First time hearing Massive Attack - Mezzanine (ALBUM REACTION + REVIEW) 

notification got me cheesing

Haha, kids these days. This is '98. Five years after the internet dropped. Seven years pre-RU-vid. We didn't have access to a billion videos, streams, tiktoks, video games. No netflix, no social media. Attention spans were longer. We had a different approach to entertainment and passing time. This is pre-smartphone and pre-iPod. You put your album on and let it play. How artists made music and how we listen is completely different.

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if you haven’t yet, you should definitely look into portishead’s album “dummy”! it’s from the same scene, but if i were to describe it, while mezzanine feels like a dark back alley in the matrix, dummy feels like a smoky bar in a noir film you might also recognize their lead singer beth gibbons from the kendrick track “mother i sober”

FYI it's pronounced "MEZZ-AH-NEEN." Kay, that out of the way, kick back and enjoy one of the best albums ever.

'This reminds me of the Matrix'. Funny you should say that, Dissolved Girl off this album is what Neo is listening to near the start of the movie when he wakes up at his computer

I wonder what JaKar would think of DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....

❤yeaaas!! I love so much MASSIVE! My favorite band!!!❤❤❤

This album is all about atmosphere, currently replaying it for some weeks and getting to know it better

Massive Attack are leaders in the genre known as "Trip Hop". Other notable Trip Hop acts include Tricky, Portishead, Thievery Corporation, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Tosca, Sneaker Pimps, Nightmares On Wax, Mr. Scruff, Cinematic Orchestra, Bonobo, etc. All very stoney and cinematic. Specifically, the song *Teardrop* is about the news of Elizabeth Frazers's ex-boyfriend, Jeff Buckley, dying while they were recording the album. 😢

Portishead and Tricky is also very good

When this came out the UK was going through an electronica stage. Portishead had released a follow up album to their critically acclaimed debut album, Teardrop was playing on the radio, Fatboy Slim was number one after a Chemical Brothers hit and Leftfield was in the album chart (the Prodigy at number one with Fat Of The Land!) with Leftism. Golden Eye, Leon and trip hop. I miss the 90's

LCD Soundsystem, This is Happening next 😂

The reggae vocalist is Horace Andy. He’s been singing with them since the very beginning but is a very accomplished artist in his own right.

“Teardrop” is a classic song!

yea, its chill music, ultimate chill out music, no rush. innovators.

Yes, I was doing some trippy shit to this! If you're into exploring more trip-hop, I'd highly recommend Morcheeba 's first 2 albums Who can you trust? and Big Calm - classics from the same era.

I mean no hate by this, but I feel like you bounced off this album hard because you had expectations for what it would be and did not take it for what it is. You fairly consistently criticized it for not being something that it just isn't.

_ You know? In MA web the lyrics of 'Teardrop' says "Feathers on my breath". The singer is Elisabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil). _ Horace Andy is a living reggae legend. _ The list of colabs with invited singers is long and includes: Damon Albarn, Sinnead O'Connor, Madonna, Bowie... _ I attended a gig this summer and I can swear is one of the best shows I've ever watched AND a direct visual political speech putting the finger in the eyes of Biden, Putin, Satanyahu, Elon... _ _ They are highly compromised with ecology, against wars and abuses of power. _ Songs by Massive Attack are never long, could last for a decade and they will be all right. _ They sample a lot and they do some covers as well. _ Robert Del Naja, the white guy, is an artist who paint, photograph and do graphic design _ Some of us want to believe that he is the mind behind a band of street artists working under the name Banksy. You should check out to Tricky. That's the OST of a shared joint.

So glad you got around to it!! If you like Elizabeth Fraser's vocals that much, perhaps you should listen to her former band Cocteau Twins's album "Heaven or Las Vegas." An album full of her beautiful voice supported by absolutely gorgeous music. It's dream pop. Very heavenly stuff.

This album is like a fever dream. Wildest beats with surreal and gentle vocals. Puts me in a trance.

This band was ONE of the artists responsible for that “Bristol Sound”, named so because of the area of Britain these artists originated from. Other trip hop artists worth checking out would be Portishead, Goldie, Sneaker Pimps, Tricky, and Morcheeba.. A very underrated genre of music, for sure. Early era The Prodigy, is an outfit that came on the scene a little later on, but had a definite impact on Trip Hop and EDM. ENJOY THE 🐇 🕳️!

This is a stone cold classic. Great listen all the way through. Liz Fraser's voice is like the breath of God, however all the vocalists on this 100% nail it.Check out their first album Blue Lines, waaaay ahead of it's time.

Funfact : Teardrop is the intro of House M.D!!

When this came out it definitely opened up an even darker side to them. It’s a masterpiece. Maybe a switch from the more soulful tracks of earlier albums. A little dirtier. A little heavier. But undeniably them, and a stone cold classic. And yes, rhymes with “bean” or “seen”. What genre? Trip hop.

