The HipHop Thread

[NeoShweaty]

Let's be clear about one thing, first and foremost, just to clarify. Hip Hop is the culture of which rap is a piece of. Rap is the actual act of spittin rhymes on a beat.

Having been born and raised in the home of Hip Hop (the Bronx, all be it the northwest bronx), I was constantly bombarded by rap. It wasnt until seventh grade (i am a freshman in college now) that i started listening. The first, and to be honest only, album i bought was sisqo's unleash the dragon... Luckily for me, my tastes have since improved. Let me list some of the artists on my top rated list on itunes:
2Pac (of course)
A Tribe Called Quest
Black Star (Mos Def and Talib Kweli make a good team. They need to get another album out!)
Dr. Dre (The Chronic being one of the best rap albums ever along side with Straight Outta Compton)
Nas (Hip Hop is Dead is pure fire, basically)
Notorious Big (nuff said)
NWA (only with Ice Cube. Their follow up to Straight outta compton, without Ice Cube was garbage, imo)
Mac Dre (straight out of the bay (San Fransisco and Oakland in cali. He is some good stuff if you like your rap with some out of the norm beats and not too serious lyrics. The bay sound is way different than anything in La or in the east, which is why i like it so much)
Snoop Dogg (he still can spit with the best of them)
Mos Def
Talib Kweli (gotta list these guys individually)
Too $hort (a real OG. He was in GTA: San Andreas, to give you guys some perspective, with the song 'The Ghetto')

Some stuff i dont like is Dip Set because they all are trash. Most stuff from the south especially Lil' Wayne. I like my music to be mostly about storytelling and lyrics with a strong beat which most of the above are about in some way or another, with their own twist. My favorite kind of club rap has to be hyphy music. (look on urbandictionary.com for the best definition)

Anyone else a fan of any kind of rap or hip hop?

[manu]

I listen to it, I haven't bought any music but I download songs I like. All time favorite that I love would probably be Afroman's Colt 45. A nice link to the song here

http://profile.imeem.com/XXwZu/music/qAdTF7wE/colt_45/

Well I live in Seattle Washington, so no great rappers from here. Current faves though would have to be Lil' Jon and Akon. About your south comment Neo I think you shouldn't forget thats where Ludacris comes from.

[NeoShweaty]

to be honest, there are SOME good rappers out of the south, but not as much as from the east or the west. Most of the southern music is too club oriented with nothing to say for my tastes.

[blasta]

I haven't been listening to the new stuff from rap/hip hop for awhile now just think its going downhill but I still listen to new songs and albums by my favorites like Eminem, Nasty Nas etc. I only really listen to old stuff like most people you have on your list especially 2pac, Nasty Nas, Dre, and Biggie. I also really like Eminem, Jay-Z, Xzibit, Rakim, KRS-One, Naughty by Nature, Wu-Tang Clan, and some others I can't remember right now.

[kyubisharingan]

lol, hell yea i love hip hop. but "kinda" a fan of rap. yes, im black, but rap just doesnt appeal to me. as in no real good meaning to its songs. i also love R&B. but thats getting off topic. but no matter wat other artist come out, none of them can beat 2pac or Biggie IMO

[NeoShweaty]

Fuck, how did i forget the Wu-tang clan. They are always good. 36 chambers is also one of the legendary albums. I liked eninem, until his last album because of how bad it was. Jay-z should have stayed retired because his newest album is pretty bad. However, ill give him his due, he made it pretty big from brooklyn.

The rap game has gotten worse and worse which is why the majority of my stuff is from the 90s. I still have so much to check out though, you named some of the artists i have been meaning to listen to in depth to like KRS-One and Rakim.



lol, hell yea i love hip hop. but "kinda" a fan of rap. yes, im black, but rap just doesnt appeal to me. as in no real good meaning to its songs. i also love R&B. but thats getting off topic. but no matter wat other artist come out, none of them can beat 2pac or Biggie IMO


You need to listen to some of the more substantial artists then. A Tribe called Quest, The Roots, Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli and a bunch of others because they say something in their lyrics. I hate rap that doesnt have something to say or that doesnt tell a good story, most of the time at least. Biggie and 2pac where at their best when they have something to (Big Poppa, Dear Mama, Juicy, Changes, etc. are some good examples)

[LadyHatake]

The only words I have to say: Jim Jones "We Fly High"

Pure Love <3

XD That's about the only rap song I like, and it's only because the Ballin' part is so cool XD Though I do like "Shake" by the Ying Yang Twins. I don't always understand/like the words, but the beats are great :amuse

Though, on my ipod I do have 50 Cent, Chris Brow, Jim Jones, Jules Santana, Kanye West, Nelly, and Ying Yang Twins ^^

Rap's not really my thing though; I prefer rock/etc like Panic at the Disco, Ok Go, Motion City Soundtrack, Emery, Anberlin, Armor for Sleep, Amber Pacific, etc. Mostly the more "little known" bands >.>

[NeoShweaty]

LOL! you have no idea how obsessed my bro is with "we fly high". BALLIN'!!

Rap isnt for everyone though. I guess i wouldnt be as big a fan if it wasnt for the fact that i am surrounded by it and hip hop culture as well.

[LadyHatake]

LOL! you have no idea how obsessed my bro is with "we fly high". BALLIN'!!

Rap isnt for everyone though. I guess i wouldnt be as big a fan if it wasnt for the fact that i am surrounded by it and hip hop culture as well.


XD Everyone in my school loves "We Fly High" Even in my calculus we have guys who randomly yell "BALLIN!" I love it ^^

I come from a really diverse area, so I;ve kind of been influenced by everything. I just like rap and hip hop because they have alot of great beats that really get me pumped up (especially when I'm at the gym) I love turning up my radio when I'm driving and listening to the high energy stuff.

[iThePirate]

American:
Jedi Mind Tricks, Canibus, Apathy, Celph Titled, Army of the Pharaohs, Ill Bill, Immortal Technique, Styles of Beyond, Necro, Diabolic, Tonedeff, GZA/Genius, Fort Minor 'n The Circle of Tyrants.
Swedish:
Pst/Q, Organism12 aka Ågren, Gubb, Peshi, Chords, Obnoxiuz Afasi, Leo 'n Mobbade Barn Med Automatvapen.

Think that covers my favourites pretty well...

[NeoShweaty]

i have only heard of three of those artists in america and none abroad. Its great to see how diverse the community can be.

[iThePirate]

which three?

from the swedish ones there's only three that raps in english, peshi, obnoxiuz and chords. thinks obnoxiuz put some songs up on his site, gon' check it.

EDIT:
http://www.obnoxiuz.com/default.asp?show=MEDIA
http://www.peshi.com/

[NeoShweaty]

Ive heard a song from Jedi Mind Tricks, Cannibus and, of course, i have heard of the GZA (Wu-Tang!)

[iThePirate]

well i think almost all of the above have myspaces (even though myspace sucks) with various songs on 'em.

[NeoShweaty]

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well i think almost all of the above have myspaces (even though myspace sucks) with various songs on 'em.




Ill check them out sometime. I am always open to new stuff.

[iThePirate]

Check out obnoxiuz site which i linked earlier, Actual Pain is in english.

[Magoobeekee]

I will just add some of my favorites rappers who haven't been quote : MF DOOM, Roots Manuva, Busdriver, Kool Keith, Dan the Automator,MaDliB,Jel,Sage francis,sole,The Others

And some french rappers: psykik Lyrica, le club des 7, la cinquieme kolonne

Cheers

[Logikl]

Ahh man... my type of people here... some of my favorites are: Doom, Madlib, Little Brother, Juggaknots, Lil Sci (John Robinson Project), KRS One, J-Zone, Aesop Rock..

[iThePirate]

Found a new favourite.

R.A. The Rugged Man, man he's seriously ill!

Anyone heard 'im?

[kyubisharingan]

Found a new favourite.

R.A. The Rugged Man, man he's seriously ill!

Anyone heard 'im?


lol no. wat kinds of songs does he sing?

[NeoShweaty]

Where is the rugged man coming out from? and how would you describe his style of rap?

[iThePirate]

lol no. wat kinds of songs does he sing?

Dosen't sing, Rap ;P


Where is the rugged man coming out from? and how would you describe his style of rap?


He's From NY, raps as so many others 'bout his life, it's just that his life is a hell of a lot more interesting then let's say Eminem.
Underground rap at it's best.
Not a gangsta but a homeless bum whoms family suffered alot 'cause of Agent orange.
Die Rugged Man, Die! is his debut album which I highly recommend.

[cherryenchanted]

I'm just only a 50% fan of Hip Hop/Rap, since I just do listen rarely those kind of music..I do listen to the music of Eminem & Snopp Dogg, just wandering if Pharell could be considered in the Hip Hop/Rap genre?!?!?!

[kadodo]

Yes, I do like to listen to rap and hip-hop. My favorite rapper would have to be between Jay z and Nelly. I also like the recent dirty south raps.

[iThePirate]

I'm just only a 50% fan of Hip Hop/Rap, since I just do listen rarely those kind of music..I do listen to the music of Eminem & Snopp Dogg, just wandering if Pharell could be considered in the Hip Hop/Rap genre?!?!?!

Pharrel would be considered hiphop at the very least.


Yes, I do like to listen to rap and hip-hop. My favorite rapper would have to be between Jay z and Nelly. I also like the recent dirty south raps.

Jay-Z is alright, well the older stuff anyways, before Beyonce. Nelly is just whack according to me. Try Apathy.

[yoniekai]

hey im trying out all the artists you've mentioned i havent heard of it yet :D... im raised in a rock environment, since birth i've been influenced by rock from almost everyone (parents, cousins, headbangers, satanist friends :sweat) ... hiphop is out of my league but im open to all genres and i really like hiphop ever since i've heard some local rappers, back in 2nd grade i think... the best rappers i've heard: the old eminem, dre, snoop dogg, old jay-z... BEP is really funky, and my favorite hiphop act is outkast, they kinda fall on alternative tho but still hiphop to me... outkast is one of my favorite artists, really talented guys... also public enemy really appeals to me, and the beastie boys are just awesome :amuse

[iThePirate]

Well I'm born in the blues/rock enviroment but thats heritage my own taste is Rap.

But since you like rock you should try The Circle of Tyrants, Jedi Mind Tricks, Necro and Ill Bill.

TCoT is made of Ill Bill n' Necro who are brothers and were in a metal band called "Injustice" before they started rappin' so they have alot of heavy guitars in their beats.

Vinne Paz of JMT is influenced by the likes of Slayer (lyricswise) and claims to be a Heavy Metal King.

Serioulsy, try it, especially Circle of Tyrants.

[Uchiha Slayer]

Yes, I do like to listen to rap and hip-hop. My favorite rapper would have to be between Jay z and Nelly. I also like the recent dirty south raps.

Nelly hasnt come out with a hot track in years...If you like the dirty south raps now. Get some of the new rappers old stuff. Ex. Three Six Mafia, Outkast, TI, stuff like that...Also get DJ Drama mix tapes, those have the best underground hits that nobody knows about.

[yoniekai]

Well I'm born in the blues/rock enviroment but thats heritage my own taste is Rap.

But since you like rock you should try The Circle of Tyrants, Jedi Mind Tricks, Necro and Ill Bill.

TCoT is made of Ill Bill n' Necro who are brothers and were in a metal band called "Injustice" before they started rappin' so they have alot of heavy guitars in their beats.

Vinne Paz of JMT is influenced by the likes of Slayer (lyricswise) and claims to be a Heavy Metal King.

Serioulsy, try it, especially Circle of Tyrants.

slayer was one of those bands that really influenced our personalities :XD, im trying out that TCoT, sounds great... i checked out jedi mind tricks article and im amazed at how successful this duo has been, i really have to check this out :thumbs

[iThePirate]

sweet, lemme know what'cha think, TCoT only have released one album as far as I know though.

[GrayFoxx]

I mostly listen to Dr.Dre or Snoop Dogg but X-Zibit is also nice, Eminem, 50 Cent. I'm form Poland so i mostly listen to Polish Hip-Hop though.

Have someone heard about "Mafia K-1 Fry" ?? They're French, hmm... Group, Band ?? I don't know how to call it in English.

[miyi]

I used to listen to a lot of hip hop, when I was a teenager. I got turned off by it, because there's lack of originality and the lyrics content is getting old and hackneyed, i.e. themes such as money, sex, booze, violence, etc..

I know I might sound ignorant for saying that, but it's true. I don't mind hearing it, it doesn't offend me or anything, but damn that's all they rap about.

But don't get me wrong, out of the 90 percent of crappy rappers out there, there's always 10 percent that are really good and talented, some that we haven't even heard about. Example: Lupe Fiasco.

ok, that said, I'm a big fan of these artists:

Tupac, Wu Tang, Bone Thugz, Notorius BIG, Dre, Snoop, Ice Cube, Outkast, Kanye West, Eminem, etc. you get the idea (this list is in NO PARTICULAR ORDER).

I like their old stuff, but as soon as they start doing a third album, i.e. Eminem, their music starts going downhill. The only consistent rapper that kept/maintained the high quality in their music, out of the above I mentioned, are Tupac, Biggie, Dre, and Outkast. They keep improving and changing it up, unlike Eminem or Snoop, who raps about the same old thing.

Yeah, and you might think I contradicted myself, since these rappers rap about: money, sex, booze, violence. But the above artists mentioned, are different. They were the pioneers of such things, and they didn't overdo it. Plus, they rapped about other themes, for example:

Tupac - the struggles of growing up poor, African American, in a gang dominated society, loss of a friend, etc.

