Official Hip-Hop/Rap Thread - General

[QUOTE=HSF;33123179]So what do you guys think of Jedi Mind Tricks new album?[/QUOTE] Pretty fuckin good [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uCdtrN_Jh0[/media]

[QUOTE=SilverHammer;33119385]Hip-Hop acts that to my knowledge have never said "nigga": Aesop Rock Afroman Atmosphere B. Dolan Brother Ali Classified Common Cunninlynguists (I think?) Cypress Hill don't say it that much Dan Le Sac VS Scroobius Pip Del the Funky Homosapien Devin the Dude (pretty sure he doesn't say it much) Eminem of course Eyedea Gang Starr don't say it much The Grouch Hail Mary Mallon Living Legends Mac Lethal Murs Non-Prophets Sage Francis Sole Blueprint (I think he's called Musab now) There's plenty more. Just look around a bit. I'm not really a fan of brag-rap either. Unless it's a battle. That's when it makes sense. [editline]4th November 2011[/editline] oh and nerdcore sucks[/QUOTE] common says nigga alot [video=youtube;edzyY5NtAJA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edzyY5NtAJA[/video]

[QUOTE=Deweze;33152433]common says nigga alot [video=youtube;edzyY5NtAJA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edzyY5NtAJA[/video][/QUOTE] I was listening to I Used to Love Her :v: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpipOqP_1C0[/media]

[video=youtube;m5vw4ajnWGA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5vw4ajnWGA[/video] God damn, this guy is amazing.

[QUOTE=DeathFang;33142801]Nah, I'm pretty sure you aren't intelligent if you use a retarded step-child's form of a racial slur, then expect it be taken in a friendly way. It's pretty annoying honestly.[/QUOTE] How about you stop acting all high and mighty toward people who have grown up under circumstances you'll never have to experience, and start being thankful you WON'T have to experience them. Christ kid you sound like you've never even met a black person before. [editline]7th November 2011[/editline] Or have aspergers syndrome, I guess.

Take Care leaked. Literally shitting my pants

the instrumental is fire [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhMQ92_wwXk[/media]

[QUOTE=DeathFang;33116121]Are there any hip-hop/rap albums that don't use the word "nigga" and have intelligent lyrics?[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;aoh1F0z1iGg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoh1F0z1iGg&feature=related[/video] [editline]6th November 2011[/editline] Also Dan le Sac vs scroobius pip is more spoken word than rap. The distinction can get a bit blurry though

I like my nigga Drake music. He's my guy rapper. Lil wayne too.

[QUOTE=God of Ashes;33162176]Take Care leaked. Literally shitting my pants[/QUOTE] OMG OMG OMG

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL1B_r9nC9k[/media] i don't know if the songs new but the video definitely is

[QUOTE=DJK;33167929][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL1B_r9nC9k[/media] i don't know if the songs new but the video definitely is[/QUOTE] man even Gambino is referencing Odd future

[url]http://www.npr.org/2011/11/06/141934309/first-listen-childish-gambino-camp?sc=tw&cc=share[/url] camps online on npr.org of all places

so good [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQSZkZfnDvc[/media] SO GOOD

[QUOTE=TH89;33161674]How about you stop acting all high and mighty toward people who have grown up under circumstances you'll never have to experience, and start being thankful you WON'T have to experience them. Christ kid you sound like you've never even met a black person before. [editline]7th November 2011[/editline] Or have aspergers syndrome, I guess.[/QUOTE] Oh no, I have a different opinion than TH89, I must be acting high and mighty and have Aspergers Syndrome. I'm happy I won't have to experience them, but what does that have to do with the word "nigga" in rap? Being through hardship should build character, not destroy it. Regardless, the ghettos in America are heaven compared to third-world countries and it is pretty conceited to think otherwise. I have met PLENTY of black people. That still has nothing to do with the stupidity of the context of the word. [editline]8th November 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=strayebyrd;33143401]I apologize that racial equality is a long-term and complicated concept that won't be cured in the course of 20 odd years[/QUOTE] If it is a long-term and complicated concept, it is going to take more than changing a word. It needs something more like what Martin Luther King Jr. did.

you want intelligent hiphop? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okFic7rgtgU[/media]

intelligent grime [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj1N9d8P4bg[/media]

Only recently chucked all my old rockist pretentions (aka long after I stopped regularly posting here) and discovered other kinds of music. Currently, the rap/hip-hop I've heard is generally of the late 90's/early 80's vintage - Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, that kind of thing. Good stuff. So, I'm now looking to broaden what I already know/like about this kind of music, and more importantly to get aquainted with more recent stuff, and I suppose this looked like an obvious place to stop by and ask.

