are you into the more commercial stuff or more underground stuff?
Company Flow-Funcrusher Plus
El-P-Fantastic damage, I'll Sleeo when you're dead
Mos Def-Black on Both Sides
Black Star-Self titled
Talib Kweli-Reflection enternal
Aesop Rock-Float, Labor Days, Bazooka Tooth
Atmosphere-Overcast, God Loves ugly, Seven's travels, you cant imagine how much fun we're having
Saul Williams-Amethyst Rock star
Dialated Peoples-Expansion team, The platform
Zion I-mind over matter, Deep Water Slang, True and Livin
The Roots-Organix, Do you want more, Illadelph halflife, Things fall apart
All of these are underground non commercial rap records. If your into bling bling and diamonds and rims and women being degraded you will not like this music
If you are more politically minded- Dead Prez's Lets Get Free is a real eye opener, these guys are almost like Black panthers with microphones. Heavy intense stuff
The Coup-kill my landlord, genocide and juice, Steal this album, party music, Pick a bigger weapon. All of these are political marxist rants. Hip hop is the root music but they incorporate funk, and r and b.
Spearhead-any of the records of these guys you can get your hands on is reccomended. They also incorporate r and b and funk and rock and punk, but at root they are a hip hop group
classic old school rap worth checking out:
De La Soul-3 feet high and rising, de la soul is dead, buhlone mindstate, Stakes is high
A Tribe Called Quest-People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, low end theory, midnight mauraders/
Although if you listen to these groups the music may sound dated and old, but its the basis of modern day hip hop music, and alot better than most of the current stuff going on
NWA-Niggaz4life
NWA-Staight Outta Compton
Outkast-Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
2Pac-All Eyez on Me
Public Enemy-Fear Of A Black Planet
IceT-Original Gangster
Ice Cube-The Predator
Snoop Dogg-Doggystyle
Dr Dre-The Chronic
Wu Tang Clan-Enter The Wu Tang(36 Chambers)
Method Man-Tical
All these albums I've listed are the fucking shit.
It's not so much a 'rap' album, but more of a hip-hop/rock/pop/reggae/folk/soul album. K-OS does it all.
"I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."
Nas - Illmatic
Unltramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown
Stetsasonic - In Full Gear
Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II...
Run DMC - Raising Hell
Hijack - Horns Of Jericho
EPMD - Strictly Business
Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures Of...
Cymru Am Byth
PJ albums, at the moment!! -
1,Vs 2,Vitalogy 3,No Code 4,Yield 5,Ten 6,Backspacer, 7Pearl Jam 8,Binaural 9,Riot Act.
Run DMC's Raising Hell is already on here, and also their first album should be checked out. King of Rock (their second) is decent, but the first one kicks ass. The song Rock Box is still one of my favorite rap songs ever.
"great" and "rap" don't belong in the same sentence.
Shallow answer. Many of those listed ARE great. Kweli, Mos Def, the Roots, Common, Jean Grae. These people are poets, plain and simple. Lyrically diverse, socially conscience and relevant, open your mind. Normally, I respect PJ fans' taste in music. You may want to do the same. Could enlighten yourself.
Ott
'Give me some music; music, moody food/ of us that trade in love'
-Shakespeare
"great" and "rap" don't belong in the same sentence.
why? just why? don't even post here. no one is making you. open your eyes and ears and learn that shallow generalisations like that make you sound like an ignorant moron.
anyway, my suggestions are:
Nas - Illmatic, It was written...
Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan
Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary 1 and 2
Raekwon - Only built for cuban links
Tupac Shakur - Greatest hits (was never an album artist but he had some stunning songs)
"I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
The Roots - Phrenology (the production on that album is incredible)
Tupac - All Eyez on Me
Outkast - Aquemini (by far their best work to me)
The Roots - Do You Want More? (Game Theory is decent)
Wu Tang - Enter the 36 Chambers
Jurrasic 5 - Power in Numbers
I only really listen to the more mainstream stuff, and trend towards hip hop, but these are the classics that you may enjoy.
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ha ha - I don't think I'm quite hard core enough for that one!
Seriously - any Roots album, Jurassic 5, Mos Def or Outkast are all great artists. Of course, I've been known to throw on some Dre or Snoop from time to time as well.
And Cypress Hill! Damn I miss those guys making stonerific music...
I forgot about Cypress Hill.
Black Sunday and Temples Of Boom are good albums.
I recommend starting off with Tupac-All Eyez On Me and Outkast- Southernplayalisticcadillacmuzik. Both those albums sound especially good in the Summer time.
I forgot about Cypress Hill.
Black Sunday and Temples Of Boom are good albums.
Their first album is the best, though Black Sunday is damn good too.
