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Illmatic 08-06-2005 08:11 PM

Hip-Hop Community, Rules and Essential Listening Thread
 
(Scroll down for Essentials List)

The Hip-Hop forum is attempting to be a source of actual discussion of music unlike most of sputnikmusic.com's forums. If you feel out of the loop check the stickied threads as they provide more information for people just getting into the genre. Please try to keep spamming to a minimum. Granted there is going to be a lot of discussion of awesome lyrics and great beats so extended discussions are encouraged just try to keep them somewhat on focus. Otherwise feel free to post about your favorite rap artists whether it be Freddie Foxxx or Dose One.

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[B][U][SIZE="4"]Rules:[/SIZE][/U][/B]

1. Discussion of Illmatic and 36 Chambers is solely reserved for the "what have you been listening to lately" thread.

2. No criticizing taste. You're welcome to say you don't like something... or to discuss why you don't like something... in fact we WANT you to discuss these things. But none of this "you're a backpacker lol" or "mainstream sux" jibber-jabber. It's played.

3. We don't care about crusaders trying to tell us about "real rap" or how all good rap is dead. This is a topic that only matters to people who don't know anything about the genre and we could really care less.



[u][b]Essential Listening[/b][/u] - [i]aka, the only albums you absolutely need[/i]...

[[I]2008[/I]] Black Milk - [I]Tronic[/I]
[[I]2008[/I]] Elzhi - [I]The Preface[/I]
[[i]2007[/i]] Pharoahe Monch - [I]Desire[/I]
[[i]2007[/i]] UGK - [I]Underground Kings[/I]
[[i]2006[/i]] Clipse - [I]Hell Hath No Fury[/I]
[[i]2005[/i]] Lil Wayne - [I]Tha Carter II[/I]
[[i]2004[/i]] Kanye West - [I]College Dropout[/I]
[[i]2004[/i]] Madvillain - [I]Madvillainy[/I]
[[i]2004[/i]] MF Doom - [I]MM.. Food[/I]
[[i]2003[/i]] Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - [I]Big Shots[/I]
[[i]2002[/i]] Blackalicious - [I]Blazing Arrow[/I]
[[i]2001[/i]] Jay-Z - [I]The Blueprint[/I]
[[i]2001[/i]] Cannibal Ox - [I]The Cold Vein[/I]
[[i]2000[/i]] Deltron 3030 - [I]Deltron 3030[/I]
[[i]2000[/i]] Ghostface Killah - [I]Supreme Clientele[/I]
[[i]2000[/i]] Quasimoto - [I]The Unseen[/I]
[[i]1999[/i]] Mos Def - [I]Black on Both Sides[/I]
[[i]1999[/i]] The Roots - [I]Things Fall Apart[/I]
[[i]1999[/i]] Pharoahe Monch - [I]Internal Affairs[/I]
[[i]1998[/i]] Black Star - [I]Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star[/I]
[[i]1998[/i]] Outkast - [I]Aquemini[/I]



[b]Honorable Mention[/b] - [i]Stuff people liked, but not absolute genre necessities[/i]...

