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MEGA: Rap/Hip Hop DISCUSSION thread.
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yoboy
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some other stuff that has been forgotten....
Point Blank- Wreckless (1992: Houston)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut_bSbLNJ54
EPMD- Brothers from Brentwood (1992: NYC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HZOqd1C25c
Bushwick Bill- Call Me Crazy (1992: Houston)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy4Iilc2SJ4
Masta Ace- Born to Roll (1994: NYC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwnwWzi1HB8
G Slimm- Mama Pray For Me (1994: New Orleans)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNibFu9iJSw
NATAS- Nation Ahead of Time and Space (1995: Detroit)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjWij-wixUo
NATAS- No Fault Insurance (1995: Detroit)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcITI8hC3a8
Dayton Family- FBI (1996: Flint)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUlFRp5QAMA
NATAS- Telly Savales (1998: Detroit)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yImr7CAjBY
Point Blank- Wreckless (1992: Houston)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut_bSbLNJ54
EPMD- Brothers from Brentwood (1992: NYC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HZOqd1C25c
Bushwick Bill- Call Me Crazy (1992: Houston)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy4Iilc2SJ4
Masta Ace- Born to Roll (1994: NYC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwnwWzi1HB8
G Slimm- Mama Pray For Me (1994: New Orleans)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNibFu9iJSw
NATAS- Nation Ahead of Time and Space (1995: Detroit)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjWij-wixUo
NATAS- No Fault Insurance (1995: Detroit)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcITI8hC3a8
Dayton Family- FBI (1996: Flint)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUlFRp5QAMA
NATAS- Telly Savales (1998: Detroit)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yImr7CAjBY
Snugg
Bluelighter
+10 to you, Yo.
A lot of good shit posted up there. Especially the EPMD & Natas shit.
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A lot of good shit posted up there. Especially the EPMD & Natas shit.
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yoboy
Bluelighter
a little detroit bias there, but oh well
yeah Natas and EPMD is the type of stuff that never sounds old to me
yeah Natas and EPMD is the type of stuff that never sounds old to me
Outta Pocket
Bluelighter
it's goin down...
Nas 90's for sure! A Tribe Called Quest is classic, too. Salt n Pepa for nostalgia...haha. Kool G, Tupac, NWA, Digital Underground, Ice Cube... All of these were mentioned above, but I need to reiterate. These came to mind first, and quickly, for me.
* 90's DID have some great rap. You know? The 90's were pretty damn cool ! A little rap, some really over-sized neon T's with exclamatory words on them. (sigh) Tis the life.
* 90's DID have some great rap. You know? The 90's were pretty damn cool ! A little rap, some really over-sized neon T's with exclamatory words on them. (sigh) Tis the life.
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Snugg
Bluelighter
Yeah, I dig some of the Detroit stuff. And I've heard a lot of it, since I'm only like 2-3 hours away from there. But, for every GOOD emcee in the D, there's a hundred whack ones.
...At least, that's how it seems, anyways.
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Diggidy Das son... saw them live outdoors once (they will always be what turned me onto hip-hop... and the pharcyde but)
they REALLY do love their bud
and give a SICK Ass show... "Straight Up Sewaside" is one of the best hip-hop albums ever
JahRed24x
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Just checked out all those songs. That Natas song has the sickest instrumental background track.. shit is DOPE, i like it more the more i hear it.. not crazy about the lyrics but they got goooood flöW~ %)
Snugg
Bluelighter
You should also check out anything by The Lost Boyz.
Supeudol
Bluelighter
^ Second that.
Snugg
Bluelighter
Especially the track "Music Makes Me High." That is such a good fucking song. There's another one I love, but I can't remember the name of it right now.
"Seat leaned back, puffin' on a blunt in the Ac!"
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"Seat leaned back, puffin' on a blunt in the Ac!"
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saw them live too.... they were with BTNH, Nas and Busta Buss...
After BTNH they turned the house lights on at the then Knickerbocker arena in Albany, NY
then as peeps were leaving, Freaky Tah (RIP) got on the mic and wa like "Where the fuck y'all going?!)...
peeps were upset at first thinking they werent coming out that night... but boy were we all fucking surprised!!!!
