Any Hip-Hop Heads?

Ernie Vedder

Anybody into real Hip-Hop?

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Most african americans are.

dustinpardue

NWA!

pirlo21

Off the top of my head I love - A Tribe Called Quest, Statsasonic, Ultramagnetic MCs, Souls of Mischief, Gang Starr, Slick Rick, EPMD, Eric B & Rakim, De le Soul, Public Enemy, Nas, BDP, Peter Rock & CL Smooth, Kool G Rap & Polo, Digable Planets, Black Sheep, Jungle Brothers...and more...

soulsinging

some. i was listening to raekwon's cuban linx II on the way into work this morning.

Ernie Vedder

soulsinging wrote:

some. i was listening to raekwon's cuban linx II on the way into work this morning.

that is one of the best album to come out this year...i like it alot

Ernie Vedder

pirlo21 wrote:

Off the top of my head I love - A Tribe Called Quest, Statsasonic, Ultramagnetic MCs, Souls of Mischief, Gang Starr, Slick Rick, EPMD, Eric B & Rakim, De le Soul, Public Enemy, Nas, BDP, Peter Rock & CL Smooth, Kool G Rap & Polo, Digable Planets, Black Sheep, Jungle Brothers...and more...

those are some great choices, i like your taste in music.

soulsinging

HM3Hernandez wrote:

soulsinging wrote:

some. i was listening to raekwon's cuban linx II on the way into work this morning.

that is one of the best album to come out this year...i like it alot

yeah, i only got a few songs in, but it starts pretty strong. certainly better than jay-z's album was. it's been a while since i really dug a new hip hop release. gza's pro tools was solid, and i came late to TI's paper trails, but nas, jay-z, kanye, common... all had pretty big busts for their last albums.

Ernie Vedder

soulsinging wrote:

HM3Hernandez wrote:

soulsinging wrote:

some. i was listening to raekwon's cuban linx II on the way into work this morning.

that is one of the best album to come out this year...i like it alot

yeah, i only got a few songs in, but it starts pretty strong. certainly better than jay-z's album was. it's been a while since i really dug a new hip hop release. gza's pro tools was solid, and i came late to TI's paper trails, but nas, jay-z, kanye, common... all had pretty big busts for their last albums.

Nas always come thru with good music ... i heard that Royce da 5'9 has a great new album....haven't checked it out yet, but plan on checkin it out soon.

Thoughts_Arrive

I am listening to some LL Cool J and Run DMC after many years of neglect.
So fresh after all these years.

eeriepadave

I was watching VH1 yesterday and the had the top 100 hip-hop songs of all time (this was in 2008 though). Brought back memories.