A few more to add:
Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (my favorite rap album ever)
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers
Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf - Big Shots
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner
LL Cool J - All World (his greatest hits album)
"As long as the music's loud enough, we won't hear the world falling apart."—Jubilee
"I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions." - George Carlin
I pulled that record out last night. some serious gangsta beats on that record fighting music. Chuck D extimated that Cube used the word "bitch" 80+ times on it
"I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
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Company Flow-Funcrusher Plus
El-P-Fantastic damage, I'll Sleeo when you're dead
Mos Def-Black on Both Sides
Black Star-Self titled
Talib Kweli-Reflection enternal
Aesop Rock-Float, Labor Days, Bazooka Tooth
Atmosphere-Overcast, God Loves ugly, Seven's travels, you cant imagine how much fun we're having
Saul Williams-Amethyst Rock star
Dialated Peoples-Expansion team, The platform
Zion I-mind over matter, Deep Water Slang, True and Livin
The Roots-Organix, Do you want more, Illadelph halflife, Things fall apart
All of these are underground non commercial rap records. If your into bling bling and diamonds and rims and women being degraded you will not like this music
If you are more politically minded- Dead Prez's Lets Get Free is a real eye opener, these guys are almost like Black panthers with microphones. Heavy intense stuff
The Coup-kill my landlord, genocide and juice, Steal this album, party music, Pick a bigger weapon. All of these are political marxist rants. Hip hop is the root music but they incorporate funk, and r and b.
Spearhead-any of the records of these guys you can get your hands on is reccomended. They also incorporate r and b and funk and rock and punk, but at root they are a hip hop group
is any record by Tupac
Notorious BIG's-Ready to die
Wu Tang Clan's-Enter the 36 chambers
Mobb Deep-The Infamous, Murda Musik
Public Ememy-cant go wrong with any of their records. These guys are highly influential and highly political. They influenced Rage Against the Machine
All of these guys describe the gritty, dirty, raw and horrifying life in inner city projects.
De La Soul-3 feet high and rising, de la soul is dead, buhlone mindstate, Stakes is high
A Tribe Called Quest-People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, low end theory, midnight mauraders/
Although if you listen to these groups the music may sound dated and old, but its the basis of modern day hip hop music, and alot better than most of the current stuff going on
NWA-Staight Outta Compton
Outkast-Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
2Pac-All Eyez on Me
Public Enemy-Fear Of A Black Planet
IceT-Original Gangster
Ice Cube-The Predator
Snoop Dogg-Doggystyle
Dr Dre-The Chronic
Wu Tang Clan-Enter The Wu Tang(36 Chambers)
Method Man-Tical
All these albums I've listed are the fucking shit.
Mr Lif-Mo mega, I phantom
More experimental stuff comes by way of Anticon records, an underground label
they have Sole-Bottle of Humans, Selling live water, live from rome
Themselves-the no music, them
The art of djing has long been the basis of hip hop, but recently, albums by DJ's have become popular.
Some of the better ones are DJ Shadow-endtroducing, The private press
Rjd2-Dead ringer, since we last spoke, the third hand
Another good underground hio hop act is Lifesavas-spirit in stone, gutterfly
It's not so much a 'rap' album, but more of a hip-hop/rock/pop/reggae/folk/soul album. K-OS does it all.
-Tom Waits
He is more 'Hip Hop'
Really I don'tknow a lot about the rap genre.
And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
Unltramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown
Stetsasonic - In Full Gear
Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II...
Run DMC - Raising Hell
Hijack - Horns Of Jericho
EPMD - Strictly Business
Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures Of...
PJ albums, at the moment!! -
1,Vs 2,Vitalogy 3,No Code 4,Yield 5,Ten 6,Backspacer, 7Pearl Jam 8,Binaural 9,Riot Act.
Jurassic5 - Power In Numbers
Reading 2006 - WOOOOW!!!!!
Paris 2006 - Fucking amazing
Wembley 2007
gets to me every time
Ott
-Shakespeare
Of
A
Black
Planet
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
We Can't Be Stopped - Geto Boys
Stankonia - Outkast
anyway, my suggestions are:
Nas - Illmatic, It was written...
Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan
Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary 1 and 2
Raekwon - Only built for cuban links
Tupac Shakur - Greatest hits (was never an album artist but he had some stunning songs)
Tupac - All Eyez on Me
Outkast - Aquemini (by far their best work to me)
The Roots - Do You Want More? (Game Theory is decent)
Wu Tang - Enter the 36 Chambers
Jurrasic 5 - Power in Numbers
I only really listen to the more mainstream stuff, and trend towards hip hop, but these are the classics that you may enjoy.
http://www.google.com/musicl?lid=T1MwFfSClOK&aid=gw3q7osDIGE
Word to the wise....Only for the hard core
ha ha - I don't think I'm quite hard core enough for that one!
Seriously - any Roots album, Jurassic 5, Mos Def or Outkast are all great artists. Of course, I've been known to throw on some Dre or Snoop from time to time as well.
And Cypress Hill! Damn I miss those guys making stonerific music...
Black Sunday and Temples Of Boom are good albums.
I recommend starting off with Tupac-All Eyez On Me and Outkast- Southernplayalisticcadillacmuzik. Both those albums sound especially good in the Summer time.
Their first album is the best, though Black Sunday is damn good too.
A few more to add:
Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (my favorite rap album ever)
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers
Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf - Big Shots
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner
LL Cool J - All World (his greatest hits album)
"I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions." - George Carlin
pete rock & c.l. smooth - mecca and the soul brother
black sheep - wolf in sheeps clothing
Brave to try to gamble at times
Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor
Grandmater Flash and the Furious Five - Message
Jurassic 5 - Feedback
Damian Marley - Welcome To Jamrock (Seriously, this is mindblowing)
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