[i][2008][/i] Guilty Simpson - [I]Ode to the Ghetto[/I]
[i][2008][/i] Prolyphic and Reanimator - [I]The Ugly Truth[/I]
[i][2007][/i] Blue Sky Black Death & Hell Razah - [I]Razah's Ladder[/I]
[i][2007][/i] CunninLynguists - [I]Dirty Acres[/I]
[i][2007][/i] Dälek - [I]Abandoned Language[/I]
[i][2007][/i] El-P - [I]I'll Sleep When You're Dead[/I]
[i][2006][/i] Ghostface Killah - [I]Fishscale[/I]
[i][2006][/i] Lupe Fiasco - [I]Food and Liquor[/I]
[i][2006][/i] T.I. - [I]King[/I]
[i][2006][/i] The Roots - [I]Game Theory[/I]
[i][2005][/i] Common - [I]Be[/I]
[i][2005][/i] CunninLynguists - [I]A Piece of Strange[/I]
[i][2005][/i] Edan - [I]Beauty and the Beat[/I]
[i][2004][/i] Masta Ace - [I] A Long Hot Summer[/I]
[i][2003][/i] 50 Cent - [I]Get Rich or Die Tryin'[/I]
[i][2003][/i] Brother Ali - [I]Shadows on the Sun[/I]
[i][2003][/i] Dizzee Rascal - [I]Boy in da Corner[/I]
[i][2003][/i] Immortal Technique - [I]Revolutionary, Vol. 2[/I]
[i][2003][/i] INI - [I]Center of Attention[/I]
[i][2003][/i] Jay-Z - [I]The Black Album[/I]
[i][2003][/i] Jaylib - [I]Champion Sound[/I]
[i][2003][/i] Ludacris - [I]Chicken and Beer[/I]
[i][2003][/i] Outkast - [I]Speakerboxx / The Love Below[/I]
[i][2003][/i] Viktor Vaughn - [I]Vaudeville Villain[/I]
[i][2002][/i] Atmosphere - [I]God Loves Ugly[/I]
[i][2002][/i] Count Bass D - [I]Dwight Spitz[/I]
[i][2002][/i] El-P - [I]Fantastic Damage[/I]
[i][2002][/i] Scarface - [I]The Fix[/I]
[i][2002][/i] The Streets - [I]Original Pirate Material[/I]
[i][2001][/i] cLOUDDEAD - [I]cLOUDDEAD[/I]
[i][2001][/i] J Live - [I]The Best Part[/I]
[i][2001][/i] Nas - [I]Stillmatic[/I]
[i][2000][/i] Common - [I]Like Water for Chocolate[/I]
[i][2000][/i] Dead Prez - [I]Let's Get Free[/I]
[i][2000][/i] Eminem - [I]The Marshall Mathers LP[/I]
[i][2000][/i] Outkast - [I]Stankonia[/I]
[i][2000][/i] Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli and Hi Tek) - [I]Train of Thought[/I]
[i][1999][/i] Dr. Dre - [I]2001[/I]
[i][1999][/i] MF Doom - [I]Operation: Doomsday[/I]
[i][1998][/i] Big Pun - [I]Capital Punishment[/I]
[i][1998][/i] Devin the Dude - [I]The Dude[/I]
[i][1998][/i] Gang Starr - [I]Moment of Truth[/I]
[i][1998][/i] Lauryn Hill - [I]The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill[/I]
[i][1998][/i] The Coup - [I]Steal This Album[/I]

The old "essentials" list. Credits go to Eliminator and Apocalyptic Raids:

[size=1][B][U]East Coast[/U][/B]
Gang Starr - [i]Step in the Arena[/i]
Jeru The Damaja - [i]The Sun Rises In The East[/i]
Jeru The Damaja - [i]Wrath of The Math[/i]
Big L - [i]Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous[/i]
Big L - [i]The Big Picture[/i]
Ultramagnetic MCs - [I]Critical Beatdown[/I]
Beastie Boys - [I]Paul's Boutique[/I]
Public Enemy - [I]It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back[/I]
Eric B. & Rakim - [I]Paid in Full[/I]
Slick Rick - [I]The Great Adventures of Slick Rick[/I]
EPMD - [I]Strictly Business[/I]
Run DMC - [I]Raising Hell[/I]
Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force - [I]Planet Rock: The Album[/I]
Boogie Down Productions - [I]Criminal Minded[/I]
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - [I]The Message[/I]
Mantronix - [I]The Album[/I]
LL Cool J - [I]Radio[/I]s
De La Soul - [I]3 Feet High and Rising[/I]
Wu-Tang Clan - [I]Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)[/I]
A Tribe Called Quest - [I]The Low-End Theory[/I]
The Notorious B.I.G. - [I]Ready to Die[/I]
Gang Starr - [I]Daily Operation[/I]
Mobb Deep - [I]The Infamous[/I]
Genius/GZA - [I]Liquid Swords[/I]
Raekwon - [I]Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...[/I]
DJ Shadow - [I]Endtroducing...[/I]
Black Moon - [I]Enta Da Stage[/I]
KRS-One - [I]Return of the Boom Bap[/I]
Diamond D - [I]Stunts, Blunts and Hip-Hop[/I]
Black Star - [I]Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star[/I]
Dr. Octagon - [I]Dr. Octagonecologyst[/I]
Ghostface Killah - [I]Ironman[/I]
Organized Konfusion - [I]Stress: The Extinction Agenda[/I]
Jay-Z - [I]Reasonable Doubt[/I]
Mos Def - [I]Black on Both Sides[/I]
Guru - [I]Jazzmatazz[/I]
Brand Nubian - [I]One for All[/I]
Nas - [i]Illmatic[/i]

