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I will listen to any genre of music because I have a flexible mind. My favorite genres of music are all genres. I haven't listened to all genres of music, but they're all my favorite because all genres have great songs. I refuse to chastise a person because of their genre of music. Songs with deep lyrics and a nice beat are what songs should be like. Here are my favorite artists.

Rap/Hip-hop:
1. J-Cole
2. Lupe Fiasco
3. Wale
4. Fabulous
5. Jay-Z
6. Lil Wayne (he can be extreme at times)
7. Ludacris
8. Talib Kweli
9. Nas
10. Wu-Tang Clan
11. Numerous old school rappers (MC Lyte, NWA, 2pac, Notorious B.I.G., etcetera)
12. Drake
13. Many more (Kanye West, Eminem, and etcetera)

R&B/Soul/Jazz
1. Trey Songz (yes, that is how he spells it)
2. Mary J Blige
3. R. Kelly
4. The O'Jays
5. Keyshia Cole
6. Alicia Keys
7. Beyonce
8. Frankie Beverly and Maze
9. Usher
10. Ronnie Laws
11. Some of the artists happierabroad members posted on here (the smooth jazz topic)
12. Marvin Gaye
13. Ne-Yo
14. Many more

Rock/Alternative
1. Linkin Park
2. Blink-182
3. Foo Fighters
4. Nirvana
5. Green Day
6. Korn
7. Rage Against the Machine
8. Yellowcard
9. Led Zeppelin
10. Gorillaz
11. Matchbox 20
12. The All-American Rejects
13. Red Hot Chili Peppers
14. Many more

There will be more artists and more genres. I didn't list all of the genres I usually listen to (Gospel). What's y'all favorite genres of music and artists?

What you know about Maze featuring Frankie Beverly????

E_Irizarry wrote:What you know about Maze featuring Frankie Beverly????

Bro; my mother, my father, and others introduced me to quality artists.

Iawesome60 wrote:

E_Irizarry wrote:What you know about Maze featuring Frankie Beverly????

Bro, my mother, father, and others introduced me to quality artists.

You might like Anthony Hamilton too.

My favorite genre is 90s alternative rock (The Offspring, Third Eye Blind, Green Day etc)...but I go through phases. Sometimes I listen to Rock/Alternative, then Pop, then rap etc. I went through phases growing up as well..

Elementry school years
Selena Quintanilla-Perez (R.I.P )
Gloria Trevi
Backstreet Boys
NSYNC
Robyn

Middle School years
Backstreet Boys and NSYNC
Lil Kim
DMX
Notourious B.I.G
Puff Daddy
Will Smith
then...I got into
Metallica
Green Day
The Offpsring
Linkin Park
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Korn
Carlos Santana

Sorta the same in High school but I got into music in foriegn langugaes and countries Viernes 13 (LA ska band...most songs are in Spanish)
Celia Cruz (Cuban singer, R.I.P)
Juanes (Mexican singer)
Angra (Brazilian metal band/majority English songs)
Rammstein (German industrial metal group, English/German songs)
OOMPH! (same as Rammstein)
Band'eros (Russian hip hop )
Dir En Grey (Japanese metal)
D'espairsRay (Japanese metal)
DiRect (Dutch rock bad. Sing in English)

Now I have all these artist and then some in my Ipod

adria2789 wrote:My favorite genre is 90s alternative rock (The Offspring, Third Eye Blind, Green Day etc)...but I go through phases. Sometimes I listen to Rock/Alternative, then Pop, then rap etc. I went through phases growing up as well..

