any DU hip hop fans out there?

[mark414]

out of all of us, there's got to be at least one of you who can get down with me. i'm talkin about the real shit too, the originals and the greats, someone who knows the four elements. are there any more than just casual hip hop fans out there? do you know what the breaks are?

i can't be all alone, can i?

[Guy Fawkes]

1. Not original hip hop...

but I love Nerdcore. Mc Hawking, Mc Frontalot, Lords of the Rhymes...

[mark414]

2. sigh...

i guess i am all alone

[RandomKoolzip]

3. I doubt you'll find too many DUers who are into hip hop....

Most are old fogeys who still cream over Bruce Springsteen.

However, I do know a few rabid hip hop fans; my DUer friend Chavezspeaksthetruth is one.

I'm not a fan of mainstream hip hop myself, I like El-P, the Coup, old Public Enemy, Vast Aire, New Kingdom, Vadim...more underground/political shit like that.

Old school hip hop? Like Spoonie Gee? I guess it's better than country and western.....

[mark414]

5. yeah thats what i'm saying!

PE, the Coup, El-P (the whole def jux crew for that matter), those that carry on with the traditions of the genre's forefathers.

i feel better now

as far as old school goes, i'm talking eric b and rakim, the J.U.I.C.E. crew, boogie down productions, the native tongues crew, zulu nation, etc. etc.

[RandomKoolzip]

9. New Kingdom, I think, were unjustly ignored....

Put out a great album in 95, then disappeared.

I'll take Eric B and Rakim over Springsteen any god damn day of the week, too.

[mark414]

10. word

follow the leader STILL sounds fresh

[hiphopnation]

8. It's true there aren't many of us...

but as my handle suggests, I love da shit.

I love all hiphop. Though I do have a problem with some of the role models the modern stuff provides for young inner-city kids, I just cannot deny the sheer brilliance of just about all of the music. There's very little of I don't like and can't get down with for the BEATS at LEAST!!

My short list of favs is too long to post here. But I'm totally diggin on the Twista/Kanye West tip these days. Kudos for starting the thread. They tend to sink like a rock cuz there are so few DUers who have a profound appreciation for the music. But lots are open to it so it's up to us to school them. :thumbsup:

[mark414]

12. kanye is bringin it back

i love what kanye is doing, making people shake their asses but he's puttin some knowledge into it...man's a genius, he's taking back to what hip hop is supposed to be

a movement, a lifestyle, a feeling

more than just music

[hiphopnation]

20. Just kickin it

ol' school style. Not buyin' into the bling shimmer ice flava that's really been dominating hiphop these days. He some how charts new territory without going way way out the way Andre 3000 does. Not that I'm knockin OutKast...I'm as big a fan as any. But Kanye is so fresh and positve while simplistic with an ol' school flava that is so juicy. Like you said, it's all VERY dancable which is a plus.

I've also been re-diggin on Erykah Badu's catalog these days. I'm totally in love with her in a way I never was. There's an artist who brought the knowledge, the musicality, the beats and, IMHO, she did get the props she deserves because she's a woman.

[ilovenicepeople]

4. sorry mark414 I'm not really a hip-hop fan

but I did find Busdriver to be interesting:hi:

[angee_is_mad]

6. Roxannae Shante

UTFO,Big Daddy Kane, Whodini, Grandmaster Flash, Dougie E Fresh and Slick Rick, Beastie Boys, the Real Roxanne, MC Lyte. Shall I go on?

[mark414]

7. nice

good stuff

[angee_is_mad]

11. This Old Broad

still got!!! I grew up on that shi$ You were probably just a twinkle in your daddy's eye. Here are some more-bear with me, cause I am having flashbacks, lol.
EPMD?
Lords of the Underground
Heavie D
Kool Moe Dee
Curtis Blow
YoYO

[mark414]

13. business as usual

is one of my favorites

and yeah you're right about the twinkle in the eye thing...i'm only 19...

i grew up in a small town where everyone loved dave matthews band, but im thankful for that, it forced me as a young kid to actively look outside of that, and find the good stuff

that, and the fact that my older brother bought me a tribe called quest album when i was 6

[angee_is_mad]

29. Bonita Applebum

was the joint when I was in college!!!!

[mark414]

30. XXL just put out a list

of the top summer jams, going back to the early 80's...i didn't get to read the whole thing, but bonita applebaum was their number 1 for '90

and just a couple years later, probably my favorite song of all time, pete rock and cl smooth: T.R.O.Y.

[frylock]

14. hell no..

psych!!

Hobo Junction
Hieros
Living Legends Crew
(hell.. I like most of the Yay Area underground)
MF DOOM
Grimm
Micranots

Def Jux, Stones Throw, Rhymesayers.. I dig all their spitters.

[mark414]

15. MF Doom!

i've always liked him back from his KMD days, but he's all i've been listening to ever since that madvillain album dropped

INSANE

[frylock]

18. viktor vaughn and king geedorah..

they have been battling it out for the supremacy of my cd player for the last couple a months now.

[mark414]

19. new album coming

under his MF DOOM name, titled MM Food, not sure when the release date is...supposed to be this year

do you know dizzee rascal?

[frylock]

24. can't wait for mm food..

don't know much about Dizzee, but you're not the first to recommend him, so it's probably time to check him out.

[mark414]

25. dizzee is an acquired taste

but he's definitely worth it, not like much i've heard before

his second album is on it's way out soon...i got an advance copy, different from the first but just as good

he's got a totally unique delivery and he does all his own production

[nickgutierrez]

16. I haven't heard much

but I'm on a Atmosphere/Aesop Rock kind of thing right now.

[mark414]

17. if you like atmosphere

you should check out the rest of the rhymesayers crew...i like most of them better then atmosphere, specifically brother ali and eyedea

[frylock]

21. micranots - return of the travellahs

another good one from the Rhymesayers label. Of course, what can you say about the Monster Island Czars besides fuggin awesome?!

[mark414]

23. and the entire

special blends and special herbs and spices collection

doom is one of the tightest acts in hip hop, shit in music period

[hiphopnation]

22. I was into that Aesop Rock

but his stuff got a little too...how do I say...thick for me.

I got what he was goin' for but he packs so much into one song. He strikes me as the kind of artist who is much better live than on recording. He might even drop some serious knowledge at a poetry type hiphop thang...

[frylock]

26. the forest fires collective..

check this shit out bro. Very entertaining!

http://www.epitonic.com/files/reg/songs/mp3/The_Forest_Fires_Collective-Go_Find_The_Blaze.mp3
http://www.epitonic.com/artists/theforestfirescollective.html

[mark414]

27. do you have aim?

i gotta show you my friend's brother in law, calls himself iomos marad out of chicago

[frylock]

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