Hip Hop

[FantasticDamage]

Do you like hip hop? if so who are you listening too?

 

i am mostly into the more 'underground' stuff. stuff like el-p, saul williams, sage francis,Mr. lif, atmosphere and aesop rock. Although i think the term 'underground' is kind of dead due to the internet.

[Prometheon]

Props on Atmosphere. Definitely some of my favs.

 

More rap than hip hop, but you can't go wrong with Wu Tang.

[shindig]

ill second the wu tang on this one

[sodamntired]

just got the Classified album

pretty good.

[FantasticDamage]

i will admit i have not heard much wu tang.

[sodamntired]

now you have

 

and my other favorite hip hop is B.T.K.

Edited May 6, 2010 by sodamntired

[Computer]

Your choices are suspect, Chris.

 

 

[here is no why]

The Fugees - the Score is one hell of a record.

[sodamntired]

I'm trying to think of the hip hop album, but fucking M.S. that name escapes me

 

 

they had a song on tony hawk

and a lyric about drinking soda out a bottle.

[FantasticDamage]

wu tang is pretty good i'll have to get one of there albums. any suggestions? I reallly really liked that B.T.K.

 

here are a few songs i really like.

 

 

 

 

[eclipse]

wu tang is pretty good i'll have to get one of there albums. any suggestions? I reallly really liked that B.T.K.

Either Wu Tang Forever or 36 Chambers is a good place to start, their first two albums. Wu Tang is a funny group, I think they have more solo albums than group albums.

[sodamntired]

Swollen Members are awesome.

 

 

and another BTK - peppyrock

 

 

they had a pretty good D.J.

Edited May 8, 2010 by sodamntired

[bishopx]

Wu-Tang always, The Roots, Lil Kim, Jay Z LL COOL J, Busta of course, Swollen Members, NWA, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube(Before he started acting), The D.O.C., Snoop, Outkast, Cypress Hill, Mos Def, 2pac(when he was alive), EPMD and Erick B. and Rakim from back in the day.

 

Eminem, Kanye, and B.O.B deserve honorable mentions, I was really diggin Drake(Yes I remember him from Degrassi) until I saw him live last weekend, and he talked through most of the goddamned set. I'll stick with his studio shit. If I see him again and he pulls that shit, I may take the mic and beat him with it.

Edited May 10, 2010 by bishopx

[borntohula]

the BTK mention is sad, but not surprising.

 

surprised no one has mentioned nas yet. his output is inconsistent, but his first album is possibly the best hip hop album of all time.

 

 

wu tang member gza was the first of the group to put out a strong solo record that few have been able to top.

 

 

underground hip hop would not exist were it not for a tribe called quest. these guys were conscious hip hop through and through. i recommend checking out their midnight marauders album if you get the chance.

 

 

one of the more recent artists i listen to quite a bit is mf doom (aka doom, madvillain, viktor vaughn, etc). he has a great flow and has worked with some of the best producers out there (madlib, j dilla, RJD2).

 

[Doormat]

Immortal Technique

 

Most hardcore hiphop ever.

 

[Prometheon]

hula and Doormat: Nas, MF DOOM and IT are all awesome picks.

[saturnine]

warsawpack, reppin' hamilton, on. conscious jazz hip hop fusion. no longer around.

Edited June 26, 2010 by saturnine

[Prometheon]

Those guys are fucking awesome Satty. Though the "fuck the Iraqis" line in the first track made me do a double take.

[saturnine]

he said "that shit fucked the iraqis". i think the lyrics are still as relevant today as they were 8 years ago. which is, in a way, unfortunate.

 

look for "attention to deficit"

 

that el-p track is sick.

Edited June 26, 2010 by saturnine