100 Biz Markie – “Just A Friend”
99 Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz ft/ Ying Yang Twins – “Get Low”
98 Warren G ft. Nate Dogg – “Regulate”
97 Eve – “Who’s that Girl”
96 DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince – “Parents Just Don’t Understand”
95 L’Trimm – “Cars With The Boom”
94 Master P ft. Sikk, Fiend, Mia-x and Mystical – “Make ‘Em Say Ugh”
93 N.E.R.D. ft. Lee Harvey and Vida – “Lapdance”
92 Yo-Yo – “Can’t Play with my Yo-Yo”
91 Chamillionaire ft. Krayzie Bone – “Ridin’”
90 Pete Rock & CL Smooth – “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y)”
89 Cam’ron – “Oh Boy”
88 Jungle Brothers – “What U Waitin’ 4″
87 Wyclef Jean ft. Refugee All Stars – “We Tryin’ to Stay Alive”
86 Heavy D. and the Boyz – “Now That We Found Love”
85 Black Star – “Definition”
84 UTFO – “Roxanne Roxanne”
83 2 Live Crew – “Me So Horny”
82 Chubb Rock – “Treat ‘Em Right”
81 PM Dawn – “Set Adrift On Memory Bliss”
80 Three 6 Mafia ft. Paula Campbell- “Hard Out Here For A Pimp”
79 DMX – “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem (Stop Drop)”
78 Arrested Development – “Tennessee”
77 Cold Crush Brothers – “Cold Crush Bros. at the Dixie”
76 Big Punisher ft. Joe- “Still Not A Player”
75 Lil’ Kim ft. Lil’ Cease- “Crush on You”
74 EPMD – “You Gots To Chill”
73 Black Sheep – “The Choice Is Yours”
72 J.J. Fad – “Supersonic”
71 Whodini – “Freaks Come Out at Night”
70 3(rd) Bass – “Pop Goes the Weasel”
69 Common – “I Used to Love H.E.R.”
68 T.I. – “What You Know”
67 Mase – “Feel So Good”
66 House Of Pain – “Jump Around”
65 Spoonie Gee and The Treacherous Three – “Love Rap”
64 The Roots – “What they Do”
63 Kid ‘n Play – “Rollin’ With Kid N Play”
62 Digable Planets – “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)”
61 Slick Rick – “Children’s Story”
60 L.L. Cool J – “I Need Love”
59 Ol’ Dirty Bastard – “Shimmy Shimmy Ya”
58 Ludacris ft. Shawna- “What’s Your Fantasy”
57 Big Daddy Kane – “I Get the Job Done”
56 Busta Rhymes – “Woo-Ha! Got You All In Check”
55 Terror Squad ft/ Fat Joe and Remy – “Lean Back”
54 MC Lyte – “Cha Cha Cha”
53 Lox ft. DMX and Lil’ Kim – “Money, Power, Respect”
52 Foxy Brown ft. Jay-Z – “I’ll Be”
51 Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew – “The Show”
50 Lil’ Wayne – “Tha Block Is Hot”
49 Boogie Down Productions – “My Philosophy”
48 Nas – “One Love”
47 Young MC – “Bust A Move”
46 De La Soul – “Me, Myself, And I”
45 Geto Boys – “Mind Playing Tricks On Me”
44 Method Man ft/ Mary J. Blige – “I’ll Be There For You/You’re All I Need to Get By”
43 Game, The ft. 50 Cent – “Hate It or Love It”
42 Roxanne Shante – “Roxanne’s Revenge”
41 Funky 4 + 1 – “That’s the Joint”
40 Run-DMC – “It’s Like That”
39 Tone-Loc – “Wild Thing”
38 Coolio – “Gangsta’s Paradise”
37 Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock – “It Takes Two”
36 Nelly – “Hot In Herre”
35 Queen Latifah ft. Monie Love – “Ladies First”
34 Cypress Hill – “Insane In The Brain”
33 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – “Tha Crossroads”
32 Puff Daddy & The Family ft/ Notorious B.I.G., Lil’ Kim and The Lox – “It’s All About The Benjamins”
31 Kool Moe Dee – “How Ya Like Me Now”
30 Tribe Called Quest – “Check the Rhime”
29 Digital Underground – “The Humpty Dance”
28 Ice Cube – “It Was A Good Day”
27 Beastie Boys – “Hold it Now, Hit it”
26 MC Hammer – “U Can’t Touch This”
25 Fugees – “Killing Me Softly”
24 Eric B and Rakim – “Paid in Full”
23 Outkast – “B.O.B.”
22 Naughty By Nature – “OPP”
21 Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force- “Planet Rock”
20 Kanye West ft/ Jamie Foxx – “Gold Digger”
19 Ice T – “Colors”
18 50 Cent – “In Da Club”
17 Sir Mix-A-Lot – “Baby Got Back”
16 Missy Elliott – “Get Ur Freak On”
15 Eminem – “Stan”
14 Tupac – “I Get Around”
13 Wu-Tang Clan – “C.R.E.A.M.”
12 L.L. Cool J – “I Can’t Live Without My Radio”
11 Jay-Z – “Hard Knock Life”
10 Kurtis Blow – “The Breaks”
09 Salt-N-Pepa – “Push It”
08 Snoop Doggy Dogg – “Gin and Juice”
07 Notorious B.I.G. – “Juicy”
06 N.W.A. – “Straight Outta Compton”
05 Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five – “The Message”
04 Run-DMC ft/ Aerosmith – “Walk This Way”
03 Dr. Dre – “Nuthin But A ‘G’ Thang”
02 Sugarhill Gang – “Rapper’s Delight”
01 Public Enemy – “Fight The Power”

