Hip Hop/Rap Appreciation thread

JTDL said:
I always liked ATCQ - low end theory and midnight marauders

Wutang - enter the 36 chambers

GZA (jizzer!) liquid swords.

Gangstarr - moment of truth.

Blackaliscious, Jurassic 5, pharcyde, de la soul, and despite the absolute bullshit content of the lyrics, NWA and first Biggie album.

At its best hip hop is absolute quality, at it's worst, ie mtv base stuff (if that's still around) is absolute dogshite. Sure there's still good stuff but it's diluted out.
Agreed. Not much current hip hop i like, freddie gibbs - the ghetto, is one i do like but that uses an old skool sample but its still very good. Hip hop, from what it used to be, is close to death. Yes there are artists still out there like MF Doom and planet asia that are kickin it but theyre still different to how it was. Hip hop is now in the same mix as nikki minaj, who is one of the worst artists ive heard in a long time. Just keep your old LPs, tapes and cds lads...its not gonns get any better from here...or maybe im just old.
 
Love this thread, been routing through my old vinyl last night and today, found loads of classics.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aofoBrFNdg[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpJYsV_pqmg[/youtube]


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05pcczvmrjc[/youtube]


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0wVNPWWZIw[/youtube]
 
Real old school, Treacherous Three and Spoonie Gee from 1980.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNzreGf6I24[/youtube]

J5!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQs4F9nNTC8[/youtube]

Binary Star
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnD_CXnXEB8[/youtube]
 
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuwb13LaZe4[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANfFh49YFsw[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mt1uuA5YFw[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ydtzIC2cc4[/youtube]
 
Love that Leaders If The New School track, Juan.<br /><br />-- Sat Sep 08, 2012 3:48 pm --<br /><br />
prairiemoon said:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXrsrvtuXZM&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube]
Quality!
 
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzNml6Wb3_A[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzYQWKHMdA8[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQm1MA9zcCw[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXeypq9dWAA[/youtube]
 
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZDUEilS5M4[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=romY2B39HPM[/youtube]

Beast of a tune this

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XErX8bqgyC8[/youtube]


Best female rapper ever???

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Zy0gZ1eMI[/youtube]
 
bazbarrybazzer said:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZDUEilS5M4[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=romY2B39HPM[/youtube]

Beast of a tune this

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XErX8bqgyC8[/youtube]


Best female rapper ever???

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Zy0gZ1eMI[/youtube]
Possibly. Lady of rage is up there although clearly not as prolific or popular..
 
Double I - Illtown Theme

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veP2kcMfiO4[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5h4zJEGAyg[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q-El0xnBmk[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-ImsYzQPBY[/youtube]

Onyx

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKcTM29Ng_w[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9kf0ZvWMZw[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvkhzuQT8s8[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkcufFWt4VU[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mrbTEfAmHw[/youtube]

Wu - covered, but you can never get better than...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRQobG9e6hc[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RB7yDI4kBE[/youtube]

All the Wu associates (Gravediggaz, Gza, ODB:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua4nPwor0kM[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrGAFSRfOfs[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzHC6dxhVOc[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AYY4EqFBWM[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrv3SSpncPM[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip0vYR3xJWU[/youtube]

Then you got all the Bush Babees, Roots, Lench Mob, NWA, there's loads of good stuff. Pisses me off when people slate hip hop, its better than a lot of shite out there. And I'm predominantly an 'indie' guy.

And don't yall forget where it all started and where this shit began...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBR94L1Usgs[/youtube]

EDITS: Not even "given props" to PE, Beasties (yeah), Rakim, Slick Rick, Tribe Called Quest and De La fucking Soul. There's countless more. You'd need anew forum for the bastards. And RUN:DMC...for you!
 
I'm, by no means, a 'fan' of gangsta rap but when all the elements come together and you can relate to the foundations of what's spoken, it becomes an anthem and you have to give props.

Mobb Deep- Shook Ones (pt 2)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP0wsET8__Y[/youtube]

Have to drop this too. Tip my hat to The BNH cats for giving Hip Hop a much needed shot in the arm and allowing The Roots to reinvent themselves...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwp5QxU0TJU[/youtube]
 
if you liike "real hip'hop" mmense.you will love these guys... iv seen them live and it was immense

o8xxyv.jpg
 
bazbarrybazzer said:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZDUEilS5M4[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=romY2B39HPM[/youtube]

Beast of a tune this

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XErX8bqgyC8[/youtube]


Best female rapper ever???

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Zy0gZ1eMI[/youtube]

Some jams in there this thread will become a classic soon.

