My sort of hip hop. Anyone know it? Like it?
I won't be offended if not, tends to be only a few like this sort of stuff in these threads.
My sort of hip hop. Anyone know it? Like it?
I won't be offended if not, tends to be only a few like this sort of stuff in these threads.
@Stereo:
My sort of hip hop. Anyone know it? Like it?
I won't be offended if not, tends to be only a few like this sort of stuff in these threads.
Yeah man this is great stuff!
@Stereo:
My sort of hip hop. Anyone know it? Like it?
I won't be offended if not, tends to be only a few like this sort of stuff in these threads.
Prince Paul is the guy who produced the first three De La Soul albums, what do you think?
@Monkey:
Prince Paul is the guy who produced the first three De La Soul albums, what do you think?
I think most of these threads tend to represent more recent rap heavily. If not, pleasantly surprised. So I'll try one more…..
Anyone else hear the new K-Os record yet?
I feel like it's basically good but still disappointing in certain ways. The first disc BLack has probably the first straight up bad K-Os songs on it. Like just really blatant dumb electronic pop. And I'm not a guy that hates electro pop stuff just because. Eye Know Something on Yes! was great. But CLA, Nyce 2 Know Ya, Like a Comet… they ain't that. The other stuff is perfectly acceptable, but still some how feels like it's tainted or something by a bad start? The Black Thought feature, and the posse cut with Shad and Saukrates, really bring the first half together with some stand outs though.
Then there's the BLonde disc where K-Os tears it up. Put Down Your Phone, and BLonde are instant standouts in his whole catalog imo. And there's more really amazing rock tracks dancing all around that thing. Disc 2 overshadows Disc 1 it's not even a question. And good K-Os music is good K-Os music I just wish he brought more of that gusto to what was supposed to be the hip-hop disc :(
Anyone else hear the new K-Os record yet?
I haven't given it a proper listen yet, but I have been jumping around it a bunch. The first four tracks kind of suck, but they sound nothing like K-os. After that things sound pretty darn good. Already rotating some tracks with regularity.
But CLA, Nyce 2 Know Ya, Like a Comet… they ain't that.
I almost like Nyce 2 Know Ya…it's weak but workable. I'd trade it out for Diamond Sky and completely agree with you though.
The other stuff is perfectly acceptable, but still some how feels like it's tainted or something by a bad start? The Black Thought feature, and the posse cut with Shad and Saukrates, really bring the first half together with some stand outs though.
MTV is awesome too.
Then there's the BLonde disc where K-Os tears it up. Put Down Your Phone, and BLonde are instant standouts in his whole catalog imo. And there's more really amazing rock tracks dancing all around that thing. Disc 2 overshadows Disc 1 it's not even a question. And good K-Os music is good K-Os music I just wish he brought more of that gusto to what was supposed to be the hip-hop disc :(
I don't think either one is clearly rock or hip-hip lol, kind of a failure in concept (even if they do sound more one or the other).
I guess I'm not complaining about 3-4 complete sell out smelling craps at the start because it's a double album set, and there's so much else that's great.
The Dog Is Mine is seriously one of the best singles I've heard in a long while.
UK hip hop
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Heh, for the people that follow K-Os' youtube channel, that scamp went and posted "remixes", and teasers for remixes of at least two of the crappy tracks off the last album. The full Nyce 2 Know Ya remix sounds dope as hell.
@winnyshreds:
UK hip hop
I recently happened upon Dizzy Rascal's Boy in da Corner and I think it's amazing. I love his rapping style. It has one foot in Ragga style delivery and one in an English accent for this really crazy energetic stilted effect. And the instrumental to this is amazing too. I heard a rumor he produced it himself on a PS2 music making disc or something?
Also catching up on usually great artists whose albums I'm late on, Nas' Life is Good is fantastic. Very nearly a perfect Nas album as far as what I like hearing from him. In these last few releases he's made but ESPECIALLY this one he's really developing this… I guess mature adult-speak rap? Idk what to call it but it's really refreshing to hear and Nas is reaching some really interesting lyrical subjects with it.
Then ShinSight Trio's Moonlight Sunrise. This is my favorite Insight project I'm sure. He comes in full form as always and this is the most interesting production I've ever heard him on.
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Don't know if anyone on here has heard this, but Kendrick Lamar has caused a bit of a stir with his verse on Big Sean's new track "Control", name dropping other artists such as J.Cole, Drake, Wale, etc. Especially among New York rappers with his I'm the King of New York line. Lupe, Joell Ortiz and a few others have already responded back with tracks of their own.