Ledbetterman10

tremors

Used to listen to a lot more hip-hop back in the 90s - L.O.N.S., Cypress Hill, Funkdoobiest, NWA, De la Soul, Run DMC, Public Enemy mainly. I seemed to stop listening to hip-hop around the time the first Wu Tang album came out - that is probably the last hip hop record I can remember getting excited about.

I still go back to those guys, but I am completely out of touch with what is going on in this area these days. I can't see the point of Kanye West at all - he seems completely overrated to me. The most exciting hip-hop stuff I hear these days all seems to be from the current generation of British rappers - actually I seriously rate Roots Manuva, and got into the stuff he did with Chali 2na, who I do rate as well.

Newch91

Can't go wrong with Biggie and Tupac (Happy 40th Birthday Tupac).

capthowdy1027

Pretty much the only current hip hop artist that I care about is Tech N9ne. He's the shit.

marcos

I was into it in the 80's and 90's when I thought it was good, Run DMC, Eric B & Rakim, Beasties, NWA, Tribe, Eminem, Wu-Tang, and The Roots. But the last hip hop record I bought was Jay-Z's Black Album, they just don't seem that good anymore, I could be wrong, but nothing jumps out like these guys did in their day.

Thoughts_Arrive

marcos wrote:

I was into it in the 80's and 90's when I thought it was good, Run DMC, Eric B & Rakim, Beasties, NWA, Tribe, Eminem, Wu-Tang, and The Roots. But the last hip hop record I bought was Jay-Z's Black Album, they just don't seem that good anymore, I could be wrong, but nothing jumps out like these guys did in their day.

True that.
That is like with everything in music now.

briantheguitarist85

Yes!!! I'm into alot of underground Hip Hop.. I still love A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang, Big L, Mos Def,(Black Star) Talib Kweli, The Roots, Bone Thugs, Cypress Hill, KRS-One(Channel Live),Del The Funky Homosapien,Hieroglyphics, Jurassic Five, Dilated Peoples. But Stuff i'm really into everyone should check out on this Forum are Dalek, Doomtree, Mr.Sos(My fav at the moment), P.O.S.(DOES A COVER OF WHY GO BEST FUCKING EVER), Yelawolf, Cunninlynguists, Tonedeff. Also check out all ove the QN5 mix cd's bunch of amazing underground hip hop artist on there. But EVERYONE CHECK THIS OUT!!! Pearl Jam Hip Hop!!!!

http://youtu.be/RQIEuugmarY

musicismylife78

no question hip hop used to be great but its still great. Shabazz Palaces have one of the most acclaimed albums of the year. Lil waynes last album was a classic, one of the best of the decade, and he's coming out with tha carter IV supposedly. I think though hip hop music in general right now is taking cues from one individual only and that kanye. I think his last album was a high point in hiphop, and its one of those albums where you are sad you even listened to it, because it puts to shame 99 percent of the other albums out there. Its like seeing Jordan in 1998, or Tiger Woods pre affairs and scandal, someone who is so on top of and on command of their art. Kanye is just the pinnacle of hip hop right now. My Beautiful Dark Twisted was one of the best hip hop albums in a very long time. He;s innovative, a trendsetter, pushing the artform's boundaries.