Bone Thugz - songs dedicated to Marijuana

Nowadays, all I see are rappers with gold/platinum chains riding in limos with groupies rapping about their rough childhood......c'mon now, that's so fake and unrealistic.

[iThePirate]

Dre ain't shit as a rapper, when he actually can write an album by himself I'll acknowledge his lyrical skills but on like the "2001" album he had guests n' ghostwriters to such a degree that from my point of view it ain't even a Dre album. Awesome producer though, great beats. :D

Tupac was good, Biggie is better. :XD

Snoop was good during the golden era, when he teamed up with Pharrel n' made "Drop it like it's hot" he deserved a bullet in the head GO SUGE

Anyways you don't listen alot to underground do ya? Sure they have violence BUT sometimes there is a meaning to it aswell. Listen to Immortal Technique - Dance With The Devil or Peruvian Cocaine.

[miyi]

Yeah you're right, I was talking mostly about the mainstream Hip Hop. I haven't had the chance to explore the underground Hip Hop lately, like I said, I turned away from Hip Hop in general, for a while now. I'll try to check out those artists that you mentioned, thanks for the suggestions. :)

Right now I'm a big fan of Lupe Fiasco, man this kid can rhyme!

However, I'm not sure if he's considered "mainstream".

[iThePirate]

Lupe is a grey area, not exactly my style but he ain't bad, ain't bad at all...

[krazykone12]

It's all about Soulja Boy these days

[iThePirate]

never heard of Soulja Boys, lookin forward to the new AOTP album thats bein released on the 25th though and SOB's mix tape Razor Tag is great its free too. :D

[Zwivix]

Lol Soulja Boy he's a one hit wonder...turst me, but i have to admit i love his song....man this thread had been dead for a while,eh.

[kadodo]

Soulja Boys is the main thing right now. The beat, the song everything is just great. But for some reason I can never bring myself to do the dance. My little cuz is seven is she danced through the whole song. any of you guys do the dance?

[Zwivix]

Lol i tried..and it didnt look pretty. My sister keeps watching a "learning" video on Youtube.

Everyone just wants to dance like Soulja Boy, but sorry to seem racist, but unless your black it just wont be the same.

[iThePirate]

Soulja Boy is some whackass shit, he seriously sucked, well that song i heard did anyways, callin superman a hoe? pfft that kid has a deathwish. :D

[ibra87]

Heard Crank That once and can't see what all the fuss is about (lots of my friends seem to be crazy about this song). But then again I am not the type to appreciate a song before hearing it over and over again. Probably.

@iThePirate: ROFL :XD Well I think it's rather "Crank That" than the superman is hoe thing.

[iThePirate]

well no matter what, the idiot should be shot in the kneecaps or sumthin'.

Lil' Mama's (lipgloss bitch, she sucks too not as much though -_-;) better than he is ffs.

[kadodo]

Soulja Boy is some whackass shit, he seriously sucked, well that song i heard did anyways, callin superman a hoe? pfft that kid has a deathwish. :D

Did u see the video? It's the dance that makes everyone like the song so much....

[iThePirate]

dun care what makes people like it, he still sucks, shame that shit like him gets popular while really talented MC's still struggles.

[kadodo]

I agree with you. There are a lot of talents out there that are being wasted. He's not even that good of a rapper but his song souja boy is just hot. And to add to that, he wrote the song himself, came up with the dance, made the beat and even produced the song. I give him props for that to be able to do this at such a young age.

[iThePirate]

really? ok, ill give him some props for bein creative but he still sucks though :D

[kadodo]

Well, it's just a matter of opinion. Do you have a favorite rapper?

[iThePirate]

Tonedeff, Apathy, Vinnie Paz, Celph Titled, Deacon The Villain and R.A. The Rugged Man to name a few

Well thats for the americans anyway from sweden its Pst/Q, Leo, Organism 12 n Motorisk Afasi n a few others.

What bout you?

[kadodo]

Wow, I think u know more about rap than me cuz I don't know some of these guys....
Well, I have 2Pac, eminem, Big Boi from Outkast, and I like Missy Elliot.

[iThePirate]

mainstreamer :D

well i can recommend apathy (http://www.myspace.com/apathy)

alot of people seems to like him aswell as tonedeff (http://www.myspace.com/tonedeff)

[Mendes]

I love portuguese hip hop! If you understand portuguese, I strongly recommend Valete, Sam the Kid, Xeg, Regulla, Da Weasel, Mind da Gap, Dealema and so many more

[kadodo]

Did you guys hear about Kanye West's and 50 cent competition? They both released their new album on the same day 9/11/07. 50 was bragging how he will retire if Kanye so,d more than him. As of right now, Kanye already sold over 600,000 copies and 50 cent soldd 430,000 copies. I do love both rappers and I don't have a favorite but I like the fact that Kanye is switching Hip Hop's style.

[iThePirate]

both of 'em suck, they have at most 2 or 3 songs that are any good, they both should quit :D

50cent have withdrawn the statement that he would retire btw althpugh he's still losing, its 780 thou vs 603 thou after a week.

[krazykone12]

Old rap was a god send imo
I got 5 on it
Keep Ya Head Ringin
10 Cr*ck Commandments
It was just awesome

[◆ T.D.A ◆]

Soulja boy killed THE old Hip Hop but gave birth to a new type though there is still hope with Dr.Dre's DETOX

[iThePirate]

Demigodz, A.o.t.P. and well, Babygrande Records, that's what's good in hiphop nowadays some more ofc, the mainstream hiphop scene hasnt been worth shit since '99.

All Hail Celph Titled! :smile-big

[krazykone12]

really? ok, ill give him some props for bein creative but he still sucks though :D

I agree, I don't really like Soulja Boy either (I find him more obnoxious than other rappers) I'm more of a Lupe Fiasco type person, Dipset's ok, Lil Wayne is cool, Jeezy eh..., Gucci Mane isn't all that bad either IMO,besides that old skool rap plz... ya know like Will Smith lol

[◆ T.D.A ◆]

I agree, I don't really like Soulja Boy either (I find him more obnoxious than other rappers) I'm more of a Lupe Fiasco type person, Dipset's ok, Lil Wayne is cool, Jeezy eh..., Gucci Mane isn't all that bad either IMO,besides that old skool rap plz... ya know like Will Smith lol

Yeah I miss Will Smith in the old days, not just in music but in acting as well. It's time for younger guys to create new music, the old rappers can't do it anymore in the scene unfortunately, but they can try.

90s were the best!!!

[Shiro-kun]

90s were the best!!!

Yeah they were!:)

I used to be a big hip hop and a rap fan , well i still like those two music genre's but not as much as i use to.

[ofuda]

I like Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Common, and Nujabes.
Lupe Fiasco is my favourite. He happens to be the very few who rap about decent things, plus the tunes are nice.

[iThePirate]

Ill Bill - The Hour Of Reprisal

fuckin' excellent album, get it now!

seriously, fuck ups all that mainstream shit, ill bill ftw!

[Onomatopoeia]

When you say Rap, do you mean Old School or not?

Depending on whether thats a yes or no my answer will differ greatly.

[◆ T.D.A ◆]

can be old school or new, I guess

[KnuckleheadedNinja]

I'm a hip-hop/rap fan. My favorite rapper is Nas(In God's son i trust). My favorite song of his is: One Mic(he killed that shit). Then comes Lupe Fiasco. My favorite songs of his are: Fighters and Hip-Hop saved my life
[hr]

It's all about Soulja Boy these days

Talk about been whack. The likes of Soulja Boy is what is wrong with Hip Hop nowadays.

[yoniekai]

contributing what i'm listening to lately:

sage francis
immortal technique
deltron 3030
y society
sinuous productions

[Sema]

i'm a hip hop head. I like Common, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Mood, Hi Tek, J Dilla, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Cunninlynguists, Hell Razah, Killah Priest, Madlib, El da Sensei, Joe Budden, GZA, Ghostface, Raekwon, Doom, Crooked I, Blue Sky Black Death, Canibus, DOOM, Quasimoto, Jean Grae, Apani B Fly, Sadat X, J Live, Jazz Liberatorz, J Rawls and a lot more.

[Weapon_X]

Yeah, I'm a Hip Hop/Rap fan here. My favourite Rapper has to be Eminem. His songs are awesome and contains meanings about his life and some of his songs are just hilarious, funny as hell when taking the piss out of other celebs. :p Others I like are Tupac, Notorious BIG, Big L, Big Pun, Scarface, Nas, Ice Cube, Kool G Rap, Wu-Tang, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, Bones-N-Thugs Harmony, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne.

Also a mixture between old school and new.

[iThePirate]

I like Eminem somwehat, his new stuff aint that good though.
Well as far as swedish hiphop goes ive found a dude called Roffe Ruff, he's basically my neighbour but he always wears a mask so i dont know exactly who the fuck he is, very annoying.
[hr]
Btw, what do you think of the interview where Birdman said that Lil' Wayne is better than Biggie, Pac n' Jay-Z?


“He can rap, he can sing, he’s just an artist,” he says. “I don’t think no one will ever be greater [than Wayne] because I don’t think no one puts in the time or the quality. If someone do come along, can you imagine what he’ll have to do? He got to put out on thousand mixtapes, do a thousand records [and] sell 100 million records. 2Pac, Jay-Z and Biggie didn’t get to the shit Wayne’s done.”
This mutha f*cka just made quite an amount of enemies, alright I didn't like Lil' Wayne to begin with, but still, this is blasphemy.

“It’s not a rock record,” said the Birdman in an interview. “That’s what I think people are getting misunderstood. When you speaking about a rock record, you think he’s got a guitar and everything, but it’s not that. It’s going to be some of those types of beats, but it’s just great music. I don’t think no artist can do what he about to get done. My son is a rock star.”

Rappers AINT ROCKSTARS! IT SHOULD BE COMMON F*CKIN SENSE!

[warbandit66]

Anyone here heard of Asher Roth? He's pretty awesome.

[yoniekai]

Btw, what do you think of the interview where Birdman said that Lil' Wayne is better than Biggie, Pac n' Jay-Z?

pffst. he's just making news and getting attention. lil wayne is far from being the best rapper. i can't tell who's the best rapper, but my favorite would be the beastie boys, as paul's boutique is my favorite rap album of all time.

[iThePirate]

pffst. he's just making news and getting attention. lil wayne is far from being the best rapper. i can't tell who's the best rapper, but my favorite would be the beastie boys, as paul's boutique is my favorite rap album of all time.
Biggie n' Pacs work is respected among almost any hiphop fan and Jay-Z is said to be the current king of hiphop. I doubt that Lil' Wayne will achieve either much less both.

Anyways, I can't say who the best MC is either, but my favourite is Pst/Q. :amuse
Has anyone seen the movie 'bout Biggie? "Notorious"? It's actually pretty good, worth a watch indeed.

[Weapon_X]

I like Eminem somwehat, his new stuff aint that good though.
Well as far as swedish hiphop goes ive found a dude called Roffe Ruff, he's basically my neighbour but he always wears a mask so i dont know exactly who the fuck he is, very annoying.
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Btw, what do you think of the interview where Birdman said that Lil' Wayne is better than Biggie, Pac n' Jay-Z?


This mutha f*cka just made quite an amount of enemies, alright I didn't like Lil' Wayne to begin with, but still, this is blasphemy.


Rappers AINT ROCKSTARS! IT SHOULD BE COMMON F*CKIN SENSE!

Better then Jay Z? Hahaha you got to be kiddin' me, he is known as the King of Hip Hop. There is a reason why Lil Wayne is known as LIL Wayne. He still is a beginner, he doesn't match up against the top dogs.

[iThePirate]

the thing is, lil wayne is 26, pac died at 25 n biggie at 24. They achieved a lot more in less years.

he'll never step on the same level as them even more so after what birdman said. bitch ass punk.

[Sema]

Asher Roth is ok. Biggie and Pac arent the greatest ever. Wayne is an average rapper at most.

[iThePirate]

Asher Roth is ok. Biggie and Pac arent the greatest ever. Wayne is an average rapper at most.
greatest ever? not the greatest but surely two of the greatest, i mean one cant argue the importance of their legacies in the world of hiphop.

[◆ T.D.A ◆]

I like Eminem's "We made you" but have you heard "3 A.M" that song is pretty dark and R-rated.

I'm still waiting for Detox.

[Imperium]

I've been listening to a lot of plan b recently. Dunno why, but at first i use to think him rubbish, bland, predictable. But i was an idiot. Easily one of the best rapper on these shores.

Suzanne (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJtitMI9IYY)

[iThePirate]

Checked Asher Roth out, wasnt that impressed, he sounds, i dunno, plain. I prefer Apathy, Tonedeff, Deacon the Villain and Esoteric just to mention a few.

I think this is better than Asher Roth.
chords - luckiest man alive (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVi9PCH9GzI)
[hr]

I've been listening to a lot of plan b recently. Dunno why, but at first i use to think him rubbish, bland, predictable. But i was an idiot. Easily one of the best rapper on these shores.

Suzanne (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJtitMI9IYY)
Imp finally warmed up to plan b eh? took you a while haha

[Sema]

Many rappers will rap circles round Big and Pac. The Jazz Liberatorz album is very dope.
Cant stop listening to it.

