I think we need a Hip Hop thread.

[mondaypurple]

Well, I've always been irritated by Rap music. Simple, 1-2 beats that are droned, some guy with a horrible voice screaming at you over and over 'Back that ass up' 'lean back' and 'supa soak that ho!'(hahah, that one's ridiculous.) There's simply no talent left in it, and it gives Hip Hop musicians a bad name. For, these mainstream noodles just trying to get a gold grill and a Cadillac and mad bitches like to say that their music is Hip Hop. Well, for those of you who do agree with me, I'd like to get to know more what has become the underground culture in Hip Hop.
Here's what I am quite interested in right now, as far as Hip Hop..

Aesop Rock - Music For Earthworms, Appleseed, Float, Labor Days, and a few songs off of Bazooka Tooth, his new shit is getting weirder and more MTV-ish.

Ancient Coins - the only album I've found them on is called Nature Sounds, which I believe is a Stones Throw compilation of various artists. Very good one to check out, by the way.

Antipop Consortium - Eh..they got a few good songs on Arrythmia. I'd still give them a look.

Atmosphere - I used to love Slug a bunch, but I realize that he just wants booty..very repetative vocal style, very similar messages in his music. If anything, check out the album he does with Spawn, called Overcast! There's a lot of tracks spread out through his collection that I enjoy, just pesky to sort through.

Boogie Down Productions - Old school shit..totally foundational Hip Hop, you'll find that a lot of artists nowaday will use samples of their work, a lot of people quote them, rep them. Worth a checkin' if you're down with the raw older stuff.

Blackalicious - Wow! Gift of Gab is one amazing emcee. Best flow, most intellectual lyrics I've heard out of a hip hop artist in a long time. Albums to check out - Blazing Arrow, NIA, A2G, The Craft.

Blockhead - Though, there is no emcee, he's still a hip hop music maker. Mostly groovy beats and silly samples thrown in a lot. Great guy, as well. Music By Cavelight, Downtown Science, and Uncle Tony's Coloring Book.

Busdriver - Craazy stuff. I don't know how to describe Busdriver, but it's definitely different from most hip hop, he's very fast, his voice often sounds more like and instrument than vocals. Check out The Weather and Temporary Fever.

I got KungFu to go to now, I'll continue my list later. Please do start your own for me to check out, if you would, I'd love it!

 

[mastakoosh]

we have a hip hop thread going. if you have certain artists that you like stop by and post whatever music or artist you like. i love all genre's of music, and love to learn about artists that are unknown to me. i have tried to post a link but for some reason it wont work. mastakoosh's throwback classics and fire joints is the name of the thread.

 

[jamiemichelle]

So to me it just sounds like you have not really listened to all kinds of rap... Soulja boy...back that ass up... are the mainstream rap songs... but just because those dudes are lame doesnt mean all rap is "some guy with a horrible voice screaming at you over and over" That would be like me saying that all rock sucks because of one or two artists... and some mainstream rap is really good...not just underground.

 

[mondaypurple]

So to me it just sounds like you have not really listened to all kinds of rap... Soulja boy...back that ass up... are the mainstream rap songs... but just because those dudes are lame doesnt mean all rap is "some guy with a horrible voice screaming at you over and over" That would be like me saying that all rock sucks because of one or two artists.

Well, give me some good rap then. I'm open.

 

[jamiemichelle]

Well, give me some good rap then. I'm open.

Check out my myspace page and tell me what you think about my profile song. Its an oldie but goodie to me.

 

[mondaypurple]

I remember that song.Maybe what I hate about most rap is that it's too fast paced..too techno-ey. I'm looking for laid back funky, jazzy, soulful influenced stuff.

 

[jamiemichelle]

I remember that song.Maybe what I hate about most rap is that it's too fast paced..too techno-ey. I'm looking for laid back funky, jazzy, soulful influenced stuff.

Well what about the roots? to be more specific... Baby you go me.... coming to break you off. Both of those songs are two of my favs.
Also Common has a few laid back ones... Go is one of my favorites by him and I really like his newest "I want you"

 

[mondaypurple]

No KungFu
So here's some more!

Cannibal Ox - Haaardcore hip hop. Very violent, heavy lyrics. Pretty chillin' beats, dark though. Cold Vein is the only album worth checking out, I do believe.

