keylime_5
Well-Known Member
I mean the name Essentials makes sense for what they strive it to be most of the time. The Flaming Lips, Aretha, Queens of the Stone Age, Steve Nicks, De La Soul, Van Morrison, White Stripes, Roots, Jorge Ben, Stooges, Loretta Lynn, Arctic Monkeys, Moby, Miles Davis, Biggie, Fiona Apple, Gorillaz, Nina Simone, Beck, Weezer, Fugees, Black Sabbath, Queen releases for example I think fit the name. Sometimes they put out new releases which is fine, I get that. They also like to dig into some things that they really want to reissue that don't fit as "essential" artists or albums though, and the only reasons they are Essentials is because they don't have a third, crate digger track that they fit. It's just a name, and most of the time it is an actual big name artist or album, so just let it be IMO.
It usually works out that when they put a lesser known album or new release in one track, there is a big time release in another track.
It usually works out that when they put a lesser known album or new release in one track, there is a big time release in another track.