[blai]

hmm fifty, dre, em, stat quo, bobby creek, kardinal offishall, fat joe, birdman, lil' wayne, some chamillionaire but h bit ridiculous imo... also "We the Best" album by Dj Khaled, donomar, fabolous, T.I (dope imo), flo rida, Jay-Z (mainly the remixes with Linkin Park), Julez Santana, Paul Wall, Lloyd Banks, Ca$his, M.I.A and The Streets

As for swedish it's like... Mange Schmidt (sorry ippy..) timbuktu, petter and Organism 12, Pst/Q (Mobbade barn med Automatvapen) and the underground ones are Kaggen and Legenden.. basically..

[KnuckleheadedNinja]

e interview where Birdman said that Lil' Wayne is better than Biggie, Pac n' Jay-Z?


The dude must be on something.

Greatest Rappers Ever:
1. Biggie & Pac (I think both are on the same level of greatest. And it piss me off when a fan of one try to make the other greater while discrediting the other greatness. They are both the greatest, people should just learn to respect that)
3. Nas (greatest lyricist of all-time)
4. Rakim
5. Jay-Z

As for the Eminem discussion: I don't really like the guy music. His only songs i like are
1. "Lose yourself"- one of the best song of all time. That shit set the street on fire when it came out.
2. "The way I'm"

Beside those two songs i really can't stand the guy music.

[◆ T.D.A ◆]

Jay-Z? Nah I would put Ice Cube and Easy E above him. Z can't touch them in terms of lyrics.

[blai]

I can agree that his vocabulary ain't the biggest and that the variation could be better, but then same for lil' wayne that dont vary as much in his rhyming and is often using the same word to rhyme with but he gives them different meanings so everything's a matter of taste

[◆ T.D.A ◆]

I still reckon the old school rappers are better, but the good thing about the present day artists is that they experiment with the music, and the beats are still on a high level.

[blai]

Yeah I grew up with early eminem and snoop so i haven't really got a hung of 2pac, biggie but they are deffo top top!

And yeh a lot of rappers experiment, mix with other styles and stuff, it's interesting and fun to see the development of the style since it's relatively new and free for experiments...

[◆ T.D.A ◆]

Eminem is a master, his new album is different though, when I first heard 3A.M I was a bit skeptic, but after hearing it again, its a good tune.

[blai]

Haven't heard that, can't find it on Spotify... might dl a song or two and see if it's a good one.

[Sema]

Im not expecting much from the Eminem album after the singles he released so far.

[blai]

Well, "crack a bottle" aint that bad, it got a pretty nice vibe innit. And "when i'm gone" is also a great song but I can agree that some of his albums are nothing but bad "club" songs...

[yoniekai]

eminem is cool, but i'd rather listen to the acts mostly from the 80s and 90s. old school is the best, let me list some of my faves

public enemy - fear of a black planet
n.w.a - straight outta compton
beastie boys - ill communication (i decided i liked this one best)
outkast - aquameni
the roots - things fall apart
black star (mos def and talib kweli)
a tribe called quest - the low end theory

as for new ones, i mostly incline to alternative hiphop

[blai]

Just heard Crash You by Thomas Rusiak. feat Teddybears STHLM, check it out yonie if you haven't heard it. It's the first english song i've heard with Timbuktu innit, and he's one of Swedens best rappers of all-time often doing influential political hip-hop.

http://open.spotify.com/track/3AE0zaFiI6dsNHiulCdYiP <-- for the spotify-users

edit: I'll check out those songs, havent heard any of them o.O

[yoniekai]

this is good stuff blai, catchy beats, i'm going to check more from this guy

[◆ T.D.A ◆]

Out of Eminem's known new singles of his new album (Relapse) what do you think is the best?


"Crack a Bottle" Listen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dS8Lehu954)

"We Made You" Listen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWMLMc3ES3I)

"3am" Listen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG10xE1hbXI)

"Old Time's Sake" Listen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8nEqQizoEc)

"Beautiful" Listen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olw-GQ8ehQU)

So far I would have to like "Beautiful" the best, Eminem is back!

[Imperium]

Out of Eminem's known new singles of his new album (Relapse) what do you think is the best?


"Crack a Bottle" Listen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dS8Lehu954)

"We Made You" Listen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWMLMc3ES3I)

"3am" Listen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG10xE1hbXI)

"Old Time's Sake" Listen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8nEqQizoEc)

"Beautiful" Listen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olw-GQ8ehQU)

So far I would have to like "Beautiful" the best, Eminem is back!
His known singles? The album was leaked this morning. loool

[◆ T.D.A ◆]

His known singles? The album was leaked this morning. loool

? I know the album was leaked, but I was referring to the songs which are going to be released as singles.

[Imperium]

? I know the album was leaked, but I was referring to the songs which are going to be released as singles.
looool, yea sorry. Misread your post...long day -_-;

[Weapon_X]

Out of Eminem's known new singles of his new album (Relapse) what do you think is the best?


"Crack a Bottle" Listen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dS8Lehu954)

"We Made You" Listen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWMLMc3ES3I)

"3am" Listen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG10xE1hbXI)

"Old Time's Sake" Listen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8nEqQizoEc)

"Beautiful" Listen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olw-GQ8ehQU)

So far I would have to like "Beautiful" the best, Eminem is back!

My number #1 favourite from these singles has to be " We Made You". And my #2 favourite is " Old Time's Sake" that is awesome.

"Beautiful" doesn't sound like Eminem or his songs. :darn:notrust:o;):blink:s:oh

[blai]

Yeah "We Made You" is good but i love "Crack a Bottle" is awesome tbh, don't know why i just like how the lyrics fit in with the beat and stuff.. :)

3am is creeeeeepy :(

[iThePirate]

hmm fifty, dre, em, stat quo, bobby creek, kardinal offishall, fat joe, birdman, lil' wayne, some chamillionaire but h bit ridiculous imo... also "We the Best" album by Dj Khaled, donomar, fabolous, T.I (dope imo), flo rida, Jay-Z (mainly the remixes with Linkin Park), Julez Santana, Paul Wall, Lloyd Banks, Ca$his, M.I.A and The Streets

As for swedish it's like... Mange Schmidt (sorry ippy..) timbuktu, petter and Organism 12, Pst/Q (Mobbade barn med Automatvapen) and the underground ones are Kaggen and Legenden.. basically..
Organismen and Pst is still considered underground although well known in the swedish hiphop scene. Well atleast Org is, Pst/Q is still signed to juju records which holds acts such as Timbuktu and Chords but hasnt released anything since 2001, he has made a few guestappearances mopst recently on promoes 'kråksången' an album which i highly recommend.

Just heard Crash You by Thomas Rusiak. feat Teddybears STHLM, check it out yonie if you haven't heard it. It's the first english song i've heard with Timbuktu innit, and he's one of Swedens best rappers of all-time often doing influential political hip-hop.

http://open.spotify.com/track/3AE0zaFiI6dsNHiulCdYiP <-- for the spotify-users

edit: I'll check out those songs, havent heard any of them o.O
Timbuktus first album T2: Kontrakultur contains 2 cds one is in swedish the other in english, check it out, you have a lot to learn blai, a l o t t o l e a r n...

Also check out max peezays new single blai
Max Peezay Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/maxpeezay)
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forgot, another recommendatio for anyone who knows swedish.

Roffe Ruff (http://www.myspace.com/rofferuff)

[blai]

I is your apprentice.

But I've actually heard Kontrakultur a couple of times but never thought of disc 2 as English.

And yeh kråksången is a great album, indeed!

[iThePirate]

never thought of disc 2 as english? wtf is your definition of english then? -_-;

one of my alltime favourite albums is Pst/Q 'Natt Klockan 12 på Dagen' i hope youve heard it blai, its heavy as fuck.

Peshi hasnt released anything new in a while neither, her debut album was good though, Peshi - Jasper Flute (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMYcr23KuY8) CHECK IT.

a lil something for blai (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rrtd1az7fA)

MC from Melbourne:Drapht (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki6YTXyITaQ)


peace.

[◆ T.D.A ◆]

Dr.Dre put some dirty beats on this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0neBWE3cDUE

[iThePirate]

Eminem - Relapse.

I thought it would be a crap album. It isn't. But it wasn't great neither.
The songs that are the best ones in my opinion are:

3 am, lyricwise, flow and beat aint that good.

We Made You, flow and lyrics are good, the beat and chorus aint.

Stay Wide Awake, the balance between flow, lyrics and beat is good so it's an overall good song, my favourite on the album.

Deja Vu, basically the same as 'Stay Wide Awake'. The beat, flow and lyrics are in good balance, not as good as the above though but not far behind either.

Beautiful, the only song Eminem produced by himself, like the beat and the flow, the lyrics not so much though.

Underground, nostalgia intro from 'I Still Don't Give A Fuck', I like this one for the same reason I like 'Deja Vu' and 'Stay Wide Awake', flow, beat and lyrics works good together on this one aswell.

So my top three:
1. Stay Wide Awake
2. Deja Vu & Underground
3. Beautiful

[Excalibur23]

i suck dick

[blai]

Good for you!

[blai]

Promoes new album is out! Government Music @ Spotify (http://open.spotify.com/album/7idSrKV5H9VziJcJUWUQgQhttp://)

It's a really cool and one of his few albums on English! Check it out!

[iThePirate]

Government Music is from 2001 and all his albums except 'Kråksången' (Which is his newest) is in English.. :D

[blai]

Meh, It says 2009 on Spotify :(

[iThePirate]

yeah spotify sucks. :D

[Drmke]

I can't stand almost any of the rap on the pop radio stations such as Lil Wayne and what not, the only rap i actually listen to is Hollywood Undead (yes i know they have a more rock feel but they are so funny) and The Flobots. And sometimes i listen to Eminem....I seem to have a thing for white rappers lol

[blai]

Have you guys heard "Best I've ever had" by Drake? It's on the radio 24/7 and I just can't stand it. I don't get what's so awesome with it? It's only voice editing and bass. And there's bass in 95% of all hiphop songs. And the lyrics ain't good either...
I hate rappers who ruins the songs with all those voice editing and shit.

It should be raw and true!

[Essence]

Heres a good rap song for those who doubt Rap, pure story telling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl54ABY8VgY

@ Blai: Drake actually sing it, he don't even use auto tune except people slight alter fo and his rhyme are really good, in fact he has received the most buzz this year, heres another song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0q4YljY6Hg

[blai]

Reviving the thread with a chill song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY1rbOM7vbg

[Belisar]

2pac
biggi
puff daddy
d12
eminem
red man
method man
wu tang clan
nas
nelly
busta rhymes
dr dre
snoop dogg
dynamite deluxe
hamburg city allstars

[-Ren Boy-]

Have you guys heard "Best I've ever had" by Drake? It's on the radio 24/7 and I just can't stand it. I don't get what's so awesome with it? It's only voice editing and bass. And there's bass in 95% of all hiphop songs. And the lyrics ain't good either...
I hate rappers who ruins the songs with all those voice editing and shit.

It should be raw and true!

Lil wayne thinks Drake is good, thats why he signed him. What Lil wayne didn't know is soon drake would be caught lip syncing at a concert :p

[WhatWhatinthebutt]

WTH is up with all this mainstream crap?!?!?!? Underground is hands down the best stuff there is... and why no love for Cassidy or Kanye?

[kadodo]

WTH is up with all this mainstream crap?!?!?!? Underground is hands down the best stuff there is... and why no love for Cassidy or Kanye?

I must agree, Cassidy and Kanye are the S**T and they have great rhymes too. Although, I have not heard from Cassidy in a while though.

[-Ren Boy-]

Rap was great in the 90s. Where the only way you got big was by leaking you songs for 5 years straight and giving away EPs for free. The stuff they also talked about represented what rap was about...talking about living in the slum. Finding it hard to blow

Now in the present, any one can become a rapper and get brought in by other big stars. Also we all hear the same recycled shit where people just talk about the same things "buss cap in ur ass" "i am a pimp"

Kadodo your sig is over kill with the size of it :p

[kadodo]

Rap was great in the 90s. Where the only way you got big was by leaking you songs for 5 years straight and giving away EPs for free. The stuff they also talked about represented what rap was about...talking about living in the slum. Finding it hard to blow

Now in the present, any one can become a rapper and get brought in by other big stars. Also we all hear the same recycled shit where people just talk about the same things "buss cap in ur ass" "i am a pimp"

Kadodo your sig is over kill with the size of it :p

Yeah it's true that rap is about living in the slum or finding it hard to blow. I have to say that a lot of artists started out that way. However, when you become so popular and very big in the industry it becomes useless to talk about the slum and stuff like that.

