
4. maudlin of the Well- 343
5. Autechre- 324

6. Mayhem- 273
7. Bethlehem- 269
8. The Prodigy- 259
9. Organized Konfusion- 256
9. Tiesto- 256
9. Aphex Twin- 256
12. Stars of the Lid- 233
13. OutKast- 227
14. Enslaved- 202
15. Slowdive- 198
16. Global Communication- 183
17. Stendeck- 181
18. Gorguts- 179
18. Drudkh- 179
20. Sun Kil Moon- 177

21. Bjork- 174
22. Burzum- 168
23. Hypocrisy- 167
24. Emperor- 166
25. Biosphere- 163
26. J-Live- 160
27. Cannibal Ox- 157
28. Harold Budd- 156
29. Warning- 155
30. Have a Nice Life- 152
31. Bathory- 147
31. Isis- 147
33. Robert Rich- 145
34. Deepspace- 143
35. Tool- 142
36. Low-140
37. The Cure- 136
38. Darkthrone- 134
39. Venerean- 127
40. Katatonia- 124
40. Air Liquide- 124
42. Cryptopsy- 122
43. The Future Sound of London- 120
43. The Smashing Pumpkins- 120
45. dälek- 119
46. Wolves in the Throne Room- 117
47. Death- 115
47. Squarepusher- 115
49. diSEMBOWELMENT- 114
50. Red House Painters- 112

51. Thomas Köner-107
52. Jesu- 106
52. Atheist- 106
54. Nine Inch Nails- 105
55. Above & Beyond- 104
56. Ulrich Schnauss- 101
57. Devin Townsend- 100
58. Tenhi- 97
58. CunninLynguists- 97
60. Edge of Sanity- 96
61. Eluvium- 94
61. Jóhann Jóhannsson- 94
61. Tiamat- 94
61. Amorphis- 94
61. Lykathea Aflame- 94
61. The Orb- 94
67. Walknut- 93
68. Opeth- 92
68. DJ Shadow- 92
68. Pestilence- 92
68. Negură Bunget- 92
72. Jeru the Damaja- 91
72. Nas- 91
72. Shining- 91
72. Aesop Rock- 91
76. In the Woods...- 90
77. Harold Budd/Brian Eno- 88
78. Smif-N-Wessun- 86
79. Natural Snow Buildings- 81
80. Arcticology- 80
80. Proem- 80
82. Deep Puddle Dynamics- 79
83. Jedi Mind Tricks- 76
83. Ulver- 76
85. Neurosis- 75
86. Dereleech- 74
86. Lifelover- 74
86. Boris- 74
89. Morbid Angel- 73
90. In Flames- 71
90. Radiohead- 71
92. Antonio Vivaldi- 70
93. M83- 69
93. Carbon Based Lifeforms- 69
95. The Flaming Lips- 68
95. Depeche Mode- 68
95. Satyricon- 68
98. Weakling- 66
98. Wu-Tang Clan- 66
100. The Marcia Blaine School for Girls- 65
101. Genelec & Memphis Reigns- 64
102. Fen- 63
102. Blut aus Nord- 63
104. Dolorian 62
104. Elliot Smith- 62
104. Nadja- 62

Albums
1. Boards of Canada- Geogaddi- 283
2. The Prodigy- Music for the Jilted Generation- 251
3. Bethlehem- Sardonischer Untergang Im Zeichen Irrelioser- 249
4. Agalloch- The Mantle- 246
5. Steve Roach- Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces- 243
6. Organized Konfusion- Stress: The Extinction Agenda- 240
7. maudlin of the Well- Leaving Your Body Map- 227
8. Slowdive- Souvlaki- 192
9. Global Communication- 76:14- 166
10. Stendeck- Faces- 162

11. Stars of the Lid- The Tired Sounds of...- 159
12. Sun Kil Moon- April- 157
12. Cannibal Ox- The Cold Vein- 157
14. Warning- Watching From a Distance- 149
15. Bjork- Vespertine- 139
16. Mayhem- De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas- 136
17. OutKast- ATLiens- 120
18. Gorguts- The Erosion of Sanity- 118
19. diSEMBOWELMENT- Transcendence Into the Peripheral- 111
19. Mayhem- Wolf's Lair Abyss- 111
19. Autechre- Amber- 111
22. The Future Sound of London- Lifeforms Disk 1- 109
23. Steve Roach- Dreamtime Return- 107
24. Biosphere- Substrata- 103
25. Harold Budd- The White Arcades- 101

