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EneMecH
United Kingdom218 Posts
We can catch the drake on the radio, we don't need it here  Best flow in the game (: P.S: The flow drops at 0:20 ___________________________________________ If you'd prefer something with a baseline and don't mind "violence" in your hip hop: + Show Spoiler + | ||
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frontline-
Bulgaria281 Posts
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MCDayC
United Kingdom14464 Posts
On May 21 2012 19:14 EneMecH wrote: I'd appreciate it if it stayed underground or pre-2000s here forth. We can catch the drake on the radio, we don't need it here Well that's idiotic, there are loads of successful songs that are great, and to arbitrarily decide that post-2000 music is bad is even more insane. With that being said :p | ||
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joeschmo
United States167 Posts
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Meth
Canada396 Posts
Pharcyde - Y Pharcyde - Devil Music Pudgee feat Notorious BIG n Lord Tariq Extra Prolific - Go Back To School Anything from Da No Doe Network (Rock the MC): Da Noe Doe Network - In a Minute Da Noe Doe Network - Don't stop the Hip Hop Main One - Big Shot on the Block Chubb Rock - The Mind Dred Scott - Check the Vibe (such an ill song, damn) Hi-Tech & J-Treds - Weak Minds | ||
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kobrakai
175 Posts
Durrty Goodz | ||
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EneMecH
United Kingdom218 Posts
Well that's idiotic, there are loads of successful songs that are great, and to arbitrarily decide that post-2000 music is bad is even more insane I said that post 2000s music (specifically, hip hop) that is "successful" (If successful means corporate, which it appears to in your definition) is awful. Which it is, for no arbitrary reason. | ||
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Darkkak
France71 Posts
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S.O.L.I.D.
United States792 Posts
Just started getting into KRIT, this song gets me every time. | ||
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Bibbit
Canada5377 Posts
On May 21 2012 19:14 EneMecH wrote: I'd appreciate it if it stayed underground or pre-2000s here forth. We can catch the drake on the radio, we don't need it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI8tiN3oAXc Best flow in the game (: P.S: The flow drops at 0:20 ___________________________________________ If you'd prefer something with a baseline and don't mind "violence" in your hip hop: + Show Spoiler + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6s1ysQeimU Heh I saw the thread in the sidebar and was just coming to stick some Tonedeff in here. Then this is top of the page. :D I guess I'll half-cheat and go with Tonedeff/PackFM from Extended F@mm, probably my favourite song right now. | ||
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thrawn2112
United States6918 Posts
The Books, The Story of Hip Hop | ||
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Warrior Madness
Canada3791 Posts
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Berceno
Spain401 Posts
I am in love with these songs | ||
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ZapRoffo
United States5544 Posts
On May 21 2012 14:58 Manit0u wrote: @ ZapRoffo: You seem like a pretty knowledgeable person when it comes to rap. Since I like to explore different kinds of music and am currently hell-bent on finding some more US rap I could really like (big fan of Public Enemy and RZA), could you point me towards MCs who deliver lyrics at a slightly faster pace? Preferably some good lyrics too, not any more of "bitches, money and gangsta life" if you know what I mean. I noticed that most rappers drop their text slow and heavy. And I don't want Eminem of course or the likes of MC Det (not that I don't like him, I'm just a bit tired of D&B/Skibadee right now). Something more like that (I guess I tend to like E over W style, but that's just a wild guess as I'm pretty noob when it comes to rap): Edit: Just realised this are still 90's  Is there something more "fresh"?The thing with lyrics is good and gangsta life are not mutually exclusive (in fact probably the majority of what I consider good hip hop is pretty entwined in that). I have to agree with the appropriately named B.I.G. It's actually really hard to get into hip hop without acknowledging this I find. Take Nas's NY State of Mind. Someone kindly posted it earlier this page. Without a doubt in my mind and pretty unanimously one of the greatest tracks in hip hop history (if you don't know it, it's a required listen). Lyrically what we have here is pretty much a tale of gangster life. The way it's structured though, the thought, talent, poetry of it, let it resonate IMO with anyone. It just builds to get better and better as it goes on, setting out in the first verse with a vivid storytelling of a scene of street violence that just plainly lays it out, then building it into a portrait of the mindset of being in that sort of situation/life. The transition into the second verse "Be havin dreams that I'm a gangster..." to where the main beat kicks back in at "...but just a nigga, walking with his finger on the trigger..." establishes this so well, introducing the dreams and a hard contrast back to reality, but now we are getting a wider picture of it, more of his general behavior and existence, frustrations, aspirations, posturings, joys, meditations on life and the city, etc. with some great loaded metaphors (like when he sets up the line "I'm livin' where the nights is jet black" with the previous lines). So it ends up like the detail, and the whole picture, all there. But anyway too much explaining, especially cause mostly the artistry can't be explained. "Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined..." Experience it. Also, manitou, I don't know if you would consider that (NY State of Mind) fast or slow. Also that track you posted seems sort of gangster itself isn't it? If you like the Nas you should listen to the rest of the album Illmatic, and It Was Written, and the Lost Tapes to start. For really interesting lyrics I think you would really like Lupe Fiasco, and here's a sample (one of my favorite songs ever) that also addresses the lyrical content question itself in a great way: His albums Food and Liquor and The Cool are both top notch (and if you want fast check this one). Unfortunately he was unmotivated on his most recent one. Also for interesting lyrics and great music and skills I would try Talib Kweli, and Mos Def (who were both at their peak in the early 2000's). Samples and best albums imo: (Respiration, Definition, Re:Definition, Hip Hop (Mos Def), Get By (Talib Kweli)) If you want a real impressive assault of words check out that 2nd verse by Mos Def of Re:Definition. The best albums there would be Black Star, Mos Def's Black on Both Sides, Reflection Eternal's Train of Thought and Talib Kweli's Quality. Also, The Roots. They have been so consistently good and continually relevant, it's amazing. They are sort of known for a live band sound that's really awesome and just being really on point and always coming hard. It's hard to even say, "Start here" cause they have such a wide array of great stuff. Usually people start on the album Things Fall Apart I think, but it's hard to go wrong. Anyway, that's my word for now. I started linking songs cause I didn't want to flood with too many videos in the thread. | ||
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shawster
Canada2485 Posts
On March 23 2012 11:40 Silentness wrote: My favorite hip hop song of all time! I want my family to play this song at my funeral when I die. I don't want no sad shit... I want this upbeat song! the rhymes were so rumpin that the brothers rode the zaaaaaack | ||
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WniO
United States2706 Posts
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EneMecH
United Kingdom218 Posts
On May 22 2012 08:12 Warrior Madness wrote: School Boy Q... He's like Drake but with street cred and some WILD beats. Every single song in his album deserves several listens. He's so good. Why would you start a sentence about someone you like with "He's like drake but...". That's like if I was saying "Hey check out this Martin Luther King Jr. He's like Hitler but without the genocide and with a lot more civil rights campaigning". It's just not how you do a recommendation. | ||
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frontline-
Bulgaria281 Posts
<3 immortal technique | ||
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kobrakai
175 Posts
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Skullflower
United States3779 Posts
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