Do People actually listen to full albums

as a zoomtard I can't imagine listening to full albums as my main source of music, do old folks actually do this?

Yes. Lots of people still do this.

If the entire album is good I will listen to the whole thing. Sometimes one or two tracks are more impactful than an entire good album, though.

I don't engage with music if I don't listen to the full experience crafted by the artist.
t.zoomer

Yes. It's for context.

holy this

I'm a zoomer too and I've listened to thousands of full albums since I was a teenager. Fuck off pleb retard

How do you remember artists if you don't listen to at least 10 tracks by them?

by name. and i can listen to half of their discography without ever listening to a full album

Thats fine if it's a dozen or so, but I like to listen many genres and form a deep connection to artists. People that don't do this are the types to wait for a band they "like" to play that one song and then leave, or they make 3 playlists with the same 3 algorithm favorites taking up most of it and call it a day.

wow i am impressed. you have out zoomered me good sir! here is your gold

i only care about the "album experience" w albums that are like 30-40 minutes with songs that were all recorded under similar circumstances (not like some albums where songs were recorded years apart). anyone forcing themselves through a double lp on first listen is a moron unless its an album from an artist they actually care about or if it's clube da esquina

I can't imagine listening to full albums as my main source of music

Why?

the full experience crafted by the artist

We're not talking Der Ring des Nibelungen here, "next track" is your fren

because most albums I listen to feel like a collection of songs with no common theme holding them together rather then 1 theme/idea explored through multiple songs

and id rather listen to my random collections of songs through a playlist

im 21 and only listne to full albums
kys gringo tranny

relax with the swear words, zoomie. it's past your bedtime

because most albums I listen to

maybe try listening to better albums then lmao

ok what do you suggest?

Depends what it is, some albums deserve a complete listen, many don't.

I'm guessing you only listen to albums from soundcloud rappers?

no mostly 90/early 20s rap but ig thats the same thing as souncloud rap to this board. I like hieroglyphics a lot and can listen to their first two albums throughout but no other artists tickle my fancy that way to listen to a whole album

Yes. That is how I get thr full experience of an artists vision or their sound. Sometimes bands or artists get a little experimental with their sound and the album has one or two songs that switch it up and either go slow or are a bit subversive since they aren't the main style of music but something else.

I either put on an album, or shuffle playlist of albums I own. It's weird if people don't listen to full albums.

mostly 90/early 20s rap

well there's your problem, you're listening to music that's more focused on singles rather than cohesive albums

hieroglyphics

based, used to like them a lot. listen to the dudes from boot camp clik if you haven't

anyone forcing themselves through a double lp on first listen is a moron

Or maybe your attention span isn't shot to shit that you can process a whole 2 hour album in one go? If the music is well written and well executed, the 2 hour album wont feel like 2 hours. If the ideas are fresh and aren't stale, it won't feel or be like "the 3 good songs and the rest you have to trudge through" but a comprehensive experience. How are you going to listen to an album with all its context and cohesion if by not giving it a chance, even if it is 2 hours long?

What about albums like Deltron 3030?

I like hireo too but mostly Del's solo albums, Third eye vision & 93 til infinity. and I guess 3030.
what 20s rap have you been into? I'm gonna take this opportunity to shill Little Dominique's Nosebleed & Don't Feed The Monster which both came out in 2020. I can't Imagine NOT listening to these in full

Little Dominique's Nosebleed

Fucking based, that intro track sounds like a radio playing funk in another dimension

Captcha

G00D2

concept albums are a rarity in hip hop from what i remember, they're more of an exception to the rule. they were a good bit in the 00s; i phantom, prince among thieves, and long hot summer were all pretty good. lot of them were kinda blah like picrel

First of all you should be more open to other genres, specially funk and jazz since Hieroglyphics, Del and Deltron 3030 have heavy influences from them. Also check out Souls of Mischief, group previous to Hieroglyphics.
Second of all, it's just a matter of attention. You won't absorb an album in one sitting, you gotta listen to it at least 3 times to tell yourself 'I like that shit' and 'I hate that shit'.

sorry by 20's I meant 2000s, I'm retarded. But for 2020's albums I like Spirit World Field Guide by Aesop Rock and Melt My Eyez See Your Future by Denzel is surprisingly good compared to his other albums

I dont listen to albums

I haven't heard of anyone else that heard this album until now :)
I only found out that I came out due to looking for him after hearing Don't Feed to Monster just to find out he released an album a few months prior. Turned what should have been a shitty summer of 2020 (covid) into a pretty sweet one.
Have you heard any of the Vivians album?
youtube.com/watch?v=EexTO9BJ5aU

sorry by 20's I meant 2000s

kek it's all good
It might look awkward but people usually abbreviate the 2000's as 00's

Spirit World Field Guide by Aesop Rock and Melt My Eyez See Your Future by Denzel

I think I heard that Aesop album once but they're overwhelming if you don't give then a few listens to fully process everything with how wordy he is. I haven't listened to Denzel at all but maybe I'll start with this album

It's easier to listen to whole albums than separate songs. They put the whole albums up on youtube in one video. Listening to separate songs is tryhard

Yeah Aesop is wordy as hell, I definitely need to be in the right frame of mind to listen him.

Before MMESYF I wrote Denzel off as a rapper who rode his fame from Ultimate with SoundCloud clout. I started listening to him with MME but I didn't find much substance in his earlier albums other than a few singles

I download music and make playlists on foobar, its even easier than listening to full albums on YT

I'm open to most other genres, I just don't know where to start. I know Herbie Hancock and Chet baker and enjoy them but I struggle to find artists that sound similar

Look over the charts on the wiki and pick something that catches your eye, you don't need to worry about chronological listening order unless if you're studying the genre or something.
You'd probably like Weather Report, Miles Davis, Chick Corea/Return to Forever and Freddie Hubbard's Red Clay

And for jazz, look at who played on an album you liked and see what else they played on. Discogs is handy for that

Use whosampled, that shit helped me to discover some good real good stuff. And well i'm a chronological kind of guy but you might do good just checking labels (blue note for jazz, motown for some pop soul)

who sampled is great, I never thought about browsing through labels discography's thanks for the idea

Zoomies literally cannot fathom listening to anything other than rap

zoomies can't fathom listening to anything other than rap as there hasn't been any interesting music in the last 15 years without some rap influence in it.

That you leave this board and never come back.

nice recommendation retard, how about we actually talk about music like this board is named after?

But you don't listen to music though.

(me)
I like to get away from hip-hop with Shades of Blue & Portishead (all 3 albums) though I'm kinda cheating as they're hip-hop adjacent
as said whosampled is a good starting point

go back to Anon Babble tard, let us actually discuss music