Don't know if anyone on here has heard this, but Kendrick Lamar has caused a bit of a stir with his verse on Big Sean's new track "Control", name dropping other artists such as J.Cole, Drake, Wale, etc. Especially among New York rappers with his I'm the King of New York line. Lupe, Joell Ortiz and a few others have already responded back with tracks of their own.
Wish I could tell ya, I don't know much about the context of any of that. I like Kendrick and dislike Drake a lot, though, so that's all well and good with me. I'll give it a listen.
Jeru the Damaja is one of my favorites in hip hop so far. That… subdued twang of the drums. An acquaintance of mine heard this and said "it sounds just like all the other hip hop to me, all I heard was bitch, bitch, bitch" and I realized that, wow, when people actively dislike something so much, it can straight up create falsehoods about that thing. This is common knowledge, but it's much more shocking when you actually see it happen in real life with otherwise harmless people.
Anyway, that's enough of that. Take it away, Jeru. If you liked this even a little bit you'll like the full album, which is on YouTube.
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whoops, forgot to link the whole thing.
Jeru's one of those dudes who made me realize "I like hip hop a lot more than I thought" after only hearing a few dozen albums of the genre.
I haven't fully checked out Progressive Era aside from Joey Bada$$'s 1999 project but they sound promising so far.
It's weird, conceptually this should be cheesy as fuck. A bunch of teenagers pretty much, squeezing beats out of guys past their prime like Lewis Parker, MF DOOM, and Lord Finesse, snatch up a spare Dilla track or two, and set out with their in-house producer to end up making some of the most convincing 90s NY sound I've heard in a while!!!
It's kinda weird to enjoy when you realize how young they all are. And yea I know Illmatic, but still these are kids born in the 90s.
I hope Joey can come up with something better than Wavves eventually, because it's perfect and he hasn't made anything as good yet.
Don't know if anyone on here has heard this, but Kendrick Lamar has caused a bit of a stir with his verse on Big Sean's new track "Control", name dropping other artists such as J.Cole, Drake, Wale, etc. Especially among New York rappers with his I'm the King of New York line. Lupe, Joell Ortiz and a few others have already responded back with tracks of their own.
Lupe's response was more of taking the piss (he was imidating different rappers). Joell's response was more of a friendly response, but the person who was more personal was Papoose. Papoose's track was more of a diss, because he 'disrespected' New York, even though I view to be the best response. It's quite enjoyable to hear these tracks though.
New Eminem single Berserk not that good.
But neither was Jay Z's or Kanye.
Back to the drawing board for all 3 of them.
Thread needs some of this.
A couple of my favorite songs.
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@God:
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It's really crazy to see how much his skills have increased over the last few years.
It's really crazy to see how much his skills have increased over the last few years.
Can't really say much about his skills over the years since I have only heard about 10 songs from him, but he is among my top 5 favorite rappers.
@God:
Can't really say much about his skills over the years since I have only heard about 10 songs from him, but he is among my top 5 favorite rappers.
You should listen to his newest album ''Because the internet''
It's definitely one of my favorites from 2013.
You should listen to his newest album ''Because the internet''
It's definitely one of my favorites from 2013.
I've heard "3005" and "Zealots of Stockholm", but I can't find the whole album anywhere on YouTube.
@God:
I've heard "3005" and "Zealots of Stockholm", but I can't find the whole album anywhere on YouTube.
He recently released a video for one of my favorites from the album.
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He recently released a video for one of my favorites from the album.
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Cool song, the change to singing at the end threw me off though.
@God:
Cool song, the change to singing at the end threw me off though.
The singing part is a bit from another song of the album, can't remember the title atm.
The singing part is a bit from another song of the album, can't remember the title atm.
Oh. Did you mean to spell it the real "slum" shady or was that a typo?
@God:
Oh. Did you mean to spell it the real "slum" shady or was that a typo?
I meant to spell it that way. It comes from an intern joke with some of my friends.
What are everyone's thoughts on yung lean and lil b or Viper type rappers? I personally hate them (although it's not cool to admit that lil b sucks) and just find them pretty dismal, even if they have good beats. I just can't stand this whole listening to rap cause it's haha it's so ironic and quirky. I almost get nerdcore vibes from them, even though that may be extreme. Lil Ugly Mane is great though and I don't see why some people lump him in with those guys.
whatever the case here's some good UK rap and actually one of the best rap albums in 2012.
