AHH F/UGH posted:

Fagan and Becker loving suck for what they demanded of Tariq and Gunz. For such self-proclaimed industry outsiders they sure loving love that money and being bitter assholes.

Also their music is tedious as gently caress in general and was terribly recorded, and the so-called genius of "we used good studio musicians!!!" is about as exciting as it sounds, and it blows when you put absolutely zero low end in your music because you're too much of a narcissist to not put all the guitar and keyboards at the front of the mix. No wonder they sampled it for Uptown because the bass drum is almost inaudible on Black Cow and even on headphones it's pure treble.

If you wanted to listen to actual good jazz production from the same time period, just listen to George Benson, or if you want well produced pop rock you might as well just listen to ELO. Steely Dan is like a worse fusion of the two.

This has been my very negative and ranting review of Steely Dan, two people I will never meet. Thank you and my God bless your mess.