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can't say i've been following much def jux in the past few years, but i will say that el-p's production a while ago was rock solid. his sci-fi beats on cannibal ox's debut was fucking gold. i loved it. aesop rock is a better rapper than he his a producer. his beats are pretty weak.
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Where's the love for Lupe Fiasco in this thread? I thought he'd have been the obvious choice...
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I'm going to assume you're new to rap Faust, hence why you started this thread. If this is true, you need to build yourself up. The easiest way to do this is to start around '93 and flavour yourself until about '97. Those are the most accessible years of rap to date, and if you learn to love those (which isn't hard) then you'll learn to love everything that came before AND after those years (including lots of current rap music as well).
Start with the fucking classics:
Nas - Illmatic
Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers
OC - Word...Life
Outkast - Atliens (and arguably southernplayalisticadillacmuzik)
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Goodie Mob - Soul Food
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II Tha Pharcyde
Souls of Mischief - '93 'Til Infinity
I could go on... but I'd need my rap directory on my PC at home to do that [or my almost exclusively classic rap CD collection of about 120 discs]
Check out some of these swait singles while you're at it:
If you have any ability to enjoy true rap music though, you should at least enjoy all those albums I've listed.
ps where's Mike Lowrey? he ran the rap thread on sufu for ages.—
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For classics, EPMD's "You Gots to Chill" and Rakim and Eric B were both pretty approachable.Hobo: We all dress up. We all put on our armour before we walk out the door, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re trying to be someone else.Comment
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i'd disagree, as somebody who got into rap later in life (like dabbled in grades 5-7 but didn't get into it until university) those artists took a good grounding to appreciateOriginally posted by theetruscan View Post
but if you want to try them out, check out Eric B & Rakim's "Follow the Leader" a bonafide classic album, just might sound like trash to the uninitiatedFor purchasing information please email campbell@darklandsberlin.comComment
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I think Illmatic is probably the best single album to recommend to someone trying to approach hip-hop. It has elements of everything that's defined the genre. No filler.Comment
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"Man is certainly crazy. He could not make a mite, and he makes gods by the dozen."Comment
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Gonna see nas, mos def and de la soul next month. I can't wait.Suede is too Gucci.Comment
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i always tell people hip hop was my first love.
and as far as "syntax" (is that the right word for this sentence?) goes, Nas' verse on "Verbal Intercourse" is one of the most brilliantly strung together verses of words ever written.Comment
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I'm partial to Mos Def myself. I doesn't get much better than "Hip Hop".Originally posted by Fade to Black View PostSuede is too Gucci.Comment
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...which reminds me:
The Roots f/ Common - Act Too (Love of my Life)
beautiful.Comment
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a small selection of essential non-backpack rap mostly from the 90s that's off the pitchfork radar:
west coast
dre-dog/andre nickatina
totally insane
rbl posse
cellski
e-40
mac dre
young d boys
too $hort
seagram
young dre-d
brotha lynch hung
x-raided (first album)
2pac (obviously)
south
geto boys/scarface
hot boys
b.g.
early master p/tru
eightball & mjg
dj screw/botany boyz etc.
gucci mane
midwest
cca (concord affiliated)
east coast
kool g rap & dj polo
showbiz and ag
xclan
notorious big (mixtape stuff especially)
mop
mobb deep (the infamous)Last edited by AKA*NYC; 10-07-2008, 05:23 PM.LOVE THE SHIRST... HOW much?Comment
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