Elementry school years
Selena Quintanilla-Perez (R.I.P )
Gloria Trevi
Backstreet Boys
NSYNC
Robyn

Middle School years
Backstreet Boys and NSYNC
Lil Kim
DMX
Notourious B.I.G
Puff Daddy
Will Smith
then...I got into
Metallica
Green Day
The Offpsring
Linkin Park
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Korn
Carlos Santana

Sorta the same in High school but I got into music in foriegn langugaes and countries Viernes 13 (LA ska band...most songs are in Spanish)
Celia Cruz (Cuban singer, R.I.P)
Juanes (Mexican singer)
Angra (Brazilian metal band/majority English songs)
Rammstein (German industrial metal group, English/German songs)
OOMPH! (same as Rammstein)
Band'eros (Russian hip hop )
Dir En Grey (Japanese metal)
D'espairsRay (Japanese metal)
DiRect (Dutch rock bad. Sing in English)

Now I have all these artist and then some in my Ipod

You have a cool, eclectic taste in music. :O)

Now let me list my shit:

R&B:

1) Christopher Williams (my idol)
2) Al B. Sure!
3) Howard Hewett*
4) Eldra DeBarge

(yeah they are light skinned and what. LOL)

5) Big Bub/Today
6) Anita Baker
7) Atlantic Starr
Michael Jackson (R.I.P.)
9) Shalamar
10) Jody Watley*

* - denotes that they were in Shalamar

11) INTRO (R.I.P. Kenny "G-Love" Greene)
12) H-Town (R.I.P. Dino Conner)
13) Force MDs (two members of the group R.I.P.)
14) Johnny Gill (one of the best of our gen)
15) Gerald and Sean LeVert (R.I.P to both)
16) Alexander O' Neal (up there with Johnny Gill and Christopher Williams)
17) Kenny Lattimore
18) Michael Speaks
19) Angela Winbush
20) Barry White (RIP The Walrus of Love)


My favorite R&B producers:

1) Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
2) Antonio "L.A." Reid & Babyface (also an excellent R&B artist and songwriter)
3) Teddy Riley
4) Ike Lee III & Kiyamma Griffin
5) The Characters (Charles Ferrar & Troy Taylor)
6) Victor Merritt & Gerald Baillegereau (they produced ROME's "I Belong To You (Every Time I See Your Face)")
7) Angela Winbush (also an excellent producer)
Tricky Stewart (been in the game for 20 years way before he produced The Dream)
9) Michael J. Powell (produced for Freddie Jackson and Anita Baker)
10) Attala Zane Giles (produced for Vesta)
11). Barry Eastmond (produced for Freddie Jackson, too)
12) Herb Middleton

sorry i'm such an R&B head! LOL

Hip-Hop:

1) Kool Keith (formerly of Ultramagnetic MC's) aka Dr. Octagon aka Dr. Dooom aka Dr. Sperm aka much more aliases!!
2) MF Doom (formerly of KMD)
3) Redman (one of the best flowacists in the game!)
4) Canibus
5) Heltah Skeltah (Rock and Ruck)
6) Big Pun (RIP Christopher Rios)
7) Big L (RIP)
Lord Finesse
9) Public Enemy
10) Lost Boyz (from my original hotmetown Jamaica section of Queens NY) (RIP Freaky Tah)
11) Wu-Tang (Ghostface and GZA are the best emcees of that group)
12) Biggie (RIP Christopher Wallace)
13) Pac/Makeveli (RIP Tupac Shakur)
14) Nasty NAS
15) Jay-Z (1999 and before)
16) Joelle Ortiz
17) Papoose
18) Joe Budden (as an underground rapper)
19) RA The Rugged Man (best White American rapper, better than Paul Wall, better then Enimem)
20) Guru & DJ Premier (aka Gangstarr -- RIP Guru)
and more....


Alternative:

1) 311
2) Portishead
3) Sublime
4) Nirvana (RIP K. Cobain)
5) Linkin Park
much more

Jazz/Vocal Jazz:

1) Wynton Marsalis/B. Marsalis
2) Herbie Hancock (post-funk days)
3) Norman Brown
4) Fourplay
5) Will Downing (post R&B days)
6) Rachelle Ferrell (broad can sing her ass off)
7) Hiroshima
Pieces of a Dream
9) John Coltrane

Bossa Nova (i.e. Brazilian Jazz):

I don't know the artists name, but I love like 90 percent of the songs in this genre.
Very soulful...a lot of African influence in this music. Wait. Doesn't most Spanish and Latino music have African influence? Claro q si q tenga la influencia africana!
Even Quincy Jones used to produce with Brazilian Bossa Nova artists some time ago. Smart move on their part.


