i'm about to post inri010 which, like everything else since inri004, is a collection of mixes and masters stemming from a recording made in 1998. it's meant to be very industrial sounding. but, in 2016, it comes off as experimental hip-hop.

i've never listened to hip-hop directly. i've just never found anything that's abstract enough to catch my attention, yet coherent enough to keep it. but, i mean, i was listening to a lot of stuff in 1998 that was widely classified as industrial or idm but was often on the fringes of hip-hop: nin, autechre, smg, skinny puppy...

i just want to clarify my opinion of death grips, before this comes up. it doesn't sound like death grips. not exactly. it may be appealing to fans of that style...

it's just too macho. it's dude music. there's some basis for growth hidden in there. but, i'm never going to listen to death grips for the same reason that i'm never going to listen to limp bizkit or rage against the machine or gwar or whatever other macho dude-bro shit you want to throw around. on top of pushing the abrasive macho aesthetic, there's also an incredible lack of subtlety to balance it out. i "get" that criticizing death grips for a lack of subtlety is like criticizing a lioness for refusing to be ladylike. it's just not what it is. but, just about the only way i'm going to get into somebody beating their chest for an hour is if there is some layer of subtlety. a decent example of that is ministry, during their peak period. it was when they dropped the subtlety that they got boring.

about the only major rapper that i've been able to get a little into is ice cube, as he has a bit of a punk rock streak. by that, what i mean is that he has a tendency towards the surreal aspects of cynical political analysis. it's not every song....

what i'm getting at is that i understand that this is going to be easily misunderstood. but, let's take a step back first.