Hip-Hop likeres?

[Tommygunn]

I like a lot of hip hop, but am in the same boat as the OP.

I really like the Quannum group of guys. Blackalicious, Pigeon John, Lyrics Born, etc.

Used to like Black Eyed Peas, before Fergie came along. Like Jurrasic 5, Tribe Called Quest, q-Tip, etc.

Can't stand Lil Wayne or that over the top gangsta ****.

Lil Wayne seems more of pimp rap. I enjoy Tupac a good bit (it's always fun to listen to rappers with vast vocabularies) he is "gansta rap". I can't really get into the "pimp/I'm rich mofo!" kinda rap. I prefer a large vocabulary and good rhymes better than anything really. Thus my preference for Eminem and Tupac.

 

[Tommygunn]

Better audio

 

[tdub0199]

I dig alot of the older stuff from the early 80's through the late 90's but Rap isn't the same today... My band Kludder is primarily alternative metal but we do occassionally write a rap tune, if you are interested check it out @ Link Removed and the name of the song is "Change" I tried to stay old school with it but it is what it is...

 

[stratovani]

I can't stand rap, or hip-hop, or whatever you call it. Every time I hear it its in some small Japanese car riding down my street with huge boombox speakers and the bass set to 10. Seems like they always wait for me to be sitting on the bowl before they drive by and shake the foundations! It ain't music, it's poetry set to noise!

BTW I am a geezer, so that might have something to do with it!

 

[FilterFunk]

Actually, hip-hop is as versatile as any other genre. Remember, a lot of people think all rock music is just a bunch of noise. You're either open to it or you're not.

 

[Tommygunn]

Rap guys think Rock is about Sex, Drugs and Cars. Rock guys think it's about Dealin, shootin cops and bling bling.

Stereotype

 

[bass12]

Some of the most open-minded guys (musically-speaking) out there are hip-hop DJs. They tend not to discriminate because they know that anything - rock, funk, salsa, opera, etc. - can be mined for great sounds and ideas. Afrika Bambaataa used to trip on throwing all kinds of stuff into his DJ sets, from James Brown to The Monkeys. According to one article, his favourite band was BTO (Bachman Turner Overdrive). It's sad that so many people have such a limited notion of what constitutes hip-hop. I'm not saying there's something there for everyone to love, but a clearer understanding of the history of the scene/culture and exposure to some of the more creative examples of the music would surely change some people's minds.

 

[basslover24]

oh snap!! Any fans of A Tribe Called Quest? some of the bass lines on Low End Theory (sick title, right) are nasty! Q-Tip is my fav MC too

 

[rakirksey]

Some of the most open-minded guys (musically-speaking) out there are hip-hop DJs. They tend not to discriminate because they know that anything - rock, funk, salsa, opera, etc. - can be mined for great sounds and ideas. Afrika Bambaataa used to trip on throwing all kinds of stuff into his DJ sets, from James Brown to The Monkeys. According to one article, his favourite band was BTO (Bachman Turner Overdrive). It's sad that so many people have such a limited notion of what constitutes hip-hop. I'm not saying there's something there for everyone to love, but a clearer understanding of the history of the scene/culture and exposure to some of the more creative examples of the music would surely change some people's minds.

+1 ... I saw ?uestlove do a DJ set during Grammy weekend this year and it would be easier to list a genre that he didn't touch in the 2 hours he spun vs. the genres that he did.