[B][U]West Coast[/U][/B]
Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - [i]Big Shots[/i]
Quasimoto - [i]The Unseen[/i]
Blackalicious - [i]Blazing Arrow[/i]
NWA - [I]Straight Outta Compton[/I]
Dr. Dre - [I]The Chronic[/I]
Ice Cube - [I]AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted[/I]
Snoop Dogg- [I]Doggystyle[/I]
Pharcyde - [I]Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde[/I]
Deltron 3030 - [i]Deltron 3030[/i]
Too $hort - [i]Cocktails[/i]

[B][U]Midwest[/U][/B]
Eminem - [i]The Marshall Mathers LP[/i]
Common - [I]Resurrection[/I]
Slum Village - [i]Fantastic Vol. 2[/i]
JayDee - [i]Donuts[/i]
Kanye West - [i]College Dropout[/i]
Proof - [i]Searching for Jerry Garcia[/i]
Binary Star - [i]Masters of the Universe[/i]
Brother Ali - [i]The Undisputed Truth [/i]
Bronze Nazareth - [i]The Great Migration[/i]
[B][U]
South[/U][/B]
UGK - [i]Ridin' Dirty[/i]
Dead Prez - [i]Let's Get Free[/i]
Dead Prez - [i]Revolutionary But Gangsta[/i]
Scarface - [i]The Diary[/i]
Outkast - [I]Aquemini[/I]
T.I. - [i]Trap Muzik[/i]
Devin the Dude - [i]The Dude[/i]
Clipse - [i]Hell Hath No Fury[/i]
CunninLynguists - [i]A Piece of Strange[/i]
Count Bass D - [i]Dwight Spitz[/i][/size]








[quote='Illmatic']This is open to any discussion* about any form of rap---be it Grandmaster Flash or Eminem, NWA or G-Unit, Dr. Dre or Mike Jones, whatever.

Everything rap-related is welcome*

* - trolling, flaming, or any other kind of rap-hating is not condoned[/quote]

labrat 08-06-2005 08:18 PM

Enough with the rap threads,wait nevermind its my choice to come to these threads and post my little newb opinion.

Illmatic 08-06-2005 08:18 PM

The other thread is apparently only about "new rap", which is retarded.

Excursions 08-06-2005 08:21 PM

There should just be one thread, like this one and all rap discussion is put into that thread. It saves all these people constantly making the same thread over and over.

Illmatic 08-06-2005 08:24 PM

That was my intention in making this thread.

Zappa 08-06-2005 08:44 PM

[QUOTE=Illmatic]
* - trolling, flaming, or any other kind of rap-hating is not condoned[/QUOTE]

And will get you banned, as per the rules of this subforum.

I'm very much looking forward to the new Blackalicious album right now. That's my rap comment for today.

morrissey 08-06-2005 09:26 PM

My rap comment for the day:

I'm very much looking forward to the new Kanye West album. I don't think he can pull it off. Hmm.

