Headucate me.

[Special K 0]

I'll make it brief, I need some good hip-hop, but all my friends listen to G-Unit shit. I'll tell you what I like.

 

De La Soul

Public enemy

Tribe Called Quest

Roots

Some old 2pac.

Old school Snoop and Dre

Some Jay Z

 

My Faves are Beasties and DEL! I love Del.

 

(Note: I fucking hate ICP, Ja Rule, Eminem, Ruff Riders shit)

 

I like Acelyone, but don't know if there's a particular album I should buy.

 

Anyway, that's the thread. Give me some good hip-hop.

 

EDIT: listening to some Sonic Youth, I remembered that I like Cypress Hill. I hear they like cannibus!

[Hank Kingsley 0]

 

Essential.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

Pick up Aceyalone's All Balls Don't Bounce.

 

You might like some MF Doom stuff, like the album he recorded with Madlib under the name Madvillain, called Madvillainy.

 

Also, Cannibal Ox's The Cold Vein.

[Nighthawk 0]

Dan the Automator is the name I'll say with the most fervor. He's a producer, and his touch is gold. He's worked with Del on the Gorillaz project (misunderstood, but that's another discussion), Deltron 3030 and the Handsome Boy Modeling School collection, a various artists compilation produced by Automator and Prince Paul. You might already have Deltron 3030, but if not, get it. Del's rapping, so if you like him, there's your motivation, but the production's so good you'll want the instrumental version for casual listening. You might also be familiar with Hieroglyphics, but they and all their various solo careers are worth your time.

 

Aesop Rock has a similar style to Del. Kool Keith has a different tone, but similar inflection. Look for his team ups with Dan the Automator as well, particularly Dr. Octagon.

 

If you like old Pac, Snoop and Dre, you'd probably appreciate Biggie. Both of his albums are worth owning.

 

And Biz Markie. He fits right in with what you like.

[Special K 0]

I'll definitely check out Dan the Automator. I fucking love the Deltron album. Didn't know he had solo stuff.

 

What ever happened to Pharcyde? I liked them.

 

EDIT: Deltron 3030 is probably my 2nd favouritealbum, after Daydream Nation. It's so fucking good.

[B. Brian Brunzell 0]

Two more Hip-Hop necessities:

 

[Red Hot Thumbtack In The Eye 0]

Hieroglyphics - 3rd eye vision

 

Tha D.O.C - No One Can Do It Better.

[Special K 0]

Aquemini is the shit, yeah. I should have put Outkast on my original list.

[rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0]

I'd second Madvillainy and Handsome Boy Modelling School stuff.

 

Also, Cee-Lo Green is the Soul Machine if you like Outkast.

[Special K 0]

Cee-lo Green, is he a rapper? I've got my soul music covered. The rev Green and curtis Mayfield rule my heart.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Ice Cube's Amerikkka's Most Wanted and Death Certificate are great. Predator is OK, but has some slow spots...

[razazteca 0]

There was rap from the South before Lil Jon you know.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Woah, that DJ Magic Mike cover brought back memories.

 

Whatever happened to Magic Mike? The last thing I remember from him is Bass Bowl I...

[rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0]

Cee-lo Green, is he a rapper?

Cee-Lo is a member of the Goodie Monand Dungeon Family, which also includes Outkast. He's been on a fair few Outkast albums under the name Cee-Lo Goodie.

 

As for his album, it's a bit more soul inspired than Outkast, but still similar and very, very good. IMHO, it works better as an album than all Outkast albums bar Aqemini.If you've got p2p, download "The Art Of Noise" as a sample of the album. Good shit and seeing as it looks like you've got the same taste in Hip-Hop as me, I reckon you'll love it.

 

Also, along the same lines, Look out for the Dungeon Family's collective album "Even In Darkness" containing Outkast and their buddies, and again positively comparable to Outkast's albums.

[razazteca 0]

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Eric B. and Rakim

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[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

Hey, everyone should admit that Run DMC were never good.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

Hey, everyone should admit that Run DMC were never good.

I'll sign that petition

[Myxamatosis 0]

Hey, everyone should admit that Run DMC were never good.

I'll sign that petition

Please die.......

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

y2jailbait, you should tell us about how Run DMC were the greatest hip hop act ever, as stated by numerous magazines, making for facts we cannot deny.

[razazteca 0]

RUN DMC only put over the punk band the Beastie Boys and gave the has been band Aerosmith a new fanbase.

[Myxamatosis 0]

y2jailbait, you should tell us about how Run DMC were the greatest hip hop act ever, as stated by numerous magazines, making for facts we cannot deny.

 

Run DMC still remain influential, twenty years after their debut. For someone to deny that lacks common sense.

 

Oh wait, I forgot, I was talking to Banky and Incandenza.

 

Sorry about that one.

[Nighthawk 0]

Their "Ah yeah!" and "Check this out" remain some of the most (over?)used samples in music.

[Guest Coffey]

How about KRS-One? I like 8 Ball and Scarface personally.

[Guest The Winter Of My Discontent]

y2jailbait, you should tell us about how Run DMC were the greatest hip hop act ever, as stated by numerous magazines, making for facts we cannot deny.

 

Run DMC still remain influential, twenty years after their debut. For someone to deny that lacks common sense.

 

Oh wait, I forgot, I was talking to Banky and Incandenza.

 

Sorry about that one.

Run DMC have gotten their knobs polished because of Jay's death. If he hadn't died, we wouldn't be having this discussion. And most dunces (probably yourself) like them for the deplorable Walk This Way duet with Aerosmith.

[Myxamatosis 0]

Are you serious?

 

I mean really? Damn, I actually thought you were a smart one.

 

If it wasn't for artists like Run DMC, the def jam crew, Boogie Down Productions, Kurtis Blow and various other artists, every medocire hip hop group you listen to wouldn't exist today.

 

Just admit it Banky: Run DMC are, for lack of a better analogy, hip-hop trailblazers. And how do you get to that point? By being a great rapper and performer.

 

By the way, I hated that Walk this Way bullshit. Give me "It's Tricky," "Rock Box" or "Sucka MCs."

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

I'm gonna give this idiot some credit and say Run DMC were influential (not that anyone was arguing that), but so many rappers after them took their ideas and made them better.

[Myxamatosis 0]

I'm gonna give this idiot some credit and say Run DMC were influential (not that anyone was arguing that), but so many rappers after them took their ideas and made them better.

Pattern of 90% of Incandenza posts in the music folder:

 

Insert lame insult + ridiculous "pitchforkmedia-approved indie" opinion - any form of decent conversational skills = Incandenza's post!

 

Remove your lips from Banky's ass and listen:

 

If their ideas were good enough to steal, then their must have been a high amount of quality to them. And considering the state of most hip-hop today, the message of the original lyrics (and ideas) has been flushed down the mainstream toilet.

 

Blending rock with hip-hop has only been done successfully by few. Public Enemy to name one.

 

And their success, no matter what anyone on this board can say, is unequaled. You have to look at where hip-hop was to where they took it.

 

God damn, leave the music folder!