Hip-Hop/Rap Fans [May include foul language, Be warned]

[Adub]

I'll check them out, i could go for some Minnesota hip-hop but it's proving to be difficult to find these guys, i should find some eventually though.


These are on heavy rotation right now on my dap/winamp:

Common - Be


MURS & 9th Wonder - Fornever:


Felt 3(fanfuckingtastic album):


Deltron 3030 (Del is the man):


Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol1:

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[magabi]

hey all , plus- thread quite into rap mostly the golden age & old school. Not much to add that has not been listed .... but ....here are a few personal track favs:

Chubb Rock / Organizer
Large Professor / ijustwannachill
Lil Kim / Spell Check
Tri-Pinnacle / Melted Wax
Masta Ace Inc / Top Ten List
UTD / hardcore nights
Wu Tang Clan / Protect Ya Neck
Afrika Bambaataa / Planet Rock DJ Fashion Mix
Little Brother / Speed
Mobb Deep / Quiet Storm
Big Daddy Kane / Set it Off
Saukrates / Play Dis
Rocye da 5'9" / Boom
J Dilla (JayDee) / Fuck the Police
Eric B. / Eric B is Pres
Grandmaster Flash + Duke Bootie / The Message
Marley Marl / Droppin Science
Big / Everyday Struggle
Mos Def / Ms Fat Booty
Snoop Dogg / Gin & Juice
US3 / Cantaloop (flip fantasia)
Gang Starr / Full Clip
Dre & Snoop / Nuthin' but a G thang
Cookie Crew / Secrets of Sucess

cutting it off now <

[IDvsEGO]

I spent about an hour running through this thread and trying to find some of the artists mentioned. I am just happy to find people that wouldn't give me blank stares when I tell them what I am listening to. The stuff on the radio, with a couple of exceptions, is pretty terrible IMO.

[imy_hashmi]

yeah completely agree. Personally i think underground/less comercial stuff has a more raw sound thats more experimental and i enjoy more. Currently listening to alot of Immortal Technique; he really makes you think and chellenges you, great songs

[Adub]

Yeah i really don't like much of the hip-hop that gets radio play anymore, it's just garbage a lot of the time. I much rather listen to an artist that makes me think and play the track over and over to get the details, rather than listen to someone talk about their new rims, chains, bitches or other stupid shit.

It's a shame that a lot of self proclaimed hip-hop fans have no idea about the underground/independent artists out there and it's not like it once was where everything was word of mouth. With the internet it's so easy to find info with all the blogs, Wikipedia, myspace/facebook artists pages and all.

It's funny when i talk to friends that are hip-hop fans but only know an artist if they have heavy radio play or are on the billboard charts. Giving them 5-6 albums to listen to drastically changes their perspective, and the funny thing is I've had friends come back months later with some sick new artist for me to listen to who i never heard before.

[Machiventa]

Can't believe I haven't posted in this thread yet. I've been buying tapes and vinyl since 84 so I'm definitely more of an old school/golden era head but still listen to new hip hop (mostly underground stuff). From about 94-99 I didn't listen to much hip hop coming out at that time so I missed out on a lot of great shit so I'm still catching up.

Some favs:

Run-DMC
PE
EPMD
Biz Markie
Big Daddy Kane
Eric B & Rakim
LL Cool J (old stuff)
Stetsasonic
BDP
KMD
Brand Nubian
X-Clan
LONS
De La Soul
Tribe
Black Sheep
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Organized Konfusion
OC
Nas
Cyne
Binary Star
One Be Lo
PUTS
Blackstar
Mos Def
Talib Kweli
Dilla
Slum Village
Scienz Of Life
Shawn Jackson
Fashawn
Y Society / Insight
Tanya Morgan
Crown City Rockers
Oddisee

And I'm a huge DOOM fan. I've been into his stuff since Operation Doomsday (well, since KMD but whatever). I've been the moderator of his forums over at hiphopsite for years now, and could tell you pretty much everything about Doom.

[illusion]

hey guys..not much of a hip hop fan as of now, but i am interested in the genre.. anyone got any tips where i should begin??

[Adub]

Originally Posted by Machiventa

Can't believe I haven't posted in this thread yet. I've been buying tapes and vinyl since 84 so I'm definitely more of an old school/golden era head but still listen to new hip hop (mostly underground stuff). From about 94-99 I didn't listen to much hip hop coming out at that time so I missed out on a lot of great shit so I'm still catching up.