Reguéton:

1) Rakim y Ken-Y
2) No DADDY YANKEE - f**k HIM.
3) TEGO CALDERON (lO MEJOR RAPERO LATINO!!)


Salsa:
1) Celia Cruz (RIP azzzzzzzzzzzzzzzucar)
2) Brenda K. Starr (yes used to do pop in the late 80s)
3) Hector LaVoe (RIP)
4) Marc Anthony (yes I said it)
5) Tito Puente (RIP)
and much more...

Thanks, E_Irizarry

Your taste of music kinda screams old school but we have some similar taste (Sublime, Nirvana, 311, Celia Cruz)

@Iawesome60: you have nice taste of music too especially on alternative music. Have you heard of Rob Thomas? (He was the lead singer for Matchbox Twenty. He has a solo career as a singer)

I'll admit, I didn't know Rob Thomas was the lead singer of Matchbox 20. You guys have good taste in music, too. E_Irizarry, I have listened to Anthony Hamilton songs before. I liked them. I wonder what other members on happierabroad enjoy listening to.

Iawesome60 wrote:I will listen to any genre of music because I have a flexible mind. My favorite genres of music are all genres. I haven't listened to all genres of music, but they're all my favorite because all genres have great songs. I refuse to chastise a person because of their genre of music. Songs with deep lyrics and a nice beat are what songs should be like. Here are my favorite artists.

Rap/Hip-hop:
1. J-Cole
2. Lupe Fiasco
3. Wale
4. Fabulous
5. Jay-Z
6. Lil Wayne (he can be extreme at times)
7. Ludacris
8. Talib Kweli
9. Nas
10. Wu-Tang Clan
11. Numerous old school rappers (MC Lyte, NWA, 2pac, Notorious B.I.G., etcetera)
12. Drake
13. Many more (Kanye West, Eminem, and etcetera)

R&B/Soul/Jazz
1. Trey Songz (yes, that is how he spells it)
2. Mary J Blige
3. R. Kelly
4. The O'Jays
5. Keyshia Cole
6. Alicia Keys
7. Beyonce
8. Frankie Beverly and Maze
9. Usher
10. Ronnie Laws
11. Some of the artists happierabroad members posted on here (the smooth jazz topic)
12. Marvin Gaye
13. Ne-Yo
14. Many more

Rock/Alternative
1. Linkin Park
2. Blink-182
3. Foo Fighters
4. Nirvana
5. Green Day
6. Korn
7. Rage Against the Machine
8. Yellowcard
9. Led Zeppelin
10. Gorillaz
11. Matchbox 20
12. The All-American Rejects
13. Red Hot Chili Peppers
14. Many more

There will be more artists and more genres. I didn't list all of the genres I usually listen to (Gospel). What's y'all favorite genres of music and artists?

There are artists that I have listed to that sing/rap negative lyrics. Unfortunately, I listed some of them at that time. I either do not listen to them anymore or listen to them on occasion. The only occasion I listen to them is if their lyrics have a positive message. For example, I really do not listen to Beyonce anymore because Beyonce's songs have a negative message. Her former group, Destiny's Child, had negative messages in a few of their songs. Examples are "Bills, Bills, Bills", "Jumpin, Jumpin", and "I need a soldier." For now on, the music I listen to has a positive message.

I want to listen to and relish all genres of music, especially if the artist(s) sing/rap positive messages. Also, I am willing to listen to instrumentals, especially if it pacifies me. I listened to a couple of Spanish songs. I understood what they were saying and I learned new words! In my opinion, I should expand my music tastes. In order to do so, I should listen to all genres of music.

Acid Jazz
Rock
AfroPop
cardas
Alternative hip hop
ballet
Danza
Dadra
big band
cakewalk
candombe
carol

I listen to everything. I don't even want to scare you guys with a massive list of music that I love. Let's just say my music collection ranges from George Winston to Iron Maiden. And that's not even nearly the tip of the iceberg.