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White Hip-Hop/Rap
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My discovery of 3OH!3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAQMfFByS7U
And the new Lonely Island song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU
Has made me realise that I love white hip-hop. If anyone has any recommendations for more, then please let me know.
Just so you all know, I'm not looking for Eminem or Goldie Looking Chain. Watch the two videos: They represent a similar type of music. Sure, they're mostly comical, but the musical style could be taken seriously. It's not particularly quirky or stupid, but rather hip-hop made by angry sounding white people.
I've looked around, and I can't find any other music similar to these two.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAQMfFByS7U
And the new Lonely Island song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU
Has made me realise that I love white hip-hop. If anyone has any recommendations for more, then please let me know.
Just so you all know, I'm not looking for Eminem or Goldie Looking Chain. Watch the two videos: They represent a similar type of music. Sure, they're mostly comical, but the musical style could be taken seriously. It's not particularly quirky or stupid, but rather hip-hop made by angry sounding white people.
I've looked around, and I can't find any other music similar to these two.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmYz-RE9YmA&feature=related
Couple of good hip-hop bands there. Hilltop Hoods and Bliss n Eso.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wyyVh3uc5Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVWWxZX_EkM
Mcenroe too
Hopefully you'll understand what I mean when I say that these songs aren't big/loud enough? I don't mean the volume, but all of these rappers are rapping in the sense that they're speaking. The two songs I posted in the OP have the rappers shouting their lines.
Hilltop Hoods is what I'm looking for in terms of their music being fun, though. It's got an edge of humour in the lyrics, but nothing too obvious or intentionally comical.
Braille
Edan
Brother Ali
Slug from Atmosphere
Drapht
Cage (though I don't like him)
Aesop Rock
Jedi Mind Tricks (Vinnie Paz is lead and he's white)
El-P
Eyedea (but you'll find his stuff mostly under Eyedea & Abilities)
Apathy
Army of the Pharaohs (has a few white boys in it)
R.A The Rugged Man
Mac Lethal
I think that about covers it. Yeah, it's not necessarily what you're looking for-but there is quite a bit of humor out of these guys (R.A. The Rugged Man and Mac Lethal especially)
Here's a mac lethal video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjGW2hxcbfw
That being said, there are a lot of white hip-hop artists out there who don't come across like the Eminems (or comedians) of the world. The Living Legends crew out of California has some phenomenal white artists in Grouch and Eligh. Eligh is an amazing lyricist, and does most all the beat production for the crew's releases. Grouch has a great voice, style, and delivery. They both have solo albums, joint albums with each other, and Grouch does another joint act called CMA with Luckyiam (also one of the living legends, not white).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCHV2I_Xog0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7NRuIDOKjM
Grouch and Eligh together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_fTLdIW-4E
Aesop Rock is also worth your time, he's signed to Def Jux out of New York. More abstract than many hip-hop artists, but he tells good stories and collaborates with other awesome artists.
And I don't like Atmosphere all that much personally, but the rapping side is Slug, who's got a lot of talent, and production by Ant. They are both white and know how to rap.
***Edit - If you're looking for strictly comical stuff and you want more yelling, try checking out Dirt Nasty and Micky Avalon. RA the Rugged Man is a little more comical/ridiculous than the average rapper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDbiYHxrtBU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUQYiD9RhHk
These are closer to what I'm looking for. I don't want strictly comical, but if you listen to Hilltop Hoods and 3OH!3, it's fun hip-hop rather than serious hip-hop the majority of the time. It still sounds more serious than something like Weird Al.
I listen to a lot of serious black hip-hop, because I prefer black hip-hop artists when they're not yelling, but there's something about white guys shouting that I like.
Just...wow.
I'm going to assume this was the kind of "wow" you'd say when you see something really spectacular, like an awesome fireworks display. Thanks, man. I try to put a lot of effort into my posts.
No, it's downright idiotic to say you prefer this over that when you're neglecting a wide group of amazingly talented hip-hop artists. I didn't realize hip-hop had a color.
I would say it's idiotic to assume I'm being prejudiced just because of the language I used, but this is the internet so it's not really an idiotic assumption. Regardless, I wasn't saying what you thought I was saying. The majority of hip-hop I listen to and enjoy happens to be black, but not because it is black.
Also you don't notice a difference between black and white hip-hop in terms of voice/vocals? Because I do.
Edit: Oh, and the only reason I'm neglecting all the amazingly talented hip-hop artists is because they don't fall under the quite specific style I specified. So it's not because they're not good, but because they're not what I want.
That's your problem right there-you've already associated it all with either a black hip-hop or white hip-hop thing. Bah, what's the point.
In my experience the white artists concentrate alot on depressing subjects.