Some favs:

Run-DMC
PE
EPMD
Biz Markie
Big Daddy Kane
Eric B & Rakim
LL Cool J (old stuff)
Stetsasonic
BDP
KMD
Brand Nubian
X-Clan
LONS
De La Soul
Tribe
Black Sheep
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Organized Konfusion
OC
Nas
Cyne
Binary Star
One Be Lo
PUTS
Blackstar
Mos Def
Talib Kweli
Dilla
Slum Village
Scienz Of Life
Shawn Jackson
Fashawn
Y Society / Insight
Tanya Morgan
Crown City Rockers
Oddisee

And I'm a huge DOOM fan. I've been into his stuff since Operation Doomsday (well, since KMD but whatever). I've been the moderator of his forums over at hiphopsite for years now, and could tell you pretty much everything about Doom.

Great list, and i wish i was into hip-hop earlier but i got hooked on the genre with Wu-Tang in grade 9 (1997) and been exploring it ever since. I grew up on the Rza/Premo/Pete Rock style of beats with the heavy soul/jazz/rnb from the 50s/60s/70s sample style and i have a real hard time getting into the older stuff that run on simple break beats.

Glad to see another big DOOM fan. I've only discovered him about 5-6 years ago when Madvillany was released and then got all of his albums, mixtapes and colabs and hes just so damn talented.

I hope that Ghostface/DOOM colab album is released some day, i read it was on hiatus indefinitely.

[Adub]

Originally Posted by illusion

hey guys..not much of a hip hop fan as of now, but i am interested in the genre.. anyone got any tips where i should begin??

It really depends as most people who like the genre are into the garbage on the radio like 50 cent, solja boy, lil wayne and other similar garbage. That's fine people like what they like but all you need to do is lookup the billboard top100 hip-hop/rnb chart and check that out.

If you would rather some more substance to your hip-hop over dumbed down club garbage i would personally begin with some of these albums:

Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Blackstar
Binary Star - Masters of the Universe
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang(36 Chambers)
Nas - Illmatic
Organized Konfuzion - Self Titled
Madvillain - Madvillainy

Those are imo some of the best hip-hop albums ever recorded and a great starting point.

[IDvsEGO]

also try
Atmosphere - lucy ford
Common - Be
Outkast - ATLiens
Pharoah Monch - Desire
Talib Kweli - Eardrum or Beautiful Struggle
Murs - 316
Dilated Peoples - 20/20

maybe Pharcyde - Labcabin or Gym Class Heros - Papercut chronicles for something a bit more fun.

If you can find it the "Official Boondocks Mixed Tape" has an excellent sampling of artists.

[Adub]

Man the boondocks mixed tape is badass good call, i need to listen to it again.

[IDvsEGO]

I just wish I had a higher quality copy.

[Adub]

Mine is 192kbs, that's all i really need.

[illusion]

thanks for the suggestions..just ordered the wu tang clan and outkast albums.. will let u knw how those work out for me

[Adub]

The Ghost Dog soundtrack is also a favorite, there are two versions(US/Japan) that are pretty much completely different and equally awesome.

[illusion]

ok...after 3 days of listenin to ATliens, the official boondocks mixtape, petestrumentals and soul survivor, i'm hooked .. my girlfriend's cousin has a pretty good collection of hiphop, although most of it is the mainstream stuff- chamillionaire, 50 cent, etc. but he also has some CDs u guys have mentioned: i just got Blackstar and the Nas and Marley colab from him..

[Adub]

Nice! Soul Survivor is one of my favorites and easily one of the best of the 90s imo, and If you like Soul Survivor you will definitely like Blackstar.

I was horribly dissatisfied with the 2004 Cypress Hill album Till Death Do Us Part, it was a joke and just really really bad. When their 2010 album Rise Up was released i was skeptical but i really like it a lot, it's back to the old quality they were known for in the 90s.

I'm currently fixing tags and embedding album art to my Hip-Hop folder, not fun.

[illusion]

heh, i'm doin the same with my metal folder- i've reached up to O (opeth) after about 5 days and i've yet to start the drum n bass, ambient and trance & techno folders (i've got about 25- 30 diff albums in each, not lookin forward to it )

btw, i loved the nas and marley colab, one of the best after soul survivor, yet ... any more recommendations for Nas??

[Adub]

Illmatic his first album is his best album without a doubt, followed by It Was Written.

You're lucky to only have that many albums to do, i still have 50gb of hip-hop to go thru, and 150gb or so of other genres lol.

[IDvsEGO]

Originally Posted by Adub

I'm currently fixing tags and embedding album art to my Hip-Hop folder, not fun.

same here. pretty much good on art. I am also putting the release year on my folder structure to try and keep track of some of the full discographies I have. I enjoy listening to an artist from early to later years to see how they have changed.

Originally Posted by Adub

Illmatic his first album is his best album without a doubt, followed by It Was Written.

Illmatic is the only one I still listen too.