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Jock Mocken posted:I watched almost all of them (except for Chris Brown/Tyga and the no-names, but I might go back once I recover from seeing that drat Drake ad so many times) and I have to say Busta killed it. He was actually going off the dome and having a blast while doing it and I'm pretty sure went longer than anybody except the Shady 2.0 dudes. Overall a pretty good group this year, I also liked Kendrick Lamar, KRIT, and 2 Chainz a lot. But yeah, gently caress Machine Gun Kelly
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RCarr posted:Jesus Christ, Busta looks terrible. I was going to say "what the gently caress do you expect, he's got to be 50-55 years old," but then I looked him up on wikipedia and he's not even 40 yet. So yeah.
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NotWearingPants posted:I was going to say "what the gently caress do you expect, he's got to be 50-55 years old," but then I looked him up on wikipedia and he's not even 40 yet. So yeah. thats more shocking to me than how bloated and weird he looked i thought he was at least 45 for sure
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Is Rick Ross dying? What the gently caress, 2 seizures on 2 planes in 1 day. At least push up the date of that album if you're planning on peacing out before Thanksgiving.
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doctor thodt posted:Is Rick Ross dying? What the gently caress, 2 seizures on 2 planes in 1 day. At least push up the date of that album if you're planning on peacing out before Thanksgiving. I've heard the stresses of a prison environment can age a man artifically but this is ridiculous A WHOA WHOA OH WHOAAAA http://youtu.be/sGWIsf1wGB4 Lil B would be so dope if he made half an effort to at least fake rhyme some of these lines. I think he does it on purpose to piss me off. The beat is sick
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Everyone post some stuff from the early years of your city's/a city's rap scene. Bonus points if it's not from LA or NYC (cuz we all know their poo poo already). Here's some SF from 1988-1992: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO1qw1QnqdM&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zya-qzzsTTY&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3RMm8gs1r4 (edit: San Quinn was only 14 when he recorded this) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2TY9ZqUGLg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_p7L0eJfKI Rah! fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Oct 16, 2011 |
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doctor thodt posted:Is Rick Ross dying? What the gently caress, 2 seizures on 2 planes in 1 day. At least push up the date of that album if you're planning on peacing out before Thanksgiving.
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Rah! posted:Everyone post some stuff from the early years of your city's/a city's rap scene. Bonus points if it's not from LA or NYC (cuz we all know their poo poo already). Stockholm: Rob'n'Raz feat. Leila K - In Command (ca 1990) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7nobPPLIPA Try to top that, QB! 
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Svartvit posted:Stockholm: Rob'n'Raz feat. Leila K - In Command (ca 1990) So Swedish rap from 1990 is actually eurodance? But it has some bitchin rhymes and it ain't NY or LA, so true to my word, you get extra points. Here's some OG 1985 Oakland poo poo from Too Short, the grand daddy of Bay Area rap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjXFd-wBv-8 And some early 90s Oakland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvXnb12QaLY&feature=related
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Lowkey's most recent album comes out tomorrow. He's pretty solid political hip hop from the UK, and this is the most recent video released in support of the album Soundtrack to the Struggle... Hand On Your Gun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBNeD57-RVg Here's another couple of music videos for songs on the album. Long Live Palestine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p1CJwTNC9M Terrorist? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmBnvajSfWU Obama Nation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4OI0GUCI_A And Lowkey doing Charlie Sloth's Fire in the Booth on 1XTRA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhrYQrLBiTQ If you like left-wing politics and good political hip hop, take a look. Must Love Dogs fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Oct 16, 2011 |
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Must Love Dogs posted:
This beat is loving sick, the rapper is pretty good too.
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maniacripper posted:This beat is loving sick, the rapper is pretty good too. I agree. I saw "political hip hop" and was getting ready for something potentially horrible...but he has some good poo poo. Here's another by Lowkey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN4eySlToGw&feature=related love that beat. Nice flow, hook and video too.
