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Post by jordan71421 on Jul 2, 2016 22:06:34 GMT -5
This generation of hip hop and rap artists have really gotten me back into the genre. Here's some really good songs from recent memory:
Anybody else listen to this kind of stuff?
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Post by mystoryisgory on Jul 3, 2016 0:23:07 GMT -5
Do Gorillaz and Massive Attack count as rap? In all seriousness, a friend of mine recommended a few Kanye West songs to me, and I really enjoyed them. Maybe someone could create an introductory playlist?
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Post by mimmihopps on Jul 3, 2016 3:19:47 GMT -5
No offence at all, but it's not just my cup of tea.
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Post by Greedy's Mighty Sigh on Jul 3, 2016 3:46:49 GMT -5
No offence at all, but it's not just my cup of tea. Thats good to know
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2016 4:15:43 GMT -5
I do! Usually go to Indie or Hip Hop partys when I go out...... but I'm more the oldschool kinda gurl....
per example <3
but of course I like such things as well.....
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Post by sufuking perbley on Jul 3, 2016 4:40:22 GMT -5
Every few years I have a hip hop phase and my last one was all about Koreans.
It's in English, enjoy.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2016 7:20:37 GMT -5
Jamie T and Hoodie Allen older albums are only hip hip I really like listen to.
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Post by matt on Jul 3, 2016 10:20:35 GMT -5
Do Gorillaz and Massive Attack count as rap? I was thinking exactly the same - I like these examples of rap, maybe it's because the instrumentation is so good and appeals more to my musical tastes. But I've never gone into the deep end of the genre and tackled the 'real' stuff. I appreciate that rap/hip-hop is a revered genre that has produced many great albums, but the culture and environment it derives from is so alien to my rural Scottish upbringing. So while I sympathise with the sentiments of it, I can't empathise with it. That connection and understanding is lost as a result.
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Post by Flatulence Panic on Jul 5, 2016 18:37:23 GMT -5
brap brap brapp it's the sound of da po-po yeah.
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Post by Let It Bleed on Mar 25, 2017 11:05:22 GMT -5
eva's drunk as hell but no throwin up Half way home and her pager still blowin up Today eva didn't even have to use her A.K. eva's got to say it was a good day.... Gracias.
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Post by Lennon2217 on Mar 25, 2017 11:21:44 GMT -5
Gimme.........
MF Doom Madlib J Dilla Jay Electronica Edan Peanut Butter Wolf
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Post by wylliejack on Mar 25, 2017 12:58:10 GMT -5
Just listened to illmatic for the first time in 6 months today after going on a rock n roll binge. Fuck me its good
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Post by The Escapist on Mar 25, 2017 14:59:13 GMT -5
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Post by mystoryisgory on Mar 26, 2017 21:24:22 GMT -5
It took me many listens to realize it, but this is a fucking great song.
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Post by spaneli on Mar 26, 2017 22:49:12 GMT -5
It took me many listens to realize it, but this is a fucking great song. That entire album is complete and utter genius. It's so incredibly rare in today's age to listen to an album, and know, that it will be a classic. Not a classic pertaining to that specific artist's repertoire, but an out-and-out classic piece of art. For me, that album is high-art. The mixing of genres, textures, instrumentation, musicality, and lyricism is what I put on the level of Bob Dylan. I know they'll be push back from some people who don't understand the intertextuality of the work, and deem it as "vulgarity," or see rock or folk as a higher form of art, but Kendrick Lamar's recent run has been Dylan-like. And it's incredibly rare to see a special artist have that once in a lifetime momentum that Lamar has presented. Much like Dylan painting a picture of what it meant to be a radical in the 1960's Vietnam era of America, Lamar does so for modern blacks, in sometimes richer hues and textures. To me, he has voiced everything I have felt and thought as a black kid living in urban America, and his record is on my top 10 list of records I'll play to my children as examples of what is achievable in music. If some people aren't on board, I guess in some respects it's understandable. But to me, To Pimp a Butterfly is a generationally required album for any serious music listener, especially when that music intersects with culture and history. In short, it's a learning moment. And in the end, this is an awesome song, from an amazing album, from a singular artist.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2017 7:40:35 GMT -5