Yeah I used to have a software that helped reduce the size of it but I lost it in the process of rebooting my computer. But i'll change it soon. Hopefully before a mod takes it out.... lol

[Evil3ye]

I've got quite a lot of Cds in my shelf... lets see :D

The Neptunes - present Clones
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem - The Eminem Show
Missy Elliott - Under Construction
Missy Elliott - Da Real World
Missy Elliott - Cookbook
Missy Elliott - This Is Not A Test
Ludacris - The Red Light District
P.Diddy - Lets Get Ill
Busta Rhymes - It Ain't Save No More..
Snoop Dogg - Paid Tha Cost to Be Da Bo$$ (+Bootleg XD)
Snoop Dogg - R&G
Kanye West - laTeRegistration
Lil'Kim - The Naked Truth
Lil'Kim - La Bella Mafia
Eve - Scorpion
Eve -Eve-olution
Three 6 Mafia -Da Unbreakables
2pac - Nu-Mix Klazzics
Paul Wall - The People Champ
50 Cent - Guess Who's Back?
50 Cent -Get Rich or Die Tryin (OST)
50 Cent - The Massacre
G-Unit - Beg For Mercy
Ja Rule - The Last Temptatoin
Ja Rule - Pain Is Love
Nelly - Nellyville
Nelly - Suit
Nelly - Sweat
Fabolous - The Real Talk
Jay-Z - The Black Album
Jay-Z - The Blueprint² the gift & the curse

(fin :p)

[Sema]

Have any of you heard the new Raekwon album Only Built For Cuban Linx 2. Its a very good album.

my fav track of that album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYZUcpBhkg4

[Evil3ye]

I heard that track few times already, but never the artist is Raekwon :facepalm I actually didnt know em at all, think Im gonna search for some other tracks on YT now :tem

[Sema]

I heard that track few times already, but never the artist is Raekwon :facepalm I actually didnt know em at all, think Im gonna search for some other tracks on YT now :tem

Hope you enjoy the album. On the track I posted Raekwon and the other featured rappers are members of Wu Tang. Im sure you have heard of them.

[Evil3ye]

sure.. how can one not know such a hiphop legend group :tem I only knew RZA, Method Man, Ghostface (and Redman doh :darn) tho..

[Sema]

sure.. how can one not know such a hiphop legend group :tem I only knew RZA, Method Man, Ghostface (and Redman doh :darn) tho..

On the track I posted Raekwon featured GZA(he was on the chorus/hook only) Ghostface Killah (verse), Inspectah Deck(verse) and Method Man(verse). They are all Wu members
List of Wu Tang Clan members
RZA
GZA/Genius
Ghostface Killa
ODB (late)
Masta Killa
U-God
Raekwon
Inspectah Deck
Method Man

Redman is affliated with EPMD and Def Squad, he isnt a Wu member. But He and Methodman are a duo. The releaased their latest album some months ago this year.

[blai]

Lil' Fame and Billy Danzenie formed hardcore rap act M.O.P. The duo's debut single, "How About Some Hardcore," became popular and led to the release of their first album, To the Death, in the spring of 1994. Two years later, they delivered Firing Squad. Third record First Family 4 Life was released in March of 1998; Warriorz followed two years later. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music GuideYou know the rest. Featured on "Get Rich or Die Trying - The Soundtrack", "Bad Boys 2" and they've combo'd with Fat Joe, Fifty, Lil Jon, Stylez P and Jay Z among others.

Just heard M.O.P's new album "M.O.P. – Foundation (http://open.spotify.com/album/2dLzwBwJPaq3OaiAs1NmgD)" and it was the best album they've done so far. Songs like Stop Pushin, and Street Life built a bridge between gangster rap, grunge and soul which was very entertaining to listen to. The album differed between those genres and it was the same with the lyrics, one song was about Brooklyn where they come from, another song was about making it through hard times, one song was a praising and another one was about the streets.
They've varied their style and at the same time explored and tried to experience new combinations and create something fresh. Some songs were beyond expectations, but others were songs that you've heard too many times. I'll give it an 8.5/10 though for the creativity and for the brilliant songs "M.O.P. – Sharks In The Water (http://open.spotify.com/track/44MMXxN4SWVjbWOfZwNtrF)", "M.O.P. – Stop Pushin (http://open.spotify.com/track/0YkFhywBrI83zRlqU5y6IY)" and "M.O.P. – Blow The Horns (http://open.spotify.com/track/6sO1ZU5p8FFBLo4JFGXO6X)" that is a typical "Konvict Muzik" song (for you Akon, Marshall lovers) with both a chill base, rapping and a chorus in the oh-so-famous electrical autotune.

The complete album includes

M.O.P. – I'm A Brownsvillian (http://open.spotify.com/track/1KJCZETU2EHwh0W4uMAtP4)
M.O.P. – Foundation (http://open.spotify.com/track/4y5PQy1W4u6pHArgAPEQq9)
M.O.P. – Stop Pushin (http://open.spotify.com/track/0YkFhywBrI83zRlqU5y6IY)
M.O.P. – Street Life (http://open.spotify.com/track/0EoR0mXvdi9mX3lATurwvu)
M.O.P. – What I Wanna Be (http://open.spotify.com/track/0d184foMTxcx2He1Lu3jRP)
M.O.P. – Rude Bastard (http://open.spotify.com/track/0JhGNW62u2HZsGo91Q3Dvq)
M.O.P. – Blow The Horns (http://open.spotify.com/track/6sO1ZU5p8FFBLo4JFGXO6X)
M.O.P. – Brooklyn (http://open.spotify.com/track/3OcrbB1vkp2MIopvwDVA4n)
M.O.P. – Forever And Always (http://open.spotify.com/track/34n2n1qwAnIThhJgIWE4V2)
M.O.P. – Bang Time (http://open.spotify.com/track/1MPRTLK4r5Ppi2MkU59KXz)
M.O.P. – Riding Through (http://open.spotify.com/track/7gxUdfqKabOqeTbYxH5uv0)
M.O.P. – Crazy (http://open.spotify.com/track/3c0c46IsnlmDjU7iVDazg6)
M.O.P. – Sharks In The Water (http://open.spotify.com/track/44MMXxN4SWVjbWOfZwNtrF)
M.O.P. – Salute A G (http://open.spotify.com/track/682IZr0wOLsCgVivgQod3k)

All the links are "Spotify-Links" because I don't know if they are out on youtube yet.

[-Ren Boy-]

I remember when I was about 8, this song took over my life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57athY1a0nU
I loved it :D

it used to keep me in giggles. Those were the days

[Evil3ye]

Blai and his Spotify :yelling *dont have*

I remember Gravel Pit, too. It was actually the first time I got in touch with Wu Tang,.. tho the first Hiphop song I loved was Missy Elliott's Alln My Grillz from in 96/97 I reckon :amuse

[blai]

Nevertheless you should check it out on youtube if they are out. Or I can maybe get you spotify so you can listen to music. It's worth it and you get the latest releases at the same time as they're in stores.

[-Ren Boy-]

Lil Wayne is a swagger jacker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mptMWzF1K_k

[blai]

y0, word 'n all that.

It's Blai, this is where I review the newest, illest shit that's on the market. Freshly released albums gets a short review here with a songlist.

Reviewed
M.O.P - Foundation
50 Cent - War Angel
Rick Ross - Deeper than Rap


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M.O.P - Foundation



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I'll start off with M.O.P's "comeback" album "Foundation" that is their first complete album since 2004. Let's start off with some background information about them...

Lil' Fame and Billy Danzenie formed hardcore rap act M.O.P. The duo's debut single, "How About Some Hardcore," became popular and led to the release of their first album, To the Death, in the spring of 1994. Two years later, they delivered Firing Squad. Third record First Family 4 Life was released in March of 1998; Warriorz followed two years later. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music GuideYou know the rest. Featured on "Get Rich or Die Trying - The Soundtrack", "Bad Boys 2" and they've combo'd with Fat Joe, Fifty, Lil Jon, Stylez P and Jay Z among others.

"M.O.P. – Foundation (http://open.spotify.com/album/2dLzwBwJPaq3OaiAs1NmgD)" was the best album they've done so far.
Songs like Stop Pushin, and Street Life built a bridge between gangster rap, grunge and soul which was very entertaining to listen to. The album differed between those genres and it was the same with the lyrics, one song was about Brooklyn where they come from, another song was about making it through hard times, one song was a praising and another one was about the streets. The beat has definitely improved since "Warriorz" from 2000 (even tho Ante Up is one of their illest tracks ever. The album is very even. There aren't 3 sick tracks, 1 killer and then the rest is rubbish. It's rather even, some are better than others but overall it's very good.
They've varied their style and at the same time explored and tried to experience new combinations and create something fresh. A couple of songs were beyond expectations, but others felt like any other song that you've heard too many times with a mainstream old beat along with the same "gangsta" lyrics. I'll give it an 8.5/10 though for the creativity and for the brilliant songs "M.O.P. – Sharks In The Water (http://open.spotify.com/track/44MMXxN4SWVjbWOfZwNtrF)", "M.O.P. – Stop Pushin (http://open.spotify.com/track/0YkFhywBrI83zRlqU5y6IY)" and "M.O.P. – Blow The Horns (http://open.spotify.com/track/6sO1ZU5p8FFBLo4JFGXO6X)" with the latter as typical "Konvict Muzik" song (for you Akon, Marshall lovers) with both a "chill base", rapping and a chorus in the oh-so-famous electrical autotune.



The album doesn't start off with a skit or anything - in fact, there aren't any skits at all. It's a pure music album that delivers track after track and it starts off with a bang. I'd say this is their best tracks, their best song and deffo a CD to add to our collection of killer-cd's from NY along with Blaq Poet, Big Twin, Tragedy Khadafi And Trez and of course Raekwon.
Now I'm awaiting Cormega's next cd.




The complete album includes

M.O.P. – I'm A Brownsvillian (http://open.spotify.com/track/1KJCZETU2EHwh0W4uMAtP4)
M.O.P. – Foundation (http://open.spotify.com/track/4y5PQy1W4u6pHArgAPEQq9)
M.O.P. – Stop Pushin (http://open.spotify.com/track/0YkFhywBrI83zRlqU5y6IY)
M.O.P. – Street Life (http://open.spotify.com/track/0EoR0mXvdi9mX3lATurwvu)
M.O.P. – What I Wanna Be (http://open.spotify.com/track/0d184foMTxcx2He1Lu3jRP)
M.O.P. – Rude Bastard (http://open.spotify.com/track/0JhGNW62u2HZsGo91Q3Dvq)
M.O.P. – Blow The Horns (http://open.spotify.com/track/6sO1ZU5p8FFBLo4JFGXO6X)
M.O.P. – Brooklyn (http://open.spotify.com/track/3OcrbB1vkp2MIopvwDVA4n)
M.O.P. – Forever And Always (http://open.spotify.com/track/34n2n1qwAnIThhJgIWE4V2)
M.O.P. – Bang Time (http://open.spotify.com/track/1MPRTLK4r5Ppi2MkU59KXz)
M.O.P. – Riding Through (http://open.spotify.com/track/7gxUdfqKabOqeTbYxH5uv0)
M.O.P. – Crazy (http://open.spotify.com/track/3c0c46IsnlmDjU7iVDazg6)
M.O.P. – Sharks In The Water (http://open.spotify.com/track/44MMXxN4SWVjbWOfZwNtrF)
M.O.P. – Salute A G (http://open.spotify.com/track/682IZr0wOLsCgVivgQod3k)




If you have Spotify - then consider yourself a lucky bastard. These links are to the songs @ Spotify. Apart from that you'll find the CD in your local Music store. Released Sept. 15th.


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50 Cent - War Angel





http://i42.tinypic.com/9ux6w2.jpg




Woop Woop! Time to keep the change because next up is fifty with his album "War Angel". This is the raw, old-school 50, taking it back to those classic mixtape days. War angel features ALL brand new music from the boy fif, the hungry, grimey sounding 50, similar to the music he wrote in his grandfathers basement. I'm talking about the raw beat that we hear in GRoDT, Get Up etc. It's not the electrical mix that we hear from Timbaland etc. Now, now, It's not that I don't like Timbaland, what I mean is that this is a step back from his mixing with Akon, Timbaland etc. And it's not the chiller beat that we hear in Body Snatcher's that released in -08 feat. Fifty, Yayo and Banks which is the perfect music for chilling with a hookah or whatever you like *wink.
This album consists of music that you listen to while bodypumping at the gym, boxing or at the rawest clubs out there - tho probably mixed by some dj.

I scan through the cd to read the track names, lyrics, length and I smile. This is the good old fifty with raw lyrics,
~3min long beats. Perfect for one rapper - since he doesn't feat. anyone else in this album.
<3mins = too short, not enough lyrics etc
>3mins = boring / old, repeatedly...



*puts on the 1st song "1 line Niggas"*

1 Line Niggas is an excellent way to start off this cd. It's 2min16sec short but nevertheless a sick introduction to this CD. We hear the raw but oh so famous beat and he starts off with some talking then spills no time on 40secs intros. He starts off with a shabang!

The album is complete. He's not just back... he's BACK! And after listening to his album a couple of times I can easy say that 50 Cent – 1 Line Niggas, (http://open.spotify.com/track/4yStSInWRP9wsXHwde3u82)50 Cent – Cocaine (http://open.spotify.com/track/23rOGndYikfokLVCrRRZlS), 50 Cent – Codes (http://open.spotify.com/track/1pibKSY3c4itFvIFeqHzhk) and 50 Cent – Cream 2009 (http://open.spotify.com/track/2lH8r77eA1NmYC5ezRSpcu) is the best ones he's produced since GRoDT.




