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the hip hop thread
Mister Longbaugh
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so right now i'm listening to atmosphere's latest album.
it is pretty great. probably the best hip hop group to come out of minneapolis.
also been listening to some older stuff. talib kweli's album The Beautiful Struggle is quality.
and of course i've always got mos def in my playlist somewhere.
hey look my old av.
when you mix those two, you get the combined might of black star.
their debut, and to date only, album is arguably some of the best hip hop to come out in the last 20 years and probably continues to influence other artists to this day. i don't know i'm just assuming that part but whatever. talib swears up and down that there's going to be another black star album but we shall see.
other stand out MCs include Lupe Fiasco
his shit is pretty hot. it's especially impressive considering he broke into the mainstream in a big way in this day and age of Crank Dat tearing up the charts. his second album, The Cool, is great, but i'm a bigger fan of his first record. i love that old school hip hop flavor. i'm gay for samples, i guess. also he's a muslim or something.
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he's from canada and is continuing the proud tradition of the white man stealing the black man's thunder. and jesus look at those eyebrows.
so what records you got spinnin. what do you like to pop yo colla and dust yo shoulda to? i'm always looking for new stuff. i usually end up liking the MCs that aren't signed to major labels (with the exception of mos def, talib and lupe, obviously). they're good because they haven't sold out yet, right?
it is pretty great. probably the best hip hop group to come out of minneapolis.
also been listening to some older stuff. talib kweli's album The Beautiful Struggle is quality.
and of course i've always got mos def in my playlist somewhere.
hey look my old av.
when you mix those two, you get the combined might of black star.
their debut, and to date only, album is arguably some of the best hip hop to come out in the last 20 years and probably continues to influence other artists to this day. i don't know i'm just assuming that part but whatever. talib swears up and down that there's going to be another black star album but we shall see.
other stand out MCs include Lupe Fiasco
his shit is pretty hot. it's especially impressive considering he broke into the mainstream in a big way in this day and age of Crank Dat tearing up the charts. his second album, The Cool, is great, but i'm a bigger fan of his first record. i love that old school hip hop flavor. i'm gay for samples, i guess. also he's a muslim or something.
Classified
he's from canada and is continuing the proud tradition of the white man stealing the black man's thunder. and jesus look at those eyebrows.
so what records you got spinnin. what do you like to pop yo colla and dust yo shoulda to? i'm always looking for new stuff. i usually end up liking the MCs that aren't signed to major labels (with the exception of mos def, talib and lupe, obviously). they're good because they haven't sold out yet, right?
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the thing I love about buying a hip-hop album is there's always like twenty songs on there
I mean that shit is substantial
much love for Aesop Rock.
Though I will also mention Jurassic 5 who have a couple albums that I just really like because they feel good to listen to.
Steam | XBL: Elazual | Last.fm
i know. fuck those other genres of music where you'll pay 16 bucks for a 35 minute long album
for me, i've been listening to a lot of nas lately. illmatic, god's son, stillmatic, the lost tapes and the 'untitled' green lantern mixtape. so solid.
Steam | XBL: Elazual | Last.fm
MM...Food?
start with madvillain, which is him collaborating with madlib
the album is called madvillainy
which he released under the name viktor vaughn
Last night I basically had Grandmasters and Liquid Swords on repeat going.
To the hip hip hop, a you dont stop
The rock it to the bang bang boogie say up jumped the boogie
To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat
Now what you hear is not a test - I'm rappin to the beat
And me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet
Ya see: I am Wonder Mike and I like to say hello
To the black, to the white, the red, and the brown, the purple and yellow
But first I gotta bang bang the boogie to the boogie
Say up jump the boogie to the bang bang boogie
Let's rock, you don't stop
Rock the rhythm that will make your body rock
Well, so far you've heard my voice but I brought two friends along
And next on the mike is my man Hank:
Come on, Hank, sing that song
The N-word controversy aside it's a pretty tight album guys
Also I scrounged around and dug up his performance on the Colbert Report:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hnxO08ptg0Y
nas's biggest problem is the production on a lot of his tracks is fucking terrible.
Not much into rap but I love this song
FUCK YES
most of the time in rap i don't really absorb the lyrics, but the production, the rapper's voice, tone, and flow are important to me
and some of it is trip-hop, such as this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-MfC7pw1AM
Much love for Aesop Rock, El-P, Big L and the Wu.
Also, Only Built 4 Cuban Lynx is the best Wu-Tang offshoot solo record.
couldn't blame him
one of the two is Dido's sister.
hmmm
europeans have silly names