Hip Hop/Rap Appreciation thread

Bigga said:
@Maintainin

I watched this and thought of you as I remembered the 'best beef' portion of this thread. I wonder if you and/ or others agree or not?

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Agree with a lot of this. I was a pretty big fan of Canibus in my uni days, he was my kind of rapper in that it was pretty aggressive but also intellectual. But when you break it down and look back, he clearly has a lot of issues and ultimately it lead to his downfall. There's a cypher i remember seeing with a few guys, Big Pun, Jay Z, DMX, Mic Geronimo, Mos Def, Canibus and a couple other guys. Canibus must've only been young and the other guys were much better known, but he made a point that he had to go last. Now this was when he was obviously crafting a reply to LL's bit on 4,3,2,1 but it just felt cringey even at the time due to how he did it. For the record i think Canibus' diss track was much superior to LL's, lyrically i think he battered him. But it was the only thing he had, battle rapping, there was no symmetry to his art.
 
My stepson isn't really a hiphop/rapper, he does breakdancing which uses some rap music.
I am looking for opportunities for him to showcase his ability.
He has performed with a group and solo.
Jianliang (my stepson) doesn't know that I have written this and I only want to help him in his ambition.
(If the mods feel that it is inappropriate for me to post this message because it breaches the coc please delete.)
 
Grassland Blue said:
My stepson isn't really a hiphop/rapper, he does breakdancing which uses some rap music.
I am looking for opportunities for him to showcase his ability.
He has performed with a group and solo.
Jianliang (my stepson) doesn't know that I have written this and I only want to help him in his ambition.
(If the mods feel that it is inappropriate for me to post this message because it breaches the coc please delete.)
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Hi Grassland.

There's no bigger platform than YT. Build him a channel, examine his personality, his work ethic, his passions, get him talking and/ or a (forgive the unintentional pun) breakdown of how he does things in dance form, writing or whatever, i.e., build him a following.

It might take a while (you have to be patient), but people [and businesses/ media] will want to link with him, if they like what he does.

I'd love to see what that looks like if you ever leave a link.
 
Bigga said:
Hi Grassland.

There's no bigger platform than YT. Build him a channel, examine his personality, his work ethic, his passions, get him talking and/ or a (forgive the unintentional pun) breakdown of how he does things in dance form, writing or whatever, i.e., build him a following.

It might take a while (you have to be patient), but people [and businesses/ media] will want to link with him, if they like what he does.

I'd love to see what that looks like if you ever leave a link.
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Ok. Thanks for the info.
I am in China at the moment but when I get back to the U.K. in a few weeks I will have a chat with him about it and I will update you.
I don't want to hijack the thread or upset the mods so I won't post in here anymore.
I will pm you with any news.
Regards.
 
Grassland Blue said:
Ok. Thanks for the info.
I am in China at the moment but when I get back to the U.K. in a few weeks I will have a chat with him about it and I will update you.
I don't want to hijack the thread or upset the mods so I won't post in here anymore.
I will pm you with any news.
Regards.
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'B-Boying'/ 'Breaking' is an integral part of 'Hip Hop Appreciation'. Most of us that post on here have had some sort of link to that life whether through dance, music or art. Don't worry if you post via here. I, myself, posted a small graffiti art docu years ago on BM.

Either way, if you decide to PM me, that's cool. Maybe I can help run through some advice with you via PMs?

Good luck with it all!
 
1687617736192.pngListened to these two yesterday and bloody enjoyed both of them.
Aquemini by Outkast and Split Decision by Dave.
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Great hour of 50 years of Hip Hop on bbc iplayer, I’ve been a fan since White Lines the first 12 inch I bought
 
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