On April 21 2011 12:58 Elegy wrote:
How can you mention Public Enemy without He Got Game?!?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FmPskTljo0

edit: ah I think is censored, that sucks.

nah man old fight the power Public Enemy er bust

Sajimo

United States95 Posts

April 22 2011 21:35 GMT

#23

How am I the only person to mention KRS ONE? Seriously, he is the most respected emcee out there. Period. Your favorite emcees favorite emcee.

Cosmic do you like Mac Lethal? He's a Kansas guy.

Also, I am a mid twenties white guy and YES I do feel like I am apart of Hip Hop culture. It is not just a inner cities social economic thing, its more of a state of mind. Its listening, relating, creating. I've sat around with a bunch of friends and free styled shitty lyrics over someone elses beats and it was a friggin blast. I've been to literally over a hundred shows, supporting my favorite emcees from down the block and those from Brooklyn and Queens.

Run and tell all your friends, an ancient civilization has been born again....Its a fact!

CosmicHippo

United States547 Posts

April 22 2011 21:46 GMT

#24

i have'nt heard of him, or mac lethal. but i'll give them a listen

Sajimo

United States95 Posts

April 22 2011 21:59 GMT

#25

You should, gotta love some hip hop coming from yo state! I've seen Mac a few times, hard little whitty

CosmicHippo

United States547 Posts

April 22 2011 22:45 GMT

#26

On April 23 2011 06:59 Sajimo wrote:
You should, gotta love some hip hop coming from yo state! I've seen Mac a few times, hard little whitty

i'm not like that at all, i'm not into the whole hip-hop culture. If it sounds good its good, i dont care where it comes from

Sajimo

United States95 Posts

April 24 2011 18:51 GMT

#27

its nice to support local artists tho

TheDeli

France110 Posts

April 24 2011 20:15 GMT

#28

Alright, so I've seen mentions of Kris Parker (KRS-One), P.E, Nas, 2Pac, DJ Shadow, J Dilla (thank God someone mentioned him)...

Um, alright. Let me introduce you to some more. I have listened to rap since I was a kid since my sisters were really going on on the genre (and I didn't understand any word of English - I am from an Arabic-African country).

I'll put a song of each artist I have in my Winamp (read: music collection) and it's up to you to push further into your research. Beware: some language used (didn't you expect it heh)

Gang Starr (DJ Premier on the plates, Guru on the mic - RIP Guru

)

Del The Funky Homosapien (you can look up Hieroglyphics as well)

Immortal Technique

Pete Rock & CL Smooth

A Tribe Called Quest (I could put all songs from "The Low End Theory" album here, but let's put something else)

Nujabes (RIP

)

Eric B & Rakim

MF Grimm

The Roots

Group Home

And many others. List is way too long >.> Just for the heck of it, let me throw names:
DJ Krush, Black Sheep, LL Cool J (back when he was rocking bells), Jay-Z, EPMD, Onyx, Jeru Da Damaja, Last Emperor, DJ Jazzy Jeff (not necessarily w/ The Fresh Prince :p), Little Brother (and 9th Wonder), etc @.@

Oshi-, almost forgot Big Daddy Kane (do note that he is asthmatic)

Not-so-hiphopish but let's go!
Disposable Heroes of Hiphopcrisy (back when Michael Franti experimented with the genre)

Sajimo

United States95 Posts

April 24 2011 20:48 GMT

#29

Good list! I never knew Franti had any other projects before Spearhead (although I have heard that track before). Grimm is one of my favorites, American Hunger is a great album. I met Guru a few months before his death, he was a real dude. His whole Jazzmatazz works really opened Hip Hop up to other genres (Herbie Hancock!). I'm going to check out Group Home and Nujabes i've never heard of them before. Thanks for the suggestions!

Also, just heard a UK emcee Hyperaptive check him out if you haven't heard him. Heres another alphabet rap but its pretty good.

http://www.youtube.com/user/sykoatthetube#p/u/5/R6ZfAHmL7OA

This ones more of truth one

Meth

Canada396 Posts

September 08 2012 09:22 GMT

#30

Typed in Hip Hop on TL Search, saw that the hip hop thread was closed, I wanted to post a list of some great artists that i'd like to post just in case anyone is interested in some old school stuff they have yet to come across. sorry in advance I didn't post the video's to make it easier, or create another thread, i just felt that would be pointless. ^^

THE LIST - EnJoY -
________

East Flatbush Project
L.
Finsta Bundy
Boogiemonsters
Ghetto Children
DEAD PREZ!!
.... Wu Tang?!?! umm... the other East Supergroup: BCC (Boot Camp Clik)
BCC consists of 4 groups:
Black Moon, Heltah Skeltah, O.G.C., and Smif N Wessun
Jemini the Gifted One
Brand Nubian
ARTIFACTS
Jigmastas
Jurassic 5
Black Star (Mos Def n Talib Kweli)
Black Thought
Blackalicious
Big Pun
Big L
Unknown Prophets
Scienz of Life
Log Cabin Crew, 3MG (3 Melencholy Gypsies)
Silent Ones
People Without Shoes (personal fav)
Labtekwon
Lastrawze
The Hoodz
Eva Flo
Soma
Dr. Oop
Paul Nice
Kankick
Gangstarr
Jeru Tha Damaja
Native Tongues (Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, ATCQ)
Mind Space
Blahzay Blahzay
INI
Phade 2 Black
Rhymorator (Mercenaries)
Del Tha Funkee and the whole Heiroglyphics Crew (Souls of Mischief) - more personal favs
Dred Scott
KRS One
Onyx
Earlier Eminem eminem show and previous
House of Pain
Living Legends
Blaque Spurm
Grand Puba
Ready Ta Roll
Chubb Rock
Bahamadia
Binary Star
Sunz of Man
Main One
Da Bush Babies
Mood
Hardwe're
The Cenobites (Godfather Don, Kool Keith)
Shadez of Brooklyn
Trife!

TUPAC N BIGGIE

I could keep going but there's a big bump with some great hip hop artists.

Soulstice

United States288 Posts

October 18 2012 02:15 GMT

#31

Im genuinely surprised about how good most of this thread is, but its missing what is possibly the greatest hip hop album ever:
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus

I think this thread is totally worth the bump, theres a lot of great shit in here.
Heres a few more id like to add
Binary Star
Organized Konfusion
EPMD
Mr. Lif