You should definitely check out their first album Blue Lines, it’s much more concise and hip hop themed, think you’d enjoy it more

If you want to go deeper into the 90s Bristol underground scene you should check out Portishead, Tricky & Roni Size. This whole scene was big into Es and trips. From Wikipedia "The Bristol underground scene is a cultural movement in Bristol, England, beginning in the early 1980s. The scene was born out of a lack of mainstream clubs catering for the emergence of hip hop music, with street and underground parties a mainstay. Crews formed playing hip hop in disused venues with sound systems borrowed from the reggae scene: City Rockers, 2 Bad, 2 Tuff, KC Rock, UD4, FBI, Dirty Den, Juice Crew, Rene & Bacus, Soul Twins, KC Rock, Fresh 4, and the Wild Bunch were among them. These names were the precursors to the more well known names that came from this scene.[1] It is characterized by musicians and graffiti artists. The scene was influenced by the city's multiculturalism, political activism, and the arts movements of punk, reggae, hip hop, hippies and new age.[2]"

We were definitely faded listening to this!

What I's doin i. 98 with this album: Blunt n walk...bus rides...fuckin'...blunt n brew or booze...goin to bed...playin video games on mute (any combo of these things)

Listen to Ojerime - Bad Influence its a dopeeeeeeeee

It's a great album alright, but I personally prefer the first two ones, Blue Lines and Protection. They're far more enjoyable imo, I've always found Mezzanine to be a bit too gloomy for its own good. Props on pronouncing the umlaut in Björk btw 👍

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They are pretty amazing live, much much heavier, some songs become straight up heavy rock during some of the breakdowns… but yeah, as others on here have mentioned, DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing or Private Press are both ridiculously good. TripHop was what was called ‘sofa surfing’ music, it has more in common with Jazz and psychedelic rock than dance floor tunes.

Lol, one of these tracks, Dissolved Girl, IS in The Matrix. Knock, knock Neo scene

This will seem like a bit of a left field suggestion, as this artist didn't break outside of the UK, but please check out SBTRKT by SBTRKT. Dope producer, a close and early collaborator of Sampha who's featured on four tracks on this album. Some of the best R&B/UK bass/dub 2step music ever.

It is such a shame that you struggle to listen to music that isn’t full of lyrics. It means you’re finding it hard to feel the music and need to be guided by words as to what to think. So sad. Unable to get into a zone and just feel the music. And it’s down to the music you grew up listening to and surround yourself with throughout your life. And my guess is, it’s songs that are all about the words (however awful they may be) and not about the music. The instrumentation. It’s just a sign of the times and it’s such a shame. People have no attention spans, no focus and no imagination these days. I’m not old I’m in my 30s but thankfully my parents always got me listening to music, rather than just trashy ‘popular music’. Classical music would go completely above your head wouldn’t it? You would have literally no idea how to process the music. So sad.

legends. Gotta check if you've done portishead yet, if not. The album 'dummy' is a must

Greatest album of the 90s... so far ahead of its time... so underappreciated.

Not depth in the lyrics? Massive Attack makes multi layered lyrics, its like a drug rush in poetry. I love them and I respect you taste of course, but been a fan of them so long and they has always been my comfort from the song Safe From Harm year 1991.

Hey JaKar, have you ever listened to SWANS? They're an experimental rock band known for their intense and often lengthy compositions, so I don’t think you would necessarily like it or want to listen to it because their albums are like 2 hours long and songs go up to 30 minutes. But for me personally, their music feels unlike anything else; it just moves you to another place. But again, I don’t really expect you to react to it or anything-maybe check it out in your free time if you ever feel like challenging your taste. Some of the best music out there, in my opinion.

Great reaction! I love to see reactions from this album because most people don't know how much it is perfect, even if a bit dark. Trip-hop was knew for its hypnotic sound that was influenced by Jamaican Dub. Horacce Andy (vocal in track Angel; Man next door +), is from Jamaica and he is a very respected artist there for Dub and Reggae. It's just one of my fave albuns! Blue lines is also another great album to discover.

this album is greatttt

they were in the soundtrack of the matrix!! good music

This is a top tier album for night driving.

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Dude, I've listened to any Jack White album, he's phenomenal.

Teardrop is the opening credits theme to House M.D.

Love that you mentioned the train, I was riding around the tube trains in London listening to this heaps when I had a trip over there a few years back, still haven’t been over to their home town and creation point of trip-hop Bristol but next time I’m in the UK I wanna try catch some live music there. Also my pfp is from their debut Blue Lines and that’s quite the album too, very different from this but imo equally as good, one of my fav albums along with Mezzanine.

Bro you should react to albums Lateralus by Tool, and L’enfant Sauvage by Gojira🔥

you need to listen to nicki minaj's "the pinkprint". im telling you right now that this album will change your perspective on her. it's her most vulnerable album to date and it's sooooo good. i promise, give it a chance!

Great album, cool choice to react to!

Your favorite rappers are Kendrick and Soul? Soul so underrated. See this why I fw you. Oh and Mezzanine is an all time favorite of mine, glad you found it.

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Listen to Reanimation by Linkin Park already

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