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Why the hate for Beats 1?
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OTHERTone with Pharrell was awesome. That was two hours of outstanding music. THAT is what I was hoping Beats 1 would be.
Maybe I haven't listened to it enough, but every time I do, I hear rap/hip-hop. I'll give it another chance or two, but it just doesn't seem to play any music I like.
How do I find his AM page?
- I haven't found anyway to get any info on my Mac so I'm not gonna go there. Sigh.
- From iPhone, I click on the Beats 1 logo and see other shows but not Hommes.
- If I go to the AM Tumblr site, I do find Hommes there but if I click on his link, it just loads the generic Beats 1 page so that does me no good.
- If I search for Hommes on AM and click on his playlists, I finally see 2 playlists: one introducing him and one from his first show but not his second show.
It shouldn't be this hard! Can you please tell me exactly how to find it?
@phpmaven: It's the same for me. Nearly every time I try Beats1 I get hiphop. It consists felt out of 99% hiphop.
Sounds like he did have a 2nd show but no posting of the playlist. AM is starting to piss me off.
Having said that The Big Jewish is super funny on his show Money, Pizza, Respect right now even though it is hip-hop.
As with any new Apple product, it's bound to improve over time. The good news is... if Beats doesn't fit your preferences we have several other streaming services to choose from, I know I have my favorite. Patience is the key, Apple's bound to get it right at some point. Flush with cash it's just a matter of time.
Instead of calling it beats 1, why didn't they call if hiphop 1, then we would have known what to expect and wouldn't have to keep tuning in to see if it is any good, we would have known it was rubbish before hand.
Didn't know what to expect really, but when you put it like that maybe i should have guessed.
I think it's one a weekend.
Why are people shocked by the genre's that are most popular at the moment? It's bang on IMO.
You can't just randomly tune in, you need to find which shows you'll like.
Why are people shocked by the genre's that are most popular at the moment? It's bang on IMO.
You can't just randomly tune in, you need to find which shows you'll like.
Yes, yes it is, and it has been for a long time now, in all variations, it just doesn't match your personal taste.
Beats 1 seems to be all popular music, without the chart fluff made just to make money. It does currently lean towards Dance and HipHop/Rap but so does the music that is in the charts in general, and what's popular with the 16-35 demographic that it's so obviously aimed at.
Just checked the german Top40: *3* hiphop songs in it. This is far from the dominance you propose.
I'm not German and I'm not defending Beats 1 but what source did you use? I checked Billboard and iTunes downloads for Germany and it's MOSTLY dance, hip hop, pop like Pharrell Williams, etc. as a matter of fact, it's amazingly like the Beats 1 playlist this week!
This is the iTunes link:
http://www.ellatha.com/itunes/top-100-german-songs.asp
Here's the Billboard link:
http://www.billboard.com/charts/germany-songs
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I used the Radio Charts:
Http://www.oljo.de/radiochart_de/radio100.shtml
On your lists - where do you see lots of hiphop? I'm just wondering.
On my list, the number 1 song is hip-hop/rap and when combined with dance it's 24 of the top 40 songs or 60%.
Looking at your list, I see lots of artists I've heard on Beats 1 over the past few days like David Guetta, Rihanna & Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, James Bay & Elie Goulding.
None of whom I like -- I like good old rock and roll -- but that doesn't mean Beats 1 seems out of touch to me. It seems like they are playing the biggest artists out there in the pop, hip hop, rap, dance, alternative genres. I just don't really care for it all that much.
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But why do I nearly always get hiphop when I tune in? If there is so much variance I should have gotten something different more often then the 1 time without hiphop.
Exactly. Plus all the people saying they only play hip hop. What a load of crap. Look at Josh Homme's show, for instance.
You do realise you can just skip beats 1 and listen to the playlists on Apple Music for each show, if you don't want to listen to the DJ's. Just search the name of the show and a playlist with all songs from each show is easy to find.
DJ's are meant to talk, that's the point of them.... I don't get why people are being so daft. Either listen to the radio or listen to the playlists.
Also, I can share all the playlists with people on Facebook, iMessage, anything. When the android app comes out, I can share it to them too. Easy. It could be easily improved though, like finding friends on Apple Music, etc, but I expect that to come down the line. For a first release, it's a good start.
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This is a stupid discussion. If the problem is sample-size, maybe this can help: https://twitter.com/Beats1Plays
They play hip-hop, but it is far from "all" they play. Listening right now and hip-hop is not playing; much like the last half hour or so. But generally, if you don't like it, don't listen. Doesn't make much difference to me.
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