RAP question.
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- znort0
I say pharcyde and jurassic 5! they are always awesome...
if you consider roots manuva as a rapper...he is awesome too...
- wordssssss0
I say pharcyde and jurassic 5! they are always awesome...
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except that J5 Sucks now. Dave Matthews, really?
- znort0
yeah i agree, i guess that dave matthews thing really sucks
- blackspade0
in reply....
"For millions of young people, all around the world, the face of Black America (and increasingly, Blacks almost everywhere urban) is 'gangsta.'
This is seen in clothes, heard in speech, and even observed in how people walk on the streets. What we are witnessing is the power of culture to move across boundaries, and also, the power of America's entertainment empires to push these images to the farthest reaches of the Earth.
In some ways, it also reflects certain realities of urban life at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. It reflects the continuing power of Black culture to set the parameters of coolness, for to be Black in a society constructed upon the illusion of whiteness, is the ultimate degree of Otherness; the polar opposite.
What has spread, from coast to coast, is nihilism, anger, anti-Black violence, and the economic engine of the drug business, which is but a chemical weapon against Black communal life.
Now, the power of media projects the most mindless image possible of such people. They are mindnumbingly materialistic, sexist, and revel in the imagery of violence against their communities. And, as our loving fascination for things expands, our caring about people decreases. Things matter. Bling matters.
Videos project, not our wealth, but our inherent poverty, for it is only poor people who feel the *need* to flash; for the truly wealthy have learned that to flash is the sign of the nouveau riche; those to whom wealth is newly acquired.
Moreover, there is a deadly twist in the lure of gangsta life; it opens the door to prison, or the grave, and feeds the containment industry -- the prison industrial complex -- the institutional descendant of slave plantations, that feeds on Black pain and Black loss.
Meanwhile, the biggest Gangsta on the planet, the U.S. Empire, gobbles nations like bon-bons; invades countries like crossing the street, and treats the Constitution like toilet paper.
Now, *that's* gangsta!
Copyright 2005 Mumia Abu-Jamal * "
- Rae50000
Prefuse 73
Madlib
Quasimoto
El-P
Arsonistcheck it!
- Seff0
doseone is weird enough for me to get onboard
- kyl30
try some hip hop
- nocomply0
RIP RAP
- Point50
Mumia Abu-Jamal should drop an album.
- blackspade0
Mumia Abu-Jamal should drop an album.
Point5
(Oct 11 06, 22:44)listen to his mp3 broadcasts over at prison radio
- andy_qube0
Rae got it!
Prefuse, Madlib, Quasimoto.
Even Blackalicious have sucumb to mainstream!!
- BuddhaHat0
I have also had a return to the hip hop scene, and was prompted by the passing of Jay Dee to go in search of some new material.
Last.fm was very helpful, and I managed to come across some of the same artists as Rae5000. My list is:
Grand Agent
Cannibal Ox (Produced by El-P, real frickin dirty NY MC sounds - check the track ridiculoid, it's a killer)
Jaylib/Madlib/Quasimoto (same guy, except he was jaylib when working with Jay Dee)
Little Brother
Oh No
The Platinum Pied Pipers
- andy_qube0
Yeah!
Oh No sounds rad from the one or two tracks i've heard.
got to get some more from somewhere. might even have to buy it!
- BuddhaHat0
I forgot I still had a cannibal ox track on my mate's webspace, along with a jazz number from Triple P. Most of their stuff is way more hiphop than jazz, I just couldn't help but play this one a few times over...
Cannibal Ox - http://www.users.on.net/~marc/ca… (sends me back to the days of evil dee, black moon, company flow, Soundbombing etc)
Triple P - 50 ways to leave your lover
http://www.users.on.net/~marc/50…
- republik80
Rap is crap, always has been.
- filfury0
US rap is done with.
Start checkin the beats Uk side.
Check out our grime/hiphop scene.
With rappers like Skinnyman, Rodney P, Plan B and Klashnekoff, you'll soon find love for the street beats again.
Check http://www.suspect-packages.com/…
Peace
- set0
Not sure if its been mentioned but The Roots' new album "Game Theory" is pretty good.
But your original post is spot on, its all gone very stupid.
Hip hop was originally about putting aside gang wars and hate and getting together and making music, it didnt matter wether you were a skinny wimp with no money as long as you could make good music.
All these new weirdos dont seem to understand that.
And yes it must be insecurity and peer pressure.
Morons!
- Concrete0
Stumbled across these guys earlier this year. The EP is good.
- kidswift-0
It's all about Imortal Technique
he will prove to you rap is alive and kickin...saw him here in London bout 4ths ago and he was dope, dope!Check out his stand out track obnoxious on revolutionary 2
While we are here check out the following as well
-Braintax on lowlife label
-Capo from Nottingham
-Rodney P and Skitz Countryman album
-Roots Manuva
-Dynamite MC
-Foreign Beggers
-Cage on DefJux
-Jay live
-Jay Lib
-Blackalicious
-The Nextmen
Check these out for a start and come back to me if your still not satisfied
- boguesession0
Imortal Technique is amazing!!
also worth checking out:
-blue scholars
-aesop rock
-roots manuva
-"Duck Season" by DJ Babu (is really really good)and everything everybody else said.