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    Posted: August 03 2013 at 20:29
Hip-Hop has a bad rep, and with guys like Lil' Wayne and Jay Z around this is no wonder! Just my personal opinions of course... However, underneath the macho gangster chauvinistic bullsh*t there is a core of real musicality, impressive groove architecture and poetry, a lot of the time improvised. So here is a thread to celebrate all that great stuff. Here's a few gems of my own:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7x12edq49k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A75MsdqU-jc (This one has Ron Carter on double bass, phenomenal album too)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-lRd7FzoLU (Seen these guys... Damn they have a tight band too, with Questlove on drums who also produces all the electronic grooves)

Myself, I love the jazzier stuff. But there's plenty of other straight ahead stuff out there which is amazing too.

Anyone else share my love for the genre?

N.B. My embedding function is having a grump so I've resulted in hyperlinks, sorry!
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Points: 12794 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 03 2013 at 20:33
TECHNO ANIMALLLLLLLLLL
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Points: 1509 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 03 2013 at 21:07
Death Grips are great.

IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES IT GUILLOTINEEEEEEE YAAH
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Points: 12794 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 03 2013 at 21:21
Nujabes is also great for more jazzy stuff.
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Points: 15926 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 03 2013 at 22:09
Oooh, no, not this.............Dead
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Points: 12794 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 03 2013 at 22:17
Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Oooh, no, not this.............Dead
Would you like it if I posted this in every single prog thread I see? I don't understand why you can't just avoid a thread that you have no interest in as opposed to expressing your disinterest to everyone viewing.
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Points: 32581 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 03 2013 at 22:40
I love Wyclef Jean and Outkast.  
https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays
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Points: 15926 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 03 2013 at 23:32
Originally posted by Luna Luna wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Oooh, no, not this.............Dead
Would you like it if I posted this in every single prog thread I see? I don't understand why you can't just avoid a thread that you have no interest in as opposed to expressing your disinterest to everyone viewing.
I know, I know, just being blatantly rude - pay me no mind.........
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Points: 6632 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 03 2013 at 23:59
Beastie Boys counts right?

I really love them, they have a lot of music for anyone who likes rock or jazz and of course the singing itself is really good.
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Points: 3834 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2013 at 05:42
Originally posted by Luna Luna wrote:

Nujabes is also great for more jazzy stuff.


Oh God, I love this man...

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjqTiQhOgU8

May he rest in peace
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Points: 1509 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2013 at 11:38
DJ Shadow has got some great stuff too.
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Points: 12794 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2013 at 12:23
^ that reminds me that I forgot about The Avalanches. They're usually more on the EDM side of things, but have a hip-hop edge.
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2013 at 13:44
One of my favorite hip-hop artist is Metazen. His music is on bandcamp and he really brings brilliantly written lyrical content as well as sometimes some post-rocky guitar passages. 

^Ghost Dance of Cosmic Tongues is my favorite song by him. 

More straight-forward approach..

Newest release - haven't listened too much but sounds more mechanical -
Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Points: 34098 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 04 2013 at 14:42
Nas, and Outkast are my favorites¨ 
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Keep 'em coming guys, some lovely suggestions so far
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Points: 1509 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 06 2013 at 08:41
Just listening to this for the first time.. Woah
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 06 2013 at 12:05
Originally posted by mister nobody mister nobody wrote:

Just listening to this for the first time.. Woah



Love these guys :)
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Points: 6632 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 06 2013 at 13:02
Here's some Beastie Boys vids...
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Points: 5856 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 06 2013 at 18:36
Originally posted by mister nobody mister nobody wrote:

Just listening to this for the first time.. Woah



ikr, listen to his stuff as "Del Tha Funky Homosapein", it's really good too

For me though, I haven't really explored too far past the classic hip-hop guys ie. Wu-Tang Clan, Tribe Called Quest, MF DOOM, Mos Def, and so on... At the moment, I don't really have the desire to explore the genre much more.
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