Ernie Vedder

musicismylife78 wrote:

no question hip hop used to be great but its still great. Shabazz Palaces have one of the most acclaimed albums of the year. Lil waynes last album was a classic, one of the best of the decade, and he's coming out with tha carter IV supposedly. I think though hip hop music in general right now is taking cues from one individual only and that kanye. I think his last album was a high point in hiphop, and its one of those albums where you are sad you even listened to it, because it puts to shame 99 percent of the other albums out there. Its like seeing Jordan in 1998, or Tiger Woods pre affairs and scandal, someone who is so on top of and on command of their art. Kanye is just the pinnacle of hip hop right now. My Beautiful Dark Twisted was one of the best hip hop albums in a very long time. He;s innovative, a trendsetter, pushing the artform's boundaries.

I disagree, I think kanye is a dope producer, but that doesn't make him a great rapper. Heis not the definition of hip hop and that's what I think confuses people on what hip hop is. The real hip hop is in the underground. Check out psycho realm, immortal technique, crooked I, chino XL etc...

Ernie Vedder

briantheguitarist85 wrote:

Yes!!! I'm into alot of underground Hip Hop.. I still love A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang, Big L, Mos Def,(Black Star) Talib Kweli, The Roots, Bone Thugs, Cypress Hill, KRS-One(Channel Live),Del The Funky Homosapien,Hieroglyphics, Jurassic Five, Dilated Peoples. But Stuff i'm really into everyone should check out on this Forum are Dalek, Doomtree, Mr.Sos(My fav at the moment), P.O.S.(DOES A COVER OF WHY GO BEST FUCKING EVER), Yelawolf, Cunninlynguists, Tonedeff. Also check out all ove the QN5 mix cd's bunch of amazing underground hip hop artist on there. But EVERYONE CHECK THIS OUT!!! Pearl Jam Hip Hop!!!!

http://youtu.be/RQIEuugmarY

That is a great video, I like it :thumbup:

Leezestarr313

briantheguitarist85 wrote:

But EVERYONE CHECK THIS OUT!!! Pearl Jam Hip Hop!!!!

http://youtu.be/RQIEuugmarY

That's a cool dude! Thanks for sharing :thumbup:

dimitrispearljam

not me

Ernie Vedder

dimitrispearljam wrote:

not me

Ernie Vedder

I was thinking someone should make a Pearl Jam Mix with REAL vinyl, and REAL turntables...might be nice to hear...

dimitrispearljam

Ernie Vedder wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

not me

its complitly out of my culture..being even a rock guy isnt easy in Greek music scene here..99 of 100 here listen to Greek tradiotional music and all this bullshit pop stuff played in radio and music channels

Ernie Vedder

dimitrispearljam wrote:

Ernie Vedder wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

not me

its complitly out of my culture..being even a rock guy isnt easy in Greek music scene here..99 of 100 here listen to Greek tradiotional music and all this bullshit pop stuff played in radio and music channels

That's fine...no worries

dpmay

there is so much awesome hip hop out there, and a ton of great newer shit too. check some of this out please if you are at all inclined, there is some powerful stuff here...

blue scholars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_LEM0cCJDk
2005

panacea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FfORH69jLI
2010

shad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-mAMH5S6VA
2010

doom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKum7WWeq0Y
2009

jean grae
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFz6ECvaiqQ
2008

brother ali
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU6og94qDwk
2009

dujeous
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMWMzE5TO-Q
2004

immortal technique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOINSUWOqyo
2008

sacto68

Ah yes I've been hooked on Blue Scholars sense I heard 50K Deep off of Bayani. Chali 2 Na & his former group Jurassic 5, Talib Kwali, Dilated Peoples, KRS-One, & Addict Merchants are some of my favorite artists.

Ernie Vedder

sacto68 wrote:

Ah yes I've been hooked on Blue Scholars sense I heard 50K Deep off of Bayani. Chali 2 Na & his former group Jurassic 5, Talib Kwali, Dilated Peoples, KRS-One, & Addict Merchants are some of my favorite artists.

:thumbup:

restlesssoul

I am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSKdKoEWzfo