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[hammy1983]

the beatnuts are sick too.  I love rage against the machine, who I would say is rock but differently some rap influence

[c-mOney]

Geto Boys and 2 Live Crew

[Jbird33]

No love for DMX?  Beasties from Check Your Head era is actually my favorite though.  PE, LLCool J, Dougie Fresh, and Run DMC to go old school, and I enjoyed rap as a whole when there was more humor injected into it.  Might be telling on myself age-wise, but I am old enough to remember first hearing rap in general on bootleg cassettes at school but still young enough to enjoy it every now and then.

[compton1977]

@JBird33 - we must be a similar age then as that is the exact same as i feel, i remember having bootleg Craig G mixtapes back at school that we bought from a record shop above some musty old clothes shop on Oxford St, you only ventured up there if you were brave. We were up there one day and the DJ knew me and my mate knew our stuff and pulled out a DJ only copy of some album which he said was going to be bring in a new era of hip hop, the sleeve was white with a picture of a baby sitting looking up at the camera, anyway he put the stylus on the first track and we just stood there for the entire album, thinking oh sh*t!  It helped that he had an awesome soundsystem up there too but we were routing through our pockets anyway trying to buy the copy off of him but there was no way he was giving it up. Ready To Die, an unbelievable album. It's poignant really that so many of the lyrics on that album were incredibly negative about his life, being a loser, feeling suicidal but the overiding image of him is the character that Puffy created with all the cars & mansions crap.

Also, Check ya Head, what an awesome album, sometimes i listen back just for the interludes, hmmm that does taste good with the chicken.

[Jbird33]

compton1977, on 31 October 2012 - 10:36 AM, said:

@JBird33 - we must be a similar age then as that is the exact same as i feel, i remember having bootleg Craig G mixtapes back at school that we bought from a record shop above some musty old clothes shop on Oxford St, you only ventured up there if you were brave. We were up there one day and the DJ knew me and my mate knew our stuff and pulled out a DJ only copy of some album which he said was going to be bring in a new era of hip hop, the sleeve was white with a picture of a baby sitting looking up at the camera, anyway he put the stylus on the first track and we just stood there for the entire album, thinking oh sh*t!  It helped that he had an awesome soundsystem up there too but we were routing through our pockets anyway trying to buy the copy off of him but there was no way he was giving it up. Ready To Die, an unbelievable album. It's poignant really that so many of the lyrics on that album were incredibly negative about his life, being a loser, feeling suicidal but the overiding image of him is the character that Puffy created with all the cars & mansions crap.

Also, Check ya Head, what an awesome album, sometimes i listen back just for the interludes, hmmm that does taste good with the chicken.

Nice post, compton.  Stuff always did sound better on a good system.  I wonder how much rap was worth to purveyors of better stereo equipment?  You can by subs as an option in many cars now, no way in the late 80's early 90's.  

-Interlude to "Professor Booty" always cracks me up.

[fore_life]

hammy1983, on 31 October 2012 - 07:26 AM, said:

the beatnuts are sick too.  I love rage against the machine, who I would say is rock but differently some rap influence

Check out Zach De La Roches first band, 90's hardcore called Inside Out



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[compton1977]

Just thinking back at some more poignant things about Biggie's first album, the sample on the opening track came from Dre on The Chronic on Death Row "things done changed up inside, remember they used to thump but now they blast right" then that was the exact thing that killed Biggie, completely full circle. Ok, i'll hang my Karl Kani jacket back up again now...

[wolffer25]

Well said Compton. It is eerie how much BIG and Pac foreshadowed their future. I truly miss them, I remember waiting in line at midnight to buy "Ready to Die". I was one of the few that liked Biggie, Nas, Jay, AND 2Pac. It was really divided, much like NWA fans when Cube left. Speaking of that, I still have Cubes original "Kill at Will" record, I'll be searching for a needle for my record player now.

[compton1977]

How about when Death Row used to write in their covers the upcoming projects, I forget which album it was, maybe Doggystyle, that had Helta Skelta the Dre & Ice Cube joint album listed, shame it didn't happen as at that time it would've been incredible, case in point Natural Born Killas, awesome track.

[wolffer25]

Speaking of Helta Skelta, the D.O.C. was fantastic. Until the car accident injured his vocal chords. "No One Can Do it Better" was one of the best rap albums of the early 90's. Everything off that album was dope. "Lend me a Ear" and "It's Funky Enough" were my favorite. Dr. Dre is amazing, even Ice Cube started to sound like "The Chronic" on his "Lethal Injection" album. I wore out 2 "The Chronic" cassettes. Used to drive around in my Buick Grand National, listening to it on my Alpine. If you didn't have an Alpine, you weren't s**t!! LOL, damn I miss that car.

[iH83Putting]

Wolfer, No One can do it better came out in 89 if I recall correctly, and you are correct, it was one of the best rap albums.  I'm running a classic rap playlist in my car right now and I've got a few D.O.C tracks on there!  As well as:

Mobb Deep
Biggie
EPMD
Ice-T
Twin Hype
Del the Funky Homosapien
slick Rick
Nice & Smooth
Special Ed
Eric B. & Rakim
Run DMC
De La Soul
A.T.C.Q.
Leaders of The New School
Poor Righteous Teachers
The Artifacts
Lost Boyz
Breeze
Digable Planets
Public Enemy
KRS-One
B.D.P.
King Tee
Wu Tang
Ice Cube
Dre
Snoop

The list goes on and on......


For what it's worth, I miss YO! MTV Raps!

Edited by iH83Putting, 01 November 2012 - 06:58 AM.

[TheMackDaddy]

I strongly recommend checking out macklemore he is a settle based rapper and has a completely different style than anyone out there. He is more of a story teller, and most of his songs are incredible.

[TheMackDaddy]

I'm a fan of old school rap more so than the new stuff but tree is still alt of talent present in the hip hop scene today.

[PedronNiall]

TheMackDaddy, on 01 November 2012 - 04:12 PM, said:

I strongly recommend checking out macklemore he is a settle based rapper and has a completely different style than anyone out there. He is more of a story teller, and most of his songs are incredible.

Heard his "hit single" on Shade 45 and I have to say that I wasn't too impressed. He has ability but had neither lyrical depth nor presence to take him to the next level. I'll have to check more of his stuff perhaps, but what I heard was pretty weak.

[onafriday]

Backspin on XM - they play like, 90% of what's listed on this thread.

Edited by onafriday, 01 November 2012 - 10:57 PM.

[hammy1983]

straight outta............ cleveland - Bone Thugs

[Boogaloo_Jones]

onafriday, on 01 November 2012 - 10:57 PM, said:

Backspin on XM - they play like, 90% of what's listed on this thread.

+1

I like Shade 45 too, Rude Jude show is hilarious as well as DJ Whookid and the Terminators....those dudes are crazy.

[TheMackDaddy]

PedronNiall, on 01 November 2012 - 10:36 PM, said:

TheMackDaddy, on 01 November 2012 - 04:12 PM, said:

I strongly recommend checking out macklemore he is a settle based rapper and has a completely different style than anyone out there. He is more of a story teller, and most of his songs are incredible.

Heard his "hit single" on Shade 45 and I have to say that I wasn't too impressed. He has ability but had neither lyrical depth nor presence to take him to the next level. I'll have to check more of his stuff perhaps, but what I heard was pretty weak.

Ignore the coat but this is one of the best freestyles on BET's 106 & Park.


Is this deep enough?

[fore_life]

Not a fan.

Thread needs more Jeru, LMNO, and LPSD

[PedronNiall]

TheMackDaddy, on 02 November 2012 - 05:30 PM, said:

PedronNiall, on 01 November 2012 - 10:36 PM, said:

TheMackDaddy, on 01 November 2012 - 04:12 PM, said:

I strongly recommend checking out macklemore he is a settle based rapper and has a completely different style than anyone out there. He is more of a story teller, and most of his songs are incredible.

Heard his "hit single" on Shade 45 and I have to say that I wasn't too impressed. He has ability but had neither lyrical depth nor presence to take him to the next level. I'll have to check more of his stuff perhaps, but what I heard was pretty weak.

