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Posted: June 16 2010 at 17:39
Though it lacks longevity, I have a soft spot for comedy rap, which is great fun while it lasts. Check out these tracks from The Lonely Island, though the last two will not be so funny if you aren't familiar with hip-hop culture.
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Posted: June 16 2010 at 07:13
Killing MC Solaar's Prose Combat recently. Really good French sh*t. Cannot understand a word the cat's saying but the beats make me feel like melting away into infinity.
Massive fan of DJ Screw, have somewhere in the vicinity of 250 of his mix tapes. Nothing like a 30min + freestyle to wile away the afternoons.
Joined: December 05 2007
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Posted: June 16 2010 at 05:56
Oh dear, I seem to have upset some people, sorry about that. Just to make amends I state here and now, that there never was, nor will there ever be music that can equal or in any way surpass hip-hop and rap.
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Posted: June 16 2010 at 05:38
This has some of the old guard foaming at the mouth but I personally believe that anyone who rejects rap/hip-hop (or indeed ANY genre) wholesale is not a progressive music listener. Yes there is plenty to bash in MAINSTREAM rap and post Shania Twain country for example, but to say there are no and could never be good artists/albums in the rap and country scenes is blatant asinine twaddle and you should be on some sort of rock/nostalgia site, not a prog one.
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Posted: June 16 2010 at 04:50
My motto is enjoy music in all its diversity, but there's no requirement that you have to like it all. If something doesn't appeal to you, it's totally OK to ignore it. Life's too short to to spend any effort trashing it. By the way, what the hell is up with rap??? I mean it's just crap, isn't it???
Edited by Slartibartfast - June 16 2010 at 04:52
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
Joined: December 24 2007
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Posted: June 16 2010 at 01:43
Guys, I think from now on, whenever npjnpj starts an appreciation thread on a band you don't like, just go in there and piss all over the thread. I think it's only fair, don't you think npjnpj?
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Posted: June 15 2010 at 16:39
Textbook wrote:
I find that almost anybody who pulls the "all rap is awful" card has about 11/10 times never given it a serious try and is a pompous windbag who can be cheerfully disregarded.
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Posted: June 15 2010 at 16:29
I find that almost anybody who pulls the "all rap is awful" card has about 11/10 times never given it a serious try and is a pompous windbag who can be cheerfully disregarded.
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Posted: June 15 2010 at 14:36
Some people.
Okay, the reason I think rap music CAN be just as good as prog or any other musicial genre not defined by clothes is because it requires talent. You can start out a mediocre rapper and through experience, get better and better.
Just like any other type of music.
Any genre that can be measured by quality, talent, and experience has a chance to become a favorite in my book. Thus, saying rap is just "unspeakably awful" is not a logical statement, not to mention close-minded and dickish.
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Posted: June 15 2010 at 09:45
Honestly, I think it's just unspeakably awful. Just to get a critical word in among all this celebration here. I'd rather go exploring the wonderful hidden depths of Country and Western,and that's saying a lot!
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Posted: June 14 2010 at 22:25
Jrocha: Thanks for mentioning People Under The Stairs! I know them but they're famous for being the classic hip-hop group that releases nothing but good albums and yet never ever gets mentioned. True to form, I forgot to mention them.
Petrov: Yeah that's a goodie. I wonder if Detox will ever be made.
Oh in case anyone was going to go to the record shop to get Drake or the new Eminem, don't. Both are a bit crap. Just wait a couple more weeks and you've got Big Boi and The Roots to choose from, both far superior records.
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Posted: June 14 2010 at 21:31
I always up end coming back to Dr Dre's 2001 album the most out of any hip hop I have. Even though it's now 11 years old, it's just so timeless sounding.
Listening to some Atmosphere right, good stuff. RJD2 is another hip hop artists i have been listening to alot lately. And some classics like EPMD and Souls of Mischeifs have been gettting alot of airplay on my zune of late. There is great hip hop out their people!
Somewhere out of a memory of lighted streets on quiet nights...
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