- Complete tracklist -

50 Cent – 1 Line Niggas (http://open.spotify.com/track/4yStSInWRP9wsXHwde3u82)
50 Cent – Codes (http://open.spotify.com/track/1pibKSY3c4itFvIFeqHzhk)
50 Cent – Redrum (http://open.spotify.com/track/3QZVEfWO5QdE5QrHAAIaTP)
50 Cent – Cream 2009 (http://open.spotify.com/track/2lH8r77eA1NmYC5ezRSpcu)
50 Cent – I'll Do Anything (http://open.spotify.com/track/4L0wp2MTAvtH2z8eIEIdbc)
50 Cent – London Girl (http://open.spotify.com/track/6faPOBHUXjcW64vsMo3Ael)
50 Cent – Better Come On Your A Game (http://open.spotify.com/track/6VKeUcEvCHSH37KA9jXId3)
50 Cent – Get The Message (http://open.spotify.com/track/0Sb1tlxFR32Mgm5CGBM7rS)
50 Cent – Cocaine (http://open.spotify.com/track/23rOGndYikfokLVCrRRZlS)
50 Cent – I Gotta Win (http://open.spotify.com/track/2Ml3wL2WTgJjyxblowMiLZ)



Execllent LP. One of fiftys best. A must have for everyone who's into his raw material. No autotune, no synth/techno sounds. Just a raw base, an instrumental pattern and his voice spittin' lyrics. Same themes but powered up! No tricks, no bad tracks, an awesome cover and a reasonable price.

Easy 9.5/10


fun fact - The beginning of "Cocaine" is taken from the movie "Blow" - you know, the movie where Johnny Depp acts as the drugdealer George.. ah nvm, check it out "HERE" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221027/).


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Rick Ross - Deeper than Rap



Original CD Cover
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_R36nzsirFoM/ScWWLrQzlkI/AAAAAAAABhc/D04jJpyLnR0/s400/Deeper_than_rap.jpg Maybach Mixtape Coverhttp://www.mixtapetorrent.com/system/files/maybachmusic2.jpg





1. Background

Rick Ross, or should I say William Roberts, as you might know started out rapping in Miami, aiming it to be one of the centers of rap once again. Influenced by the notorious B.I.G and Luther Campbell he started out in mid nineties. You might know him from his mixes with Trick Daddy, or his collabs with Akon and Konvict Muzik.



Rick Ross is currently appearing everywhere, as one of the key featured artists of the Terror Squad along with for example Lil’ Wayne, Akon and Trina which leaves him with not too much time to focus on himself and his own LPs. (Terror Squad is Fat Joe’s record label. Includes artists such as OZ, Tha Realest and DJ Khaled. It also includes producers such as DJ Khaled, Cool & Dre, StreetRunner and DJ LV.) However, he managed to spit out an album a year, but he needs to either increase production, feature more songs, or increase the quality because even though his featured songs is having a higher sale, his own albums aren't.




2. Track list




1. "*Mafia Music" The Inkredibles



2. "Maybach Music 2" (featuring T-Pain, Lil Wayne & Kanye West)



3. "*Magnificent" (featuring John Legend)



4. "*Yacht Club" (featuring Magazeen)



5. "Usual Suspects" (featuring Nas)



6. "*All I Really Want" (featuring The-Dream)



7. "*Rich off Cocaine" (featuring Avery Storm)



8. "*Lay Back" (featuring Robin Thicke)



9. "Murda Mami" (featuring Foxy Brown)



10. "*Gunplay" (featuring Gunplay)



11. "*Bossy Lady" (featuring Ne-Yo)



12. "*Face" (featuring Trina)



13. "*Valley of Death"



14. "*In Cold Blood"



15. "*Cigar Music (Bonus track)"




3. Album Comments



Okay, so on to the album. Personally, I like Rick Ross the best when he’s featured, or when he’s collabing with Akon or Marshall from Konvict Muzik but this album is really good. We have a lot of featured artists such as Lil Wayne, Kanye West, T-Pain, John Legend, Trina etc. It’s a pretty nice variety of artists which gives the album a nice vibe. Maybach Music 2 is an excellent track, prodded by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League and it’s to them I give creds to. It’s a nice, laid back vibe, nice amount of bass, not too heavy.
Making Lil Wayne end the song as the last featured artist before ending chorus by T-Pain was a great choice. Ever since I heard him ending “Takin Over” after Birdman I’ve always wanted him in the end of a song, not as a starter as he was in “9MM” even though he did a good job. (But Snoop & David Banner killed "9MM" :p)





The album is Rick Ross personified. This is his element, he does what he do best, laid back, chill rap at first, then the still chill, still laid back, but the heavier base, higher speed and more intense lyrics… south style of course.;)
50% of the lyrics is self praising, 25% of the lyrics is about money, 25% of the lyrics is about drugs/women. Okay not really, but you know what I mean. My top songs from the album? “Rich off Cocaine”, “Magnificent” and surprisingly enough, “Face”. I’m not a fan of Trina, but the two of them work great together, even though I dislike her whiny ass voice.
Nas is also doing a good job on the song "Usual Suspects".

(I have a feeling that Rick Ross is slowly moving towards the Rap/RnB mix. Not sure if that's what I want him to do or not...)

4. Recommended or Not?



I honestly can’t go all “deep shit y0 buy diz sick shitzz f0 sh0” on an album like this tbh. There're flaws. Well, not really flaws, It’s more… Let’s say that I’m missing things. I’m missing the deeper stuff. The name of the album is “Deeper than Rap” but what I see is pretty superficial. For example, take the song “Shot to the Heart”. Now that’s a classic, sick, great collab between Lil Wayne and Rick Ross. It’s personal, it has feelings, it’s deep. This album isn’t deep. It’s superficial. Yes, yes, it’s originally a Wayne song but Rick Ross features in it. The beat is from the Wayne song "Something You Forgot". The album sold less than Trilla the first week, got pretty decent reviews tho, and "Magnificent" is the only singel that got released from that album.

It's an album you can listen to once, maybe twice. But not an album that sticks with you. 7/10

[Evil3ye]

50 Cent - War Angel


Yes Yes! Fiddy is Back! :tem

Indeed, that's a nice mixtape, for all who love his abrasive Hiphop Street Albums like 'Guess Who's Back' (and 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' kinda). One can almost forget that this rapper is a multimillionaire already :d
This one really proves he's far above Ja and Rick (booo! ;D).

And yet I'm more excited about him finally unleashing his delayed Before I Self Destruct LP, which will reportedly feature production from Dr. Dre (yay!), Timbaland (yay!), Scott Storch (yay!), Polow Da Don and more.

My favo tracks so far: 'I Line Niggas', 'Ok, Ya Right', 'Cocaine' (ft. Robin Thicke btw), and 'London Girl'..

-----
Blai I wonder whether you've heard Jay's latest Blueprint already. :amuse

[blai]

It really is. It takes us back to his early days :p

Though, I do indeed miss one, or maybe two mixes with for example Akon. But I think that he wanted this album to be personal. No G-unit. No Dre, no-one else featuring except for him. I guess that that's the major reason why the beats keep pumping low and street-like, as they did before he got to the top.

Indeed, '1 Line Niggas' is indeed a beast track. :) The fact that it's nr 1 on the track was a very good choice tbh. But I did like all of his tracks, more or less.

Before I Self-Destruct LP is going to be kickass. On the paper it looks sick, and we know he are working very good with both Timbaland and Dre. I don't know much about Scott Storch and Polow Da Done... well, I don't know if he've worked with rappers before. I know he've done some RnB but he's also rather unfamiliar to me. Looking forward to that aswell a lot. I hope he'll still keep delivering and tbh, the one I want to hear him mixing most with is by far Dre :p The shit they've produced before is insane and Dre is easy one of the best prodders ever.

I have not heard it. Will check it out!!!

[Bugzee]

Some of my fav's LPs:

D12 - Devils Night
Eminem - The Eminem Show (one of his best IMO, lyrically killed it)
Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Wu Tang Clan - The W
The Roots - Tipping Point
Alchemist - 1st Infantry
Alchemist - CHEMICAL WARFARE!!!!!!!!!!!
Gza - Liquid Swords (legendary!!)
Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer (EXTREMELY UNDER-RATED!!!!!!)

[Sema]

Some of my fav's LPs:

D12 - Devils Night
Eminem - The Eminem Show (one of his best IMO, lyrically killed it)
Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Wu Tang Clan - The W
The Roots - Tipping Point
Alchemist - 1st Infantry
Alchemist - CHEMICAL WARFARE!!!!!!!!!!!
Gza - Liquid Swords (legendary!!)
Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer (EXTREMELY UNDER-RATED!!!!!!)

wow you have a great taste in hip hop. The Roots are a dope group. Not a lot of people talk about them. My favourite Roots album is Things Fall Apart. The latest album they released Rising Down is pretty dope. Check Blue Sky Black Death. They are a dope production team. They released dope instrumental albums and projects with other rappers.

[Evil3ye]

Hmm, my favorite LPs atm are:

Kid Cudi - The Man On The Moon: End of the Day
50 Cent - War Angle
Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
Pitbull - Rebelation

[blai]

Some new stuff I see...

But don't forget the early fifty albums.

And tbh Necro & Ill Bill.
Especially Ill Bill with the song "My Uncle" "White Nigger" "A bullet never lies"

Now that's some true shit, not "omg I'm a thug bitch nigger cash money y0 y0 hoes"

[Sema]

Some new stuff I see...

But don't forget the early fifty albums.

And tbh Necro & Ill Bill.
Especially Ill Bill with the song "My Uncle" "White Nigger" "A bullet never lies"

Now that's some true shit, not "omg I'm a thug bitch nigger cash money y0 y0 hoes"

Ill Bill's latest album was good. The production solid and Ill Bill rapping well imo.

[Evil3ye]

Well, that's why I said At The Moment

But tbh, if it comes to the best album of all the time (ALL THE TIME!!!!111) I don't even know which Lp I'd name so.. :notrust Not that I heard too less or anything, I just don't feel like choosing a single one over all the good one's.
my 2cents

[iThePirate]

La Coka Nostras new album 'A Brand You Can Trust' is a dope lil' thing.


Ill Bills 'The Hour Of Reprisal' is good indeed but it'll never be Non Phixion, BLACK HELICOPTERS IN THE SKY!

On the swedish hiphop scene a group called Karetellen has gotten some attention, I tried listnin to their mixtape but I didnt like it, they claim to be Swedens first real gangsta-rap group, well there's a reason they're first: Swedes shouldn't try n' do gangsta-rap, 3 out of a possible 10 for them.

Other than that, one of my favourite swedish mc's got busted and is in jail, hopefully he'll get out soon. SLÄPP ÖRIS!

[blai]

Uuuh, who's öris? :/

[Evil3ye]

Shame on you Blai >,<

But Im actually not rly familiar wit the German underground as well =/
Got a buddy who is doin some Hiphop himself (page (http://www.j1mbo.de/in.html)) :amuse

[Sema]

Snowgoons are dope. They are a German underground hip hop production team that use classical music has a source for sampling.
Some of my favourite Snowgoons songs are

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJn8jEIPm3M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=molBnSBNnHM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKim2MczkW4&feature=related
You can check the rest on youtube if you are interested.

[iThePirate]

Uuuh, who's öris? :/
Was called T.R before, good friends with Organismen a.k.a. Organism 12... Damn son...

Snowgoons are dope. They are a German underground hip hop production team that use classical music has a source for sampling.
Some of my favourite Snowgoons songs are

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJn8jEIPm3M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=molBnSBNnHM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKim2MczkW4&feature=related
You can check the rest on youtube if you are interested.

Snowgoons are dope indeed, listnened to Black Snow and German Lugers a lot, didn't really like German Snow though..

[3c]

Wow, great review Blai. I'm ashamed to say it but I honestly didn't know fifty came out with a mixtape LP, how did this slip my mind. Thanks for this, it's just what I needed to refresh my old music.

Just like you said, the collection is awesome. I specially like 1 Line Niggas, Codes, Cream 2009, I'll Do Anything and Get The Message. Amazing album, it really takes me back to the "old" days. Man I can't wait for his new album Before I Self Destruct. The wait time is killing me. His single Get Up was just awesome, it got me hooked instantly and kept me hooked for weeks, the beat was just amazing. And of course Dre's highly anticipated album is a must when it comes out (if ever, lol).

You should definitely check out Jay-Z's latest blueprint. It has some really good tracks. Though I see it's a month since you last wrote here so I guess you've checked it out already.

[blai]

Glad you like it!
Yes, the flow in his songs really brings us back to his early days. I do really like that his songs are short, because since it's not a huge variation between the song styles/topics we'd get tired of it, but since the songs are so short it becomes really enjoyable.

Oh, Get Up, when I heard it the first time I thought that I just GOT to have it on my mp3. It's sooo extreme! You could have it at the gym, when you're running, when you're on the bus, it doesn't matter where you are, that beat pumps you UP! The energy in the track is insane and it just keeps unleashing every time you play it.


Ah, about The Blueprint 3, Off that and Empire state of mind. Really neat tracks! Though, I must say that I still enjoy Renegade from The Blueprint more than the new songs from the 3rd one. (I blame Eminem ;)) I definitely feel that The Blueprint 3 deffo has songs that are better than , for example Swagga Like Us.

I can write a short review of it tomorrow if you'd like to see it ^^.
I've kinda been busy these last 3weeks so I haven't had time to even fully listen to Ying Yang Twins new album enough to classify it as good or bad compared to their previous work.
Though I do recommend you to check out Snoop Dog's new single Gangsta Luv that features The Dream. Flo Rida also released a new song called Jump featured Nelly Furtado. Neither good nor bad, it's Flo Rida. It's on par with his rest stuff.