Also:
AESOP ROCK is absolutely neccesary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1u43KDiWD0
Why is pretty good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLGXJ0k1I34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8T095mFdW8
Let me know if I'm on the right track.
nothing more gangster than playing this in your stereo in a mall parking lot
classy
He's been around for quite a while but I don't think he's gotten much coverage (or really any Detroit rapper outside of Em).
His Myspace page is here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGwqxVv-jJs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO18F4aKGzQ
but they're listening to every word I say
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3z1bS2HlE0
but they're listening to every word I say
Hardknox is a rave/hip-hop group that my brother absolutely loves. It's very aggressive (stylistically, not lyrically) and incredibly infectious.
In my opinion they are the best balance of comical and serious. They're not club banger rap like 3OH!3 or Dyslexic Speedreaders. So if that's what you're looking for, sorry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xpZxwE1dkE
Furthermore, I have a band of this type, but we haven't recorded anything in a studio yet. If you'd like a copy of the demo we recorded in my basement, PM me. We play shows very frequently and the demo has landed us attention. The name of my band is MUSTACHE REQUIRED www.myspace.com/mustacherequired
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3ILUic7aN0
Whatever you may think of the singer I bet that is the style you're looking for
P.S. Don't overlook the UK talent even if this isn't the one
Taskforce
Skinnyman
Yes. Exactly. Thank you.
You yourself brought race into this when you said you wanted music exclusively by white rappers. Almost all hip-hop is in your face, and a large proportion is upbeat (especially over the past decade). I think you'd better define more carefully exactly what you're looking for.
mentioning the colour of peoples' skin, SCARY!
the OP clarified that he didn't mean to categorise people on race, but that he was looking for music of a similar STYLE to the songs in the original post. Whether they're black/white/other doesn't matter, it is how their voice sounds and the content of the songs.
personally i'd recommend Sage Francis (angry angry man) as a couple of others have, and probably the new Kanye album (slow in places, but damn catchy elsewhere).
Lil Wayne too maybe, a few of his songs are really good (you know, not the "UH BABY GRIND ON MY POLE, I'LL BUY YOU A CAR" stuff that is all the radio plays) and god knows he sounds angry enough sometimes to be right up your alley
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"Jumps a train with some friends, sees an easy target,
An old man hard hit by age, fainthearted,
The kid pulls a knife like let's get started,
Come on,
A girl steps he's like eat the carpet,
Laughs with his friends like she's retarded,
The old man stepped and swept the assailant
Off his feet, his head connected with the railing,
You're weak the old man said as the kid lay recovering,
Blubbering, get to your feet I'll tell you another thing
A real man never lays his hands on a woman,
A real man would know that, no surprise that you wouldn't,
I didn't fight in two wars just so forty years later,
You'd have the freedom to rob me on the train, this behaviour
Doesn't fit with what I gave this country so cut me,
Won't live another day in a world that's so ugly.
It put them up there with DMB's "Seek Up"
"Sit awhile with TV's hungry child
Big belly swelled
Oh, for a price of a coke or a smoke
Keep alive those hungry eyes."
Abdominal (works a lot with DJ Format):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQr1u1l-rIU
The Hit Song by DJ Format featuring Abs
DJ Format ft. MC Abdominal & MC D-Sisive - 3 Feet Deep
You'd probably like Optimus Rhyme, they play at PAX and are a staple of my Nerdcore collection:
Ford vs Chevy Optimus Rhyme
Optimus Rhyme - Obey The Moderator
There's a distinction to be drawn between the hip hop that grew out of gangster scene in the U.S. and the cultural descendants of those artists, and other folks who are rapping over a beat. In the U.S. the non-gangster stuff gets called 'white rap' because so much of the mainstream stuff is done by black artists who owe much of their style to the gangster mentality. There are plenty of black artists (and other artists of other races) making "white" hip hop, though.
I would check out Ugly Duckling, Atmosphere, and maybe even Blue Scholars.
Also hilltop hoods were already mentioned, but I love this video and wanted to post it. If you like irreverence with your music, maybe you'll like it too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AC8fgNzxt8
edit: for that matter did anyone suggest The Roots yet? Might also be something you'd get into.
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
For whatever reason most of the white hip-hop artists mentioned so far are too subtle or complicated or something. I don't know if that's a usual style or not, but that's why he needs it to be in your face and upbeat. Sure there are a lot more popular black artists that do in your face and upbeat. But maybe the reason he said white and not eminem is because he doesn't want in your face and upbeat if it's the generic black artists doing hip hop or white/black gangster rap. So it's actually harder to find then people think.
All I want, quite simply, is music exactly the same as the two videos I posted in the OP. Which DOES make it hard to find. I probably shouldn't have mentioned liking White Hip-hop and asked for recommendations. That was a bit misleading.
Problem is, the two videos in your OP dont represent a certain type of music. One is a straight up rap song. The other is a parody by a couple of comedians and an rnb singer.
The original is highly indebted to the Beastie Boys, so if you like it you should go straight to the source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzaFGMQRBfs