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Netto.
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Poland523 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-20 06:23:29
April 19 2013 22:21 GMT
#41
Hello, yesterday I hear some great rop song on radio, however I dont know what is the name of that song. Maybe it is stupid but I only remember that there was something about "metronome" in chorus : P I hope you can help me.

edit: nvm, found it by myself, it is Flobots-No Handlebars
Be the change you want to see in the world.
rza
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada384 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-20 05:56:55
April 20 2013 05:53 GMT
#42
yo, im big hip hop fan.
heres some fly stuff
Madvillain - Figaro
De la soul w/ MF DOOM - Rock co kane flow
Biggie - Party and bullshit
Immortal Tech - Eyes in the sky
raekwon - wu gambinos hidden chamber version
Until my death, my goal's to stay alive.
TNK
Profile Joined November 2011
United States163 Posts
April 20 2013 22:44 GMT
#43
What do you guys think of Kanye West specifically his albums The College dropout, Late Registration, and My Beautiful Dark Twist Fantasy? I know he is a massive asshole but I think he may have made some of the best Hip Hop albums around.
Yes my name is ironic.
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17922 Posts
April 20 2013 22:50 GMT
#44

Truthfully either that or


Are pretty much the best rap songs in my eyes.
Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
TNK
Profile Joined November 2011
United States163 Posts
April 20 2013 22:52 GMT
#45
Also have you guys ever heard of Death Grips? They are an Hip hop group that are heavily inspired by electronic music and have some slight metal inspiration. Here are some of there tracks.

Death Grips - Get Got

Death Grips - Hacker

Death Grips - I've Seen Footage

Death Grips - No Love
Yes my name is ironic.
Skullflower
Profile Joined July 2010
United States3779 Posts
April 21 2013 18:35 GMT
#46
Death Grips is pretty cool but they are extremely hard to get into imo. They are definitely not for everybody. And on the topic of Kanye West, the guy has made some of the greatest hip hop albums of the past decade. However you may feel about him personally there is no denying that the man is extremely talented
The ruminations are mine, let the world be yours.
Bibbit
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada5377 Posts
April 21 2013 18:48 GMT
#47
What if Kanye West is Retarded?

Anyways my personal favourite is Tonedeff. He can be fast (like here in Heavyweight) but he's way more versatile than that (like Masochist or No Hope.
Ubiquitousdichotomy
Profile Joined January 2013
247 Posts
April 21 2013 18:53 GMT
#48
These are the only 2 hip-hop rap song I have ever enjoyed listening to:

Skee-lo - I Wish


Biz Markie - Just a Friend
KillerSOS
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States4207 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-21 21:18:26
April 21 2013 21:07 GMT
#49
I'll link one of my favorites that I doubt most people have heard of.

Omar LinX


Also to comment on the poster above me, Just a Friend is amazing in every way shape and form.
MCDayC
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom14464 Posts
April 21 2013 21:22 GMT
#50
On April 21 2013 07:44 TNK wrote:
What do you guys think of Kanye West specifically his albums The College dropout, Late Registration, and My Beautiful Dark Twist Fantasy? I know he is a massive asshole but I think he may have made some of the best Hip Hop albums around.

I fucking love Kanye West's music, though my favourite album by him is probably Graduation, it was the first hip hop album I ever got into or bought. All of the above are incredible though.


Also to the guys talking about Death Grips, I could never get into them. I know that they are supposed to be pretty challenging to listen to, but I've never just sat down and listened to an album by them all the way through, multiple times.

Right now i've been listening to Big K.R.I.T.'s new mixtape, King Remembered in Time, and Kendrick Lamar's last mix tape before Section 80 and him blowing up, O(verly) D(edicated)

King Remembered in Time is pretty much universally great, from the bangers to a lot of more mellow songs, which I actually prefer overall. He has a great touch for samples (he produces all his own songs, bar 1 on this mixtape)

Life is a Gamble, Banana Clip Theory and REM are my 3 favorites right now, but really the whole album is great.

OD is a bit more a mixed bag. Its got some absolutely incredible songs (The Heart Pt.2 may be one of the best songs Kendrick has ever put out, like all of his The Heart series songs), and some really bad ones.

Its an early mixtape from him though, nothing to compared to Section 80 or good kid, m.A.A.d. city, but its free on datpiff and other places, and definitely worth a listen.
VERY FRAGILE, LIKE A BABY PANDA EGG
Silentness
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2821 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-21 21:35:31
April 21 2013 21:31 GMT
#51
On April 21 2013 07:44 TNK wrote:
What do you guys think of Kanye West specifically his albums The College dropout, Late Registration, and My Beautiful Dark Twist Fantasy? I know he is a massive asshole but I think he may have made some of the best Hip Hop albums around.


His albums are really good. He definitely has talent, but it's hard to show it when he gets so much heat from others.

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Milkshake freestyle (Kanye + Common) They killed it!
GL HF... YOLO..lololollol.
DemigodcelpH
Profile Joined August 2011
1138 Posts
April 21 2013 21:33 GMT
#52


Touhou hiphop.
darthfoley
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States8004 Posts
April 21 2013 21:42 GMT
#53
On April 22 2013 06:07 KillerSOS wrote:
I'll link one of my favorites that I doubt most people have heard of.