No.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3_dOWYHS7I[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sE3DEXr7to[/youtube]
 
Josh Blue said:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB-vYuYhdSE[/youtube]

You would like this too Josh.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22l1sf5JZD0[/youtube]


"Words I Never Said"
(feat. Skylar Grey)

[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud Inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said
I can’t take back the words I never said

[Lupe Fiasco]
I really think the war on terror is a bunch of bullshit
Just a poor excuse for you to use up all your bullets
How much money does it take to really make a full clip
9/11 building 7 did they really pull it?
Uhh, And a bunch of other cover ups
Your childs future was the first to go with budget cuts
If you think that hurts then, wait here comes the uppercut
The school was garbage in the first place, that's on the up and up
Keep you at the bottom but tease you with the uppercrust
You get it then they move it so you never keeping up enough
If you turn on TV all you see’s a bunch of “what the fucks”
Dude is dating so and so blabbering bout such and such
And that ain't Jersey Shore, homie that's the news
And these the same people that supposed to be telling us the truth
Limbaugh is a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist
Gaza strip was getting bombed, Obama didn’t say shit
That's why I ain't vote for him, next one either
I’ma part of the problem, my problem is I’m peaceful
And I believe in the people.


[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said
I can’t take back the words I never said

[Lupe Fiasco - Verse 2]
Now you can say it ain't our fault if we never heard it
But if we know better than we probably deserve it
Jihad is not a holy war, wheres that in the worship?
Murdering is not Islam!
And you are not observant
And you are not a muslim
Israel don’t take my side cause look how far you’ve pushed them
Walk with me into the ghetto, this where all the Kush went
Complain about the liquor store but what you drinking liquor for?
Complain about the gloom but when’d you pick a broom up?
Just listening to Pac ain't gone make it stop
A rebel in your thoughts, ain't gon make it halt
If you don’t become an actor you’ll never be a factor
Pills with million side effects
Take em when the pains felt
Wash them down with Diet soda!
Killin off your brain cells
Crooked banks around the World
Would gladly give a loan today
So if you ever miss a payment
They can take your home away!

[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said, never said
I can’t take back the words I never said

[Lupe Fiasco - Verse 3]
I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence
Fear is such a weak emotion that's why I despise it
We scared of almost everything, afraid to even tell the truth
So scared of what you think of me, I’m scared of even telling you
Sometimes I’m like the only person I feel safe to tell it to
I’m locked inside a cell in me, I know that there’s a jail in you
Consider this your bailing out, so take a breath, inhale a few
My screams is finally getting free, my thoughts is finally yelling through

[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud Inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said
 
didactic said:
Josh Blue said:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB-vYuYhdSE[/youtube]

You would like this too Josh.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22l1sf5JZD0[/youtube]


"Words I Never Said"
(feat. Skylar Grey)

[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud Inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said
I can’t take back the words I never said

[Lupe Fiasco]
I really think the war on terror is a bunch of bullshit
Just a poor excuse for you to use up all your bullets
How much money does it take to really make a full clip
9/11 building 7 did they really pull it?
Uhh, And a bunch of other cover ups
Your childs future was the first to go with budget cuts
If you think that hurts then, wait here comes the uppercut
The school was garbage in the first place, that's on the up and up
Keep you at the bottom but tease you with the uppercrust
You get it then they move it so you never keeping up enough
If you turn on TV all you see’s a bunch of “what the fucks”
Dude is dating so and so blabbering bout such and such
And that ain't Jersey Shore, homie that's the news
And these the same people that supposed to be telling us the truth
Limbaugh is a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist
Gaza strip was getting bombed, Obama didn’t say shit
That's why I ain't vote for him, next one either
I’ma part of the problem, my problem is I’m peaceful
And I believe in the people.


[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said
I can’t take back the words I never said

[Lupe Fiasco - Verse 2]
Now you can say it ain't our fault if we never heard it
But if we know better than we probably deserve it
Jihad is not a holy war, wheres that in the worship?
Murdering is not Islam!
And you are not observant
And you are not a muslim
Israel don’t take my side cause look how far you’ve pushed them
Walk with me into the ghetto, this where all the Kush went
Complain about the liquor store but what you drinking liquor for?
Complain about the gloom but when’d you pick a broom up?
Just listening to Pac ain't gone make it stop
A rebel in your thoughts, ain't gon make it halt
If you don’t become an actor you’ll never be a factor
Pills with million side effects
Take em when the pains felt
Wash them down with Diet soda!
Killin off your brain cells
Crooked banks around the World
Would gladly give a loan today
So if you ever miss a payment
They can take your home away!

[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said, never said
I can’t take back the words I never said

[Lupe Fiasco - Verse 3]
I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence
Fear is such a weak emotion that's why I despise it
We scared of almost everything, afraid to even tell the truth
So scared of what you think of me, I’m scared of even telling you
Sometimes I’m like the only person I feel safe to tell it to
I’m locked inside a cell in me, I know that there’s a jail in you
Consider this your bailing out, so take a breath, inhale a few
My screams is finally getting free, my thoughts is finally yelling through

[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud Inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said

Yes man I am a big Lupe fan, infact may have posted a link of the same vid a few pages back?

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