Page 1 of 3 [ 35 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2, 3  Next

Amebix
Toucan
Toucan

Joined: 2 Sep 2016
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Posts: 267
Location: US

03 Sep 2016, 9:20 pm

IMO hip hop is in the best place right now that it's been since it was an underground genre trapped in the Bronx... the hustler posturing has fallen by the wayside, the literary component is the most significant it's been since the beginning of the genre, and the emcees and DJs are coming up with the music themselves.
So, what's good?







staremaster
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 2 Dec 2010
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,628
Location: New York

04 Sep 2016, 1:01 pm

I have no idea whats going on in hip hop, I have lost track of it for a couple of years, so I'm eager to see what is posted here.



Drawyer
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 14 May 2015
Gender: Female
Posts: 3,860
Location: Away

04 Sep 2016, 4:18 pm

An Eminem fan here!


_________________
"Embrace the glorious mess that you are."


techstepgenr8tion
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 6 Feb 2005
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Posts: 24,526
Location: 28th Path of Tzaddi

09 Sep 2016, 4:02 pm

I've been known to spell Mob with two b's.

Amebix wrote:
IMO hip hop is in the best place right now that it's been since it was an underground genre trapped in the Bronx...


Not sure I can relate. Most of what I hear these days is pop music first and foremost.


_________________
The loneliest part of life: it's not just that no one is on your cloud, few can even see your cloud.


staremaster
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 2 Dec 2010
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,628
Location: New York

12 Sep 2016, 6:54 pm



ocean
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 6 Jul 2007
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,609

12 Sep 2016, 7:54 pm





these are two songs i like


_________________
so whether if its violence or a question of peace


ocean
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 6 Jul 2007
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,609

13 Sep 2016, 7:03 am





^^ bit of how the beat was made


_________________
so whether if its violence or a question of peace


ocean
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 6 Jul 2007
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,609

14 Sep 2016, 8:22 pm

ill be the only one posting here



^^ 90% of the songs i like were made for people who are not one bit like me...and i dont always like all the lyrics in a song i post...i usually dont say anything cuz if you knew me you'd know i dont think like that and sometimes the mc himself doesnt either...just HAD to make that clear...and most people who check this thread will like hip hop anyway...these german songs wont worry anyone...drink summin or make fun of them for some reason...i think the beat is amazing and they all have good verses which most wont understand...its just a song i like


_________________
so whether if its violence or a question of peace


staremaster
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 2 Dec 2010
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,628
Location: New York

15 Sep 2016, 11:41 pm



CyclopsSummers
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 21 Jun 2008
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,172
Location: The Netherlands

17 Sep 2016, 4:04 am

A couple of weeks ago, Majestic Casual uploaded a mix to their Youtube channel called 'Beach Stories', and it featured the below 4 tracks among many others. Hope you guys will like them.

'The Circle', by Ivan Ave


'The Way You Talk About Me', by Sunni


'All Mine', by Maddius


'Summer', by Innanet James


_________________
clarity of thought before rashness of action


ocean
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 6 Jul 2007
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,609

17 Sep 2016, 6:26 am



the songs about 4 minutes long

d(^_^)b


_________________
so whether if its violence or a question of peace


CyclopsSummers
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 21 Jun 2008
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,172
Location: The Netherlands

17 Sep 2016, 1:40 pm

^Nice. I also liked when Jay-Z sampled the same song in his 'Young Forever'.


_________________
clarity of thought before rashness of action


Tobes
Sea Gull
Sea Gull

Joined: 6 Sep 2016
Gender: Male
Posts: 230
Location: Australia

20 Sep 2016, 7:27 pm

ocean wrote:
^^ 90% of the songs i like were made for people who are not one bit like me...and i dont always like all the lyrics in a song i post...i usually dont say anything cuz if you knew me you'd know i dont think like that and sometimes the mc himself doesnt either...just HAD to make that clear...and most people who check this thread will like hip hop anyway...these german songs wont worry anyone...drink summin or make fun of them for some reason...i think the beat is amazing and they all have good verses which most wont understand...its just a song i like


Yeah, same here. I've been a fan of hip hop from way back but don't dress like Eminem or in typical hip hop style.

