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plasterman
05-05-2002, 01:05
Kool Keith AKA DR Octogon,AKA DR Doom.AKA Black elvis. Bow down to Poppa Large. Yer Dre and Snoop's are ****.
EchoLeader
05-05-2002, 01:18
The Last Emperor.
SchoolyD
IceT
Young MC
Eric B and Rakhim
Whodini
Brand Nubians
Run DMC
Public Enemy
Skinny Boys
2 Live Crew
EPMD
Stetasonic
Blackalicious
monkeyboy
05-05-2002, 13:31
Best group - M.O.P
Solo artist - At the moment I gotta say LL Cool J
Beastie Boys
Automator
Kool Keith
Princess Superstar
Public Enemy
Dr Dre
De La Soul
Jurassic 5
Herbaliser
Company Flow
Aesop Rock
Beastie Boys
Dead Prez
Run DMC
Method Man/Wu-Tang Clan
Beastie Boys
Public Enemy
De La Soul
Cypress Hill (Last album was terrible though)
DJ Shadow (good new album)
Blackalicious
Jurassic 5
Quannum (of course)
Fugees (plus some solo stuff from Wyclef)
Spooks
Spearhead and anything else done by Miceal Franti
:)
Wu Tang Clan
and early Ice T
:)
At The Gates
05-05-2002, 18:01
Trickster G
the coens brother
05-05-2002, 19:50
there are a lot of legends being mentioned but personally i really like
Nas & Wu Tang Clan - instead of the normally bragging, these rappers actually have something to say and are innovative in the genre of hiphop.
for sheer party music i would say busta rhymes, mop, dre.
not strictly rap but N.E.R.D's album is an absolute stunner and one of my all time faves.
im also getting into 2pac at the mo, has done some classic tracks!
i dont think we should leave out eminem though. the majority of people hate him now, but there is no denying his lyrical skills and clever wordplay.
monkeyboy
06-05-2002, 21:01
Not too many of us into hip-hop here is there.:(
Ok I'll add Eric B & Rakim to the mix
and also De La Soul :D
deftone666
06-05-2002, 22:12
KRS-One
Beastie Boys
A Tribe Called Quest
Gunshot
Alkoholiks
EPMD
Mos Def
Talib Kweli + DJ Hi-Tek
Common
Dead Prez
Gang Star
Roots Manuva
cjbarker
07-05-2002, 05:12
Wu Tang
PE
NWA
Beastie Boys
Zxibit
danielsesay
07-05-2002, 10:25
Biggie
Nas
Jay-Z
Eminem
Mos Def
A Tribe Called Quest
Ludacris
Busta Rhymes
Originally posted by Rohail
Mos Def
Talib Kweli + DJ Hi-Tek
Common
Dead Prez
Gang Star
Roots Manuva
good selection there!!
gotta add -
KRS-ONE
BLAK TWANG
MAIN SOURCE
MASTA ACE
NOTORIOUS BIG
I gotta have
Busta Rhymes
DMX
Method Man and rest of Wu-Tang
DRE
Eminem
...and of course..anything that comes out of the mouth of the legend that is..
TIM WESTWOOD!!
gonna bang in your face! with some of the hottest joints on the street..
I'll take this to the Top.
I gotta say the hottest rapper out at the moent has gotta be Jay Z.
Reason Why? If anyone is into the mixtape scene then they will know why alreay. There is literally a new tune out each week by Jay and his reply to losing the the battle so to speak with Nas on Hot 97 has really inspired him. Just listen to 'People Talking'.
You gotta mention the greats, my fav is 'Biggie' what a loss he was to everyone. Also Pac who truly rapped from the heart.
Within the 90's (being 19 my era) Nas has gotta have a big mention for 2 outstanding albums, crame the pressure on him and he'll deliver (Illiamatic & Stillmatic)
Wu Tang, Methodman has gotta be one of the most underrated rappers of the 90's i feel, has so much going for him, if only he sobbered up a bit he'd be hittin the big times for sure!
Everyones going on about the rappers, what about the producers?
Has the genre ever had a better decade then the 90's for beats?
Dr Dre, RZA, Timberland and so many more that have taken rap to the masses.
Also the accpetance of R&B into Hip Hop has made it better i feel, even hardcore rappers are seeing that if you have a R&B tune on ya album the women are gonna buy it and help the genre reach wider audiences and sell more records and create more remixes which often outsell the ogionals.
There are so many different rappers out there now with differnt stlyes, Eminem could turn into the new Vanila Ice if he does'nt watch out as each new album is going more commerical (If ya disagree listen to his early battle MC stuff with Rawkus and see how good a rapper he could have been)
DMX is now getting to soft, i luv X but hes driffting away from the Ruff Ryders and losing that Harcore style that he helped re-lunch.
Of course ya have ya 'Black Power' rappers like KRS-One, Mos Def & Common, who are great poets but after repated listening get very boring and ya wondering why there not a Politicians!
There so many good erns out there with somthing good to say and help the genre move forward, but the likes of LL (although must say his new single is very good!), Ice Cube are well past it now and have nothing really new to add i feel.