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Yeah it's political hip hop in the tradition of Public Enemy, where it's musically outstanding with a message in the lyrics. This is probably my favorite song of the album right now. Blood Sweat and Tears, featuring Klashnekoff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyI3XzSr-OM
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That new Riff Raff freestyle is hard as poo poo...does coke and kills the beat http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshh1VgRm3h7727O73fG
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Digging the poo poo out of Lowkey! Thought I'd add some to the mix Otayo Dubb - Dippin Slow ft Balance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u_V73iiEmA La - Diamonds feat Prometheus Brown and Bambu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsaI5hfBloY Nacho Picasso - Marvel (A must for all comic book fans) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IUiv4Q3LRc
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Rah! posted:I agree. I saw "political hip hop" and was getting ready for something potentially horrible...but he has some good poo poo. So fuckin true, I think basically only Lowkey and Dead Prez are the only good political hip hop ever, someone correct me. http://youtu.be/ALNF_DCg6VU Just found out stic man made an album all about working out haha http://youtu.be/8M_Mt1pwkvw "im tryna do a million crunches, a billion pushups and probaly throw a trillion punches" chopper city fucked around with this message at 19:11 on Oct 16, 2011 |
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aniero posted:Otayo Dubb - Dippin Slow ft Balance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u_V73iiEmA Nice, here's some more Otayo Dubb, with Bored Stiff and Z-Man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10-yctITMjk
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Must Love Dogs posted:Hand On Your Gun just gonna share this because the original is pretty cool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rcfOuaEmOE
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WHOLE DIK AND NUTS posted:That new Riff Raff freestyle is hard as poo poo...does coke and kills the beat Omg riff raff should have the million dollar interscope album, gently caress yelawolf and gently caress this industry
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chopper city posted:So fuckin true, I think basically only Lowkey and Dead Prez are the only good political hip hop ever, someone correct me. IM YELLING "THE COUP" REALLY LOUDLY
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I've going nuts trying to find a particular song. I figured I might as well ask my friendly neighborhood goon rap thread since I've been turned on to so much good stuff through this thread. I seem to remember a song that uses the same sample from "ain't no love in the heart of the city" as Jay Z. I also remember it being a group track for some reason. Multiple guys rapping. I could be totally nuts here and it be all just be from some wacked out fever dream or something, but I can almost hear the lyrics...but not quite. It's so hard to search for a song without any lyrics. Looking at all the "who sampled" sites, etc, has come up empty. any ideas?
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metavisual posted:any ideas? Not the most helpful answer I'm sure, but could've been a freestyle on a mixtape or something? I was listening to Mobb Deep the other day and I was like ayo where's the part where they go "I been off the deep end since I was semen / that's why now, I'm such a motherfucking demon" until i remembered that DMX used that beat on a Funk Flex tape. Not sure how I got that mixed up but it happens. (That was 60 Minutes of Funk volume 3, which now that I think about it, had some amazing tracks. Cam'ron went hard on that.)
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Roflcopter posted:The Roots released a track from their upcoming album Undun, which comes out Dec. 6. the way ?uestlove talked about this new album, I can't wait for it either
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metavisual posted:I've going nuts trying to find a particular song. I figured I might as well ask my friendly neighborhood goon rap thread since I've been turned on to so much good stuff through this thread. this is the most frustrating thing ever; here's what I recommend: go through the rest of your music library on shuffle or just picking stuff out until you either find the song you're thinking of (yeah right) or get sidetracked and forget all about it. Works for me! and drat that KRIT verse on Make My is niiiiiiice
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Jock Mocken posted:this is the most frustrating thing ever; here's what I recommend: go through the rest of your music library on shuffle or just picking stuff out until you either find the song you're thinking of (yeah right) or get sidetracked and forget all about it. Works for me! hahaha thanks! That's exactly what I've been doing! Here's hoping.
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On that note, I heard a song that sampled 50 Cent "Many Men" in the chours "Death gotta be easy cuz life is hard" and I can't remember who did the song. I think it was just one guy, maybe two.
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I'm sure this has very little to do with the general discussion in here, but I love Childish Gambino but dislike most rap simply due to lazy, creatively uninteresting lyrics. So far I've been recommended Lil B, Wale, and J. Cole as artists with clever and/or well-written lyrics. Is this accurate? And if not, what rap does have particularly well-written lyrics? I'd prefer if it's not straight nerdcore, but Glover certainly has his fair share of nerd references, but I'd also prefer if it's not straight gangster.
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feedmyleg posted:I'm sure this has very little to do with the general discussion in here, but I love Childish Gambino but dislike most rap simply due to lazy, creatively uninteresting lyrics. So far I've been recommended Lil B, Wale, and J. Cole as artists with clever and/or well-written lyrics. Is this accurate? And if not, what rap does have particularly well-written lyrics? Yeah, Lil B is the way to go. His music is very inspirational, rare, and positive. He has some of the most cleverest lyrics in the game right now. Tracks like "baby Baby" "Miley Cyrus" "Woo Woo Swag" and "Paris Hilton" are lyrical masterpieces. You might want to check out Kreayshawn as well, she is the AZ to Lil B's Nas.
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WHOLE DIK AND NUTS posted:On that note, I heard a song that sampled 50 Cent "Many Men" in the chours "Death gotta be easy cuz life is hard" and I can't remember who did the song. I think it was just one guy, maybe two. I'm pretty sure that was by Proof from D12, song was also called "Many Men". I never hated D12 as much as a lot of people did but Proof's solo stuff is actually really drat good and there is a surprisingly large amount of it.
