I like rap, I write rap, and I just discovered one awesome artist and rediscovered another, thought I'd share
New guy(who's really old): 'Slug' from Atmosphere
this guy is excellent. a little like Sage Francis, if you know him. Great wordplay and poetic rhythm. I'm hooked on 2 songs, 'Body Pillow' and 'Bleed Slow'
and I recently rediscovered Gift of Gab from Blackalicious, who is fucking excellent. The song 'Release' he did with Saul Williams was excellent, and I just started listening carefully to 4th Dimension Rocketships Going Up, which is some really great work.
I'm also getting into French rap and slam, namely MC Solaar and Grands Corps Malade. If you understand French they're both must-listens.
what rhythmic rhymes are you guys listening to these days?
RUN DMC or GTFO! :argh!:
TGRR,
Old School or No School.
I've actually been listening to a lot of old skool stuff lately. Lots of Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, early Tupac and Notorious B.I.G.
Quote from: Cain on September 09, 2009, 07:07:32 PM
I've actually been listening to a lot of old skool stuff lately. Lots of Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, early Tupac and Notorious B.I.G.
BIG isn't old school. The Sugar Hill Gang is old school.
TGRR,
Older than dirt, and twice as cheap.
For the youth of today, So Solid Crew (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRCBy8hrOIM) are considered old skool.
old skool is A Tribe Called Quest, that's abot as old as I listen to
otherwise it's alot of Dead Prez, Saul Williams, Eminem(even if I hate half of what he says, he's a modern fucking Shakespeare on some of his tracks), a little Outkast if I'm feeling funky. And from time to time I like to walk down the street listening to the Grey Album, Jay Z + Beatles.
The man to talk to about this is ECH. I'm sure he'll be around in a bit.
I wasn't sure if anyone here was into rhymes, looks like it though. I'm working on filming some of my recent stuff and making a youtube channel, I'll link it here when I get 3 or 4 things nicely done. Right now I'm fighting with my webcam trying to get a decent picture.
Quote from: NWC on September 09, 2009, 07:29:08 PM
old skool is A Tribe Called Quest,
:crankey:
In MY day, we didn't HAVE Rhymes. We had to make do with Emily Dickenson set to a back beat. You kids don't know how good you have it, walking around with your eye pods listening to the rock and the roll. When I was a kid, we listened with our EARS! This country is going to hell, I tell you! TO HELL!
Go sit on the porch and yell Shakespearian verse at cars, old man.
HIE THEE OFF MY LAWN!
General Stuart recommends Immortal Technique.
Quote from: NWC on September 09, 2009, 07:39:01 PM
Go sit on the porch and yell Shakespearian verse at cars, old man.
Goethe or GTFO! :argh!:
Quote from: NWC on September 09, 2009, 07:04:43 PM
I like rap, I write rap, and I just discovered one awesome artist and rediscovered another, thought I'd share
New guy(who's really old): 'Slug' from Atmosphere
this guy is excellent. a little like Sage Francis, if you know him. Great wordplay and poetic rhythm. I'm hooked on 2 songs, 'Body Pillow' and 'Bleed Slow'
and I recently rediscovered Gift of Gab from Blackalicious, who is fucking excellent. The song 'Release' he did with Saul Williams was excellent, and I just started listening carefully to 4th Dimension Rocketships Going Up, which is some really great work.
I'm also getting into French rap and slam, namely MC Solaar and Grands Corps Malade. If you understand French they're both must-listens.
what rhythmic rhymes are you guys listening to these days?
I like MC Solaar, despite my lack of speaking French.
Lately I've been listening to the Herd a lot.
I've never been a huge rap fan. There was some pretty good stuff though that came out of the late 80s/early 90s. Public Enemy, of course. KRS-One. 3rd Bass. De La Soul. A Tribe Called Quest as someone already mentioned. I also liked groups like US3 that blended hip hop with jazz.
Quote from: Rumwolf on September 09, 2009, 07:56:22 PM
I like MC Solaar, despite my lack of speaking French.
Yeah I got a CD of his for Christmas last year, and I loved it then, even though I only understood a little, as I learned more I liked it more, and now that I understand everything I love it.
The only hip-hip I listen to right now that I don't understand is the incredible
Movits!Best Swedish swing jazz hip-hop band ever.
Quote from: NWC on September 09, 2009, 08:18:31 PM
Quote from: Rumwolf on September 09, 2009, 07:56:22 PM
I like MC Solaar, despite my lack of speaking French.
Yeah I got a CD of his for Christmas last year, and I loved it then, even though I only understood a little, as I learned more I liked it more, and now that I understand everything I love it.
The only hip-hip I listen to right now that I don't understand is the incredible
Movits!
Best Swedish swing jazz hip-hop band ever.
Swedes cannot do hip hop. They don't have the right hormones for it.
Quote from: Suu on September 09, 2009, 07:40:56 PM
General Stuart recommends Immortal Technique.
Third World I would agree with. His earlier two albums have some decent tracks, but nowhere near enough to make it worth buying the whole thing.
Quote from: NWC on September 09, 2009, 08:18:31 PM
Movits!
Best Swedish swing jazz hip-hop band ever.
They got the Colbert Bump.
Quote from: Jenne on September 09, 2009, 08:25:39 PM
Quote from: NWC on September 09, 2009, 08:18:31 PM
Movits!
Best Swedish swing jazz hip-hop band ever.
They got the Colbert Bump.
yeah that's how I heard of them, but then I illegally downloaded their album and it's genius, makes me want to learn Swedish
Awesome website telling who sampled who. Who? Whom? Fuck it:
http://www.whosampled.com/
I especially love the section on DJ Shadow: http://www.whosampled.com/artist/DJ%20Shadow/
Slug has worked with one of my favourite rappers (Murs) on a few albums. The group is called Felt. Here's a soft, but really good song they did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0794IvqFHEo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0794IvqFHEo)
Erik B and Rakim http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpaylLOq6gE
Brother Ali http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO18F4aKGzQ
Mos Def http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lPtzVAb9IA
K-os http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItjNnzEhMC0&feature=fvw
Dead Prez http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jNyr6BJZuI
Pharcyde http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgXkwiM0hIQ
El-P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=690jZO_g7nQ&feature=related
Busdriver
Aesop Rock
Sweatshop Union
Brother Ali
Jedi Mindtricks
Black Ice (I'm a little reluctant to really recommend him, as I haven't listened to a whole lot of his stuff, but I like what I've heard so far.)
I've been listening to Atmosphere nonstop all day, it's consistently excellent.
Quote from: LMNO on September 10, 2009, 12:23:09 AM
Erik B and Rakim
Dead Prez
fuck yeah