And who said Dr Dre was a rapper?! He pays proper rappers to write for him, ask Jay Z who wrote his biggest smash hit so far!
Also mention probably the greast MC who went before his time, Big L, one of the finest in the game, just before he blew up and signed to Rocafella got shot, bitterly missed.
Theres hope though, lots of new rappers coming through, my tip is 'Ali Vegas' only 18 years old, i managed to have peek at his new album and its very good. Simlar stlye of rapping to Big L, just not so up him self and confient. Download 'One World' feat 'Square One' and i think you'll agree with me.
Right, think i covered everything there :D Rizel
magnificent speech Rizel!!
:clap: :clap: :clap:
gotta add Q-Tip and Eazy-E to the list
monkeyboy
08-05-2002, 17:00
If you're gonna mention producers then you can't leave out DJ PREMIER. He is responsible for some of the greatest tunes ever!!! He has produced tracks for some of the greatest rappers -Biggie, Jay, Nas.......the list goes on. And is also half of one of Hip-Hops most successful groups GANG STARR!!!
Rizel - LL Cool J still has it in him, listen to the track 10 million stars!! When his new album drops it'll silence a lot of critics!!!
Tim Westwood - I gotta agree that without him Hip-Hop in the UK wouldn't be as big. Plus you gotta laugh at everything the guy says!!!
"Let's blast off big baby!!!" "Drop a bomb!!!!"
:clap: :clap: :clap:
Oh yeah forgot to mention look out for Kool G Rap's new album!!! Another rap veteran making a big comeback.
In the words of Westwood, " 4 minus 3 baby" Ha ha ha :D
charlie angel
08-05-2002, 19:49
Public Enemy
Wu Tang Clan
De La Soul
Cypress Hill
Jurassic 5
Ice Cube
That lot are my tops...
Black Star ( Mos Def & Talib Kweli) really , Jurrasic 5 ,
GrandMaster Flash and Melli Mel
and of course Vanilla Ice :nuts:
Originally posted by monkeyboy
If you're gonna mention producers then you can't leave out DJ PREMIER. He is responsible for some of the greatest tunes ever!!! He has produced tracks for some of the greatest rappers -Biggie, Jay, Nas.......the list goes on. And is also half of one of Hip-Hops most successful groups GANG STARR!!!
Rizel - LL Cool J still has it in him, listen to the track 10 million stars!! When his new album drops it'll silence a lot of critics!!!
Tim Westwood - I gotta agree that without him Hip-Hop in the UK wouldn't be as big. Plus you gotta laugh at everything the guy says!!!
"Let's blast off big baby!!!" "Drop a bomb!!!!"
:clap: :clap: :clap:
Oh yeah forgot to mention look out for Kool G Rap's new album!!! Another rap veteran making a big comeback.
In the words of Westwood, " 4 minus 3 baby" Ha ha ha :D
Yep, sorry it was late! I duno how i forgot Primo, have just got that 5CD collection of his and its so good, can'nt find a track i don'nt like.
Point i was trying to put across with LL is that he is doing nothing new, he's still rapping about the same things he was back in the 80's, pure battle MC stuff. His new single is good though, although the beat is probably helping people like it a lot more than they normally would. His last album was'nt to bad as well actucally come to think of it, a few good tracks.
The fact Westwood is white is a huge reason why hes either hated or luved, you can'nt deine it. If you've ever been to one of his partys and seen him on decks you might as well have had two CD Players for all the mixing he does!
He is a great bloke though and really helped the UK scene out a lot, but is far to over rated IMOP, although i still listen to his show when i can becuase he's the only hiphop DJ to go out over he whole of the UK, theres a lot better DJs to listen to if your based in London area.
All in all its gonna be another good year for Hip Hop i think, it seems to be deviding its self well between going commerical and sticking to its grass roots fans, which many genre have not been able to do.
Gonna sound a bit cheesy, but i can'nt wait till November for the Blueprint 2 by Jay Z. The Blueprint was an oustanding album and full deserved the 5 mic award it got from the Source, which is only ever saved for classics. Rizel
IAM
NTM
Saian Supa Crew
Sniper...
smiddyboy
09-05-2002, 11:58
B. Boys
Ice Cube
Public Enemy
Guru
StuBruise
09-05-2002, 13:39
Originally posted by jchante
IAM
NTM
Saian Supa Crew
Sniper...
No MC Solaar? :p
~~stu
narh he sux :nono:
class one for the movie freaks is MC Jean Gab1
StuBruise
20-06-2003, 08:29
Erm, bump? :suspect:
~~stu
danielsesay
20-06-2003, 13:41
Originally posted by jchante
IAM
NTM
Saian Supa Crew
Sniper... Where's Lord Kossity then? :D
And Booba? :thumbs:
Radiohead
20-06-2003, 14:45
DJ Shadow
El-P
Quannum
Latyrx (and Blackalicious)
Michael Franti
MC Buzz B (for that old school UK sound)
Guru
PE
Say what you like about Dre but he's one of the best producers working in any area of music right now.
