Album covers matter more than the music. šParis
Summary
A rider who makes jungle music argues that album covers matter more than the music itself, insisting that the art gets you into the world of a record and keeps you coming back even when you don't initially like what you hear. Kareem pushes back hard. He disagrees completely, even though he admits to judging books by their covers. The conversation spirals through vinyl shopping habits and the psychology of forced listening before landing on the rider's favorite album cover: Amoroso by JoĆ£o Gilberto. When Kareem jokes about making an album cover out of just a glove, the rider stays diplomatic. The kicker? This whole debate happens while the guy confirms he makes 160 BPM electronic music, which apparently passes Kareem's arbitrary threshold. 150 would've been a problem.
Full Transcript
So, what's your take? Album covers matter more than the music. No, 100% disagree. And this is coming from a guy who judges a book by its cover. The cover of book is very important. More important than the book. The album cover is less important than the music.
Yeah. But the album cover is actually what gets you into like the world of the music. It's your first step into the music. You actually perceive. The thing is, if you don't know the artist who made the album, if the album cover doesn't really speak to you, then you're not really going to want to take that step to actually listen to it.
So, what if you buy an album and you don't like the cover, but you like the music? Yeah, but how likely are you to buy an album where you don't like the cover? I like a lot of albums.
Yeah, but think about this. A lot of people go vinyl shopping and actually pick out an album purely based off of the cover. That's true. 'Cause people actually want the piece of art in their bedroom. They want to like either hang it or put it on a table.
So, you're saying that we should judge judge a book by it? 100%. 100%. 'Cause think about it this way, too. If you don't like the music and the album, but you like the cover, you're gonna be driven to actually give it a second or third listen because you want to force yourself to like it. You want to try to see what the hype is about. But the thing is, by the second, third, and fourth listen, you would have actually gotten used to certain songs. And by that point, you can start seeing you actually like the album.
What's your favorite album cover? My favorite ones are actually my own. But if I had to pick another one, I'd say Amaroso. It's this Brazilian album by JoĆ£o Gilberto.
Look, if I were you and I was going to make an album cover, it would just be this. Just the glove? Yeah. I don't know. He doesn't like the cover. I mean, it depends on the content that that goes with it.
What kind of music do you make? I make uh electronic music. So, mainly jungle music.
Oh, here we go again. Yeah. But mainly like 160 BPM music. So, a little on the faster side.
Okay, that's nice. If it was 150, I was going to be really upset.