Hip hop

[Steezy]

What happened to the real music, Gang Starr, Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, Lupe Fiasco, Talib Kweli, why dont i hear this quality music on the radio? Its so confusing these days, whos good, and whos real, and whos fake. What do you like/hate about it?
:confused:

[TheFatKid]

I like older stuff like NWA, Public Enemy, Snoop, Tupac, Biggie. Stuff that had flow. Now all that is on the radio is shit talkin about how gangster you are with your money, your fucking one liners to get attention, your annoying voices, your lyricist buddy who gets 1/4 of your pay. Its horrible.

[Steezy]

yea the image is pathetic, and your shit is what real hip hop would be, it actually has put thought into it

[JackdaWack]

hip hop is dead - NAS

[Willard_420]

A Trible called quest was ALWAYS my favourite. The song "oh my god" is amazing. :rastasmoke:

[Steezy]

a tribe is so original i still listen to the whole low end theory

[JeenYuss]

fugees

old skool

nas, kweli, etc.

lupe fiasco can take his annoying ass somewhere i cant hear him hes on tv too much if you ask me, although i donnt really watch it too much

the greatest rapper that ever lived, undisputed, Tupac Amaru Shakur

Makaveli rest in pe@ce

[Steezy]

lupe fiasco actually has talent, if you listen to anything other than kick push...

[TheFatKid]

Anyone else think no one would know who Jim Jones was if he didn't yell BALLINNN?

[RedLocks]

Nas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrzy4Bp_k2Y

[RyanTheCaveman]

Coolio...hes awesome.:rastasmoke:

[briman]

Bollocks to that man listen to some foreign beggars, sway, skinnyman, mc vapour and mc skibadee:rastasmoke:

[nikweiser]

non phixion and gangstarr are two favs of mine

[UserName_22]

What happened to the real music, Gang Starr, Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, Lupe Fiasco, Talib Kweli, why dont i hear this quality music on the radio? Its so confusing these days, whos good, and whos real, and whos fake. What do you like/hate about it?
:confused:

I blame part of it on the fact that clearing samples is next to impossible nowadays. Back then, hiphop was a lot more sample driven. And it was better, because hiphop is about taking things from your enviornment and decontextualizing it to something else. Now, it seems to be about making that paper.

Check out Dead Prez, fuckin, Ghostface, DJ Shadow, Living Legends, etc...there's plenty of cats that still capture the essence, however, they're not going to get radio play because they don't necessarily appeal to the popular culture.

[Pinhole_Stars]

I blame part of it on the fact that clearing samples is next to impossible nowadays. Back then, hiphop was a lot more sample driven. And it was better, because hiphop is about taking things from your enviornment and decontextualizing it to something else. Now, it seems to be about making that paper.

Check out Dead Prez, fuckin, Ghostface, DJ Shadow, Living Legends, etc...there's plenty of cats that still capture the essence, however, they're not going to get radio play because they don't necessarily appeal to the popular culture.

Nahhh, Kanye West uses smaples in pretty much all of his songs as does Ghostface on his newer recordings. Bad rap has always been on the radio. Just look at Ice Ice Baby.

[BUDhha]

most hip hop right now is all right to me. id say back in like 1997-2001 i liked almost all of it. people i listen to now are mostly indie artists.

[Matt the Funk]

I listen to indie hip hop and some older rap. I liked a lot of radio stuff from the golden age of hip hop. Some of the early 90's to 1999 was good too.

[JeenYuss]

Anyone else think no one would know who Jim Jones was if he didn't yell BALLINNN?

We Stay High... No Lie... An You Kno This... BLAZIN!!!!:rastasmoke:

[LeetCraig]

I listen to current hip hop and older hip hop... Ghostface Killah's new album (More Fish) is awesome. I was really into Eazy E and NWA for a while the past few months, but not as much now, even though I still think that they're a few of the best.

[Mista Sippi]

hip hop is NOT dead. nas just sayin that shit cuz the south took over. jay-z stepped out of the game and the south took over. that's why jay came back all them up north cats is scared. and anybody that say different, go cop mixtape messiah 2 on chamillionaire's website, he ever address the situation about how the media is turnin it into a east coast vs the south. free download, and it's straight jammin from start to finish, I BET you won't be disappointed

[five0addict]

mtv is ruining the culture. but i think you guys are all confused on what rap is and what hip hop is.
i listen to stuff thats good, stuff that i can learn from.

south took over? lol only thing ive ever heard decent out the south WAS the cunninglynguists.

