EPTHip Hop / Rap Music Discussion - Page 30
| Forum Index > Media & Entertainment |
|
MassHysteria
United States3678 Posts
| ||
|
MCDayC
United Kingdom14464 Posts
On July 21 2013 23:47 Eufouria wrote: I didn't count that because that featured and had production from 3000 but yeah that's a good album too. I guess Speakerboxxx is also technically a solo album. As a hip hop album I didn't like it as much as his other work, but he really did some pretty different stuff and worked with some electric artists, which I thought was pretty cool. It's music you might expect from Kanye West but not from the guy was always more the straight up rapper next to Andre 3000. His reputation as a straight up rapper was always kinda silly though, he was still on some damn experimental stuff as Outkast even if his subject matter was conventional, it wasn't just Andre pushing the weird music, it was both of them (plus organised noise to a certain degree) | ||
|
DoctorHelvetica
United States15034 Posts
On July 21 2013 19:02 Eufouria wrote: Aquemeni and Stankonia should be required listening for every hip hop fan. It's a shame they're probably never going to release another album now Andre 3000 just makes a career off killing other artists on their own songs. Has anyone listened to Big Boi's first non-Outkast album Vicious Lies and Dangerous rumours? It's not what you expect from the guy who was always the more traditional rapper in Outkast. Aquemini > ATLiens > Stankonia Can't forget ATLiens | ||
|
MassHysteria
United States3678 Posts
On July 21 2013 13:43 MCDayC wrote: It took me a hugely long amount of time to finally get to Illmatic, and one day in this thread I'll probably explain why I don't really like the supposed great hip hop album of all time, which I'm sure will drive our fledgling friendship apart MassHysteria. BTW,u asking if he is in place with the bass and format? Explore rap, and tell me Nas ain't all that. | ||
|
MCDayC
United Kingdom14464 Posts
On July 22 2013 07:40 MassHysteria wrote: BTW,u asking if he is in place with the bass and format? Explore rap, and tell me Nas ain't all that. Sorry, i honestly dont have a clue what you just said  | ||
|
MassHysteria
United States3678 Posts
Sorry, that was sloppy originally.(and if you are still lost go hear halftime again =) ) | ||
|
DoctorHelvetica
United States15034 Posts
I don't fuck with Paid In Full anymore because I don't enjoy listening to it much but Rakim is a deity in hip-hop and deservedly so it's just one of those albums you have to give credit to whether you enjoy listening or not, it's that important | ||
|
decaf
Austria1797 Posts
Here's some videos of the Mobb Deep and KRS One concert I attended not long ago: KRS One MCs act like they don't know + Show Spoiler + Random BBoys from the audience on stage + Show Spoiler + And Havoc from Mobb Deep Fuck all y'all plus Mobb Deep - It's mine + Show Spoiler + I liked the Havoc (Prodigy wasn't allowed to travel Europe and they ended up cancelling the entire tour) a lot better than KRS One. KRS had a bigger audience (probably because prodigy didn't show up and they had to change location) and bboys and as far as I could tell the audience was a lot more mature, but Havoc came with the crazy energy. And the location was dope actually, the place was rather small so you had a real easy time getting close to him and all, I liked that. Probably not gonna see Kendrick anytime soon tho, but I'm def gonna see wu tang next month. All members on stage, damn. | ||
|
MassHysteria
United States3678 Posts
Versatile, my style switches like a faggot But not bisexual, I'm an intellectual Of rap I'm a professional and that's no question, yo These are the lyrics of the man, you can't near it, understand? Cause in the streets, I'm well-known like the number man Am I in place with the bass and format Explore rap and tell me "Nas ain't all that" And next time I rhyme, I be foul Whenever I freestyle I see trial, niggas say I'm wild.. | ||
|
MCDayC
United Kingdom14464 Posts
| ||
|
Eufouria
United Kingdom4425 Posts
On July 22 2013 16:22 DoctorHelvetica wrote: I don't bump illmatic but you have to recognize how great of an mc Nas is and the influence he had on hip-hop I don't fuck with Paid In Full anymore because I don't enjoy listening to it much but Rakim is a deity in hip-hop and deservedly so it's just one of those albums you have to give credit to whether you enjoy listening or not, it's that important This. (Although I still listen to Illmatic every now and then.) If you listen to rap from before Illmatic came out rappers rhymes were a lot simpler, the rhymes in Illmatic are really complex for now, but at the time it was unheard of and it changed rap forever because afterwards a lot of MC's started trying to replicate Nas. There are beats on that album that nobody at the time would have known how to rap over, Busta Rhymes actually passed on the Halftime beat and look (above) at what Nas did with it. | ||
|
MassHysteria
United States3678 Posts
A little off-topic, but a lot of people aren't fair when comparing eras. You have to consider when something was released. If people say this was really good back in the days it was for a reason. It might not seem that good anymore because the people that came after him have perfected upon it that much more. | ||
|
decaf
Austria1797 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + First time I heard this I was like, damn this is smooth. And it was and that's that. And I agree with what MassHysteria said, you always gotta consider when stuff was released. Illmatic dropped in '94, it's mind boggling to me that a song like Memory Lane can be so old, but yet feel so fresh and on point. Same with Wu, when you actually consider that 36 chambers came out in '93 and tracks like protect ya neck or M.E.T.H.O.D Man even a year or 2 earlier then it's just crazy. I think interviews are always a good way to find more appreciation for an artist. You can't say you like rap when you don't like Nas, simple as that. + Show Spoiler + | ||
|
MassHysteria
United States3678 Posts
edit: omg guys I just got taken back to my high school days with this haha + Show Spoiler + Funny, because these 2 songs ended up being their whole career. (Last one was the post break-up jam of the year =P) | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
| ||
|
MCDayC
United Kingdom14464 Posts
| ||
|
Eufouria
United Kingdom4425 Posts
On July 23 2013 18:55 MCDayC wrote: I just wanna say that Madvilliany is a work of fucking inspired genius, gottam. Yes it is. If you like it you should listen to Madlib's other collaboration albums and J Dilla's albums too. | ||
|
Emzeeshady
Canada4203 Posts
| ||
|
Juliette
United States6003 Posts
 | ||
|
WarSame
Canada1950 Posts
On July 22 2013 00:42 MassHysteria wrote: I also forgot about Big Boi and Dre present..Outkast. That was actually my first album of theirs that I bought (or one of them). It introduced me to some of their older classics, which then made me want to check their older stuff. That was also the introduction of Killer Mike in that 'The Whole World' song (not one of my favs). The Whole World is one of my favourite Outkast songs but I 100% can not stand Killer Mike's verse. It is one of the single worst verses I've ever heard on a legit hip hop record. | ||
| ||
