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The Good Rap/Hip Hop Thread (including underground rap)
« on: January 07, 2011, 02:42:12 pm »
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Usually I'm an indie rock/alternative hardcore fan (Radiohead, The Strokes, Pixies, Clap your Hands Say Yeah etc.) but I hold a place in my heart for good rap.

To me good rap requires a good use of the English language/rhetoric, humour/story telling or fucking sick lines that make you go 'aw shiiiiiiet' and give you unexplainable boners.

Eminem, Weezy, Yeezy and Jay-z are great mainstream examples and LOS or Madvillain 'underground' versions.

Discuss this genre here, no haters.

Starting topic: who is the best rapper alive?

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Re: The Good Rap/Hip Hop Thread (including underground rap)
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2011, 02:54:07 pm »
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My favourite rappers/hip-hop artists are Eminem, Jay-Z and 50 Cent. Although my all time fav was 2Pac (but he's not alive). My fav songs include 8 Miles, California Love, Changes, and Encore/Curtains Down.

Don't mind rap, but R&B/soul and linkin park style rock is more my type.
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« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2011, 07:02:41 pm »
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The best rapper alive? Most definitely Mos Def, especially with his collaboration with Talib Kweli. His flow is simply unmatchable and his lyrical content, honest and pure. The only way to tell how good a rapper is, is simply by checking out his freestyle, the way Hip-Hop was to be heard.

Mos Def
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LQiuQ1xIBM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmqXKbxDoJ0

Eminem is kinda eh. Don't get me wrong, I love his first album as well as his demo but he just went downhill from there. Currently, he is only living in the shadow of his former self. My favourite tracks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-BEEIfn2M0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEV-VHaJ0_g

Lately, I've been listening to a fuckload of Sage Francis. Best political rapper around IMO, blows Immortal Technique out of the water. A Healthy Distrust is definitely one of my most recommended albums.

Now it's all about freestyle. Here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imwTKVxV658&feature=related
RIP Eyedea. The best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_qMbzfF31k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40MA0pl7Oa0&feature=related

Glad you brought up Madvillain. MF Doom has one of the most unique flow I've ever seen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRHyBwNtkLA
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Re: The Good Rap/Hip Hop Thread (including underground rap)
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2011, 12:52:52 am »
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Jamie T, Mos Def, Jurrasic 5. I'm not a big fan of late 90s early 2000s era american rap (eminem, Snoop Dog, Dr Dre) HOWEVER the up in smoke tour will never be topped.

At the risk of being lauged out of AN... Anyone into Ausie hip hop? Downsyde, The Hoods, Bliss n Eso, The Herd, TZU, Seth Sentry? They're good and local which means you don't have to wait 3 years for Jay-Z to tour some time... and then pay 500 bucks for a ticket.
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Re: The Good Rap/Hip Hop Thread (including underground rap)
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2011, 01:51:01 am »
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Swedish House Mafia, Far East Movement, Nelly, Taio Cruz

You can tell my taste in rap isn't that black, haha.
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Re: The Good Rap/Hip Hop Thread (including underground rap)
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2011, 12:15:57 pm »
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I find Aussie Hip Hop somewhat mediocre. They don't really have the same intensity, flow and rhythm of their American/French/British/Canadian counterparts. Considering that we are quite new to the scene, hip-hop here is still trying to define their sound. However, one thing I notice they do well is laid back stuff a la Seth Sentry.
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« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2011, 04:54:32 pm »
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Quote from: Cianyx on January 08, 2011, 12:15:57 pm
I find Aussie Hip Hop somewhat mediocre. They don't really have the same intensity, flow and rhythm of their American/French/British/Canadian counterparts.
ture, but i find it easier to relate to. i.e. refferences to the bronx and compton I don't realy have anything to do with. But aussie house parties, melb. city and brusnwick actualy relate to me. so I like it more. Just a matter of taste though, and a lot of aussie hip hop artists are kina... ameturish.
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Re: The Good Rap/Hip Hop Thread (including underground rap)
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2011, 08:27:22 pm »
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Quote from: Cianyx on January 08, 2011, 05:40:09 pm
Anyone into turntablism?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNZPsGTVgBY

Turntablism is amazing. Should check out the DMC comps if you haven't. A-trak (one half of Duck Sauce) was a DMC champion in his early teens.

If anyone is interested in instrumental hiphop, should definitely give DJ Shadow - Endtroducing a download.
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Re: The Good Rap/Hip Hop Thread (including underground rap)
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2011, 09:23:06 pm »
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Quote from: Cianyx on January 08, 2011, 05:40:09 pm
Anyone into turntablism?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNZPsGTVgBY
mixmaster mike. Not as good as Qbert but still my v good.

Anyone into turntablism should watch this movie.
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« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2011, 01:19:05 am »
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AN, I am impressed. I will get onto the DMC comps (You do mean compilatiions right?) and the movie ASAP
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Re: The Good Rap/Hip Hop Thread (including underground rap)
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2011, 06:48:26 pm »
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Lil wayne sucks

This is my favourite mainstream rap song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRTB38svF1E
(Hate it or love it - the game)

Mos Def is excellent, should check out some of his freestyle

I like Far East Movement, the music video for Like a G6 is fun.
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Re: The Good Rap/Hip Hop Thread (including underground rap)
« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2011, 07:03:10 pm »
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Quote from: taiga on January 10, 2011, 06:48:26 pm
Lil wayne sucks

+1, thought I was the only one who found him irritating
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« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2011, 08:08:00 pm »
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Re: The Good Rap/Hip Hop Thread (including underground rap)
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2011, 05:50:44 pm »
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Quote from: Cianyx on January 09, 2011, 01:19:05 am
AN, I am impressed. I will get onto the DMC comps (You do mean compilatiions right?) and the movie ASAP

Nah. DMC is a competition where the best hiphop DJ's compete. I'm pretty sure they host them in every major city (could be wrong).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NidL7KtCO8

Been getting into J Dilla - Donuts at the moment. It's shame he passed away so early, his productions were brilliant.

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