I also agree about the lyrics. Rap can get pretty gritty sometimes but it's the general message/beat, like you said. Just a way of feeling a bit more positive and grooving to a good melody.

Anyone a fan of Canibus (the rapper)? He released a fantastic track recently called Poet Lauriette Infinity, which is about 1000 bars of straight rapping over the same beat. Check out the official YouTube video to find out more. Also a fan of his earlier songs 100 Bars, Patriot, Nigganometry, etc. Also a fan of Mobb Deep as mentioned earlier, Kris Kross, all the regular big names but I also don't really keep up with it like I did way back when.



ocean
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 6 Jul 2007
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,609

22 Sep 2016, 4:39 am

CyclopsSummers wrote:
^Nice. I also liked when Jay-Z sampled the same song in his 'Young Forever'.


thanks for the link!...the songs dope...ive never heard it before...thanks again

Tobes wrote:
ocean wrote:
^^ 90% of the songs i like were made for people who are not one bit like me...and i dont always like all the lyrics in a song i post...i usually dont say anything cuz if you knew me you'd know i dont think like that and sometimes the mc himself doesnt either...just HAD to make that clear...and most people who check this thread will like hip hop anyway...these german songs wont worry anyone...drink summin or make fun of them for some reason...i think the beat is amazing and they all have good verses which most wont understand...its just a song i like


Yeah, same here. I've been a fan of hip hop from way back but don't dress like Eminem or in typical hip hop style.

I also agree about the lyrics. Rap can get pretty gritty sometimes but it's the general message/beat, like you said. Just a way of feeling a bit more positive and grooving to a good melody.

Anyone a fan of Canibus (the rapper)? He released a fantastic track recently called Poet Lauriette Infinity, which is about 1000 bars of straight rapping over the same beat. Check out the official YouTube video to find out more. Also a fan of his earlier songs 100 Bars, Patriot, Nigganometry, etc. Also a fan of Mobb Deep as mentioned earlier, Kris Kross, all the regular big names but I also don't really keep up with it like I did way back when.


yes, exactly...you're right...i like Canibus...he's just so complex...im a big jedi mind tricks fan and stoupe the producer of jedi mind tricks produced a whole album with him...DZK a rapper who's well known on the internet did a song with him that i liked...yeah, that 1000 bars is crazy...remember when he joined the army?...he did an amazing verse infront of a tank...not sure if i can find it...the last i heard from him was a battle with him and dizaster...i think you can find it if you type in Canibus vs Dizaster on youtube...a very gifted mc


_________________
so whether if its violence or a question of peace


Tobes
Sea Gull
Sea Gull

Joined: 6 Sep 2016
Gender: Male
Posts: 230
Location: Australia

22 Sep 2016, 8:54 pm

ocean wrote:
yes, exactly...you're right...i like Canibus...he's just so complex...im a big jedi mind tricks fan and stoupe the producer of jedi mind tricks produced a whole album with him...DZK a rapper who's well known on the internet did a song with him that i liked...yeah, that 1000 bars is crazy...remember when he joined the army?...he did an amazing verse infront of a tank...not sure if i can find it...the last i heard from him was a battle with him and dizaster...i think you can find it if you type in Canibus vs Dizaster on youtube...a very gifted mc


Great, I'll have to check out some of those artists. That was a great track you posted. :)

I haven't read much into the Canibus vs Dizaster battle except that Canibus apparently pre-wrote 500 pages of lyrics to use in the battle and stumbled trying to remember them. So in a way he wasn't technically freestyling. He may not be the best freestyler out there but he's one of the best rappers out there in terms of wordplay.

I read recently that he joined the army but don't know much about his time there. Back in the day, maybe a decade ago or thereabouts, he wrote that he might want to venture into marine biology.



ocean
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 6 Jul 2007
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,609

28 Sep 2016, 12:46 am

Tobes wrote:
he's one of the best rappers out there in terms of wordplay.


very true!

Tobes wrote:
marine biology.


id never have imagined something like that...and you were right about the battle...glad you liked the song


_________________
so whether if its violence or a question of peace