Channel Live - Eh. Older stuff, they pretty groovy. I really only like this one song called Mad Izm.

Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - Well, Peanut Butter Wolf is the founder of Stones Throw, so of course his shit's gotta be legit, which it is. He pulls around that early 90's feel in his beats, and Charizma completes the 90's feel with his overall style and his tone of voice. Album - Big Shots

Common - Eh, he's alright. I'm sure many of you have heard of him.

Cool Calm Pete - Iunno where I found this guy, but he's real funny. Has a song with a soulful black lady singin' "FUCK YOU!, FUCK YOU, FUUU-UU-UUUCK YOU!" hah, it's great check him out. Album- Dinner and a Movie

Count Bass D - First discovered him in some MF Doom songs..sweet voice. For just a voice and a drum machine, he's got some skills. Album - Dwight Spitz.

Deep Puddle Dynamics - A mix of Slug, Doseone, Sole, Alias, and some others I don't remember. This shit is totally different, kind of like Anticon, but much more solid songs that actually make sense. Album - The Taste of Rain..Why Kneel?

Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - One of the men behind the West coast underground hip hop. Must hear. Any album.

DJ Shadow - Hmmm....the man who got me into Hip Hop...I could go on for hours and hours about DJ Shadow. But I think you'll have to check him out yourself, especially if you're into rock, indie, etc. He'll give you a new appreciation for hip hop (or trip hop.) He is now going downhill, in my opinon, even though he says I have to understand the 'bay area music' to appreciate it, I don't like it! Albums - Entroducing.., In/Flux, One to Grow On, Private Press, What I Do In My Bedroom, Pt. 2, Schoolhouse Funk.

More to come..only at D.

 

[mondaypurple]

Well what about the roots? to be more specific... Baby you go me.... coming to break you off. Both of those songs are two of my favs.
Also Common has a few laid back ones... Go is one of my favorites by him and I really like his newest "I want you"

Now you're speaking my language. I'm from Philly, so I'm forced to love the Roots, and I dig Common, but not his newer stuff, moreso the stuff when he called himself Common Sense.

 

[jjbutler88]

Shadow is fat, but check out

1) DJ Format, especially Ill Culinary Behavior

2) Dr Dre, 2001, the single best rap album of all time. period.

3) Cant go wrong with a bot of cypress hill!

 

[wdldtoker]

Brotha Lynch Hung

 

[jamiemichelle]

Brotha Lynch Hung

K Im about to get sicc!


You better pray before I put a nine up in that pussy ho cock it back slow, rock it back and forth, wait for the nut, then let my trigger go BOOM! Pussy guts all over the room If you ain't seen it Then you're fiendin for the meaning Of that nine of doom. 2 inches in and, uh, 4 inches out You back that nigga that pack that gat And hit that indo sack it's like that Cannabis sativa got me stuck on stump fool all it takes is a way and a fat green bud blunt and a stunt!

Oh you just reminded me of my high school days.... 10+ years ago...Damn Im old. You must be from west coast... maybe Central Cali?!

 

[Live2Die420]

Jamie seems you know just a little about hip hop to say the least...

As for you Monday I recommend you check out these great artists (by great I mean that I could either get down in the club to, do some heavy smoking to, or some real street boys that talk about the real shit man, and as always, sound incredibly good fucked up, on a sweet system!!).

No specific order

-Lil Wayne
-Young Jeezy
-The Game
-snoop
-Dre.
-immortal Technique

All of these artists are great in there own way. And all of them have guaranteed fire tracks on any album or mixtape you can get your hands on... Or should I say Download, legally of course.

Do you get down with these dudes Jamie?

 

[mondaypurple]

crazy how Immortal Technique gets thrown in with those fellows. I guess he is a bit more mainstream.

 

[jamiemichelle]

No specific order

-Lil Wayne
-Young Jeezy
-The Game
-snoop
-Dre.
-immortal Technique

All of these artists are great in there own way. And all of them have guaranteed fire tracks on any album or mixtape you can get your hands on... Or should I say Download, legally of course.

Do you get down with these dudes Jamie?

To be honest I really dont care for Jeezy...Game has a few good songs...one of my favorites by him are "put you on the game" thats back when he was down with G Unit. Snoop and Dre I prefer the old school stuff for sure! Chronic 2001 is the SHIT! Immortal Technique is not my style really but Dance with the Devil is a good one.

 

[jamiemichelle]

Oh and Lil Wayne...he has so many mixtapes he can be iffy ...his most recents that I like are Prostitute Flange and Pussy, Money Weed...

 

[wdldtoker]

K Im about to get sicc!


You better pray before I put a nine up in that pussy ho cock it back slow, rock it back and forth, wait for the nut, then let my trigger go BOOM! Pussy guts all over the room If you ain't seen it Then you're fiendin for the meaning Of that nine of doom. 2 inches in and, uh, 4 inches out You back that nigga that pack that gat And hit that indo sack it's like that Cannabis sativa got me stuck on stump fool all it takes is a way and a fat green bud blunt and a stunt!

Oh you just reminded me of my high school days.... 10+ years ago...Damn Im old. You must be from west coast... maybe Central Cali?!

lol yup im from northern cal

 

[mrskitz]

tupac all day long!theres a pac song for every occassion!wernt the greatest freestyler,didnt have the best flow but his lyrics are so powerful raw and real,always spoke from his heart with passion!i also like blaq poet,cormega,guru and bizzy bone!some of the games stuff is hot,weezy annoys me most of the time when he mcs,i just wana box him in the mouth!like lil jon!hes the most annoying!

 

[mondaypurple]

Doseone - He's on Anticon, he's from Ohio, he's white. He's got a crazy flow for not rhyming all the time, still crazy. Check out Hemispheres

Eyedea - Craaazyy freestyler, I'm pretty sure he's undefeated in battles, though don't quote me on that. His album stuff is alright. I mostly enjoy three songs that blend into each other on The Many Faces of Oliver Hart - On A Clear Day, Walking, and Step By Step.

Fat Jon The Ample Soul Physician - Verry laid back, just beats. Worth a checking out. Preferable Fat Jon as Maurice Galactica - Humanoid Erotica.

Freestyle Fellowship - Pretty good West coast political stuff. check out Innercity Griots.

Gang Starr - the only thing Monotone that can be excellent. Guru's monotone voice works so well with Premiers beats. Get Full Clip, it's a good introduction.

Ghostface Killah - The silly man of Wu Tang. Fishscale's great, gotta sort through his other albums to find good songs.

Gift of Gab - The emcee of Blackalicious, solo stuff. Pretty much just him going off. Check it out - Fourth Dimension Rocketships.

Gorillaz..? - I guess I'll throw them in here, the albums produced by Dan the Automator (Del's producer) and Danger Mouse. Dels on the self titled, Dooms and De La Soul are on Demon Days...they qualify.

Gravediggaz - A Wu Tang related group. RZA does the production. 6 Feet Deep is their best album, in my opinion. They're not as heavy as Wu Tang, which I enjoy, much more groovin'. Nice and badass lyrics as well.

Hint - Another beat producer. Damn good for loungin' Portakabin Fever is his only album I believe.

Immortal Technique - way overrated. He talks a lot of truth, but he also goes over the top a lot. Good catchy beats that draw a large crowd. Revolutionary Vol. 1&2.

J Dilla(Jay Dee) - Eh. Stones Throw member, beat producer mostly, though I heard that he does some emceein'. Donuts was pretty good.

Jedi Mind Tricks - Woo. Philly based. Definitely hardcore hip hop. Very violent lyrics, damn good beats. Violent By Design, Visions of Ghandi.

Jurassic 5 - What can I say...J5 all the way live. Excellent group. Good change of voices, good mix of voices, two djs, what more can you ask for? Quality Control, Ep.

KMD - Def Jam affiliates..in 1989.. Didn't put out a good album until 2001 - Black Bastards.

Latyrx - Quannum Projects(with Blackalicious, DJ Shadow, Gab) group. Pretty different, Lyrics Born has a really weird style, but Lateef settles it down. Check out The Album.

 

[BayLegacy]

One of my Top 5 favorite rappers is Papoose.
Easily one of the most lyrically talented artists out there.
And JozeeMo. North Carolina is making a pretty big impact.