Originally posted by danielsesay
Where's Lord Kossity then? :D
And Booba? :thumbs:
Lord Ko = reggae (apart form his last album that really isnt much)
Booba = kinda nice...
Sniper are really doing some damage atm...
if you are interrested in any French hiphop, dont hesitate to drop me a line...
Some of my favourites have to be
Ugly Duckling
Jurassic 5
Bubba Sparxxx
House of Pain
Dr Dre
Northern State
Snoop Doggydog
Beastie Boys
Busta Rhymes
2pac
Busta Rhymes
DMX
Nas
Eminem
Dr Dre
Neptunes - (heavy!)
Sean Paul
All quality stuff!
:thumbs:
Kool Keith AKA DR Octogon,AKA DR Doom.AKA Black elvis. Bow down to Poppa Large. Yer Dre and Snoop's are ****.
Yeh dre and snoop are well crap, what the hell have they done for the rap scene? :suspect: :nono:
I have the impression your just trying to be a bit to different with ur taste in rap, if you havent got one of dre or snoops albums then your mising out!
As far as the thread goes:
Dre
Nas
Skitz (UK)
Deckwrecka (UK)
Xzibit
Method man
Luda
Coo coo Cal
Clipse
:notworthy
2Pac
Dr Dre
Snoop
Eminem
Nas
Busta Rhymes
:notworthy
danielsesay
23-06-2003, 09:22
Originally posted by richdmx
Sean PaulI wouldn't really class him as Hip Hop though. He's a reggae dancehall/HipHop/R'n'B cross-over artist.
He's basically made people interested in dancehall again. :thumbs:
plasterman
23-06-2003, 10:59
Originally posted by Jonny
Yeh dre and snoop are well crap, what the hell have they done for the rap scene? :suspect: :nono:
I have the impression your just trying to be a bit to different with ur taste in rap, if you havent got one of dre or snoops albums then your mising out!
As far as the thread goes:
Dre
Nas
Skitz (UK)
Deckwrecka (UK)
Xzibit
Method man
Luda
Coo coo Cal
Clipse
:lol:
Kool keith is solid gold man go check his stuff. I dont feel I've missed out cos I dont have dre,snoop or nas albums I've heard their stuff and it dont strike any chords with me. If you want to listen to 40 year old millionaires rapping about how street they are thats fine it's your choice and has bugger all to do with me.
I dont understand the concept of being "to different" are you trying to say that you should like something just because it's popular?:confused:
What has Hip Hop done for Dre and snoop?it's made they very wealthy indeed nowt wrong with that IMO. Have they used their power,money and experience to better Hip Hop? my answer is no
Do you think that the likes of 50cent are the future of hip hop? god I hope not.:gag:
akira9000
23-06-2003, 14:41
nwa........well when i was young and angry anyway.
Originally posted by plasterman
[BDo you think that the likes of 50cent are the future of hip hop? god I hope not.:gag: [/B]
hear hear
plasterman
23-06-2003, 15:14
Originally posted by akira9000
nwa........well when i was young and angry anyway.
Now we have to suffer bloody eminem :gag: mind you you cant knock Dre for getting behind eminem, its the great white hope syndrome if it works you make loads of cash.
Turning rebellion into money.
Well thats the difference: Gangsta rap and Hip Hop. I do like 50's album but not in the same way that i appreicate Talib Kweli stuff. Its completly different and cant really be compared even if they do have the same roots. Nas for me is middle ground, the man has intersting things to say on all kinds of subjects but also has the underground feel in some of his tracks.
I have just downloaded some of kool keiths stuff and can see the appeal, very catchy and different. But as i said it is definatly more true hip hop rather than gangsta rap. any other recommendations for artists like him, so i can get free delivery on amazon?
Thanks, jon
plasterman
23-06-2003, 17:36
Originally posted by Jonny
Well thats the difference: Gangsta rap and Hip Hop. I do like 50's album but not in the same way that i appreicate Talib Kweli stuff. Its completly different and cant really be compared even if they do have the same roots. Nas for me is middle ground, the man has intersting things to say on all kinds of subjects but also has the underground feel in some of his tracks.
I have just downloaded some of kool keiths stuff and can see the appeal, very catchy and different. But as i said it is definatly more true hip hop rather than gangsta rap. any other recommendations for artists like him, so i can get free delivery on amazon?
Thanks, jon
Try a search on here
http://www.allmusic.com
it gives you all the names he's worked under and the people hes worked with.
Sorry if they've been mentioned already........
Old Skool
Big Daddy Kane - one of my all time faves!
Nice n Smooth
Jungle Brothers
Eric B and Rakim - few (if any) have matched his skillz
Young MC
Tribe called Quest
Biz Markie
EPMD
Master Ace - Take a look around - now THAT was an album!
BDP/KRS
The Pharcyde
De La's .....
Almost forgot - Pete Rock & CL Smooth
New... must admit disillusioned now by most stuff
Dilated peoples was the last thing I really liked - have to admit to thinking 50 cent is cr@p - sorry people.... just can't see it.....
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