26. Red House Painters- Red House Painters [Rollercoaster]- 100
27. J-Live- The Best Part- 97
27. Tool- Lateralus- 97
29. Air Liquide- The Increased Difficulty of Concentration- 96
30. Ulrich Schnauss- Far Away Trains Passing By- 95
30. Low- I Could Live in Hope- 95
32. Lykathea Aflame- Elvenefris- 94
32. Eluvium- Copia- 94
34. Walknut- Graveforests And Their Shadows- 93
34. dälek- Absence- 93
36. Tiamat- Wildhoney- 92
36. DJ Shadow- Endtroducing...- 92
38. Hypocrisy- The Final Chapter- 91
38. Boards of Canada- Music Has the Right to Children- 91
40. Emperor- Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk- 89
40. Jeru the Damaja- The Sun Rises in the East- 89
42. Enslaved- Below the Lights- 88
42. Nas- Illmatic- 88
44. Tiesto- Magik, Vol. 7: Live in Los Angeles- 87
45. Bathory- Under the Sign of the Black Mark- 84
46. maudlin of the Well- Bath- 83
47. Negură Bunget- Om- 82
48. In the Woods...- HEart of the Ages- 81
49. Deep Puddle Dynamics- The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel- 79
49. Aphex Twin- Drukqs Disk 1- 79

51. Atheist- Unquestionable Presence- 77
51. Deepspace- World Ocean Atlas- 77
51. Smif-N-Wessun- Dah Shinin'- 77
54. Jedi Mind Tricks- Violent By Design- 76
55. Tenhi- Kauan- 75
56. Johann Johannsson- Fordlandia- 74
57. Have a Nice Life- Deathconsciousness- 73
57. Agalloch- Ashes Against the Grain- 73
59. CunninLynguists- Strange Journey Volume One- 70
60. Death- Human- 68
60. Natural Snow Buildings- The Dance of the Moon and the Sun- 68
62. Pestilence- Testimony of the Ancients- 67
63. Wu-Tang Clan- Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)- 66
63. Weakling- Dead as Dreams- 66
65. Amorphis- Tales From the Thousand Lakes- 65
65. Thomas Koner- Nuuk- 65
65. M83- Saturdays=Youth- 65
65. Drudkh- Autumn Aurora- 64
69. Genelec & Memphis Reigns – Scorpion Circles- 64
69. Devin Townsend- Ocean Machine- 64
71. Fen- The Malediction Fields- 63
71. The Orb- The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld Disk 1- 63
73. Have a Nice Life- Voids- 62
74. Burzum- Filosofem- 61
75. Drudkh- Forgotten Legends- 60
75. Arcticology- Eternal Now- 60
75. J-Live- All Of The Above- 60
79. Cryptopsy- Blasphemy Made Flesh- 59
79. The Marcia Blaine School for Girls – Halfway Into The Woods- 59
81. Sodom- Persecution Mania- 58
82. GZA/Genius- Liquid Swords- 57
82. The Higher Intelligence Agency & Biosphere- Polar Sequences- 57
82. Isis- Wavering Radiant- 57
82. Lifelover- Konkurs- 57
86. Stars of the Lid- Avec Laudenum- 56
87. Proem- Socially Inept- 55
87. Burzum- Det Som Engang Var- 55
87. OutKast- Aquemini- 55
87. Edge of Sanity- Purgatory Afterglow- 55
87. Elliot Smith- Either/Or- 55
93. Isis- Oceanic- 54
93. Jesu- Jesu- 54
95. The Cure- Pornography- 53
95. ColdWorld- Melancholie- 53
95. Terrorizer- World Downfall- 53
98. Enslaved- Blodhemn- 52
98. Massive Attack- Mezzanine- 52
98. Aphex Twin- 52
101. October Tide- Rain Without End- 51
101. Carbon Based Lifeforms- Hydroponic Garden- 51
103. Depeche Mode- Black Celebration- 51
103. Wolves in the Throne Room- 51
103. Robert Rich- Calling Down the Sky- 51
103. Darkthrone- A Blaze in the Northern Sky- 51