Omar LinX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR8teWbdrKY

Also to comment on the poster above me, Just a Friend is amazing in every way shape and form.


Omar Linx is great, better when partnered with Zed's Dead.

Jedi Mind Tricks

watch the wall collide with my fist, mostly over problems that i know i should fix
andyrau
Profile Joined December 2010
13015 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-21 21:53:50
April 21 2013 21:51 GMT
#54
On April 22 2013 06:22 MCDayC wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 21 2013 07:44 TNK wrote:
What do you guys think of Kanye West specifically his albums The College dropout, Late Registration, and My Beautiful Dark Twist Fantasy? I know he is a massive asshole but I think he may have made some of the best Hip Hop albums around.

I fucking love Kanye West's music, though my favourite album by him is probably Graduation, it was the first hip hop album I ever got into or bought. All of the above are incredible though.

Graduation was a pretty big fluff piece imo. It's one of his albums that appeals to the mainstream and not too many tracks that are actually significant.
College Dropout and Late Registration imo probably set the bar for mainstream alt hiphop in the past decade. Yeezy will never make another album like either again, unfortunately.
I mean, sure, MBDTF was a great material and probably aoty, but for some reason I was never that impressed with the album as I was with his earlier works. I'd probably rank it a tiny bit under Late Registration.
I think part of the reason why I found it underwhelming was because most of the tracks had already been released or partially released several months earlier through his GOOD Friday campaign.

On April 22 2013 06:22 MCDayC wrote:
Also to the guys talking about Death Grips, I could never get into them. I know that they are supposed to be pretty challenging to listen to, but I've never just sat down and listened to an album by them all the way through, multiple times.

Right now i've been listening to Big K.R.I.T.'s new mixtape, King Remembered in Time, and Kendrick Lamar's last mix tape before Section 80 and him blowing up, O(verly) D(edicated)

King Remembered in Time is pretty much universally great, from the bangers to a lot of more mellow songs, which I actually prefer overall. He has a great touch for samples (he produces all his own songs, bar 1 on this mixtape)

Life is a Gamble, Banana Clip Theory and REM are my 3 favorites right now, but really the whole album is great.

OD is a bit more a mixed bag. Its got some absolutely incredible songs (The Heart Pt.2 may be one of the best songs Kendrick has ever put out, like all of his The Heart series songs), and some really bad ones.

Its an early mixtape from him though, nothing to compared to Section 80 or good kid, m.A.A.d. city, but its free on datpiff and other places, and definitely worth a listen.

As for DeathGrips they're kind of an acquired taste, it certainly takes a while to edge into them, and I'm still not a fan.
Return of 4eva was probably my favorite mixtape of 2011; technically Section 80 was an indie album so I really don't count that as a mixtape or else it would've been a tie between the two. Section 80 was almost like a testing bed for GKMC; it really set the tone and bar for his entrance into the limelight.
Unfortunately, I haven't had time to listen to Big KRIT's new stuff yet.

On another tangent, I'm a big fan of Big Boi's solo albums. I wouldn't necessarily say that they're exclusively hip-hop because the overwhelming emphasis on solid production and beats on both Sir Luscious Left Foot and Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors probably places the albums squarely within the pop realm, but they're still excellent releases and a demonstration of why, even as a part of Outkast, he was able to hold his own with Andre 3000.
Speaking of growth, I think Childish Gambino has grown a lonnnnnngggggggg way since his earliest mixtapes. He still has a ways to go, but he still has a lot of potential.
"Zai is legitimately not as good as bulba." | kaipi ti3 champions
Juliette
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States6003 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-21 22:03:51
April 21 2013 22:03 GMT
#55
On April 22 2013 06:51 andyrau wrote:

Graduation was a pretty big fluff piece imo. It's one of his albums that appeals to the mainstream and not too many tracks that are actually significant.
College Dropout and Late Registration imo probably set the bar for mainstream alt hiphop in the past decade. Yeezy will never make another album like either again, unfortunately.
I mean, sure, MBDTF was a great material and probably aoty, but for some reason I was never that impressed with the album as I was with his earlier works. I'd probably rank it a tiny bit under Late Registration.
I think part of the reason why I found it underwhelming was because most of the tracks had already been released or partially released several months earlier through his GOOD Friday campaign.

wow MBDTF under late registration? maybe i owe LR another listen but I thought it the former was out of this world. mostly because i like the style and sound better personally, and his take on the contemporary shit (similar to WTT) is just >>>>>>>. i like his confidence and braggaciado. i should listen to more childish gambino but i never liked what i heard

Speaking of, A$ap rocky's album is very good if you're into that. I mean, it's not the best thing ever but he switches styles like no other.