Robert Crumb 08-06-2005 09:41 PM

[I]*Gets out crystal ball.*[/I]

The new Kanye will have three or four good songs. The rest of the album will consist of bad skits and cocksure rants about how he's the best rapper/producer/gynecologyst ever. It'll go double platinum.

morrissey 08-06-2005 09:42 PM

[QUOTE=Robert Crumb][I]*Gets out crystal ball.*[/I]

The new Kanye will have three or four good songs. The rest of the album will consist of bad skits and cocksure rants about how he's the best rapper/producer/gynecologyst ever. It'll go double platinum.[/QUOTE]
ahahaha

The worst part is you're probably right.

Illmatic 08-06-2005 09:44 PM

I think "Last Call" might be the worst thing recorded. Ever.

MattMan999 08-06-2005 09:57 PM

[QUOTE=Illmatic]The other thread is apparently only about "new rap", which is retarded.[/QUOTE]

Shut the hell up.....its my thread.... you dont have to visit if you dont like it. So **** off!

Illmatic 08-06-2005 10:02 PM

[QUOTE=MattMan999]Shut the hell up.....its my thread.... you dont have to visit if you dont like it. So **** off![/QUOTE]

I meant that a thread that talked only about new rap was retarded because it closes down discussion for a lot of other different forms of rap. S[size=2]hitstain[/size].

morrissey 08-06-2005 10:15 PM

[QUOTE=MattMan999]Shut the hell up.....its my thread.... you dont have to visit if you dont like it. So **** off![/QUOTE]
u tell him coolio

Endless Obsession 08-06-2005 10:40 PM

My favorite rappers -

Dr.Dre
50 Cent
NWA
Kanye West
Sugarhill Gang
Notorious BIG
Snoop Dogg
Kool Keith/Dr. Dooom/ Dr.Octogon
Public Enemy

The one thing I dont like/understand about rap is how a word that was used just 40-50 years ago to mentally and emotionally degrade black people, and used when they were lynching them, is thrown around constantly like its nothing these days, by members of their own race. Also, they get soo offended when white people say it, but they can use it all they want.

Kurtz 08-06-2005 11:46 PM

[QUOTE=Byzantine]My favorite rappers -

Dr.Dre
50 Cent
NWA
Kanye West
Sugarhill Gang
Notorious BIG
Snoop Dogg
Kool Keith/Dr. Dooom/ Dr.Octogon
Public Enemy

The one thing I dont like/understand about rap is how a word that was used just 40-50 years ago to mentally and emotionally degrade black people, and used when they were lynching them, is thrown around constantly like its nothing these days, by members of their own race. Also, they get soo offended when white people say it, but they can use it all they want.[/QUOTE]
Then there are people who defend "nigga" and say it's a totally different word from ni[size=2]g[/size]ger. blegh

Rap is great. F[size=2]u[/size]ck those "u cant speel crap w/out rap lolo look im sow witty" f[size=2]a[/size]ggots.

Mekkalayakay 08-07-2005 12:04 AM

What I've been listening to recently: In Alphabetical order. :p

Aesop Rock
Beatnuts
Big Daddy Kane
Black Sheep
Blackstar
Common
Deltron 3030
Dizzee Rascal
Eminem (Marshall Mathers LP)
Erik B. & Rakim
King Geedorah
Kwame Boy Genius
Lords of the Underground
Madvillain
Mf Doom
Mos Def
early Nas
Organized Konfusion
Quasimoto
Stereo Mc's
Tag Team
Ultramagnetic Mc's
Viktor Vaughn

Illmatic 08-07-2005 12:10 AM

As you can tell from my sn, I fancy myself a big Nas fan...even stuff like It Was Written and Nastradamus. I actually like all his stuff up til Streets Disciple.

Speaking of Mos Def, I got The New Danger and it's one of the worst albums I've ever listened to.

I'm still getting used to Dizzee Rascal...his accent makes his stuff an adventure, imo. And Rakim, what can I say? The man is a legend.