[budsmoker only]

What happened to the real music, Gang Starr, Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, Lupe Fiasco, Talib Kweli, why dont i hear this quality music on the radio? Its so confusing these days, whos good, and whos real, and whos fake. What do you like/hate about it?
:confused:

that music doesnt sell as much anymore so they just play all the shit about money, cars, and bitches... because i guess thats what most people like these days.. not sure about whos real, im sure a lot of them out there are real.. but as for whos fake definitely the game.. he lies way to much... i hate how everyone always bitches about the music thats out on the radio these days.. just listen to a cd instead of bitching... but pharcyde is definitely real.. one of my favorites.. so is bone thugs.. watch out for their new album coming real soon..

[JeenYuss]

that music doesnt sell as much anymore so they just play all the shit about money, cars, and bitches... because i guess thats what most people like these days.. not sure about whos real, im sure a lot of them out there are real.. but as for whos fake definitely the game.. he lies way to much... i hate how everyone always bitches about the music thats out on the radio these days.. just listen to a cd instead of bitching... but pharcyde is definitely real.. one of my favorites.. so is bone thugs.. watch out for their new album coming real soon..

holy shit bones thugs is comin out wit a new album????????

[JeenYuss]

hip hop is NOT dead. nas just sayin that shit cuz the south took over. jay-z stepped out of the game and the south took over. that's why jay came back all them up north cats is scared. and anybody that say different, go cop mixtape messiah 2 on chamillionaire's website, he ever address the situation about how the media is turnin it into a east coast vs the south. free download, and it's straight jammin from start to finish, I BET you won't be disappointed

chamillionaires basically the only decent rapper out of the south these days & all his hot shit is on mixtapes anyways so i dont know what the fuck yr talkin bout

all the south really has is some hot beats out of houston

Papoose and Eminem are the hardest lyricists out in my opinion

[Mista Sippi]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! oooooh that's funny. koopa the only thing out the south? man you need to wake up. What about TIP? What about Weezy? And I guess you just forgot about UGK? As far as your houston theory goes, there are beats comin from ALL over the south. David Banner beats are sick. Just cuz southern rappers rap about different shit, folks say it ain't hip hop. I agree it's a lot of whack shit come out the south, but it's a lot of good shit too. Don't sleep on boosie, listen to his whole album instead of what you hear on the radio. Real talk, hip hop is NOT dead.

[budsmoker only]

isnt master p from the south to?? and c-murder and shit... and jeenyuss ya bone is comin out with a new album under interscope records.. not sure the date but i think its gonna be march sometime...

[Mista Sippi]

yeah p from the south. if you wanna talk old people you gotta show love to folks like p, juvie, geto boys, luke, outkast etc.

[Steezy]

mista sippi speaks the truth son!

[Podge_Boro]

i hate commercial hip hop, 50 cent is a pop artist, not a rap artist
i prefer underground music, like cunninlynguists, looptroop, eyedea...you get teh picture
i hate how fake rap is now, pisses me off

[cuatro:twenty]

anyone off stones throw is mad dope. usually anything madlib does is gold.

[Hardcore Newbie]

I don't really like most hip hop these days, some of it's cool to nod your head to, but everyone's either commercial, or trying way too hard to be anti-commercial and anti-mainstream. If anyone can point me to people making good music (Like Dead Prez' "Let's get Free") point me in that direction.

[spliffstar22]

The South HAS taken over the MAINSTREAM, but that ain't gettin pumped in the streets..........Chicken Noodle Soup, Laffy Taffy, what the fuck is that shit.........Come on, the south can't fuck with the east lyrically and everyone knows it........If it does come into a REAL hiphop beef, whos steppin up for the south?? If you want good music from the south yu gotta go to the Project Pat's, the Scarface's and other guys who actually have lyrical talent.....Not this laffy taffy shit..........I admit some of the south tracks are Club BANGERS, but again they aren't gettin pumped in the streets, they are gettin no Street Fame through this mainstream bullshit, and that's where the real hiphop heads are at............

