Undoing the damage MTV has done: The Hip-hop thread

[Freaky Fender]

Alright, after the thread I read this morning, I feel we should make a hip hop thread, as I havn't seen one lately, and we need to trade the music we all like. So, with out furthur interruption, check these guys out!

Sage Francis
Joey Beats
Non-Prophets (a collaberation with the last two guys)
Blackalicious
Lifesavas
Saul Williams
The Roots
Jurrasic 5
Sol-ill-iquists of sound

That's my measly collection of hip-hop so far. Go check out ALL those guys. It will be worth your time.

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Some of the stuff from my collection (I also have a few from Freaky's list)
A Tribe Called Quest
Common
Digable Planets
Beastie Boys
DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (they had some really good stuff)
Outkast
Gift of Gab (from Blackalicious)
Mos Def
Dilated Peoples
Talib Kweli
Del the Funky Homosapien

[thebassclef]

Arrested Development
Run DMC
Cypress Hill

That's about all the Hip-Hop I listen to.

[AuG]

Originally Posted by Freaky Fender

Alright, after the thread I read this morning, I feel we should make a hip hop thread, as I havn't seen one lately, and we need to trade the music we all like. So, with out furthur interruption, check these guys out!

Sage Francis
Joey Beats
Non-Prophets (a collaberation with the last two guys)
Blackalicious
Lifesavas
Saul Williams
The Roots
Jurrasic 5
Sol-ill-iquists of sound

That's my measly collection of hip-hop so far. Go check out ALL those guys. It will be worth your time.

I be the analog arsonist, aiming at ya arteries...

Good stuff.

[hungrych]

MF Doom! Especially Dangerdoom if you watch adult swim.

[steve21]

Originally Posted by Bryan R. Tyler

Talib Kweli

He's my favorite. Talented dude.

[Tbirdbassist]

The Roots
K-Os
Aesop Rock
Slick Rick
Dalek (live show is super intense)
Snoop Dogg (Doggy Style days)
Run DMC
Notorius BIG
Wu Tang Clan


All I can think of now that I listen to/like. More will come to mind later.

[ChiliPepper]

The Roots
Common
Outkast
etc .

[NJL]

Cosmic Dapp Theory with Rich Brown on bass..

Not really hip hop per se, but the raps are soooooo friggin' groovin'...

Find the cut of a tune called Trickle Down... i'm sure Nat would crap himself after that one...

[Freaky Fender]

Originally Posted by steve21

He's my favorite. Talented dude.

I went to Boston to check him out with the roots, but as luck would have it, it was sold out, and even if it wasn't, it was 18+.

[ElMon]

Jay-Z's unplugged album, featuring the Roots band, it probably one of my favorite examples of live hip-hop.

[Don W]

Originally Posted by Bryan R. Tyler

Del the Funky Homosapien

Big +1 to Del.

Also Heiroglyphics - Third Eye Vision.

[Jason Carota]

All the above groups/artists are great. To the list I will add Quite Sane. I haven't heard much of them since their debut CD, "A Child of Troubled Times." Quite a talented group, however. Especially Anthony Tidd (bassist, producer, and composer.)

[JAUQO III-X]

Hey FF,did you get the PM's I sent you ?

[BassGod]

Man, except for Public Enemy (and some Outkast), I still don't get rap. I'll try to check some of these out, hopefully I'll be swayed.

Also, I'm sure if a group of white guys named their band Whitealicious, they'd be reamed for it.

Finally, can somebody list a few rap/hip-hop artists who write lyrics that don't suck? Or just some examples of really good rap lyrics? A lot of the stuff I've heard has been about the same topics (and we all know what these are), so I'm interested in seeing some more "meaningful" (for lack of a better word) lyrics.

Thanks,
Graeme

[SnakeAnthony]

Well. The real hip hop that I dig spans between the Indie-Alternitive Rap and Hip Hop around now, and then all the rap back in the 80's and eairly 90's. A few exceptions to that, but those are the 2 major catigories. A quick list of some favorites:

Danger Mouse
MF Doom
DANGERDOOM
Cee-Lo
Outkast
Deltron 3030
The Roots
Mos Def
Beastie Boys
The Roots
N.W.A.
Public Enemy
Run DMC

[ElMon]

Anything by Dead Presidents will seem "meaningful" to sound the least, if not down right radical. Common, Mos Def, Talib Kwale and Tupac Shakur all spring to mind as far as their lyrics being "meaningful". Keep in mind though that every MC will at times lapse into rapping about b$#tches and ho's and what have you, which shouldn't seem offensive if you keep in mind that the majority of those artists are simply rapping about living in those kind of environments.

IMO, holding a mirror up to society to expose its seedier elements isn't necessarily the same thing as an endorsement of that kind of behavior. Then again, there's Too Short.............great basslines by the way!!!!! Especially his album "Gettin It"

[BassGod]

Originally Posted by ElMon

Anything by Dead Presidents will seem "meaningful" to sound the least, if not down right radical. Common, Mos Def, Talib Kwale and Tupac Shakur all spring to mind as far as their lyrics being "meaningful". Keep in mind though that every MC will at times lapse into rapping about b$#tches and ho's and what have you, which shouldn't seem offensive if you keep in mind that the majority of those artists are simply rapping about living in those kind of environments.

IMO, holding a mirror up to society to expose its seedier elements isn't necessarily the same thing as an endorsement of that kind of behavior. Then again, there's Too Short.............great basslines by the way!!!!! Especially his album "Gettin It"

For what it's worth, the ***tches and hoes lyrics don't offend me in the least. I listen to many different kinds of music, and the lyrics aren't always laughter and lemon drops (death metal anyone?), nor do I wish they were. I'm all for exposing the crappy parts of society, it's the only way anything will be done to fix it. It's just that it gets boring listening to the same topics over and over again. And I daresay that hearing "errybody in the club gettin' tipsy" repeated for three straight minutes doesn't make me any more aware of society's ills.

I'll check out the Dead Presidents.

Graeme

[Alan Vorse]

My faves:

Pharcyde
Roots
Tribe Called Quest
Public Enemy
De La Soul
Mos Def
Common

There is a great hip hop act from Minneapolis called Heiruspecs. Live trio backing up the MC's. Bassist Twinkie Jiggles is badass!
http://www.myspace.com/heiruspecs

[MagicianMan]

Common is really good, check out the cello part on Intro (Be).