Ignore the coat but this is one of the best freestyles on BET's 106 & Park.


Is this deep enough?

Completely seriously, I'd listen to this over your man little Mac there all day long:

 

Mack was boring. I can't hate him for doing it his own way but I'd rather listen to some played out bling rap than him.

[HackerVance]

Since you asked, I assume you want a truthful answer.
I hate it with an undying passion.  I would rather be
waterboarded.

[TheMackDaddy]

PedronNiall, on 02 November 2012 - 08:12 PM, said:

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TheMackDaddy, on 02 November 2012 - 05:30 PM, said:

PedronNiall, on 01 November 2012 - 10:36 PM, said:

TheMackDaddy, on 01 November 2012 - 04:12 PM, said:

I strongly recommend checking out macklemore he is a settle based rapper and has a completely different style than anyone out there. He is more of a story teller, and most of his songs are incredible.

Heard his "hit single" on Shade 45 and I have to say that I wasn't too impressed. He has ability but had neither lyrical depth nor presence to take him to the next level. I'll have to check more of his stuff perhaps, but what I heard was pretty weak.

Ignore the coat but this is one of the best freestyles on BET's 106 & Park.


Is this deep enough?

Completely seriously, I'd listen to this over your man little Mac there all day long:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zAxm5qZmRe8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p><p> </p><p>Mack was boring. I can't hate him for doing it his own way but I'd rather listen to some played out bling rap than him.</p>

Completely seriously, I'd listen to this over your man little Mac there all day long:

Well that just proves how pathetic you taste in music is I guess.

Edited by TheMackDaddy, 02 November 2012 - 10:23 PM.

[iH83Putting]

Alright, I'll chime in on some newer rappers that are worth a shite.  Check out Joell Ortiz. Depth of lyric.......Check, Flow..........Check.

[PedronNiall]

TheMackDaddy, on 02 November 2012 - 10:22 PM, said:

Well that just proves how pathetic you taste in music is I guess.

Go to sleep:

[compton1977]

ok, to get this back on track, let's have a competition, you have to create your own supergroup, it has to consist of 4 rappers, each has to be from a different generation, ie, 80's, 90's, 00's and 10's (is that the correct abbreviation??) don't just name the greatest of that era ie, LL, Big, Em and 50 (not my opinion that those are the greatest, just an example) take into consideration you need a hookman maybe someone for ad-libs, extra points (my view) for a producer thrown in there but they have to also be an MC. Prize is a half drunk bottle of Cristal and a split Phillie Blunt.

[fore_life]

80's: Rakim
90'S- Guru from Gangstarr
00's- LMNO from Visionaires
10's- Why?


Beats produced by premier and I'm set.

[BigDave11]

I don't like most rap. Of the old stuff i like the geto boys and Dre. New guys i like are xv and Kendrick Lamar. Also check out artofficial. They blend hip hop/rap with jazz.

[Thug Hunter]

Best ever......Even Tiger liked it!

[Thug Hunter]

Or this

[wolffer25]

80's- Eazy E
90's- Biggie
200's-Em
Hype Man- Danny Boy of House of Pain

You guys got to realize that some of us are nostalgic about Run DMC, Nas, Jay, NWA, Wu, Biggie, and Pac, etc. We lived it, doesn't me it's better than today's rap, but it certainly set the bar, undeniably. It is much like golf, we all get misty eyed remembering what it used to be. Doesn't mean Slaughterhouse or Kayne, or insert any other recent MC, doesn't slay the Mic. For the record, I've checked out all the MC you guys have mentioned and I'm pleasantly suprised. I for one, partied freakin' hard to some West/East Coast rap...2Pac and Biggie hold a special place in my heart. Call it what you will, but the defining moments of my life coincide with that era of hip hop, as many of many of yours do as well.  I'm just saying, I won't knock anyone's preference in the game. I appreciate the range of appreciation of hip hop, it's been a rare throwback for me. I can tell you to the year/day where I was when I heard "36 Chambers" or "Louder than a Bomb", all this talk brings me back. Godd**m I miss BIG and 2Pac. Keep it fun guys, for us old timers.