Mekkalayakay 08-07-2005 12:24 AM

I fancy Nas's first album more than the rest. And as for Mos Def, I liked Black on Both Sides best.

And yes, Dizzee Rascal's accent by itself makes every song interesting. It's something new. And I loved his Bjork-like samples on Boy In Da Corner.


I seriously only started getting seriously into hip hop like a week ago. hahaha.

morrissey 08-07-2005 12:32 AM

I'm getting into rap extremely slowly. There are some artists (namely Kanye and the Streets) who I obsessed over after first hearing them, there are others that I have difficultly liking but eventually grow on me (Common, Public Enemy), and then a whole slew of artists that just plain suck (50 Cent, Nelly).

But it's been an interesting experience so far and without MX I likely wouldn't listen to rap at all.

edit: Dizzee's accent is awesome. :cool:

Illmatic 08-07-2005 12:33 AM

Well, Nas's first album is flawless, so it's not uncommon to like it the best.

As for Dizzee, I really like the song "Fix Up Look Sharp", which to this day remains the second best song ever that samples Billy Squier's "The Big Beat" (the best being Jay-Z's "99 Problems").

Jaded 08-07-2005 01:34 AM

Souls of Mischief is a dope group also. I hope you guys have heard their classic album "'93 to Infinity"?

Zengeance 08-07-2005 03:27 AM

I'm a really big fan of Definitive Jux record label. Mainly due to El-P's incredible abilities as a producer. And each person is lyrically incredible. Cannibal Ox, Mr Lif, Murs, Aesop Rock, The Perceptionists, RJD2, El-P, and others are all in Def Jux. They are just the most talented label in rap history as far as i'm concerned.

I also like some old school stuff, Nas, Tribe Called Quest, Digable Planets, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, EPMD, etc...

I really LOVE Dead Prez's cd Lets Get Free, it's incredible. I listen to all types of rap if it's good, I even like Clipse's original album.

Ledmetalicbeatle 08-07-2005 03:46 AM

Mekkalayakay you do know Viktor Vaughn, Madvillain and MF Doom are the same person?

Syncratic 08-07-2005 10:04 AM

I like some hip-hop....most of Eminem's lyrics on the Marshall Mathers LP are very, very well-written.

Kanye West is excellent as well.

The Roots are a good band, too. ?uestlove is a great musician/producer.

Wyclef Jean's song from Chappelle's Show was great, I'm looking for tabs for that song.

So, in short, hip-hop and rap aren't all that bad! :thumb:

Mekkalayakay 08-07-2005 12:16 PM

[QUOTE=Ledmetalicbeatle]Mekkalayakay you do know Viktor Vaughn, Madvillain and MF Doom are the same person?[/QUOTE]

Yup. :)


Anybody like Busdriver?

ATM 08-07-2005 12:32 PM

Hell yes.

I've been listening to a ton of underground rap lately.

Sage Francis
Demigodz
Swollen Members
Planet Asia
Defari

...to name a few :-D

Rise Me Up 08-07-2005 12:35 PM

Can someone reccomend me something similar to Public Enemy or NWA? :thumb:

ATM 08-07-2005 12:44 PM

[QUOTE=chairman_of_the_board]Can someone reccomend me something similar to Public Enemy or NWA? :thumb:[/QUOTE]

Eazy E
Too Short
Eric B and Rakim
Big Daddy Kane
Gangstarr
EPMD

3rdplanet 08-07-2005 02:27 PM

What do people think is the best Buck 65 album?

Jam2Me 08-07-2005 04:22 PM

I've got a decent rap collection...my favorites are almost all Outkast, Nelly - Country Grammar, all of The Roots and pretty much anyone with okayplayer, Michael Franti & Spearhead - Stay Human is an awesome album, and pretty much all of my other favorites have been mentioned in this thread. I don't like hip-hop nearly as much as I used to but Michael Franti has rejuvenated my interest.


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