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feedmyleg posted:I'm sure this has very little to do with the general discussion in here, but I love Childish Gambino but dislike most rap simply due to lazy, creatively uninteresting lyrics. So far I've been recommended Lil B, Wale, and J. Cole as artists with clever and/or well-written lyrics. Is this accurate? And if not, what rap does have particularly well-written lyrics? As the previous poster said, Lil B is definite a lyrical ace if you like Child Gambino. Wale, defintely, especially his verse on "No Hands". In fact, if you're into glover, you'll probably love "No Hands". And if you're into lyrics, there is this 10 minute Kool Keith freestyle where he actually says "lyrical" maybe 50 times. he is also one of the most famous lyricists of all time and has the great nerdcore champion album "Dr. Octagon 3030"
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feedmyleg posted:I'm sure this has very little to do with the general discussion in here, but I love Childish Gambino but dislike most rap simply due to lazy, creatively uninteresting lyrics. So far I've been recommended Lil B, Wale, and J. Cole as artists with clever and/or well-written lyrics. Is this accurate? And if not, what rap does have particularly well-written lyrics? das racist, man
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feedmyleg posted:I'm sure this has very little to do with the general discussion in here, but I love Childish Gambino but dislike most rap simply due to lazy, creatively uninteresting lyrics. So far I've been recommended Lil B, Wale, and J. Cole as artists with clever and/or well-written lyrics. Is this accurate? And if not, what rap does have particularly well-written lyrics? try tommy wright, pretty much exactly what you're looking for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx0cSdOlnPU
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feedmyleg posted:I'm sure this has very little to do with the general discussion in here, but I love Childish Gambino but dislike most rap simply due to lazy, creatively uninteresting lyrics. So far I've been recommended Lil B, Wale, and J. Cole as artists with clever and/or well-written lyrics. Is this accurate? And if not, what rap does have particularly well-written lyrics? Can you clarify well-written? Also, why would discussing lyrical MC's be outside the general discussion here?
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feedmyleg posted:I'm sure this has very little to do with the general discussion in here, but I love Childish Gambino but dislike most rap simply due to lazy, creatively uninteresting lyrics. So far I've been recommended Lil B, Wale, and J. Cole as artists with clever and/or well-written lyrics. Is this accurate? And if not, what rap does have particularly well-written lyrics? Nobody reads the first post. It's gonna be difficult for us to give you any recs because "lazy, creatively uninteresting lyrics" is so nebulous. What exactly do you feel is lacking in the poo poo you don't like? Content, rhyme structure, vocabulary? If it's content, know that most rap songs boil down to simple boasts at heart: it's the MC's job to make that interesting in some way. Check out the intro track off P.Dukes' last mixtape, Easy Money 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W59tssc6XT4 All the wordplay makes what's essentially a 3 minute "I'm awesome" sound, well, pretty awesome. Still, it takes a really good rapper to pull that off, so I can understand why you might find Rick Ross for instance pretty unappealing. Every song is on the exact same fake-mafia poo poo and he's really only a competent rapper at best. I'll co-sign J. Cole and Wale. I haven't listened to Cole's album but his mixtapes were very solid. Wale's output is definitely kind of spotty but he's got a pretty good selection of good tracks. I'd say stay away from Based God for the most part; he's something of an acquired taste and pretty polarizing. I'll go ahead and say you should check out thread favorite Big KRIT. Great production and strong lyricism with a good amount of social commentary. Start with KRIT Wuz Here. Jock Mocken fucked around with this message at 16:23 on Oct 18, 2011 |
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Incorrect Username posted:I'm pretty sure that was by Proof from D12, song was also called "Many Men". Searching for Jerry Garcia is a pretty sweet album. Did people hate D12 before the abomination that was My Band/D12 World? Devil's Night was pretty dope minus every Bizarre verse and the same could be said about a bunch of their older stuff imo
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The Rooster posted:Can you clarify well-written? Also, why would discussing lyrical MC's be outside the general discussion here? Oh I didn't mean outside of the scope of the thread, just outside of the current discussion. It was a way of saying "Sorry I didn't read more than a page of the thread but I have a question that I didn't see being discussed at the moment." As for "well-written" I meant thoughtful, clever, or poetic, to a degree beyond the norm with a vocabulary beyond remedial - I understand that backpack seems to be a dirty word in most circles, but it has an appeal to me musically. I don't mind self-aggrandizing lyrics as long as there's something more to them - though it took me a while to get used to. Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. Initial listens are proving fruitful.
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