Damn man we have more in common than just football clubs, you a RHCP fan aswell then?
haha, great (or small

) minds think alike. And of course, although I find their albums to contain a lot of filler tracks, like 5/15 are really good and the rest are just... meh. You gonna watch the match tonight?
www.atdhe.net is the streaming site I use if you need one.
Anyone got rap recommendations... that's more serious rap? not about bitches, hoes, or doing drugs? I'm female. hearing bitch or hoe in a song just doesn't make me all that dammed pleased. I've heard there's actually "good" rap, but yet to see any of it. I'd appreciate someone who takes a more spiritual/serious spin on the medium.
ooooooooo bare with this long response:
First suggestion:
Cunninlynguists - A Piece of Strange
Only rap album I've ever been able to describe as 'beautiful'. It would be the only rap album to make my 'overall top x albums' if I were to have an overall top x.
Some tracks from it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7pGI7XQmNk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA8wzjtI_Oo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xi_amm31Wg
including, my favourite hip hop instrumental (excluding DJ Shadows work, s that is obv. greater

):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWfZWBf08A0
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Army of the Pharaohs - Ritual of Battle
12 man supergroup of underground philly rap. Perhaps overly 'serious' but good listening regardless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cASLfP6mkC0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izp9XnkgoNQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOohwhIJIB0
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Jedi Mind Tricks - Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell
Vinnie Paz's (the 'maker' of AOTP) primary 'group'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r0KpWMNxnM
^RA the Rugged Man does the second verse and absolutely murders it, he's a beast.
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Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2
Probably the 'biggest' underground artist. Tends to be very political but most of his stuff is very good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igt-jW4e8ts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u3JSEqNtlg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QTR1-IhVJE
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And of course you have to listen to Dance with the Devil from revolutionary vol. 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qggxTtnKTMo I warn you, it's pretty dark.
Plenty more to suggest if you like any of them
and the literature suggestion will be written down at some point, i still haven't got round to even begin to think about it haha
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Anyway PD, woke up 3 hours after i wanted to

May go swimming today, want something active to do.