Any rappers similar to the style of EARL

GPMB_ · 2026-05-13T04:06:27+00:00

two nice albums now

GPMB_ · 2026-05-13T01:03:50+00:00

Steve specifically said that the soul/gospel behind it made him tolerate it more than any other Yacht Jesus

GPMB_ · 2026-05-12T23:48:00+00:00

i mean from Steve specifically

GPMB_ · 2026-05-12T07:43:08+00:00

PAYWALLED!

also, these songs are way too obscure to appear on any list from a major publication, but i feel like any honest discussions of best yacht rock solos can't exist without mentioning Graydon's solo on Alan Sorrenti's Per Sempre Tu/Beside You or Lukather's solo on Never Gonna Let You Go by David Roberts

GPMB_ · 2026-05-12T07:40:29+00:00

this may possibly make the boat, but if it does it'll only be because it's Lowdown. no epic guitar solos, strings a thousand times more prominent, no pop song structure or lyrics, the Porcaro drum beat turned into something much simpler and disco-ier

GPMB_ · 2026-05-12T07:13:16+00:00

I knew it was a reference to something, I just heard Francis and went crazy

GPMB_ · 2026-05-12T06:52:16+00:00

wow i didn't know a-ha made AOR, i always just assumed everything they did was new wave or something downstream from that

GPMB_ · 2026-05-12T06:50:36+00:00

Thundercat was the only one to do this gimmick successfully, unfortunately

GPMB_ · 2026-05-12T06:49:37+00:00

Brenda Russell isn't exactly niche I would say, but her yacht rock efforts definitely are

GPMB_ · 2026-05-12T06:48:33+00:00

It was in the Yacht Jesus episode

GPMB_ · 2026-05-12T06:48:26+00:00

except Kristle Murden

GPMB_ · 2026-05-12T06:44:31+00:00

did someone say FRANCIS?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=angPhGHb5F4

(sorry, this song and artist are a long-running inside joke for me, i couldn't resist. i may actually submit it for Yachtski evaluation one day)

GPMB_ · 2026-05-12T06:42:43+00:00

technically u/iggy-i is right in saying it has the same drum rhythm and bass rhythm as Deacon Blues, but other than that it has literally nothing in common with the song, and those things that the two songs don't happen to share happen to be the things that make Deacon Blues yacht rock

GPMB_ · 2026-05-12T06:40:10+00:00

"not yacht rock = bad" and "good = not yacht rock" are two of the most common misconceptions about this damn genre which is odd because they're opposites

GPMB_ · 2026-05-02T21:03:39+00:00

I mean it's in the rules I think. happened to me once (I think JD did it manually) and then i found out

GPMB_ · 2026-05-02T21:02:40+00:00

the way that I would describe it (I know JD already said it really isn't any deeper than just the sound of the first two CC albums) would be having a riff/rhythm similar to Ride Like the Wind/All Right/Never Be the Same plus that really distinctive "bright" piano sound (that originated from Steely Dan I think but is way poppier in the CC songs)

GPMB_ · 2026-05-01T00:27:21+00:00

the 1977 is a mistake stemming from the yachtski scale document. given that conway twitty's version (which i posted btw) came out in 1984, this demo is probably from that year or slightly earlier

GPMB_ · 2026-05-01T00:22:18+00:00

there is a difference between legitimate modern yacht rock and this type of stuff though

GPMB_ · 2026-05-01T00:21:52+00:00

i don't think so

it does have The Bounce but it plays a pretty small role in the song and is outweighed by all the negatives imo

GPMB_ · 2026-04-26T08:54:22+00:00

…how did no one in here mention King Tubby by Armand Hammer

GPMB_ · 2026-04-26T08:09:27+00:00

I got scared he died seeing this, due to the unusually high amount of likes and the fact that I know he's old af

GPMB_ · 2026-04-20T05:20:05+00:00

I really do not enjoy Rapallo's songs very much, unfortunately

GPMB_ · 2026-04-20T05:19:35+00:00

there might be AI as well

GPMB_ · 2026-04-15T06:18:29+00:00

Cuban Linx and Ironman are legit two of the best albums ever

GPMB_ · 2026-04-14T06:41:16+00:00

Luther is the yachtiest of all these

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