What are everyone's thoughts on yung lean and lil b or Viper type rappers? I personally hate them (although it's not cool to admit that lil b sucks) and just find them pretty dismal, even if they have good beats. I just can't stand this whole listening to rap cause it's haha it's so ironic and quirky. I almost get nerdcore vibes from them, even though that may be extreme. Lil Ugly Mane is great though and I don't see why some people lump him in with those guys.
whatever the case here's some good UK rap and actually one of the best rap albums in 2012.
You speak blasphemy against the based god, heretic.
@God:
Small world, I just so happened to choose twisted insane as my avatar.
here's some Horseshoe Gang I'm vibing to right now tho:
Met Schoolboy Q after a show he did in my hometown of Copenhagen a few hours ago.
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It was probably one of the best concerts that i will go to this year, and i can highly recommend him for you!
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a mafiaso song by Shabazz The Disciple, he's a wu tang affiliate and he was a part of sunz of man.
it's a fucking great song. with its slow beat, flute sample and Shabazz's flow and gritty lyrics.
call it whoring or spamming, but i fucking love it and i think you should totally give it a chance.
Met Schoolboy Q after a show he did in my hometown of Copenhagen a few hours ago.
It was probably one of the best concerts that i will go to this year, and i can highly recommend him for you!
glad danskjävel? :D
I can well imagine Schoolboy is great live. You know if he'll come to Sweden or did I miss him?
I also have to share this classic westcoast banger with Brotha Lynch Hung:
glad danskjävel? :D
I can well imagine Schoolboy is great live. You know if he'll come to Sweden or did I miss him?
Yeah im a dane :)
And here is the poster for the world tour
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So i think its too late for you to catch him in Sweden :(
Lil B's new mixtape Hoop Life is out.
http://www.datpiff.com/Lil-B-The-BasedGod-Hoop-Life-mixtape.616799.html
I think we can allready call it Album of the year 2014.
@superv:
damn, if i could see my almost two years old post on the last page, it doesn't say alot about this thread, does it?
anyways, i've recently listened to dr.dre's 2001 for the first time and it was really really good loved the production on that thing and dre is surprisingly a very good lyricist, so you may want to check that shit out if you happened to live under a rock like me lol.
but really though i listened to it as a sort of introduction to west coast rap, because i mainly listen to east coast rap like G rap and Mobb Deep and wanted to try something new.
so what are you guys jamming to these days?
@superv:
so what are you guys jamming to these days?
It's great to see some activity on here again. I myself have been listening a lot to Run The Jewels' two albums for the last few days. I just love coming back to them.
yeah shame the other two posters in here got banned, we rap listeners are rebels it's in our nature lol.
so i listened to Gravediggaz's first album "6 feet deep" and i really wanted to like it. i just didn't feel the production on some of the tracks, and there's Too Poetic, he is not a good rapper, his flow is very simplistic and his voice is annoying.
what really saved the album were the Rza and Frukwan. they were dope and killed all the tracks they rapped over. it's shame though, had the Rza produced more tracks on the album and brought Method man or Gza into the group instead of Too Poetic it would've been a legendary album.
so i don't really want to force this thread to stay active. but really this entire board is small and doesn't have alot of threads, so i don't know, if im breaking any rules tell me guys.
anyways this joe budden song is fucking amazing:
Lately i've been listening to alternative hiphop artists like:
and i have to say i'm really liking it, they are sampling oldschool classics in a really creative manor especially Slum Village. The producer J Dilla was crazy talented sadly he has passed away. His production on the Like Water For Chocolate album from Common is exquisite.
Given that the head stan Zephos has gone AWOL in regards to rap due to his Rock Journey, no surprise this thread's activity is kinda staying still. (Wonder why Bucephalus's MIA though)
Anyway, crossposting from 2016 thread for relevance:
Anyway, crossposting from 2016 thread for relevance:
Have never heard this before but it kinda reminds me of N.E.R.D
Like a more modern version of it but in a more mature way than how Tyler did on his last album.
Lately i've been listening to alternative hiphop artists like:
- Common
the same guy from the diplomats? i didn't really dig their tunes. give me the best track he made in your opinion.
The producer J Dilla was crazy talented sadly he has passed away.
Yo.. huge hip-hop head here. Listen to a lot of indie shit, listen to a lot of mainstream shit too. Never posted here cos it seemed pretty dead but fuck it… just gonna post some of my favorite releases from 2015. So... I hope that's cool?
