just give it time... he too shall go the way of the Vanilla Ice and Snow. anybody else remember "Informer"?

Despite his originality, don't like the reggae rap.

octopoxho wrote: I could imagine that. When I saw him at college, he wasn't famous yet. It was cheap, but it was falsetto singing and jamming. I didn't know he was ever going to be on the radio, I thought he would never be famous and it was just a fad.

p.s. I give it a seven - nice beat - I can dance to it.

TobalMoreno wrote: And there lies the juxtoposition, the ironic appeal. (Yes, it's true. I attended college.)

As soon as I heard the first 30 seconds, I knew this song would bring out all the venomous commentaries. As far as I'm concerned, the more rap on RP, the better--Bill's choices are unfailingly compelling, even when its not my fav genre.

First time I heard this guy, the concept blew me away. Also, he has authentic skills, which is to say, he can at least sound authentic. Now, (blah) I've listened to the lyrics, and they're just really, really bad. That means it has to stand on its reggae, and that's only average. Of course Rolling Stone loves him. They put Shakira on their front cover. As for me, the fad is dead before it began.

You have got to be kidding. Absolutely no redeeming value in this noise.

amcallis wrote: I'll second that, what is this crap? I heard someone call it "hipster hasidic jewish music..." I used to be able to stand this guy, until I started to picture 13 year old kids thugged out on street corners blasting this with baggy jeans and the hasidic hair styles.

Love this song...however I recently saw him in Northampton, MA...the show was a really big dissappointment...I was expecting the show to be like his songs on his most recent record...instead, he did a whole bunch of falceto singing and his band was just like a jam band...the highlight was when he did some amazing beatboxing, but that aside the show was a huge letdown and borderline waste of $31...

Please stop paying attention to this crap. It only encourages more of this nonsense.

Why would RP play this crap? Mister DJ must be playing a joke on us.

this song rocks! i love it. very chill song. i always crank it up.

Phish, can't you get back together already so this guy will go away again?

Glad I didn't buy into the hype. Saying this is mediocre would be mighty generous.

pianocomposer wrote: Preach on pianocomposer!

The novelty is wearing off for me.

OMG, what an utter piss poor.... (lost for words now). Staggering how bad R&B is nowadays !!

Eclectic radio. Thank goodness there is a mute button. I'm using it now for this guy. In fact for everything he does. For me he is the epitome of the word 'abysmal'

no, no, no, no and again no. Pants. Nuff said.

Super

HORRENDOUS.

A gimmick, nothing more. A phish fan ganja smoker brainwashed by a fundamentalist religion and then he cuts a record?

Alpine wrote: OK, then, leave.

Alpine wrote: I hear ya, man!

Bleh.

pianocomposer wrote: Gotta say I agree on all points.

IF THE NEXT TUNE SUCKS LIKE THIS AND THE ONE BEFORE, I'M GONNA LEAVE AND NEVER COME BACK. THIS SUCKS GREEN DONKEY DICK!

I'm gonna start protests against this guy's music.

I saw a thing on TV about this guy. Amazing artist. I confess a bias against conservative (ancient) religous believers. Won't shake hand w/a woman? Ugh. Irrational. These kind of people are going to get us all killed in a nuclear blast someday.

Playing 2 reggaes in a row weakens them both.

moshevelvul wrote: I agree, feh! about many aspects of religion. I myself am not what you would call religous, but am very spiritual. I have to respect though, people who do take their religious beliefs seriously and who have made some sort of commitment to some sort of god. Matisyahu is an amazing artist, even if he wouldn't shake my hand. I have seen him live a few times, and I have never experienced anything that comes even CLOSE to what the engery was like at that show! The entire crowd was one mass of moving energy. The vibes this dude puts out are right on!

In league with Snow, or Darrin O Brien as his mother calls him. Keep your margarine, I'll take butter.

GOD this sucks

I don't need to listen Matisyahu songs to say music is universal. Fake reggae sucks, as in 2x2 = 4.

Follow this one up with Skankin Pickle's "Fakin Jamaican" please. But at least you aren't playing King Without a Crown. I'm quite tired of that song. :( I dunno, this guy just doesn't quite have the reggae vocal style down. I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong though, but it just doens't sound right.

maLeFunKtion wrote: You've got that right!

Ooh, what a treat this track is to suddenly tune in to. Couldn't care less about religous affiliations or interpretations. Music is it's own faith and speaks universally. Liking this

it was the first thing that popped into my head when this song came on. El_Penguino wrote:

man, this matisyahu s&%t really bothers me.

https://life-of-rubin.blogspot.com/2006/03/sd-beat-writer-responds-to-jewschool.html discuss.

El_Penguino wrote: Yes, that it is an unfortunate fact of both history and the present. However, (European-American, since that's what I know) society at large has suffered the same problem until only very recently, and the change has not gone to completion (see salary differentials, for one). Oppression and exclusion of women is not the exclusive department of organized religion. Many American Protestant denominations (again, going with what I know) started ordaining women or accepting them in leadership positions at about the same time the glass ceiling was being broken in the workplace. You are correct in that organized religions can be abused by the powerful to maintain their hegemony - but at the same time, certain religious ideals were a major motivation for the ideals of individual freedoms. I don't think you should allow a set of past and current abuses to contaminate the entire concept. Here's the abstract of the article I mentioned; full-text is subscribers only. (click here)

UltraNurd wrote: Interesting concept. Unfortunately, the social norms of most Religions includes the oppression, or at very least, exclusion of woman.

moshevelvul wrote: I like the artist, but I have a white hot burning hatred that burns like 1000 suns for people that use "feh" or even worse, "meh"

Jack_Jefferson wrote: I generally don't like rap or hip-hop... but the upbeat positive lyrics and sunny sound make it more interesting. Compared to, say, the artists who are talking about hos and bling.

moshevelvul wrote: I just read a fascinating article that hypothesized that the neurological basis of belief was initially a side effect of evolving the ability to associate sentience and intention with humans other than ourselves. It had its own evolutionary value however; it developed into a valuable social function by causing people to believe in some sentient(s) that were always watching and therefore causing us to try to follow the social norms lest we be ostracized. Full disclosure: I'm Lutheran. Religion is very powerful in one's personal life, just like any other belief and the ways in which we organize our lives around those conceptions. I surmise that what you're concerned about is when religion leaves the personal and like-minded community of believers spheres and collides with other worldviews.

Regardless of the clothing or lifestyle, I just don't care for rap. This concept is peculiar. It's like Fiddler on the Roof with rap music. And I'm not anti-semitic.

Novel.

cptbuz wrote: all of the ganj is kosher....

no woman no cry?

good enough - but I am so torn between celebrating our religions or just wanting them all gone....this guy won't shake hands with a woman...enough already. Feh

cptbuz wrote: me too but another song...

I like it! Very chill song.

ahhhhh, i've been waitin for this guy to show up 'round here.

great new artist!! also, has great stage presence. can't wait to hear him at bonnaroo.

cptbuz wrote: Kosher? lol

all I need now is a little Kosher Ganja

Wow, now these vocals are much better than on "Chop 'Em Down." This actually makes me think of Bone Thugs 'n Harmony, oddly enough.