maverick Sabre "lonely are the brave"

danbrosnan

Everyone try and get this lad to number one, serious talent and he can rap too, lets hope he makes a rap album!!!!

"Always support our own"

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

bureau2009

I'm a bit of a golden oldie myself but when I heard Maverick Sabre on the radio I thought - WOW oh WOW!!!

And he sounds incredibly "black" - imagine my shock when I heard he was from New Ross!!!

Shapey Fiend

While I've had some reservations about him becoming a full time singer like his voice not being quite up to the task now I've heard the album I no longer think that's the case. The songwriting, production and arrangements are excellent as well. Definitely well worth picking up.

kryogen

Im all for supporting my own, and have in fact bought the album, its good. But his song writing needs to improve and a few other niggles that I'd have, but with time he could be very good hopefully.

danbrosnan

you got to remember this fella started off rapping and he must have worked his ass off to make this album. I remember seeing a youtube clip of him maybe in 2007 and i know straight away this guy got it. The sometimes tune on the album has been around for ages, its just been revamped in a top notch studio and he signed to plan b's label a couple of years back but had to move on i think. I just think he gonna be the next johnny cash of our generation. That my opinion anyway and a lot of the time i,m wrong but listen to "shooting' the stars" amazing!

conor.hogan.2

Like it has been said he had a good voice but it is everything else that tipped him over the edge, he deserves every bit of recognition he is getting.

He is putting some more rapping back out of late too.

Shapey Fiend

Even if he's not rapping as such on the album he's said he still writes the lyrics in rap form and that bleeds through pretty obviously on some of the tracks.

He did a guest verse a couple of months ago where he's rapping in a much more Wexford accented style than I've heard in the past. I can't get on Youtube at the minute to find the video (college firewall) but well worth a gander.

conor.hogan.2

I think I know the video, I think that was just rapping more than ever before and therefore the accent came across more?

Most of the old rap songs I have of him are still kind of in the style of him half singing (not singing like he is doing now though)

danbrosnan

Best rappers have rhythm and he has it in spades....

mufcboy1999

saw him in waterford last night was an ok performance, a bit short though.

im liking what i heard of him though, very talented artist.

Hugh Cream

danbrosnan wrote: »

Everyone try and get this lad to number one, serious talent and he can rap too, lets hope he makes a rap album!!!!

"Always support our own"

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

cheers fella, been meaning to check out the album but kept forgetting.
really talented guy.

conor.hogan.2

Hugh Cream wrote: »

cheers fella, been meaning to check out the album but kept forgetting.
really talented guy.

See, some IHH is good.

Bobby Baccala

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

See, some IHH is good.

conor, don't.

Joe10000

I don't think we're made for Hip Hop but really like his vocals.

Hugh Cream

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

See, some IHH is good.

its not hip hop.

conor.hogan.2

Hugh Cream wrote: »

its not hip hop.

Did you listen to the song posted?

Seaneh

I just grabbed the album today myself, was at the gig in The Roisin a few months back and he was phenomenal. Shapes was there too actually, the place was wedged and the crowd were really into it, Lad is well due the success, worked his balls off for the last few years and Mick is a fierce nice fella.

Hugh Cream

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

Did you listen to the song posted?

trust me conor, hes not hip hop, hes seriously talented at what he does, but please dont try and pigeon hole the guy just to prove a ridiculous point.

conor.hogan.2

I am not pigeon holing him, I am stating what genre he does. I am not saying he solely does that genre either.

The song posted is clearly Hip-hop, as is a lot of his stuff.

Hugh Cream

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

I am not pigeon holing him, I am stating what genre he does. I am not saying he solely does that genre either.

The song posted is clearly Hip-hop, as is a lot of his stuff.

hes not hip hop, leave it at that, not in the humor of being double teamed by you and your cheer leader tonight.

conor.hogan.2

Yes, he is hardcore techno.

Crann na Beatha

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Seaneh

Hugh Cream wrote: »

hes not hip hop, leave it at that, not in the humor of being double teamed by you and your cheer leader tonight.

Why isn't he hiphop?

By the way, every interview he does he states that he started off in the IHH scene, lists the acts he likes, bigs up the IHH scene, he is still in contact with a lot of the lads, took Sons Phonetic and Rob Kelly on his first Irish tour, got his first break (being introduced to Plan B by Mo-K) because of the IHH scene, he raps, a lot, he recently did a remix of "I Need" with Chipmunk and Benny Banks where he only raps on the track.


You are, as usual, talking through your hoop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iidJEe1JqK4

He is extremely respected as an MC, both in Ireland and in the UK.

Hugh Cream

Seaneh wrote: »

Why isn't he hiphop?

why is the sky blue, who knows, tweet him and ask him.