also i'm not big into underground rap like this thread/most internet discussions seem to be. not to jump on an old discussion but it just kinda bores me most of the time. maybe because they're mostly up and coming and aren't developed, but even immortal tech is just meh to me. case in point, i like Take Care drake better than Room for Improvement drake. maybe its just me

and to jump in on this

On April 16 2013 01:55 MCDayC wrote:
Whats also worth noting is that mainstream hip hop is also at its least explicit its ever been. Its still has its bastions of stupidity, but relative to even 10 years ago hip hop is far less homophobic, and far less likely to promote gangsterisms. Sexism is still a major issue, and still makes otherwise good commerical cringe worthy, in general mainstream hip hop is definitely making improvemetns.

i feel that a lot of that has to do with the fact that a lot of rappers are coming up on the internet and havent been involved in gangs and the like. theres still a lot of trash out there though
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Ubiquitousdichotomy
Profile Joined January 2013
247 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-21 22:08:40
April 21 2013 22:08 GMT
#56
On April 20 2013 07:21 Netto. wrote:
Hello, yesterday I hear some great rop song on radio, however I dont know what is the name of that song. Maybe it is stupid but I only remember that there was something about "metronome" in chorus : P I hope you can help me.

edit: nvm, found it by myself, it is Flobots-No Handlebars


Flobots are not hip-hip or rap. They have a violinist in the band ffs. If anything they are indie/alternate rock
CaptainInsano
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada6 Posts
April 21 2013 22:30 GMT
#57
Eminem anyone? haha hardly anyone has mentioned him


Pac of course


Nas too, Illmatic is beast


I don't listen to that much underground stuff, Immortal Technique is solid, same with Army of the Pharaohs
The only OP race is Korean
Skullflower
Profile Joined July 2010
United States3779 Posts
April 21 2013 23:14 GMT
#58
On April 22 2013 07:03 Juliette wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 22 2013 06:51 andyrau wrote:

Graduation was a pretty big fluff piece imo. It's one of his albums that appeals to the mainstream and not too many tracks that are actually significant.
College Dropout and Late Registration imo probably set the bar for mainstream alt hiphop in the past decade. Yeezy will never make another album like either again, unfortunately.
I mean, sure, MBDTF was a great material and probably aoty, but for some reason I was never that impressed with the album as I was with his earlier works. I'd probably rank it a tiny bit under Late Registration.
I think part of the reason why I found it underwhelming was because most of the tracks had already been released or partially released several months earlier through his GOOD Friday campaign.

wow MBDTF under late registration? maybe i owe LR another listen but I thought it the former was out of this world. mostly because i like the style and sound better personally, and his take on the contemporary shit (similar to WTT) is just >>>>>>>. i like his confidence and braggaciado. i should listen to more childish gambino but i never liked what i heard

Speaking of, A$ap rocky's album is very good if you're into that. I mean, it's not the best thing ever but he switches styles like no other.


On the topic of Rocky's album it falls off hard as fuck after 1 Train with the only real standouts being Jodye, Ghetto Symphony and Angels. Also I've never hated a song as much as I hate Hell. That song is absolutely god awful.



Also I cannot stop listening to King Remembered In Time. It's just so amazing
The ruminations are mine, let the world be yours.
Ubiquitousdichotomy
Profile Joined January 2013
247 Posts
April 21 2013 23:28 GMT
#59
Well I just learned Tom Hanks oldest son is a Professional Rapper. Straight for the mean streets of Beverly Hills California!
Juliette
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States6003 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-21 23:41:47
April 21 2013 23:40 GMT
#60
On April 22 2013 08:14 Skullflower wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 22 2013 07:03 Juliette wrote:
On April 22 2013 06:51 andyrau wrote:

Graduation was a pretty big fluff piece imo. It's one of his albums that appeals to the mainstream and not too many tracks that are actually significant.
College Dropout and Late Registration imo probably set the bar for mainstream alt hiphop in the past decade. Yeezy will never make another album like either again, unfortunately.
I mean, sure, MBDTF was a great material and probably aoty, but for some reason I was never that impressed with the album as I was with his earlier works. I'd probably rank it a tiny bit under Late Registration.
I think part of the reason why I found it underwhelming was because most of the tracks had already been released or partially released several months earlier through his GOOD Friday campaign.

wow MBDTF under late registration? maybe i owe LR another listen but I thought it the former was out of this world. mostly because i like the style and sound better personally, and his take on the contemporary shit (similar to WTT) is just >>>>>>>. i like his confidence and braggaciado. i should listen to more childish gambino but i never liked what i heard

Speaking of, A$ap rocky's album is very good if you're into that. I mean, it's not the best thing ever but he switches styles like no other.


On the topic of Rocky's album it falls off hard as fuck after 1 Train with the only real standouts being Jodye, Ghetto Symphony and Angels. Also I've never hated a song as much as I hate Hell. That song is absolutely god awful.



Also I cannot stop listening to King Remembered In Time. It's just so amazing

Hell, Fashion Killa, and Suddenly are pretty meh. I'd say even Pain is pretty meh too. But 11/15 not meh songs is pretty good with me.

On April 22 2013 08:28 Ubiquitousdichotomy wrote:
Well I just learned Tom Hanks oldest son is a Professional Rapper. Straight for the mean streets of Beverly Hills California!
+ Show Spoiler +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoOCdJS9Hk8

+ Show Spoiler +

so is Tommy Hilfiger's son, though its more RnB than rap
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