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The Hip-Hop Appreciation Thread
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smoothpete 34,628 posts
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Registered 14 years agodatpiff link - http://www.datpiff.com/Elzhi-Elmatic-mixtape.229029.html -
Wacko_AK 212 posts
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Registered 11 years agoI've been offered the chance to see Public Enemy, worth going along to watch this or will I find them a bit too mainstream for my tastes?
When I say "tastes" I'm refering to anything by EL-P (inc all the def jux stuff), Dalek, Aesop Rock etc -
Blaketown 5,658 posts
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Registered 11 years agoYou will love it.
One of the best live bands around & anything but mainstream.
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PE mainstream?
Know your history son. -
Wacko_AK 212 posts
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Registered 11 years agoYou will love it.
That's what I was hoping to hear!
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imamazed 6,322 posts
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Registered 11 years agokalel wrote:
Was basically just going to say this. Without wanting to re-start any "what is mainstream" debates again, if you consider PE mainstream at all, it's the good sort. Their whole ethos is anti-mainstream. Where are they playing btw?
PE mainstream?
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ISmoke 1,691 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI was lucky enough to see PE back in October with a live band. Was amazing! -
I've seen them a couple of times. They've got stupid amounts of charisma and Flav is still an amazing showman considering he has literally done all the crack. -
Blaketown 5,658 posts
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Registered 11 years agoI remember in their hey day Flav was pulled over on his motorbike because the crack he was carrying caused a "suspicious bulge" under his leathers.
How much crack do you have to be carrying for it to be visible from a moving motorbike? -
imamazed 6,322 posts
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Registered 11 years agoYEEEEEEEEAH BOOOOOOEYY -
Wacko_AK 212 posts
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Registered 11 years agoTheir whole ethos is anti-mainstream. Where are they playing btw?
I knew I'd be opening a can of worms, to be honest I don't give a f*** about history etc I only care about about the sound. I know their ethos is anti-mainstream but the sound sometimes appears generic (to my ears).
They are playing Glasgow in the middle of next month, not sure if it's a one off or a nationwide tour.
I'm not dissin' PE!
For the record Jay-Z, Eminem etc I consider to be pop. -
PE got close to pop in the late 90s, but their first few albums have a very distinctive and interesting sound to them. -
Mr_Sleep 21,630 posts
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Registered 16 years agokalel wrote:
I seem to recall hearing that their samples were triggered by their producer and so they're not perfectly in time and all the samples are cut off and broken. The music's all the better for it.
PE got close to pop in the late 90s, but their first few albums have a very distinctive and interesting sound to them. -
New Aspects album - Left Hand Path - is out!!! -
kalel wrote:
Little bump in case this got missed...
New Aspects album - Left Hand Path - is out!!!
It's very good. Very much a return to the style of Correct English (especially now Bubba Louie is back) and almost like the disappointing Mystery theatre never happened.
It's a fiver on bandcamp as well, as opposed to £8 on itunes or who knows what on CD, and that also means you can get the lossless version. -
smoothpete 34,628 posts
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Registered 14 years agoNot my cup of tea tbh. Glad it's a return to form though.
Listening to the legendary Lord Finesse. Just so fucking good. -
smoothpete 34,628 posts
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Blaketown 5,658 posts
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Registered 11 years agoCan I just pimp my mate's little charity thing?
http://newroad.bandcamp.com/
It's not strictly hip hop but sort of instrumental jazzy beats and things so cut from the same cloth. All the money goes to MacMillan cancer so even if you don't like it it's going to help someone.
Give it a listen and maybe chuck a few sheckles their way and enrich your life twice for the price of one.
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localnotail 23,072 posts
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Registered 9 years agoMike D, solid gold good guy.
Saw Public Enemy on their last tour of the UK. Small venue, massive show, blew me away. -
Blaketown 5,658 posts
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Registered 11 years agoAZ's new track on some proper Old Skool shit.
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TheBlackDog 1,060 posts
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Registered 5 years agoNice thread - I've read about a third of it, mostly from the beginning but some of the last few pages too. I need some direction on what to search out next.
Thanks to all the mentions of MF Doom, especially the advice to start with MM Food. I had listened to Madvillainy years ago and didn't get it, at all. MM Food is awesome from the first listen and I suspect Madvillainy is one of those albums that can take a while before it hits you hard with how good it is. Listening to it again, and I'm liking it more and more. I'm in the process of getting all the other Doom and his alter-egos stuff but what else ?
Since stumbling across this thread I've got stuff by 2Pac, Dr Dre, Wu Tang, GZA Liquid Swords, etc. While I love listening to these artists for a couple of plays, I'm not sure I can put up with the gangsta stuff for too long. For me, its hilarious and tedious (tragic ?) at the same time. I'm in my 40's now and the swagger isn't my cup of tea (prefer Mark E Smith style pretentious grumpiness if I've got to have any 'attitude').
So, any recommendations after MF Doom - I'm in to all sorts of music but probably prefer something a bit experimental/left-field. For mainstream, I've got the Girltalk mash-up Allday to keep me happy. -
Blaketown 5,658 posts
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Registered 11 years agoFirst place to start with leftfield stuff in my opinion is POS, doesn't really get much better. Can't go wrong with anything he's done, start at last year (We Don't Even Live Here) and go back.
Also Atmosphere are among my favourite bands. Slug's one of the best traditional songwriters in rap music. Tales of every day blue collar hardship. Anything between Sevens Travels and To All My Friends are great.
There really is a very deep and rich vein of great music to be mined in this area though.
Almost anything by El-P, Aesop Rock, Astronautalis, The Coup, Bambu, Blackalicious, Blitz the Ambassador, Brother Ali, Zion I, Busdriver or Cyne is going to be worth listening to and that's without really venturing too far away from the well trodden path.
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TheBlackDog 1,060 posts
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Registered 5 years ago@Blaketown Cheers for all of those recommendations - started by tracking down the first 2 artists you mentioned - pleasantly surprised to see Bon Ivor listed on a track on the POS album. I've heard of a couple of the others - I'll check them all out.
When I said "experimental" I suppose I really meant a bit more left-field, and a bit more interesting musically. As I said I love the production of the mainstream stuff but I prefer to come across that type of music when playing the DJ Hero games.
Going back to Doom, I've been listening to his other stuff this morning and on first impressions, it doesn't have that MM Food quality about it. I find MM Food is quite "danceable" - Hoe Cakes is awesome and the next few tracks continue in the same vein. I suppose my problem is that when you discover a great album, I then hope I can find that the artist has recorded the same album over and over again. What I'm hoping to find is something that has the same musical interestingness ?§!. -
Bit of a good mix. Biggie over Premier.
https://soundcloud.com/djfinessenyc/b-i-g-over-premier#play -
smoothpete 34,628 posts
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Registered 14 years agoThats what I'm fucking talking about. -
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Blaketown 5,658 posts
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Registered 11 years agoQuite a few new tracks I've been enjoying lately:
White Mandingos - The Ghetto Is Tryna Kill Me
Mylo Stone & Percy Filth - Brukfoot feat. Split Prophets, Serocee & DJ Rogue
Dag Savage - Drugs
Strange U - Klaatu Barada Nikto
The Bad Tenants - The Rundown
Oxygen - Gone Diggin'
Quelle Chris - We Eat It
Durag Dynasty - 360 Waves
Ratking - Piece Of Shit
Juice Aleem - MoorKaBa Light Bikes
Prolyphic & Buddy Peace - Drug Dealer
Rheteric Ramirez - Dear Diary
Uptown XO - Evolution
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localnotail 23,072 posts
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Anyone got tickets for j5 in brixton in june?
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