[QUOTE=DeathFang;33179256]Oh no, I have a different opinion than TH89, I must be acting high and mighty and have Aspergers Syndrome. I'm happy I won't have to experience them, but what does that have to do with the word "nigga" in rap? Being through hardship should build character, not destroy it. Regardless, the ghettos in America are heaven compared to third-world countries and it is pretty conceited to think otherwise. I have met PLENTY of black people. That still has nothing to do with the stupidity of the context of the word. [editline]8th November 2011[/editline] If it is a long-term and complicated concept, it is going to take more than changing a word. It needs something more like what Martin Luther King Jr. did.[/QUOTE] What is your specific grievance with black people using the word, your argument seems pretty disjointed Arguably reappropriating the word is in fact empowering and perhaps lessens its stigma, who are you to tell people otherwise

[QUOTE=DeathFang;33179256]Oh no, I have a different opinion than TH89, I must be acting high and mighty and have Aspergers Syndrome. I'm happy I won't have to experience them, but what does that have to do with the word "nigga" in rap? Being through hardship should build character, not destroy it. Regardless, the ghettos in America are heaven compared to third-world countries and it is pretty conceited to think otherwise. I have met PLENTY of black people. That still has nothing to do with the stupidity of the context of the word. [editline]8th November 2011[/editline] If it is a long-term and complicated concept, it is going to take more than changing a word. It needs something more like what Martin Luther King Jr. did.[/QUOTE] jeez who even cares? most rappers say nigga, it's part of their vernacular, it clearly doesn't bother them to say it why should it bother you to hear it?

[QUOTE=God of Ashes;33179066]so good [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQSZkZfnDvc[/media] SO GOOD[/QUOTE] I think i'm going to hold out listening to the whole album before release although I know I won't last.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuLhlrGhSX8[/media] This guys spits so sick. :v:

duke westlake has a cypher going on right now [url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1139093?p=33192847#post33192847[/url]

[QUOTE=lil timmy;33188536]Only recently chucked all my old rockist pretentions (aka long after I stopped regularly posting here) and discovered other kinds of music. Currently, the rap/hip-hop I've heard is generally of the late 90's/early 80's vintage - Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, that kind of thing. Good stuff. So, I'm now looking to broaden what I already know/like about this kind of music, and more importantly to get aquainted with more recent stuff, and I suppose this looked like an obvious place to stop by and ask.[/QUOTE] Homeboy Sandman, Big Boi, Outkast, Urthboy, Aesop Rock, P.O.S., Why?, Madvillain, Dessa, Das Racist, El-P [editline]8th November 2011[/editline] Big Boi in particular, his debut is perfect

[video=youtube;OqClfX0bPJ8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqClfX0bPJ8[/video]

[QUOTE=strayebyrd;33168239]man even Gambino is referencing Odd future[/QUOTE] Never got the Yonkers reference until it was told to me. I think the video's different and isn't referencing it.

Heavy D died earlier this morning. [url]http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1674003/heavy-d-dead.jhtml[/url]

[QUOTE=AutomataReturns;33195587]Never got the Yonkers reference until it was told to me. I think the video's different and isn't referencing it.[/QUOTE] I was referring to the 'hanging in the islands, looking for earl like toejam' line

Oh man that sucks, wierd that he was concious then died only an hour later.

[QUOTE=strayebyrd;33196467]I was referring to the 'hanging in the islands, looking for earl like toejam' line[/QUOTE] Isn't that referencing this? [img]http://pwned.com/gamecovers/segagenesis/c41e8ea23460cb92544ae7cddc4a010f-ToeJam___Earl.jpg[/img]