Hip Hop Thread

[ARO]

Relapse was meh.

Recovery is better, tho. Not "great". But it's "good", I soppose.

Kanye's pretty good musically. It's just that he's such a total bitch, it makes some of his lyrics hard to take seriously. I usually just like his beats more. Power is aight, tho.

Anybody listen to Kid Cudi? And I mean more than just "Day and Night"? I think he's one of the more honest rappers out there.

I did hear Wale's "More About Nothing" mixtape. It's... ok. But I don't get the concept. I mean, I guess he's just a Sienfield fan.

Personally, I can't wait for T.I's new cd.

Also, "Pretty Boy Swag" by Souja Boy is pretty much the worst song of 2010. Sorry if anyone likes it, but... it's just horrible.

I dont get why all the hate on relapse I thought it was pretty good (Ex Beautiful, Deja Vu, and Old Times Sake) and Smore I do listen to Cudi, some of his stuff is fantastic.

[rusashi]

De La Soul is the best hip-hop act period.

First four albums are all 5 star classics.

Better than Wu? Tribe?

[Wagomu]

De La>Tribe>Wu in my mind. Still fairly close.

[JERK DISEASE]

Better than Wu? Tribe?

Yes and yes.
Outkast is the second best hip hop act. Also better then Tribe and Wu.

[Tijnn.]

My friend persuaded me to check out The Cold Vein by Cannibal Ox.

And I've been listening to it for the past three or four hours, really awesome stuff.

[JERK DISEASE]

Cold Vein is great indeed.

[Tsukishima]

A friend of mine recommended Nineteen Ninety Now by Celph Titled and Buckwild. And damn, I don't know who these dudes are, but this album is awesome.

[JERK DISEASE]

Celph Titled is the rapper.

The producer is Buckwild, and the beats are stuff he made in 1994.

[Holy Hell]

Cold Vein is great indeed.

I never understood the issues some people had with its production. I hear "Star Trek", "generic", and "lazy" sometimes and I find it absurd, because it's just such a cold ass album.

Major props to Cannibal Ox.

Too bad they dissipated like immediately afterwards.

[Hawkeye]

I've always thought that MF Doom was pretty famous but whenever I talked about him at my school's rap/hip hop club no one had ever heard of him. Really one of the most unique rappers out there.

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[Holy Hell]

I'd call him famous in the music community. I don't really associate with people who just listen to "the classic artists" or Top/100/Billboard, so I don't know how he fares there other than I assume "not at all". If you had a college radio or something that played hip-hop, he'd be bound to show up though.

He's certainly not obscure by any means. He's one of the most famous "underground" rappers.

[Wagomu]

I'd call him famous in the music community. I don't really associate with people who just listen to "the classic artists" or Top/100/Billboard, so I don't know how he fares there other than I assume "not at all". If you had a college radio or something that played hip-hop, he'd be bound to show up though.

You rang? I actually have "Tick, Tick..." on my show tonight, haha. I don't have the hip-hop show (that's actually on before mine and plays a lot of great hip-hop from all over the place, including MF Doom), but I try to play good music on my variety show. I've been spinning Operation: Doomsday pretty consistently this week.

But, indeed, it's hard to expect anything from more mainstream listeners. It surprises me how many alt rock fans I find out there who still haven't heard of Sonic Youth, or, in a more thread-relevant example, how many hip-hop fans love De La and Tribe, yet haven't heard of the Jungle Brothers.

[JERK DISEASE]

how many hip-hop fans love De La and Tribe, yet haven't heard of the Jungle Brothers.

People are dumb.

[Bucephalus]

The new Yeezy album strays away from Hip Hop a lot more than its predecessors, but it still deserves a round of applause.

Well done.

[Wabbit]

I've been really digging this song lately (and the whole album actually)
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[JERK DISEASE]

Yeah that's a neat LP. The 60's rap album that never was.

[Wabbit]

It just sounds so

wonderfully trippy and weird.

The 60's rap album that never was.

totally. That's just the feeling you get. I'm sad this didn't get more mainstream recognition.

Or maybe it did? I'm bit of a rap newbie myself. Lately I've been exploring stuff like Liquid Swords and a lot of Ghostface's albums.

[Smudger]

Can someone recommend a decent album? (2010)

My collections been gathering too must dust this year.

[JERK DISEASE]

Dessa's "A Badly Broken Code"

[Smudger]

Dessa's "A Badly Broken Code"

Anything a bit more heavy or grimy?

That's not really my thing.