I don't even get the "most rap" argument, particularly since it tends to come from people who have heard a minimal amount. There's some bad stuff for sure, but there's a lot of good stuff even now.

Edited by Polymorphia - July 08 2016 at 15:53

Seven months after starting the Celebrated Torture, Vince and I finally put the finishing touches on it tonight. http://https://soundcloud.com/realbombsquad/sets/the-celebrated-torture More videos coming soon, but you can catch all the current ones on the Vince Bender youtube.

dwill123 wrote: Davesax1965 wrote: I tend to see rap as "entertainment" and not "music". That's because I'm a musician. I don't hear any musical worth in it at all. Of course, this is just personal opinion, yours may vary.  Like any musical genre there is good and there is bad.  Sadly most rap (since Biggie) is garbage.

Sorry Sean, but the association of the word Intelligent  with the name Grand corps malade made me jump up. His music to my ears is as good as the music of a soap opera and the lyrics are terrible : preachy, right thinking, the poetry of a five-year-old child. Recently a french comic dared to criticize the slammer. He's gone to his place and smashed his face. You see, without talent and intolerant. French lyrics are so beautiful and profound. You have no idea.  Many lyrics of French songs can be read as poetry, without music. It is not the case of big sick body. 

^ fun clip--  I saw that tour in, err, probably gonna be '92

Prog-jester wrote: Also some rappers sample some prog here and there

Edited by Sheavy - July 14 2016 at 17:07

Hello dear members of the progarchives forum.

I have been following this discussion with interest, it wasn't the right moment for me to respond to it though, yet..

with certain pride I can safely say that this hybrid of styles is very much possible, simply because in my opinion rapping is just another way of using your voice.
I say pride, because me and my fellow musician are soon releasing the first rap/progressive rock record ever to our knowledge.
it is a 77 minute science fiction concept album with even an epic spread out over 4 tracks, it is also accompanied by a boardgame.
there may still be tresholds despite the chosen style (which is a matter of taste, nothing more or less), for example we are dutch and our album is in that language as well.
that all said, the album has not been released yet, that is being worked on ;).
there are however already 3 tracks available for listening on our website and soundcloud.

http://www.schrootoorlog.nl
the website is bilingual, you can switch to english if prefered

http://www.soundcloud.com/ontrktdeevolgen

please feel free to drop by, listen and read.
we are very curious to hear your opinions, because I for one love progressive rock and the directions it may take!

[edit:] I got a bit of a scare today as I found out that the mobile version of our website was a complete mess after the bilingual update, it's fixed now.
sincere apologies to those trying to reach it using a mobile device.


Edited by StrUktO - September 23 2016 at 07:14

This Clipping song changes the time signature several times


Clipping also released a concept album this year called Splendor & Misery


This Captain Murphy song is in 5/4


I recommend trying the experimental hip hop subgenre, that's the closest thing to progressive hip hop.