[Steezy]

yea true, turn your fucking radios off.

and check out posta boy! holla!

www.myspace.com/postaboyyy (http://www.myspace.com/postaboyyy)

he used to be on 106 and park i think

[Podge_Boro]

If anyone can point me to people making good music (Like Dead Prez' "Let's get Free") point me in that direction.

QN5 MUSIC :: NO RICH RELATIVES (http://www.qn5.com) - cunninlynguists, tonedeff, pack fm etc. some good underground
The Roots - really good music, amazing beats
UGK - Underground Kings, also good music
LoopTroop - Scandanavian rap group, rap in english
Apathy - another good underground artist
MF Doom - really good producer also
Eyedea and DJ abilities - good music to chill to
Slug/Atmosphere - just like eyedea, they collab quite a bit

and if you like english rap i highly recommend Kano

i can name more if you like
that should do for a while tho

[JeenYuss]

bone thugs is on interscope?

[budsmoker only]

ya dude im pretty sure, they work with swizz beats a lot... and it comes out april 17th..

[Matt the Funk]

I don't really like most hip hop these days, some of it's cool to nod your head to, but everyone's either commercial, or trying way too hard to be anti-commercial and anti-mainstream. If anyone can point me to people making good music (Like Dead Prez' "Let's get Free") point me in that direction.

Use a site like pandora and you can find a lot of music that you will love.

[Hardcore Newbie]

QN5 MUSIC :: NO RICH RELATIVES (http://www.qn5.com) - cunninlynguists, tonedeff, pack fm etc. some good underground
The Roots - really good music, amazing beats
UGK - Underground Kings, also good music
LoopTroop - Scandanavian rap group, rap in english
Apathy - another good underground artist
MF Doom - really good producer also
Eyedea and DJ abilities - good music to chill to
Slug/Atmosphere - just like eyedea, they collab quite a bit

and if you like english rap i highly recommend Kano

i can name more if you like
that should do for a while thoThanks a lot, I've heard about half of that list and like most of it so I'll check out the rest.

[13 Amp]

the reason eyedea and slug collab alot is because their on the same Label...Rhymesayers Entertainment....(i believe it's slug's label)....

it also is the home to
Brother Ali
Mf Doom
Felt
Blueprint...

dope label

But my fav. emcees from the underground are
Chino XL
Copywrite
Cage
Atmosphere
Scram Jones
Crooked I
Canibus
Brother Ali
and thats all i can think of right now...i'll hit yall back up with some more dope emcees to check out

[freddy fred]

i hate commercial hip hop, 50 cent is a pop artist, not a rap artist


true, but what can u do when you have millions of fans demanding ur music, ur kind of forced to be a 'pop' artist

[MacWQ33]

50 was definitely a rap artist when he was underground...he had a pretty good flow. His first album was a great record, then he went Candy Stick on us.

[Podge_Boro]

true, but what can u do when you have millions of fans demanding ur music, ur kind of forced to be a 'pop' artist

if i was a rapper and became famous
id rap just as i did before
i hate it how they sell out

[Buddha Man]

right now im loving how all the old school NY rappers are coming back and showin the south whats really good. also west coast is makin a comeback cube, dre, game, snoop, dpg. all great

[Jizzle Blizzle420]

I listen to alot of Suburban Noize shit: Kottonmouth Kings, Big B, Dirtball, Kingspade...shit like that. i like underground stuff. X-Klan is on Suburban Noize and they are legends of hip hop.

[HouSTONEDtx]

yes the new south stuff is wack but yall dont know shit about dj screw, fat pat, big moe, lil keke...that is some street bangin shit

[wasabinick]

i like lil wayne.all his freestlyes are sick as hell.

[graph]

Thanks a lot, I've heard about half of that list and like most of it so I'll check out the rest.

Try looptroop's king of discoin', my personal favorite.

I'm also a big fan of the new Qwel and Meaty Ogre CD, freezerburner. If you like good music, check it out.

[Podge_Boro]

Looptroop are the shit

i wish i had my old pc
had a shit load of UG hip hop