In no particular order:
Nacho Picasso // Produced by Blue Sky Black Death :: Stoned and Dethroned
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Billy Woods :: Today I Wrote Nothing
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Probably my AoTY. Gritty NY style raps reminiscent of Rakim with cohesiveness from start to finish and has that Doom feel with the samples.
First song isn't on the album but serves as a good intro to Ka as a whole.
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L'Orange and Jeremiah Jae :: The Night Took Us In Like Family
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Open Mike Eagle :: A Special Episode Of
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Milo :: So the Flies Don't Come
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Sadistik // Produced by Kno(of Cunninlynguists) :: Phantom Limbs
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Feel like most of the above were way too slept on.
And then the obligatory;
Kendrick Lamar :: To Pimp a Butterfly
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Dude, I've gotta go down that list when I've got time. Busdriver is really underrated and that's about all I recognize there (besides the bottom four), haha.
A friend introduced me to Lil Ugly Mane somewhat recently and I really dig his stuff. He had a killer album right at the end of 2015.
@superv:
the same guy from the diplomats? i didn't really dig their tunes. give me the best track he made in your opinion.
Common is not affiliated with Dipset, his style is very vintage, Chicago hippie stuff. It's an interesting duality with Chicago, on the one hand we have the
. But we also have some really sweethearted goodguy rappers like Common, Lupe, Chance the rapper, Vic Mensah etc.That being said, Dipset is more about glitz and style than they are actually about spitting fire in the booth. They are pretty mediocre rappers and alot of their stuff haven't exactly aged well. Even though I still think We Fly High is a bit of a guilty pleasure.
Common is not affiliated with Dipset, his style is very vintage, Chicago hippie stuff. It's an interesting duality with Chicago, on the one hand we have the
. But we also have some really sweethearted goodguy rappers like Common, Lupe, Chance the rapper, Vic Mensah etc.That being said, Dipset is more about glitz and style than they are actually about spitting fire in the booth. They are pretty mediocre rappers and alot of their stuff haven't exactly aged well. Even though I still think We Fly High is a bit of a guilty pleasure.
"I worship the late prophet, the great Muhammad Omar Atta, for his courage behind the wheel of a plane. Reminds me when I was dealin' the 'caine"
-Juelz Santana
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@superv:
damn, if i could see my almost two years old post on the last page, it doesn't say alot about this thread, does it?
anyways, i've recently listened to dr.dre's 2001 for the first time and it was really really good loved the production on that thing and dre is surprisingly a very good lyricist, so you may want to check that shit out if you happened to live under a rock like me lol.but really though i listened to it as a sort of introduction to west coast rap, because i mainly listen to east coast rap like G rap and Mobb Deep and wanted to try something new.
so what are you guys jamming to these days?
Actually he isn't, and there's nothing wrong with that.
Since he was with NWA it's been well known that Dre literally never writes his lyrics, it's not even a secret, no one including him tries to hide it.
He's just the beat guy and his rapping is supposed to accompany it.
For example Jay Z wrote Still Dre and Eminem wrote Forgot About Dre and one of those two probably wrote The Watcher.
Surprised you didn't know this.
Common is not affiliated with Dipset
yeah my bad. i confused him with Cam'ron.
@Boing:
Surprised you didn't know this.
yeah, i got into his album with little knowledge about him. i never listened to anything he made before that album.
tbh i'm not really surprised by this, he's definitely not the first rapper to hire a ghostwriter and he definitely won't be the last. plus, he always struck me as being a better producer than a rapper. judging from his headphones brand, the number of his albums (and the gap between them), and the large amounts of production he did for other artists.
which is why i got surprised when i heard him rap, he seemed very good for someone who's main focus is production.
@superv:
yeah my bad. i confused him with Cam'ron.
yeah, i got into his album with little knowledge about him. i never listened to anything he made before that album.
tbh i'm not really surprised by this, he's definitely not the first rapper to hire a ghostwriter and he definitely won't be the last. plus, he always struck me as being a better producer than a rapper. judging from his headphones brand, the number of his albums (and the gap between them), and the large amounts of production he did for other artists.
which is why i got surprised when i heard him rap, he seemed very good for someone who's main focus is production.
Yah, Cube did the majority of his writing when he was with NWA.
Kendrick and one other guy ho's name I can't remember are his latest writers.
Dre is a legend because one he helped birth Gangster Rap, revolutionized production twice and essentially created G-Funk or at least took it too the next level, and helped bring so many big artists into the game among other things, also he made The Chronic and followed that up with 2001.
You haven't listened to the original Chronic yet? You should get on that.
How much Jay have you listened to?