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Post by spaneli on Mar 27, 2017 12:14:19 GMT -5
That entire album is complete and utter genius. It's so incredibly rare in today's age to listen to an album, and know, that it will be a classic. Not a classic pertaining to that specific artist's repertoire, but an out-and-out classic piece of art. For me, that album is high-art. The mixing of genres, textures, instrumentation, musicality, and lyricism is what I put on the level of Bob Dylan. I know they'll be push back from some people who don't understand the intertextuality of the work, and deem it as "vulgarity," or see rock or folk as a higher form of art, but Kendrick Lamar's recent run has been Dylan-like. And it's incredibly rare to see a special artist have that once in a lifetime momentum that Lamar has presented. Much like Dylan painting a picture of what it meant to be a radical in the 1960's Vietnam era of America, Lamar does so for modern blacks, in sometimes richer hues and textures. To me, he has voiced everything I have felt and thought as a black kid living in urban America, and his record is on my top 10 list of records I'll play to my children as examples of what is achievable in music. If some people aren't on board, I guess in some respects it's understandable. But to me, To Pimp a Butterfly is a generationally required album for any serious music listener, especially when that music intersects with culture and history. In short, it's a learning moment. And in the end, this is an awesome song, from an amazing album, from a singular artist. I like Kendrick, but he's not on the level of Bob Dylan. Good as he is, people won't be singing "The Blacker the Berry" in 50 years time the way they do "The Times They Are A-Changin'" or "Blowin' in the Wind" - Dylan is simply better and made a much bigger impact.
But then I though In Colour by Jamie XX was the best album of 2015, so whadda I know?
Well, we're taking about two different things. You're talking about mass popularity. I'm talking about something being seminal in it's own genre to a group of people. Tbh, not many black people are out there singing "Blowin' in the Wind." To Pimp a Butterfly is clearly already a seminal album. It was just selected by Harvard to be archived, and it's critically acclaimed, and has been given historical importance. It has also given rise to the current mass spanning political projects, and mixtures of genres, like Life of Pablo (Kanye had tried on Yeezus, but much of it unraveled and wasn't as political) and Beyonce's Lemonade But I think, much like Bob Dylan's collection of political music, To Pimp a Butterfly will resonate. Bowie used the album as the basis for Blackstar. That already speaks to its impact. If classic artists are using your music to make classic albums, done. Also, I mean, Dylan has about a 50 year head start on Kendrick. But I can see people still people singing "Alright" (which has become a modern protest anthem, it has been used by BLM and was sung by the crowds at the largest Chicago anti-Trump rally) and something like "i," which is so super pop and uplifting, that will probably remain a fixture in music.
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Post by mkoasis on Mar 30, 2017 22:54:30 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of A Tribe Called Quest. You'll like them, they're very good.
Quirky, cheeky, smooth and groovy.
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Post by The Crimson Rambler on Mar 31, 2017 13:17:37 GMT -5
New Kendrick Lamar single:
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Post by tatomoon on Mar 31, 2017 13:22:26 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of A Tribe Called Quest. You'll like them, they're very good. Quirky, cheeky, smooth and groovy. Seconded, also their new album is great!
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Post by mkoasis on Apr 2, 2017 19:38:12 GMT -5
Anyone else love the Office Space soundtrack?
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Post by Let It Bleed on Apr 13, 2017 19:36:17 GMT -5
eva called up the homies and she askin y'all Which park, are y'all playin basketball? Get eva on the court and she's trouble Last week fucked around and got a triple double eva ball like Oscar and Russell Freakin niggaz everyway like M.J. eva can't believe, today was a good day (shit!) Little ad lib for Russell Westbrook God bless.
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Post by XTRMNTRSCREAM on Apr 13, 2017 20:02:48 GMT -5
winner
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2017 10:08:50 GMT -5
i'll just leave this here:
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Post by Lennon2217 on Jun 5, 2017 22:01:12 GMT -5
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