[3c]

Absolutely, write a review of it if you have the time. I'll of course read it first thing tomorrow. It'd be cool to compare opinions about the album. And I agree, Renegade is just to awesome, it's an undying classic. I take it you're an Eminem fan too. Didn't you like Swagga Like Us? I found the beat in that song really addicting :p

I remember the first time I heard Get Up was at the gym, I think before christmas last year sometime if I don't remember wrong? Or was it spring? I'm not sure anymore, lol. Though I heard it at the gym, and I instantly thought it was extreme, then after hearing it several times at the gym I just had to get it on my iPod, and since then it's been one of my favorites (lately).

Btw, Snoop's song was awesome! Thanks again. Finally some refreshing music. The length is just perfect. I love when songs I really like have a length around 4 minutes. It makes the song lasting and long, without making it too long. Epic beat once again, love it ;) Just keep on informing about new singles, it's always something one person alone doesn't find.

[Bugzee]

Alchemist -Chemical Warfare should be reviewed!!! :kkthumbs

[Bugzee]

OutKast - Speakerboxxx/Love Below

is always banging in my Zen!!! I love Tomb of Boom!!! The drum pattern is on a whole another level to any other Hip Hop beat!!!

[Xadyu]

Before that, Slaughterhouse's debut album!

It's better then Chemical Warfare, imo :p

[Bugzee]

:blink hmm :headscratch

Nah, Slaughterhouse LP was ok. Chemical Warfare was the shit! :cool:

[iThePirate]

speakerboxx/love below, damn, havnt listened to that one in years.
even bought that one..

anyone have any underground rap from their country they wanna show off? doesnt have to be in english..

peace

[Evil3ye]

The singles from Speakerboxx/Love Below were all great, I liked especially those by André. loves them all.. Havenot bought the Lp tho'.. ;(

hmm.. Underground cuz the most are quite big here nowadays, but maybe it's new for you.

German Rap;
K.I.Z - Geld Essen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQWTefxFHDM), Eintritt (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEBLAU9d2mU), Das System (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h40PFSzbdqk)
Kool Savas - Das Urteil (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAFqqXYqUT0), Das Ist O.R. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGtLPCiRKww), OK (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o82159KAV8M) (ft. Samy Delux)
Samy Delux - Weck Mich Auf (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIrrURh8urk), Generation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5fH5eUiJ_I), Krank (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QOGTF7jl_0)

Russian Rap:
Тимати - В клубе (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zLoFaorORU), Моя Москва (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-UJT7Xie6w), Жара (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxK72F8W04E), Не сходи с ума (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmQrRwe-ugQ&feature=related)
Дельфин - Любовь (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVgYjYDfKpY), Глаза (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvhaaxbBN3E), Надежда (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnoeTv70D5Y&feature=related)

n'joy

[iThePirate]

sweet thanks ill check it out

[Bugzee]

Raekwon's new LP is DOPE!!!!!!

[blai]

Currently listening through Slaughterhouse's debut and Chemical Warfare atm ^^

And Deeper than Rap by Rick Ross (who is one of my fav rappers of all time)

I'll rev all 3 of them at the same time as an apology for your wait :(

[Bugzee]

Thanks Blai that would be cool. Take your time dude, no rush!

Seriously man, Chemical Warfare is the shit!!! I love this LP! Justice league did a great job on the Deeper than Rap LP!!! I so wanna hear a Slaughterhouse & D12 collab that would be just disgustingly CRAZY!!!!!!!

Can't wait for Rakim's Seventh Seal LP!!!!!!!!!

[3c]

Awesome! Looking forward to it! Take our time man, no rush.

Listening to Ross right now, can't wait to hear your thoughts.

[blai]

Sorry for the delay, it'll be up within the next hour. Sry for the delay, while you wait you can listen to
"LIKE A G6" FAR EAST MOVEMENT ft The Cataracs & Dev (OFFICIAL) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvgJEznqtms)

Sick beat that's on their mixtape. Don't know when it'll be released on iTunes etc.
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There, updated with Ross's - Deeper than Rap

Having some problems with the codes. They refuse to obey me. Brb getting a whip... ;;;>.>

[Bugzee]

WOW, that beat is dope!!! I like the tune as well!

[Sema]

Raekwon's new LP is DOPE!!!!!!

agreed. The new Souls of Mischief album is very dope. Executive produced by Prince Paul of Stetsasonic, De La Soul , Gravediggaz fame. It was released last month. My some of my fav tracks are
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qo7ySGNebk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhTsMOZSKUA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq62DlVdHSc

All the songs are very dope.

[Bugzee]

I really like Y Society's work :thumbs

This tune is dope (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpmPisfXB54)!!! :music :cool: :XD

[Sema]

I really like Y Society's work :thumbs

This tune is dope (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpmPisfXB54)!!! :music :cool: :XD

I also listen to Y Society. Damu's beats are outside this world. Travel At Your Own Pace is one the best albums I have heard. I heard in an interview that they were supposed to be release an album in the year 2009 but they decided to scrap it. Hopefully there will be a Y Society album this year.

[Evil3ye]

Anyone checked out Snoop Dogg's, Timbaland's (well actually not a rap album) or Wayne's (neither that one :sweatdrop) already?

[Bugzee]

I've been listening to Shock Value 2 more recently...its alright. Symphony is my favourite track.:thumbs..Brandy/Brand'Nu really did a good job with her rapping :amuse

I need to check out Malice n Wonderland...:shakefist

Rebirth comes out in Feb I think...

[iThePirate]

timbaland is shit, not 'the' shit just plain shit, feces, crap, poo, excrements. :yelling

good producers include but are not limited to: snowgoons, chum the skrilla guerilla, stoupe the enemy of mankind, dj large, embee, dr. dre and masse.

fuck timbaland!

[Bugzee]

^ :eek How can you forget the Alchemist??? :blink One of my favourite producers! :cool: Chemical Warfare :noworry was the shit! :amuse

Yea, I agree iPirate - Timbo has fallen and most of his music nowadays is shit. I preferred his work from the 90's tbh.

I just had a quick listen to Malice n Wonderland and tbh I didn't really like it. 'Secrets' was an alright tune (glad to see BattleCat still producing smooth west coast tunes), Gangsta Love is a typical 'fun-like' song for the charts and I dig it a bit (but becomes very dull after a couple of plays)..I don't know.. I might come back and give it a try again in a couple weeks or so.

[Evil3ye]

Hmm I did not like Malice'n'Wonderland either. It kinda was too monotone for me. Too oldschool-ish and I dunno.. I not like the feature songs either. Special was quite ok though. He definitely should work more often with Pharrell, cuz the collabo songs are usually great.

Timbo's was not that bad actually.. there surely are some nice tracks.. but all in all it's shit, I agree. I can't be doing with the voice mixer, it just totally suck. Also she should not even try singing Rnb/Pop or whatever it was supposed to be -_-; ..hate the most beats,.. just too electronic/trash-poppy/w/e.. The songs are all (!) way (!) too long, it's no fun at all.

Some songs are did enjoy tho' were;
Lose Control - I was quite surprised, but Jojo die a really nice job. Nice pop song!
Long Way Down - less Timboparts would be better though
Undertow - great mid-tempo song, no voice mixer, no annoying-electro beats, Esthero got a nice voice, but also here too much Timbo
The One I Love - well yeah :rolleyes: Keri Hilson :rolleyes: guess it's for the fans of the first Shock Value.. I'd like to have some more songs with her on the second part though..

the rest annoys me. I kinda liked If We Ever Meet Again and We Belong To The Music aswell.. but after listening to em few times they started freakin me out. :oh

As for Wayne.. it leaked out a month ago already, but well.. it was said it is supposed to be a Rock album or whatever.. but IMO adding in a few e-guitar parts does not make crappy rapper to rockstars :facepalm

There's a song I adore though.. Drop The World (feat. Eminem) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyNAtA7eCSM)

[Bugzee]

:nuts Yeah I know TrioStar!!!!!! :nuts That Drop The World song is fricking awesome. I always play that shit LOOOOUD!!!!! :cool:

[blai]

Holy FUCK Drop the World is awesome. Found it HQ on spotify. This is one of the few good new songs I've heard in a loooooong time. This might bring me back, both to the gym and the hip-hop world

[Evil3ye]

Hah.. I already told you last month, but you were like 'omg no Im so into Kate Bush, Aqualung, leave me alone' (lololol) :D

It's the 5th single from Rebirth btw (after Prom Queen, Hot Revolver, On Fire, Da Da Da (?)). However this is the best track for me, though Prom Queen is not that bad either.

[blai]

Nooo, eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww that's autotune and shit. Makes me puke! Get it away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dude, It's sooo All-American Rejects, Boys Like Girls and All Time Low. Aqualung was soo -09

[Drmke]

It's the 5th single from Rebirth btw (after Prom Queen, Hot Revolver, On Fire, Da Da Da (?)). However this is the best track for me, though Prom Queen is not that bad either.

Lil' Wayne = FAIL He makes my ears hurt ;)

[iThePirate]

agreed one of the most overrated characters in hiphop today.

nah ill stick with the babygrande label and stuff like that :nod

like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZVWeHMxNDg)

[Bugzee]

That's an alright joint iPirate ^^

I love Fashawn's recent joints :thumbs check this out (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdrEIIRVZ9g) and this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPBSn_eAtQk&feature=related) :thumbs

One of my favourite Evidence tunes is The Far Left (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF49mEFqE2U) :nuts :cool: :nuts

[iThePirate]

not bad at all :D *goes to dl the album*

some older artists newer and older stuff that you probably heard before but in case you or someone else havent:

CunninLynguists - Never Come Down (The Brownie Song) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B2C1HNJU4A)
CunninLynguists - K.K.K.Y. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npSFbmmKImo)
CunninLynguists feat. Tonedeff - The Gates (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xi_amm31Wg)
Tonedeff - Move In, Ride Out (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebVnIBpGLuc)
Tonedeff - Champions (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeWMrxzCNx8)
Apathy - it takes a seven nation army... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-FPg9-c9KQ)
Celph Titled ft. Apathy - Shhhh! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0c2OHhBW04)
Apathy & Celph Titled - Save The Day (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnF8hra5mFw)
Apathy feat. Blue Raspberry - The Winter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cv02w4nzDQ)

man i can go on, this is just a fragment :kukuku

[Evil3ye]

agreed one of the most overrated characters in hiphop today.
Mmmh.. I disagree.
He's pretty much a 'one-hit wonder' and everyone knows it. Nobody expect him to be any good for more.

At least from that what I have heard so far :rolleyes:

[iThePirate]

yeah, i guess thats true didnt see it quite like that. :headscratch

ah well he still sucks one hit or not. :pleased

[Bugzee]

Anyone checked out Crooked I's new tune...Mr. Pigface??? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YNV1tNwQpA) :blink

Sh*t is dope!!! :cool:

[blai]

You missed Politics and Masochist by Tonedeff :@ That's not okay! They should've been on top of your fragment-list.

@Jin... that was beautiful
[hr]
Btw Sema, just heard "Rising Down" and damn I love Rising Down feat. Mos Def and Criminal with Saigon & Truck North
[hr]
Oh, and check out the Danger Mouse remix of "Sofa King" by DangerDoom from his -06 single "Old School" and his album DangerDoom (Especially track nr 5, 9 and 14)

It's insane and chill. love it, better than the original

[iThePirate]

i didnt miss them i purposely left them out :nod

[Bugzee]

It's good to see Crooked I hooking up with Snoop! :thumbs

Crooked I just released a new EP, check out this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCdFc5iiWls&feature=related) tune out which features Snoop its great! :thumbs



edit: it turns out that the EP is actually old....my bad..:sweat

[blai]

Crooked I also collab'd with Akon..... twice.....in his album "Block Obama II :sweat

[Bugzee]

I forgot to mention quite a while back... I came across this super dope tune that I love so much!! Some of you may have heard it before...

Hip Hop -Pace Won & Mr. Green (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiitY35xx1g&feature=related) :cool: :thumbs

That Pace Won dude had a feud with Eminem back in the day lol

[Sema]

You missed Politics and Masochist by Tonedeff :@ That's not okay! They should've been on top of your fragment-list.

@Jin... that was beautiful
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Btw Sema, just heard "Rising Down" and damn I love Rising Down feat. Mos Def and Criminal with Saigon & Truck North
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Oh, and check out the Danger Mouse remix of "Sofa King" by DangerDoom from his -06 single "Old School" and his album DangerDoom (Especially track nr 5, 9 and 14)

It's insane and chill. love it, better than the original

I like The Roots a lot. Combination of a band and a highly skilled emcee is a great thing imo. Dangerdoom i.e Danger Mouse and DOOM(formerly known as MF DOOM) is my ish too. If you like the emcee Dangerdoom check out the Madvilliany album. Its fire.

edit: check out these two turntablism tracks. what do you think of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcGhr7xe_Fs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrkAy_QvsAU

[Evil3ye]

Heelo hy tharrr.

