MEGA: Rap/Hip Hop DISCUSSION thread.

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Sykik said:
Hilltop Hoods (aussie hip hop) and Bliss N Eso (aussie as well)

American, don't lissen to much anymore. But check out the aussie scene it has a pretty good sound according to me.
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Hmm what about Drapht and Layla? =D
 
Do you people that listed Biggie actually listen to him or are you just sad that he's dead? Seriously. I wanna know the ratio of his I-rap-and-sell-coke songs to his I-have-any-emotion-at-all songs. He was a good rapper and its sad that he's gone, but please.
 
Some good suggestions in this thread for sure!

I have no idea if this fits what you like at all, but I love the way this song progesses lyrically & emotionally:
Murs - And this is for
 
Wow, no one has mentioned ANY of the TRUE greats of "intelligent, emotionally charged hip hop"

LIST:

Wu-tang clan
Mos Def
Jurrasic 5
MF Doom
Del Tha Funky Homosapien/deltron (sameguy)
Hieroglyphics
lil keke
some Chamillionaire stuff
Trae and Z-ro
The Roots
Red man
old Kanye West

EXAMPLES

Wu Tang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjZRAvsZf1g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57athY1a0nU

Jurassic 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohi8NlxjtTQ

Mos Def
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2IDWRpQRAM

Hieroglyphics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki8YtWwuHs0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfFhT5ihKgA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSabjbbQy2g&feature=related

Deltron:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7_jbluF0qo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4jY9S-dcUQ&feature=related

Everything else i didn't post a sample of is probably too "hood" for you but "ghetto flashin" rappers have shit to say too.
 
ShaolinBomber said:
Wow, no one has mentioned ANY of the TRUE greats of "intelligent, emotionally charged hip hop"
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because no self-respecting hip-hop head is gonna refer to his main musical taste as 'emotionally charged hip-hop'. for the good of the community, and himself..... shit sounds 'hella-gay'. ;) (good list btw. i have to disagree with kanye tho. his lyrical abilities and vocabulary in general are severely limited, in contrast with some of those other mc's.

but check out Sweatshop Union. Canadian underground, very 'counter-culture', politically oriented.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKM9odw4P6U
 
1. Atmosphere <<<< ive listened to this man for YEARS. stil bump his music every chance i get. he is truly gifted artist.
2. Aesop rock
3. Eyedea and abilities
4. Living legends
5. Tech N9ne


OH YA SAGE FRANCIS!!!
 
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Need All Hip-Hop Heads Help NOW.

I had a serious computer issue, didn't have time to back everything up (41000+ Songs) because it was finals week, and I needed a working computer ASAP. So I partitioned my HD and reinstalled Windows. Now I have almost NO music and need to rebuild my library. Hit me with ANY albums or mixtapes that you think are essential to a collection, new or old, I love ALL music primarily hip-hop though, so keep it in the genre if you can. I need the party tracks, the radio killers, and the underground cuts.

As of now the albums/mixtapes I have:

Atmosphere - Lucy Ford
Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly
Chiddy Bang - The Swelly Express
Curren$y & Wiz Khalifa - How Fly
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Dr. Dre - 2001
Drake - So Far Gone
Fabolous - Loso's Way
The Grouch - Making Perfect Sense
The Grouch - Show You The World
The Grouch & Eligh - Say G&E!
Lil' Wayne - The Carter III Advance
Lil' Wayne - No Ceilings
Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Murs - Murray's Revenge
Murs - Murs For President
Nas - God's Son
Nas - Illmatic
Nas - Stillmatic
Nas - It Was Written
Nas - Streets Disciple
Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
Nas - N****r
Nas - The Lost Tapes
Nas - I Am...
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
Outkast - ATLiens
Royce Da 5'9" - Bar Exam 2
Royce Da 5'9" - The Album
Royce Da 5'9" - Street Hop
Wale - Attention Deficit
Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing
Wiz Khalifa - Burn After Rolling
Wiz Khalifa - Deal Or No Deal
Wiz Khalifa - Flight School
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang
 
Not really a hip hop head. But I would suggest:

Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Black Star - self titled
Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
Talib Kweli - Quality
Mos Def - Black On Both Sides
Mos Def - The Ecstatic
2Pac - Me Against The World
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
Ludacris - Word Of Mouf
Common - Be
Little Brother - The Minstrel Show
 
Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
AZ - Doe or Die
Big L - Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous
DMX - It's Dark and Hell is Hot
Nas - Illmatic
Scarface - The Diary
Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx
Ghostface Killah - Ironman
GZA - Liquid Swords
Method Man - Tical
Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders & Low End Theory
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent by Design
Outkast - Southernplayalisticaddilacmusic & ATLiens & Aquemini
Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth & The Infamous
Eazy E - Eazy Duz It
Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
Dayton Family - FBI
Esham - KKKill the Fetus
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 1 & 2
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Twista - Adrenaline Rush
Bone Thugs n Harmony - E. 1999 & Creepin On A Come Up
Redman - Whut Thee Album
Ras Kass - Soul on Ice
I know I'm forgetting a lot but I can't think of any more right now...
 
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