1.UK
1 Joy Division
2 Muse
7 The Cure
8 Placebo
15 Red Snapper
23 Gorillaz
26 The Chameleons
30 New Order
34 Arctic Monkeys
38 Lostprophets
39 Artery
40 Cocteau Twins
42 Public Image Ltd.
47 Gang of Four
48 The Smiths
2.US
5 The Residents
10 The Damage Manual
12 Tool
13 Blue Sky Black Death
16 Cypress Hill
17 Chrome
19 "Weird Al" Yankovic
20 Big D and the Kids Table
24 Jedi Mind Tricks
25 Hüsker Dü
43 Panic at the Disco
3.Japan
3 Melt-Banana
11 Hibari vs Mukuro
33 蜉蝣
36 Dir en grey
37 川井憲次
46 Kamagata Eiichi
49 Rokudo Mukuro
4.South Korea
6 SHINee
9 비
22 Super Junior
27 BIG BANG
35 Epik High
5.Germany
18 Nevada Tan
28 Fehlfarben
29 Kraftwerk
31 Wir sind Helden
32 Museum
6.Belgium
4 The Names
7.Ireland
14 Aphex Twin
8.France
21 Twinkle
44 Yelle
9.Italy
45 noise room


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41 Ò_Ó
50 Rorikiller

10. Mobb Deep - The Infamous




9. dead prez - Let's Get Free




8. Jurassic 5 - Power in Numbers




7. Eminem - Marshall Mathers Lp




6. The Game - The Documentary




5. Nas - God's Son





4. Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth





3. Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent by Design




2. Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer




1. 50 Cent - Power of the Dollar

I've had many crushes in my young life; I've even been in love a few times; however, I've reached a point where I've lost that tingle in my trousers.

When I was in high school I had a lot of false alarms. I was quick to say "I love you", but did so without even really knowing what true love was. I flung that love out to whatever was hot and on the radio willing to put out.

I graduated to college, where I found my first TRUE love: Underground Hip-Hop. A bit of Blue Scholars, a dabble of Sweatshop Union, some Jedi Mind Tricks. I started doing things like making mixed CDs for them--that's when you know you're caught up.

This was a long-standing relationship, one that I still haven't put behind me. We continued to age and grow together. I added Atmosphere, MF DOOM, Common, Living Legends, and so on and so forth. At some point, I needed something new.

Like any good Bro Namath in college, I let Jack Johnson dote on me. How else could me and my fellow Bro-do Baggins's get down, while playing Halo and trying to get girls naked? Like all relationships rooted in sex, this one saw its fair share of problems... It became more of a niche- a hit it and quit it, if you will- good for rainy days, studying, and impressing girls. I needed more inspiration.

Enter: The Black Keys. This was the party girl, dancing on a table top, grabbing everyone's attention with her boisterous personality. How could you not like her? Yeah, she's loud; maybe slightly obnoxious to some; but, she pulled me in like no other. It was something different than I'd ever felt before. She opened my eyes to entirely new genres.

Lately, The Black Keys- along with other garage, blues, honey-drip vocals, alt rock groups- have been constantly on my mind. White Stripes, Heartless Bastards, Raconteurs. Somewhere, though, in a small crevice in the curls of my brain, is a thought. A thought that it's possible I could stray; I could find something on the side that will give me butterflies in my stomach like when I was a kid; something that will give me that wet-my-pants joy.

I need help though. That is why I've made this want ad. I need an artist or group that I can fall in love with. I'm not looking for one or two tracks; I'm not even looking for one or two albums; I'm looking for a band with an ENTIRE CATALOG that is worth cop[ping/ulating]. I want something lip-biting, cum-in-my-pants good.

Look, I'll always love you, baby, but it's time to find something new to reinvigorate my life.

Can you be that group? [Please, let me know!!!]

I know, I know... these journals are all over the place here. But I decided to jump on the bandwagon to look back at 20,000 scrobbles since my list reset. Why not?