Wanna drop some new shit for you. It's more RnB than Rap tho, but anyway.. like a chartbreaker in the Russian hitlists atm, however I didn't know about it until this Saturday when I saw that girl performing on stage in a club over here :D

I didn't really listen to the songs though *drunk*. Just realized it's a good song when I was searching for the eventpics on the clubs site (lololol) and I actually found that song's good :amuse

23:45 & 5ivesta Family - Я Буду (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwTpr-XFdqQ)

check it out;p

[Bugzee]

Just a quick one for you hip hop fans...:tem

Tech N9ne - Demons Ft. Three 6 Mafia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BamDal_GxMQ&feature=related)


:cool: Sh*t is dope imo :thumbs

[3c]

Damn, I just heard Drop the World and OMG it's crazy! I fell in love after the first 30 seconds, and that's RARE for me. I usually have to listen to songs 2 or 3 times to gain the flow, and that goes for the really good ones aswell. :o

Guys help me out here. I haven't heard any new good stuff since hmm. November? Some refreshment in my library would be neat. Give me a few songs if you can, "new" ones :cool:

[Weapon_X]

Damn, I just heard Drop the World and OMG it's crazy! I fell in love after the first 30 seconds, and that's RARE for me. I usually have to listen to songs 2 or 3 times to gain the flow, and that goes for the really good ones aswell. :o

Guys help me out here. I haven't heard any new good stuff since hmm. November? Some refreshment in my library would be neat. Give me a few songs if you can, "new" ones :cool:

There's "Forever" by Drake, Eminem, Lil wayne and Kanye West. Preety good...

[Xadyu]

Eminem also released Relapse: Refill. It has 8 or 7 bonustrack (including Forever). He did that because he felt bad for us that it takes so long for Relapse 2 to be released.

It has some good tracks like Music Box and Elevator, you should check that out.
For the rest I don't actually know of any new Hip Hop tracks (that are any good).

[Weapon_X]

I think Relapse is better then Relapse: Refill. If only Dre didn't produce the Relapse albums, Eminem should have done it himself. Eminem's produced Marshall Mathers, The Eminem Show and Encore, which were HUGE albums, Marshall and Eminem Show selling 19 million each. Relapse has only sold 2 mil so far. >.< Clearly Eminem's a better producer then Dre, though I'm not takin' anything away from Dre lol

[Xadyu]

How is Relapse any better then Relapse: Refill? It's the same album only with 7 bonustracks.

Eminem's not a better producre then Dr. Dre. It's just that the Marshal Mathers LP and the Eminem Show were great albums. Encore was a mainstream hit which is way too overrated, don't get me wrong, personally I love the album, but it's too overrated. Much thanks to the mainstream sound which is on it and because it was his official return to the music business.

Relapse has less good promotion. I mean, We Made You did a good job on promoting. 3AM didn't, mainly because of the "grotesque" video clip that only gets aired after a certain time and Beautiful's underrated.

Most people (I'm not talking about fans here) dislike or just don't care about Relapse(: Refill) because it's not the Eminem they're used too. Yes, he still kills people in his tracks and he talks shit, but it's too different from his good albums.

It won a lot of prizes and all, it's been on number 1 in a lot of charts, but it just doesn't compete with his previous albums, it has nothing to do with the producing of the tracks in my opinion.

The beats and all the other producing jobs are done good to great. If you want to blame someone, it's Eminem who's at fault.

[3c]

I agree with Xadyu here. There's just something with the old Eminem albums. It's a "feeling" you have when listening to them. And that feeling is simply gone in Relapse, to be honest I think the same goes for Encore despite it's huge success. The old Eminem feeling simply isn't there, though Relapse certainly has some good tracks, and I've been listening to Beautiful ever since it came out, I still like it. Eminem "in his prime" had something going for him, he had vision and spirit, and even if the spirit and vision is still there to some extent, he doesn't manage to sell it to his fans like he used to.

Btw thanks guys, I had heard Forever, but I didn't know about Relapse: Refill. There you see how easy it is to miss something. Music Box was a nice track.

[Bugzee]

Good suggestions by X! :thumbs Music Box & Elevator are great tracks. Buffalo Bill & Taking My Ball are really good as well!

Music Box is probably my favourite though :cool: Yo 3cmm, you might like some of Bishop Lamont's music. Hallelujah (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPB82NY24i4) Feat. Xzibit is a good track.

Bishop Lamont did a mixtape with Blackmilk called Caltroit and this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4j9BIxU8mQ) is my favourite track! You should check out Blackmilk's stuff as well! Really dope producer/Mc :thumbs

:nuts Oh and check this out....Alchemist - Acts of Violence (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaorIPePtS0) & Evidence - The Far Left (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF49mEFqE2U) :cool:

[blai]

Lil' Waynes album Rebirth is out on spotify now.

Listened through it.

What the fuck

My ears bleed

He can take his autotuned trash punk wanna be music and shove it up his ass...

Tho, there are one or two good tracks there..

[Evil3ye]

Rebirth was not supposed to be a Rap album. At least that's what they said. However it's awful, no matter what genre should be.

[Xadyu]

Rebirth is a Rap/Electronic/Rock album. And yes, it's awful, just like all his other LPs.

But again, yes it has one or two good tracks on it. :p

[3c]

Well Drop the World is damn awesome, but the rest on Rebirth didn't really get to me, not at all.

[Evil3ye]

I found after Drop the World, Prom Queen is the next best track on the album. All in all it's just mediocre tho.

[blai]

It's less than mediocre, and prom queen is one of the top tracks.... it's also a track which I find very disgusting.

[Evil3ye]

Well yeah. I was talking about Prom Queen myself which's soso and yet the second best song on Rebirth :D

Anyways.. why talking about that crapy album again, it got bashed two pages ago already :ü

[Xadyu]

Prom Queen is one of the worst tracks on the album if you ask me, it's disgusting.

Drop the World is the best damn thing on there. I can't even remember what other tracks I enjoyed a bit, been quite a while since I listened to that shit.

But I can still remember the song Get A Life, I enjoyed that very much. Mainly because I'm totally into that kind of pop music from way back ('50's). Although it's more Trash Punk Rock-pop here.. T_T

[Evil3ye]

Lemme check the tracklist :tem

You liked On Fire, Runnin and One Way Trip iirc. Dunno.. I think one or two of the bonus tracks were ok, aswell. but too lazy to open the library :x

I used to think Prom Queen's disgusting aswell, but after going through it three/four times it started sound kinda.. better ;D

SOOO..... anything else to discuss besides Rebirth? :D
How bout mmhh.. Chipmunk?

[Bugzee]

Drop the World is the only song that's fricking awesome on the Rebirth LP...the rest of the tracks are just bs. Anyway, enough of the weezy fool....

:err Chipmunk? If you mean the UK Mc/Rapper...well.. :barf... he was an excellent Mc/performer in the underground scene but this pop-crap his making is just trash. It's highly unlikely that he'll make a true hip hop lp on a major record deal/label..well here in the UK at least. *I don't see him breaking in the states :XD*

No rapper over here has truly represented the UK in the hip hop/grime scene imo. Lowkey & Sway Dasafo are probably the only two who I have huge respect for. I give credit to Klashnekoff & Giggs *to a certain extent* as well.

I'm really looking forward to hearing more from Jay Electronica (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GezNFRgVkHg)! I think he has huge potential... maybe not in the commercial scene but defintely for the true hip hop fans around the world!:tem

[Poneglyph420]

ANyone who likes that grimy 90's east coast sound should check out Classified's new album... Especialy the track O Canada... simple and awesome!

Lil wayne.. shit I play that when asked at gigs, but not for enjoyment.....

[Bugzee]

Hey Poneglyph420! :tem

Are you a DJ? :blink Yea, Self Explanatory was a good LP! 'O Canada' is strong and 'They Call This Hip Hop' was a dope track too! :cool:

[warbandit66]

Worst thing is you're going to be playing Lil Wayne like crazy with his new project out. The moment I heard that I thought to myself "damn... this is going to be played everywhere now". I mean all them people on his label are awful, spitting their nonsense lyrics and ryhmes as weak as piss, Tyga and Gudda are the worst by far and that's saying something when compared to the rest.

[blai]

Check out Prop Dylan and Promoe's tracks. Best swedes out there after Ken Ring, they speak the truth. Can't listen to one song of them without reflecting what they say to Sweden and the flaws in the government policies. Best political rappers in northern europe, and the most underrated one

[Poneglyph420]

Hey Poneglyph420! :tem

Are you a DJ? :blink Yea, Self Explanatory was a good LP! 'O Canada' is strong and 'They Call This Hip Hop' was a dope track too! :cool:

Yea bud, that's how I pay the bills.. that and a DJ school where I teach.

I'm loving "They call this Hip Hop"..
But recently I've been getting back into my 90's shit..
Really into KRS again at the moment.

But sadly the market and not the movement is what most are after.

[Bugzee]

TURN OFF EVERYTHING YOUR LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!


:music Listen to this f**king incredible sh*t! :spaz>>> Jake One & Freeway - The Stimulus Package! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuSbXdoktAs)


:worship:cool::nuts:cool::worship

[Sema]

TURN OFF EVERYTHING YOUR LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!


:music Listen to this f**king incredible sh*t! :spaz>>> Jake One & Freeway - The Stimulus Package! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuSbXdoktAs)


:worship:cool::nuts:cool::worship

I have listened to the album. Its good. It's the best Freeway album I have heard and not a big fan of his. Jake One is a master beatsmith no doubt.

[iThePirate]

fuck saw ra the ruggedman and jedi mind tricks live. fuckin brilliant. uncommon valor live, jmt classics n whatnot. legendary.

[Sema]

I guess I'm late but if you have'nt seen the House of Fly Daggers video by Raekwon here it is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHVCQc6cbSw&feature=rec-r2-2f-7-HM. Its dope.

[Bugzee]

@ Sema - Jake one is a dope producer! :cool: I'm going to buy the Stimulus Package on wax and cd this week!!! :nuts

Cuban Linx 2 is a dope lp. I loved the house of flying daggers video! :tem Surgical Gloves is a crazy track too!

[Weapon_X]

Prom Queen is actually awesome... just listened to it.

[Sema]

@ Sema - Jake one is a dope producer! :cool: I'm going to buy the Stimulus Package on wax and cd this week!!! :nuts

Cuban Linx 2 is a dope lp. I loved the house of flying daggers video! :tem Surgical Gloves is a crazy track too!

I just heard there is a new CunninLynguist album, Kno album and a Deacon The Villain and Sheisty Khrist album this year. Hopefully there will be a Natti album this year.

[Weapon_X]

Holy shit, listen to this song every1. It's sick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzvGKas5RsU

[Bugzee]

:hi5

Yep. Tinie Tempah is dope. Pass Out is a really good tune. :thumbs

[Weapon_X]

:hi5

Yep. Tinie Tempah is dope. Pass Out is a really good tune. :thumbs

"I've bin to SouthHampton but I've neva been to Scunthorpe"

This guy's got his own badass lyrics...:wtf

[blai]

Not available in Swe, 's it Tinie Tempah?

[warbandit66]

I need help finding this tune, can't find it anywhere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltSdPSxmYwA

been looking for it a while.

[Bugzee]

I need help finding this tune, can't find it anywhere.



been looking for it a while.

Dude. It's called Angelz By Mr ONE. It was stated in the 'more info' section lol. It's not an official song from Afro Samurai OST.

I'm guessing the guy is an up and coming/underground artist from the looks of it (http://www.myspace.com/otm4life).

@ Blai - Yep. We were talking about Tinie Tempah - Pass Out (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Ka9T7ech0&feature=related). (I hope this link works!)

[warbandit66]

Dude. It's called Angelz By Mr ONE. It was stated in the 'more info' section lol. It's not an official song from Afro Samurai OST.

I'm guessing the guy is an up and coming/underground artist from the looks of it (http://www.myspace.com/otm4life).

@ Blai - Yep. We were talking about Tinie Tempah - Pass Out (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Ka9T7ech0&feature=related). (I hope this link works!)

I know it's not from the Afro Samurai OST and I've searched for it, it's not on his myspace or anything.

[Weapon_X]

Before I Self Destruct by Fiddy is fucking wicked! I bought it today...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj8QxqH_zUE

[Evil3ye]

Lul.

Death To My Enemies' cool, also OK, You're Right lol

[Bugzee]

it's not on his myspace or anything.

Sorry dude. I can't find it anywhere. I guess you'll just have to record it off of youtube. :s


Here's a few new tracks, I'm currently listening to:

Ill Bill & Crooked I - Murdered (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeQ3RPmYGvg) :nuts
Freeway & Jake One - One Thing Feat. Raekwon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Siw2KYDagGI) :cool:
Lloyd Banks - Beamer, Benz Or Bentley Feat. Juelz Santana & Fabolous (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU-one5Frbo) :D
Sway Dasafo - Just A Matter Of Time Feat. Akon (SWAY (FEAT AKON) - Just a matter of Time) :shakefist
Sway Dasafo - l Hard (Freestyle) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4haqyOomsQ&feature=related) :shakefist
Sway Dasafo - Feeling Funky 3 Feat. Sarkodie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rk2IfWAaNA&feature=related) :woo

The music video for 'Drop The World (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5NkpSdcThY&feature=player_embedded)' is out btw! What do guys think of it??? The tune is dope, how about the video? :blink
[hr]
Shit! I forgot to show you guys this: 45 King Produces Jay Z (Hard Knock Life) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgC6uS_AA0A&feature=player_embedded)

It's dope! :nuts

[warbandit66]

Wow they censored the track half to death. The hook was pretty much raped. Still a great track, but the music vid was just not what I was expecting.

[Weapon_X]

Damn, Eminem goes hard in "Drop The World".

[Bugzee]

^ Yep. That track is dope. I didn't really like the music video though. The song deserved a better one imo.

