Like totally dude!!!

Try some Sublime and 311 (the only Ska Punk bands that I know)

Of course you know Bob Marley, but try his sons. Steel Pulse is also good.

Also try some Jazz like Monk, or Miles, as they had some good bassist in their bands. Willie Dixon was a Blues bassist that was excellent as a songwriter too.

Some bass laden hip hop (not from lame ass synths or beat machines) would be Common, Mos Def (on The New Danger LP he had an actual band play with him), Tribe, The Roots, and some Immortal Technique.

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eh eh eh eh, kanye produced common's last 2 albums. half of kanye's catalog is from an MPC.

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"Hip-hop was set out in the dark. They used to do it out in the park"

Well I know that, but Common had released 5 albums before those 2 and each one has tight, pounding basslines. And most common tracks have actual accompaniment or samples from bands with real musicians. (ALSO just because something sounds synthy doesn't mean that it is. There are many effect pedals that can make a bass sound like anything but.)


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I like sublime, hate 311, bob marley is always good, his sons are all right, never heard of steel pulse or monk, i love miles, heard of wille dixon but i have never actually listened to him, I like common, never listened to mos def, never heard of tribe, i like the roots, and again i have never heard of immortal technique...I shall check out the ones i have never heard of, thanks

Tribe is Tribe Called Quest. Monk is Thelonious. Immortal Technique is ten times more br00tal than any metal band I have ever heard.

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oh, i've heard Thelonious monk, but still the other two...never

So of the stuff that I suggested what did you like?

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most of it, thanks

immortal technique's the kind of guy that would rap over anything and put meaning into it. trash can drums, blowing on a jug, or even a soulja boi produced beat. man's a genius.

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"Hip-hop was set out in the dark. They used to do it out in the park"

sharpnel anyone?
benassi maybe?
origa?

everyone seems to beinto metal here.

I gotta say this band again, to put emphasis on it.

Polkadot Cadaver is amazing.

I'm looking for something, saxophone oriented funk, such as maceo & the macks

Lots and lots of P-Funk.

Also try some Bootsy.

Some Earth Wind and Fire, Sly and the Family Stone, Zapp and Roger, The Association, Maceo Parker, The Average White Band.

You want some good Jazz too?

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let it fly, I've been running out of stuff to listen to, and I've been to lazy to find it, all help is appreciated.

Seeing as you asked for sax, I'll start with that
Charlie Parker
John Coltrane
Dexter Gordon
Sonny Rollins
Ornette Coleman
Ben Webster

And whatever you do, stay away from Kenny G.

Oh and The Thelonious Monk Quartet



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