omega_switch22b's top albums (overall)
1. Bethlehem - Sardonischer Untergang Im Zeichen Irrelioser (243) 2. Agalloch - The Mantle (239) 3. The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Genertion (232) 4. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi (230) 5. Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda (221) 6. maudlin of the Well - Leaving Your Body Map (198) 7. Slowdive - Souvlaki (192) 8. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein (150) 9. Steve Roach - Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces (149) 10. Warning - Watching From A Distance (146) 11. Sun Kil Moon - April (143) 12. Björk - Vespertine (139) 13. Global Communication - 76 14 (127) 14. Gorguts - The Erosion of Sanity (115) 15. Stendeck - Faces (113) 16. OutKast - ATLiens (112) 17. The Future Sound of London - Lifeforms Disc 1 (109) 18. Red House Painters - Red House Painters (100) 19. Autechre - Amber (98) 20. Ulrich Schnauss - Far Away Trains Passing By (95) 21. diSEMBOWELMENT - Transcendence Into the Peripheral / Dusk (91) 22. Steve Roach - Dreamtime Return (90) 23. Low - I Could Live in Hope (90) 24. Mayhem - Wolf's Lair Abyss (89) 25. Nas - Illmatic (88) 26. Dj Tiesto - Magik, Vol. 7: Live in Los Angeles (87) 27. J-Live - The Best Part (87) 28. Walknut - Graveforests And Their Shadows (87) 29. Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris (86) 30. Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (84) 31. Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East (83) 32. Tool - Lateralus (82) 33. In the Woods... - HEart of the Ages (81) 34. maudlin of the Well - Bath (80) 35. Deep Puddle Dynamics - The Taste of Rain...Why Kneel (79) 36. Negură Bunget - Om (79) 37. Aphex Twin - Drukqs Disc 1 (79) 38. Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk [Bonus Tracks] (77) 39. Smif-N-Wessun - Dah Shinin' (Parental Advisory) (77) 40. DJ Shadow - Entroducing... (76) 41. Eluvium - Copia (75) 42. Johann Johannsson - Fordlandia (74) 43. Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark (74) 44. Hypocrisy - Final Chapter (71) 45. Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness (71) 46. Enslaved - Below the Lights (71) 47. Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design (Parental Advisory) (68) 48. Pestilence - Testimony of the Ancients (67) 49. Harold Budd - The White Arcades (66) 50. Amorphis - Tales From the Thousand Lakes (65)

Underground é uma expressão usada para designar um ambiente cultural que foge dos padrões comerciais, dos modismos e que está fora da mídia. Muito conhecido como Movimento Underground ou Cena Underground.



No universo do Hip Hop, essa palavra tem muito peso e importância. Se tudo virar moda, se tudo for feito com o único e simples intuito de ganhar dinheiro - Não é que isso seja errado, vale ressaltar - a fonte vai secar e vamos entrar em uma era de colapso criativo. Com letras muito parecidas, estilos idênticos, sonorizados da mesma forma...

Pensando bem, estamos quase entrando nessa era de colapso. E não temos heróis nessa história. Temos Mc's, B.boys, Grafiteiros e DJ's tentando fazer a diferença. Muitas vezes pagando um preço caro por isso. O anonimato e a falta de reconhecimento são comuns para os que dedicam seu talento e tempo para algo que provavelmente não será um sucesso de vendas.

Isso é o underground: menos preocupação com vendas e maior cuidado com o conteúdo da obra.

Nesse processo, muito material de qualidade e autenticidade inquestionável acaba sendo perdido pela falta de espaço, e muitas vezes pela ignorância e intolerância de quem deveria fornecer informação e não privá-la por motivos pessoais.

Artistas como Aesop RockAtmosphere,Immortal Technique, MF DOOM, Madvillain,]Jedi Mind Tricks, CunninLynguists, Quasimoto, Raekwon,Non Phixion, Dilated Peoples, K-Otix e os nacionais Quinto Andar, Contra Fluxo,Kamau,Slim Rimografia, pentágono, Black Alien, OtroPlano, Hadda & DJ A,Ataque Beliz, Rapadura, Flora Matos,Inumanos, A Filial,Parteum, EMICIDA, Marechal e muitos outros nunca serão exibidos em programas convencionais.

E quem deveria ouvir, não para copiar, mas para ter uma referência musical, não ouve e fica com menos opções para inspirar o processo criativo. O ciclo vicioso da mesmice vai dar mais uma volta e fazer mais uma vítima da falta de informação.

Hoje temos uma ferramenta útil, importante, fácil de se usar, com acesso livre: a world wide web. O que seria do underground hoje sem a internet? Seria mais underground ainda, com poucos gatos pingados deslumbrando verdadeiras obras de arte.

Muito prazer, me chamo Hadda Mc, 30 anos de vida, 20 anos de Hip-Hop sendo 12 deles dedicados exclusivamente ao Rap. Underground é nossa área, bem- vindos!

Fique de olho na coluna para não perder as "faixas bombas" escondidas em álbuns desconhecidos pela maioria. Mas quem vai dizer se presta ou não é você.