Here's a few tracks I've been recently listening to (I think some of you might like them!):

Murs & 9th Wonder - The Problem Is Feat. Sick Jacken & Uncle Chucc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKnQN2MzgRI)
Drake - Over (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjhXZjO7WVs)
B.o.B - Nothin' On You Feat. Bruno Mars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqy0eH1lIZ4)
Kevin Rudolf Feat. Birdman, Jay Sean & Lil Wayne - I Made It (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTEeCeOMVFc)
Meth, Ghost & Rae - One (From Avenging Eagles Mixtape) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSLsnUxSXFQ&feature=related)
Redman - Lookin Fly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShK1fGQ8X9M)
Rakim - I Walk These Streets ft. Maino (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdng8sDiptc&feature=PlayList&p=448CD9E230B4C2D0&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=39)

[blai]

Hmm, I kinda like the vid, it's dark and brutal, just like the song

[Sema]

^ Yep. That track is dope. I didn't really like the music video though. The song deserved a better one imo.

Here's a few tracks I've been recently listening too (I think some of you might like them!):

Murs & 9th Wonder - The Problem Is Feat. Sick Jacken & Uncle Chucc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKnQN2MzgRI)
Drake - Over (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKfPkktfFKs&feature=related)
B.o.B - Nothin' On You Feat. Bruno Mars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqy0eH1lIZ4)
Kevin Rudolf Feat. Birdman, Jay Sean & Lil Wayne - I Made It (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTEeCeOMVFc)
Meth, Ghost & Rae - One (From Avenging Eagles Mixtape) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSLsnUxSXFQ&feature=related)
Redman - Lookin Fly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShK1fGQ8X9M)
Rakim - I Walk These Streets ft. Maino (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdng8sDiptc&feature=PlayList&p=448CD9E230B4C2D0&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=39)

damn I wish I could listen to some of them. My internet is slower than usual and its been acting up especially when I visit youtube. I heard the Rakim album was disappointing. This year is looking good from what QN5 Music has to offer. A new CunninLynguist album, Deacon The Villain & Sheisty Khrist album , Kno album, Mr SOS and Tonedeff and Kno album. I haven't heard the new Gorillaz yet, I heard its dope.

[Bugzee]

@ Sema - That's ashame. Well when you get the chance you should definitely try and check out some of those tracks and let me know what you think of them. :) Btw: the Drake link was broken, so I replaced it with a working link from youtube!

:D Here are some new tracks that I've added to my main playlist:

Timbaland - Symphony (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHvE9o0g1CM)
Snoop Dogg - Secrets Feat. Kokane (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MITKg82_tco)
88-Keys - Stay Up (Viagra) Feat. Kanye West (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1968JCaO04) :amuse
Freeway & Jake One - Throw Your Hands Up (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4lJT-8uTh8)
Prodigy - Stuck On You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4UWLe50KsU) Great beat. :thumbs
Fat Joe - That White (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sqnNktfgKE) I can't believe Premo gave Fat Joe this beat. -_-;
Bishop Lamont & Indef - The Big Payback (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ILidxFxEPs) Beat is crazy, I love DJ Khalil's sound.

Come on guys, share some of your music as well. :shakefist

[Evil3ye]

Hmm.. found a nice song on Snoop Dogg's EP (?) More Malice. IMO the best Hiphop song this year so far. Check it out, if you haven't yet.

Snoop Dogg ft. KiD CuDi - That Tree (http://www27.zippyshare.com/view.jsp?locale=de&key=70913252)

Also if you're bored I'd really recommend you CuDi's latest mixtape How To Make It In America (http://datnewcudi.com/2010/02/08/download-how-to-make-it-in-america-the-mixtape/). Got some quite decent tracks on it, however not that really for oldschool-hiphop fans. It's pretty much Kanye influenced and what not, so basically 'hippop'-w/e, still very worth mentioning.

[~*Enigma*~]

Anybody here like Tech N9ne? Ludacris is going hard too with his new songs.

[Bugzee]

Hey Enigma! Welcome to the HipHop thread! :tem

I love Tech N9ne's music. His extremely underrated and to some degree "ignored" in the "game" \o/. It's ashame because he deserves much more world-wide recognition imo but luckily he is doing very well in the independent scene. ;)

Some of my favs from N9ne:

Here Comes Tecca Nina (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeKzMjnFlYc)
The Beast (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGMXoib6ei4)
Riot Maker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AMiiwc6bBA&feature=related)
Demons (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHmf9VxbY18&feature=PlayList&p=83499487376E0777&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=21) (from his most recent LP titled: K.O.D)

The Sickology 101 LP was really good as well. I loved the opening track; Sickology 101 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtkXS9j_4UU) Ft Crooked I & Chino XL and the track called Red Nose (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyZyrxBoHqY) was cool too.

Have you heard Aerola (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_YKq3jPujc)? That song is so good and funny at the same time. :XD It's basically taking the p**s out of all those pop-rap songs lol. The opening skit to the song is quite amusing as well. It's an amusing and "fun" tune to listen to. "Oooh (Areola!), Oooh (Areola!), Oooh (Areola!)". :amuse (Not to everyone's taste mind you. :oh)

Ludacris is a talented artist but I'm very disappointed with his latest LP; Battle of the Sexes. :( Very poor. How Low was alright. The only other tune I quite like is "I Know You Got A Man Feat. Flo Rida (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZOi8mprxBo)". I'm hoping he puts more effort into his next release because this battle of the sexes was just utter crap imo. :s It's not what I call real hip hop tbh.

[~*Enigma*~]

Thanks Buggy!

The reason he's so underrated is because he is underground rather than mainstream. He's afraid that his music will change if he does go mainstream so that's why he doesn't. And you're right. He does deserve to be known by everyone as a great rapper. LOL I heard the Areola song. It's too funny :XD.

Here are some of my favorites:

Fan Or Foe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNDAZ2hwk1Y)
Poh Me Anutha (Sickology 101) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqrrpomod08)
Midwest Choppers 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq87OfnHAuo)
B Boy (KOD) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMUab_2Go6I)
Strange Music Box (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6FNB2Hy5j8)
Pinocchiho (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeoamXSRbfs)

Well, basically all his songs are good. His flow is crazy!


OMG I'm so happy that you feel the same way about that album! :D That was one of the shittiest albums I've ever heard. There were only a few songs I liked from that album. I wish he went in crazy like his other albums. It's definitely not on my iPod :notrust. What I meant by his new stuff was him being featured on other songs lol. Like "Atlanta Zoo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RpO9u9D77g)". I loved his verse in that! I also enjoyed his "Conjure: A Hustler's Spirit" mixtape. He made some crazy freestyles on there. My favorites on there were:

Turnt Up (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDKhjFgZ19U)
Oh Let's Do It (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY1h6NbwL_4)
Patna Dem (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDszIfUMw7A)
Born An OG (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bRCXTqnxL8&feature=related)

This wasn't on the mixtape or the album(regardless of what the link says) but it's very good:

Mindfreak (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOEorxwKwWs)

I'm hoping his new "Ludaversal" album will make up for it. :D

[Sema]

Anyone heard the new Reflection Eternal(Talib Kweli & Hi Tek) singles off their yet to be released Revolutions Per Minute album. They are dope. Here are 3 songs so far.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=345ldFNMUSg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjsn9ifTwMg
http://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=bDwLr0_9chM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDwLr0_9chM)

[Bugzee]

^ Nice lil collection Sema! The second track did it for me. :nod

B.o.B - Nothin' On You ft. Bruno Mars (Favourite track atm) The music video is alright I guess but the tune was definitely released at the right time; SUMMER TIME BaBy!!!

Nas & Damian Marley - As We Enter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGnGKKByd9k&feature=related) - Really good tune imo. I always loved their collab on Road To Zion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mmAuHieD7Q&feature=related)and I can't wait to listen to their Distant Relatives LP (collaboration album).

Styles P - It's Over (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7HHQFku6q8) - CRAZY BEAT! :nuts

Cypress Hill - Strike The Match (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRe6tBLM8j4) - ZOMG DJ KHALIL MADE THE BEAT. :nuts Definitely a neck breaker. xD

Oh yea and here's a classic: Xzibit feat. Ras Kass and Saafir - 3 Card Molly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYKbBkb8BSQ)- I've been recently going through my old lp's and I completely forgot about this tune xD lol. "Pull your spine through your mouth and watch your body drop" - :lmao

[Weapon_X]

Eminem's new song "I'm not afriad" from the upcoming album "Recovery".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSkejjhsvDM

He. Is. Back.

This is real rap :kkthumbs

[Sema]

The tracks I have heard so far from the Nas & Damien Marley album are very good. It has a high probability of reaching platinum status. The new single from the upcoming Eminem album is good. I liked some tracks on Relapse but overall the album was/is a letdown. The Recovery album is looking very promising.

[Bugzee]

Just WOW! Distant Relatives LP is hands down my favourite album of 2010 so far. Absolutely amazing! Nas & Damian Marley - Tribal War ft. K'naan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d5cX4m3HKk)

I'm definitely getting this album when it comes out here in the UK. The reviews have been positive and the rumours are already spreading that this LP will become a classic. I think it's destined to become a classic. :nod

[Belisar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7io6a6a1qY

^^

Nice find, the show is hilarious .^^

[Weapon_X]

Just WOW! Distant Relatives LP is hands down my favourite album of 2010 so far. Absolutely amazing! Nas & Damian Marley - Tribal War ft. K'naan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d5cX4m3HKk)

I'm definitely getting this album when it comes out here in the UK. The reviews have been positive and the rumours are already spreading that this LP will become a classic. I think it's destined to become a classic. :nod

Dude, that song is just epic. I am getting this album ASAP!

[Bugzee]

Yep. I got the LP a couple of weeks ago. Pure awesomeness. Damian & Nas definitely cooked up and fused the right balance of reggae and hip hop throughout the whole LP. Tribal War Feat. K'naan was amazing! Great lyrics. I can't wait to see them live; they're coming to the UK this summer...I need to get tickets! :yelling

I love the beat of "Patience (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhcPPfJKs8I)". That vocal sample just takes you into a whole new world. Eminem's Recovery LP is coming out soon. I'm definitely going to get that one. :nod

Recent tunes I've been listening to:

- Scarface - Guess Who's Back Feat. Jay-Z & Beanie Sigel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VdgfIU0WC8) (One of my favourite Kanye beats :cool:)
- Masta Ace - Good Ol' Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUQgm3qRPio&feature=related)
- Area Codes - Ludacris (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtCM4shOYYM)
- The Dream - Rockin' That Thang (Remix) Feat. Fabolous, Juelz Santana, Rick Ross, & Ludacris (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FivbKYmB_0&feature=channel)
- B.O.B Feat. Hayley Williams & Eminem - Airplanes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izZi5qYR2Uc)
- The Game - Angel Feat. Common (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OllSzWYb6js)

[Evil3ye]

Eminem's Recovery LP is coming out soon. I'm definitely going to get that one. :nod
Speaking of which.. ^^

Found a leak few hrs ago and am diggin it since then.
Favorite tracks so far would be Talkin' 2 Myself (ft. Kobe), On Fire, No Love (ft. Lil'Wayne) (Headaway sample lolz) and Love The Way You Lie (ft. Rihanna). The rest seems to be pretty mighty as well, but these are the songs that sounded the best to me so far.

[blai]

Can you poke me the leak on live?

On another note, hands down to distant relatives, I love this type of hip-hop. It's so relaxed and the lyrics are superb. Way better thank 95% of the mainstream shit that the "gangstas" produce nowdays... half of the media hiphop is embarrasing damn it...


Anyone who's laid their hands on Wax & Dumbfounded's LP?

[Weapon_X]

Speaking of which.. ^^

Found a leak few hrs ago and am diggin it since then.
Favorite tracks so far would be Talkin' 2 Myself (ft. Kobe), On Fire, No Love (ft. Lil'Wayne) (Headaway sample lolz) and Love The Way You Lie (ft. Rihanna). The rest seems to be pretty mighty as well, but these are the songs that sounded the best to me so far.

Oh yes, the leak is fucking awesome. This album deserves to be better then Encore album, it deserves to be in with his previous albums. The old Eminem is back, Talkin' 2 Myself is my fav. :)

[Sema]

Anyone here heard the new Madvillain single ''Papermill''.
Its dope. If anyone is interested here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Kmd9SxV6A8

[Bugzee]

Overall, Eminem's Recovery LP was alright imo. It didn't give me the satisfaction and enjoyment that his previous LP's did; most notably for me was and still is The Eminem Show (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eminem_Show). Talkin' To Myself Feat. Kobe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuSQtYiz8Uc) is the best track on Recovery imo. DJ Khalil did a fricking awesome job with the beat and Kobe is a beast on the chorus. I still haven't gotten use to Em's new vocals; I find that to be one of the problems with both Relaspe & Recovery. Yes, our voices change over time (sound-wise) but I guess taking so many drugs fk'd it up even more?

It was great to see so many producers outside of the Aftermath camp getting a submission or two in on Em's project and it was quite interesting to hear how Eminem changed his flow and lyrical arrangement to go with the "modern day hip hop" sound. I still find that Boi1da producer should stop using Fruity Loops (FL Studios) to make his beats and go with something better and more professional. He definitely has talent but I feel that he'll have a lot more potential and success if he expands his musical tools. FL limits real musicians imho.

What was missing? Eminem's own production capabilities (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminem_production_discography). I feel that Dre is backing away from Em very slowly...I wonder what the future holds for them both once/if Detox gets released.

@ Sema - I will check out Madvillain's new stuff soon. He rarely disappoints the street/underground fans.

@ Blai & goldb - I'm glad you guys like the Distant Relatives LP! Definitely, one of my favourite LP's of all time. So what song(s) do you like the most?