Seaneh

Hugh Cream wrote: »

why is the sky blue, who knows, tweet him and ask him.

I've no need to, I know the answer.

Hugh Cream

great debut album, very impressive, does some rapping here and there, quite good at it too, distinctive sounding singing voice, kind of old school r&b/soul, amazing rendition of a change is gonna come, damn, i see the sun, what a song.
buying this tomorrow, hmv, first floor, hip hop section.

Hugh Cream

Seaneh wrote: »

I've no need to, I know the answer.

you know why he isnt hip hop? cool, tell conor, he wont listen to me.

Boom_Bap

You know how threads get derailed, pigeon-holing artists to genre.

MOD NOTE: No more flaming from here on please. Next one not to post about Maverick Sabre and his music (not genre) will get infracted.

Non-Mod Note: I've alot of respect for Mav, he's worked hard to get to where he is, and it shines through in the quality of his music.

danbrosnan

Hip hop is what he is but he sings noting wrong with that!

Hugh Cream

big fan of maverick, as you all know, he sings and raps, hes hip hop.
a certain other artist sings and raps but hes not hip hop, someone explain this to me like im a two year old?

Bobby Baccala

Hugh Cream wrote: »

big fan of maverick, as you all know, he sings and raps, hes hip hop.
a certain other artist sings and raps but hes not hip hop, someone explain this to me like im a two year old?

you're talking about drake, he is a rapper in my opinion even though he sings and raps, mos def sings and raps too, he's still a well respected mc.

Drakes still a fairly bad rapper all the same.

conor.hogan.2

Rap vs Hip-Hop music, fairly standard. Not everyone agrees, obviously, everything is relative.

Bobby Baccala

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

Rap vs Hip-Hop music, fairly standard. Not everyone agrees, obviously, everything is relative.

fairly certain hugh has me on his ignore list so i wasted my time even replying to his ridiculous post in the first place.

conor.hogan.2

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

fairly certain hugh has me on his ignore list so i wasted my time even replying to his ridiculous post in the first place.

Calling Mav not hip-hop was even more ridiculous.

Hugh Cream

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

Calling Mav not hip-hop was even more ridiculous.

i bought mav's cd the other day, looked in the hip hop section for 37 minutes, told the guy behind counter he was wrong when he said mav wouldnt be in hip hop as my mate conor told me he was hip hop.
jesus christ was i embarrassed when it turned out toby was right.:o

conor.hogan.2

Hugh Cream wrote: »

i bought mav's cd the other day, looked in the hip hop section for 37 minutes, told the guy behind counter he was wrong when he said mav wouldnt be in hip hop as my mate conor told me he was hip hop.
jesus christ was i embarrassed when it turned out toby was right.:o

I bought KRS-ONE from the r&b section, does not make him r&b.

Boom_Bap

Refer to post #28 in this thread before you post again

Hugh Cream

do posters not determine the the subject/direction of a thread?

Crann na Beatha

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danbrosnan

If maverick sabre didn't start to sing then we would not be talking about him ere, he said it himself before, that when he stood up and rapped at gigs people laughed because of his accent, in the songs 'open my eyes' and 'sometimes' he raps on the verses but with rhythm and rhyme. The problem is lads he has got, lets face it an irish accent and i don't mean to be starting trouble ere but irish rappers are never gonna become superstars. I think maverick saber knew this and worked very very hard to make his music and his voice more appealing to a wider audience. I think he the most intelligent and talented artists to ever come out of this country since bono. Now i don't think this country was very welcoming to him according to this lyrics but he did come back and shoot his new video in new ross. So ireland must have a place in his heart thank god. Now one more thing from reading about him, he adores bob marley and i think this influenced his voice and rapping style. I remember years ago hearing him on the internet when he was only 14 or 15, and i knew straight away he gonna be a superstar. I was only young myself and i put loads of people on to his bebo and myspace pages so instead of people fighting about what genre he his, go out and buy his album!!!!:D

diamondtooth

I went to Mavericks sold out gig in the Academy last night. It was brilliant. He sang really well and even though his album is only out a few weeks, lots of the crowd knew his songs lyrics. Really enjoyed this gig and he seemed delighted to be getting such a good response from the crowd.

And his show in Glasgow tonight is sold out too, and his album has spent 3 weeks in the UK top 10 so far!

danbrosnan

He playing in the inec in killarney shortly too...

bureau2009

diamondtooth wrote: »

I went to Mavericks sold out gig in the Academy last night. It was brilliant. He sang really well and even though his album is only out a few weeks, lots of the crowd knew his songs lyrics. Really enjoyed this gig and he seemed delighted to be getting such a good response from the crowd.

And his show in Glasgow tonight is sold out too, and his album has spent 3 weeks in the UK top 10 so far!

I rated him from the first time I heard him! Star Quality, and, most important, great songs.