This is a good thing. :D
Ok, this is by far, my favourite hip hop album. It was released in 1994:
Nas - Illmatic
Released in 1994. It's perfect. There are no stupid skits. Just 10 tracks. All with magical sounding beats, and verses consctructed so well that Nas spent the rest of his career in his own shadow.
It has one guest spot on it, and it happens to be AZ, who maybe drops one of the best verses on the album.
If you like that, then check out Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
Also released in 1994. It's production is in a similar vein to Illmatic, with the kind of spaced out, yet grimey and funky beats. Biggie's verses are really entertaining, give him a chance if you don't get it at first. He doesn't use big words or overly complex rhymes. But for me the appeal is in his charisma, sense of humour, and the ordering and phrasing of his lines just sounds cool.
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Released in 1996. There was a time when Jay-Z was actually good, and this is it. I find a lot of his other stuff hit and miss, and with not nearly as much enthusiasm and charisma (though he's always pretty charismatic). Get this.
Then check out A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders, Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). I could go into more detail about them but if you're like me then you don't wanna be swamped by too much new music at once.
It's all east coast. But you did say you loved AZ, so Nas just makes sense to start with.
^ Dude knows what hes talking about. All three albums are pure fire and definately up in my favourites.
And the AZ verse on illmatic is amazing, better than Nas in that track. Should have added Big L - Lifestyles of the poor and dangerous and Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth in there.
If your more into lyrics rather than just the way it sounds check it Jehst - Return of the Drifter, and Falling Down. The production is amazing but the lyrics beat any other rapper.. ever.
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Herbal~Jah
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Yeah I think someone already posted a link to the Lost Boyz - Renee song. Shit is dope..
Lost Boyz - Renee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ7DBSzpaSY
higher than you
Bluelighter
Fat Pat and DEA were the shit plus all the old screw grey tapes
funkmaster
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You need to grab the album
My vinyl weighs a ton
By peanut butter wolf
Has some of the dopes 90's rap on it man
Interruptions has to be the dopest
My vinyl weighs a ton
By peanut butter wolf
Has some of the dopes 90's rap on it man
Interruptions has to be the dopest
Outta Pocket
Bluelighter
Yup jammin' 3 N The Mornin' original tape version right now. That DEA album was the truth.
DEA - We Ain't Trippin
A classic H-Town group that I don't think was mentioned yet: STREET MILITARY. The solo stuff is great too, if you like insane lyrical rap check out Pharoah's solo "Six Foot Giant". His style really influenced the more famous Z-Ro...
Street Military - Dead in a Year
Some other off the top names that probably haven't been mentioned for you to check out: Funk Mobb, Playaz Tryna Strive, Mad CJ Mac, Mass 187, "Down South Hustlers" and "West Coast Bad Boyz" Compilations, Do or Die, Seagram, C-Bo, RBL Posse, Cougnut, I.M.P., Dre Dog (aka Andre Nickatina), 2-11, Totally Insane, Souls of Mischief, Cold World Hustlers, Lil Keke, Big HAWK, The Click, Black Dynasty, SNOP, Dru Down, Dat Boy Grace, Underground Rebellion, Cellski, Dubee, Mac Dre
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^ Dude knows what hes talking about. All three albums are pure fire and definately up in my favourites.
And the AZ verse on illmatic is amazing, better than Nas in that track. Should have added Big L - Lifestyles of the poor and dangerous and Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth in there.
If your more into lyrics rather than just the way it sounds check it Jehst - Return of the Drifter, and Falling Down. The production is amazing but the lyrics beat any other rapper.. ever.
Jay-z is a Biter, not a writer
and Nas sold out, as hard as that is to say...
Agreed.. thats why I'm saying dude knows what hes talking about. Reasonable Doubt + Illmatic are both amazing albums, the vast majority of shit put out afterwards is shit (Stillmatic was good though...). Infact almost every artist went downhill after 2000, Nas, Jay Z, Eminem, Busta Rhymes, Mobb Deep etc...
Red + Meths latests albums are on the brink of being shit but still acceptable..
The only good hiphop I'm hearing these days is from the UK.
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