Red Baron Posted December 11, 2004 Report Posted December 11, 2004 Currently I'm listening to some RZA, GZA and Aesop Rock, and of course Dr. Dre and NWA, but I want to get into some more. Currently I'm digging RZA a lot though, and wondering what are some other good recomendatinos by them.
Cran Da Maniac Posted December 11, 2004 Report Posted December 11, 2004 If you like Rza (& Gza), then why not try out the first 2 Wu-Tang Albums (36 Chambers and Wu-Tang Forever). List some albums that you've listened to, that way we know what to recommend to you better.
Giuseppe Zangara Posted December 11, 2004 Report Posted December 11, 2004 Enter the 36 Chambers, definitely. If you like Aesop Rock, you should check out Cannibal Ox's The Cold Vein.
Guest Angrycole Posted December 11, 2004 Report Posted December 11, 2004 Del The Funkee Homosapien, Both Sides of The Brain
Nighthawk Posted December 11, 2004 Report Posted December 11, 2004 Aesop Rock is Del light, so just go ahead and get everything Del did. And from there, you'll be exposed to a lot of people he worked with on those various projects. That should last you a good long time.
Giuseppe Zangara Posted December 11, 2004 Report Posted December 11, 2004 I think I've expressed my dislike for Del on this board in the past.
razazteca Posted December 11, 2004 Report Posted December 11, 2004 The Puppies Afroman Lady of Rage Fat Lip Dis n Dat
Red Baron Posted December 12, 2004 Author Report Posted December 12, 2004 For RZA I'm listening to Birth of a Prince and Digital Bullet. GZA I'm listening to Beneath The Surface and Liquid Swords.
ant_7000 Posted December 12, 2004 Report Posted December 12, 2004 Whats the fascination with Aesop Rock? That dude is garbage.
Guest Fire and Knives Posted December 12, 2004 Report Posted December 12, 2004 Aesop is tight if you dig abstract wordplay and Blockhead, which I do. Though I dig Aesop's self-produced shit as well.
Steviekick Posted December 12, 2004 Report Posted December 12, 2004 For RZA I'm listening to Birth of a Prince and Digital Bullet. GZA I'm listening to Beneath The Surface and Liquid Swords. I liked Liquid Swords a lot. Check out either Jurassic 5 album.
Guest Fire and Knives Posted December 12, 2004 Report Posted December 12, 2004 Only Built 4 Cuban Linx.
ant_7000 Posted December 12, 2004 Report Posted December 12, 2004 Aesop is tight if you dig abstract wordplay and Blockhead, which I do. Though I dig Aesop's self-produced shit as well. To me Aesop comes off trying too hard to be abstract, I wouldn't consider him a rapper. Im not a fan of so called "Suburban Rap" as a whole.
Guest Fire and Knives Posted December 12, 2004 Report Posted December 12, 2004 Aesop is tight if you dig abstract wordplay and Blockhead, which I do. Though I dig Aesop's self-produced shit as well. To me Aesop comes off trying too hard to be abstract, I wouldn't consider him a rapper. Im not a fan of so called "Suburban Rap" as a whole. I don't really get the impression that he's trying to be abstract - when he does put effort in, he makes shit like 6B Panorama and No Regrets. I try not to bother with the distinctions between mainstream and underground rap because said distinctions are bullshit.
Guest Fire and Knives Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 Whatever happened to him after Amplified?
Guest Dynamite Kido Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 This thread needs more Kool Keith. If you like RZA.....you'd probably like Kool Keith.
Edwin MacPhisto Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 Whatever happened to him after Amplified? Kamaal the Abstract, which he decide not to release. Bootlegs are floating around out there, though. I, sadly, haven't heard a thing off of it, but it's one of those apocryphal albums that everyone who has heard it (or claims to have heard it) says is wonderful.
Giuseppe Zangara Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 Bazooka Tooth was so dense and seemingly impenetrable that, after repeated listens, I found the end result wasn't worth the trouble. For all the obscure references Aesop Rock put into his lyrics, very little of it meant anything. I still like the first two albums, though, and BT's "No Jumper Cables" is one of his best moments.
B. Brian Brunzell Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 You know who was good? Q Tip. Know who's better? Phife.
Guest Fire and Knives Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 Bazooka Tooth was so dense and seemingly impenetrable that, after repeated listens, I found the end result wasn't worth the trouble. For all the obscure references Aesop Rock put into his lyrics, very little of it meant anything. I still like the first two albums, though, and BT's "No Jumper Cables" is one of his best moments. Maybe that's why I'm so big on that album - I haven't really bothered to decode any of it. I appreciate the wordplay for its own sake and don't really worry about how much of it is Dadaist nonsense. Though I'm getting into Anticon now, so I might not even know what I'm talking about.
Nighthawk Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 Kamaal the Abstract, which he decide not to release. Bootlegs are floating around out there, though. I, sadly, haven't heard a thing off of it, but it's one of those apocryphal albums that everyone who has heard it (or claims to have heard it) says is wonderful. Hey, remember Black Bastards? That was like... 70% as good as people said it was.
Giuseppe Zangara Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 Black Bastards was released though. It's weird going back and listening to KMD then and comparing to MF Doom's stuff now. They were kinda like a 5%er De La Soul (on the first album, anyway). And Anticon is terrible.
Nighthawk Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 I'm fairly confident Kamaal the Abstract will be released eventually.
Guest Fire and Knives Posted December 14, 2004 Report Posted December 14, 2004 I'm not really into any of the Anticon stuff I've heard, but none of it feels cringeworthy either. It's just there. Very disappointing shit. I do want to hear some solo shit from Sole/Dose One before I write them off entirely, though. And I think the Sixtoo album might be good.
Guest HungryJack Posted December 15, 2004 Report Posted December 15, 2004 You know who was good? Q Tip. Know who's better? Phife. That'd very much a lie. That said, neither of them could ever do anything solo that would match or exceed the quality of just about anything Tribe ever did together. As an aside, whatever happened to Ali Shaheed?
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