[QUOTE=antiant]you know how you kinda know that some rappers have talent/potential they just fall under the wrong people or group and don't get the production you feel they deserve[/QUOTE]

Definitely. It's a lot easier to find a decent rapper than it is to find a producer who comes right, let alone does something actually interesting, though. So you get a lot of rappers who have to settle with whatever beats they get. Or at least whatever rehashes they can get.

The funny thing about Brotha Lynch Hung is that there's a local entertainment magazine that has yearly awards and Hung always wins for best rapper. Well, it's not actually funny so much as it just is. Probably deserves it more than most of the asshats from around here, though.

[QUOTE=antiant]
well i've seen a few trading via aim threads here and there and people still posting yousendit samples....but if anyone doesn't mind, maybe you can fill me in[/QUOTE]

Hey, don't narc! Haha.

[QUOTE=sensitiveorgan00]Hey, don't narc! Haha.[/QUOTE]
my bad! i didn't mean to, but you're basically doing the same by bringing it up again...let it die! LOL

I heard horrorcore was, like, Insane Clown Posse :-/

[QUOTE=antiant]do you know where they are and or how they were addressed?

well i've seen a few trading via aim threads here and there and people still posting yousendit samples....but if anyone doesn't mind, maybe you can fill me in[/QUOTE]

The full guidelines, I think, were up in an announcement for quite a while, but the announcement has since run its course. Things like the AIM trading thread and mailing lists are fine; the problem is basically with directly posting a yousendit (or rapidshare, or megaupload, etc) on the forums.

[QUOTE=Bartender]The full guidelines, I think, were up in an announcement for quite a while, but the announcement has since run its course. Things like the AIM trading thread and mailing lists are fine; the problem is basically with directly posting a yousendit (or rapidshare, or megaupload, etc) on the forums.[/QUOTE]
ahh i see thanks for the clarification

So what's everyone's favorite Mos Def album?

Subquestion: Do you dig Blackstar?

I just picked up cLOUDDEAD's s/t. Pretty nice so far.

[QUOTE=justinhughes2]So what's everyone's favorite Mos Def album?

Subquestion: Do you dig Blackstar?[/QUOTE]
Black On Both Sides easily, it's a more coherent album than the New Danger. The New Danger is nice tho, it's just rather boring at some points.

And I love Black Star, they're among my favourite hiphop groups and their only album is a hiphop classic if not only for the inclusion of Respiration, one of the greatest hiphop tracks ever. (I'm not saying the rest of the album is bad btw, it's all great material, otherwise I wouldn't call it classic)

Any of you guys fans of Sway. Some of his stuffs pretty dope but it's not really very serious.

I don't like today's rap, but i do like Old-school and scratch rap, like:

Public Enemy
DJ Q-Bert
Jurassic 5
Cut Chemist
MF Doom

I don't know if this counts as hip-hop, but i'm a huge fan of electronica.

Lusine
Aphex Twin
Gescom
Mu-ziq/U-ziq

[quote=Slug]I just picked up cLOUDDEAD's s/t. Pretty nice so far.[/quote]I should have told you to listen to that a while ago. I figured you would like it.

I'm making a mix for my friend and myself but I'm running out of ideas. So yeah if I can get a few recommendations from you guys that'd be swell. I need some preferably catchy tunes, either upbeat or laid back but nothing too "dark" or complicated. Right now I have:

Prince Paul - "The Demo (What You Got)"
Mr. Dead feat. Bi - "Chemically Imbalanced"
Soul Junk - "Hogging All the Islands"
Blackalicious - "Chemical Calisthenics"
Prefuse 73 feat. Diverse - "Plastic"
Daughter Darling - "Things Untold"
Dalek - "Speak Bolumes"
Antipop Consortium - "Bubblz"
Outkast - "Liberation"
Dr. Octagon - "No Awareness"
Handsome Boy Modeling School - "The Truth"
Murs & Slug - "I Shot A Warhol"
Dizzee Rascal - "Get By"
Biz Markie - "Pickin' Boogers"

surprised you got daughter darling up there, there more "trip hop" (i love them by the way), but still cool with the stuff you got

Yeah, I plan on mixin' it up.

[QUOTE=me from the previous page because you people are too lazy to read it anyway]I'm making a mix for my friend and myself but I'm running out of ideas. So yeah if I can get a few recommendations from you guys that'd be swell. I need some preferably catchy tunes, either upbeat or laid back but nothing too "dark" or complicated. Right now I have:

Prince Paul - "The Demo (What You Got)"
Mr. Dead feat. Bi - "Chemically Imbalanced"
Soul Junk - "Hogging All the Islands"
Blackalicious - "Chemical Calisthenics"
Prefuse 73 feat. Diverse - "Plastic"
Daughter Darling - "Things Untold"
Dalek - "Speak Bolumes"
Antipop Consortium - "Bubblz"
Outkast - "Liberation"
Dr. Octagon - "No Awareness"
Handsome Boy Modeling School - "The Truth"
Murs & Slug - "I Shot A Warhol"
Dizzee Rascal - "Get By"
Biz Markie - "Pickin' Boogers" [/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Happymeal]I'm making a mix for my friend and myself but I'm running out of ideas. So yeah if I can get a few recommendations from you guys that'd be swell. I need some preferably catchy tunes, either upbeat or laid back but nothing too "dark" or complicated. Right now I have:

Prince Paul - "The Demo (What You Got)"
Mr. Dead feat. Bi - "Chemically Imbalanced"
Soul Junk - "Hogging All the Islands"
Blackalicious - "Chemical Calisthenics"
Prefuse 73 feat. Diverse - "Plastic"
Daughter Darling - "Things Untold"
Dalek - "Speak Bolumes"
Antipop Consortium - "Bubblz"
Outkast - "Liberation"
Dr. Octagon - "No Awareness"
Handsome Boy Modeling School - "The Truth"
Murs & Slug - "I Shot A Warhol"
Dizzee Rascal - "Get By"
Biz Markie - "Pickin' Boogers"[/QUOTE]

A Tribe Called Quest- "Find a Way"
DangerDoom fr. Cee-lo- "Benzie Box"
Tha Alkaholiks- "Daaam"
Black Sheep- "This or That"
Common- "The Light"
The Roots- "Thought @ Work"
De La Soul- "The Grind Date"
Demigodz- "The Godz Must be Crazy"
Dilated Peoples- "Worst Comes to Worst"
Ice Cube- "It Was a Good Day"
Souls of Mischief- "93 til Infinity"
Jaylib- "The Red"
K-Os- "B-Boy Stance"
Latyrx- "Burning Hot in Cali on a Saturday Night"
Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek- "The Blast"
Lootpack- "Weededed"
Ozomatli- "O Le Le"
Wyclef Jean- "Bubblegoose"
Aesop Rock- "Battery"

well, there's a few hope that helps.

Happymeal, get me to send you Cyne's Evolution Fight sometime.

I want to hear Cyne. What is the background on him?

[QUOTE=pixiesfanyo]Happymeal, get me to send you Cyne's Evolution Fight sometime.[/QUOTE]

I've actually heard some songs from it some time ago, I will re-download them again, thanks for reminding me.

does anyone have a nice selection of rap on slsk that i might be able to browse.

[QUOTE=POINTLESS5448]does anyone have a nice selection of rap on slsk that i might be able to browse.[/QUOTE]
What is slsk?

Shorthand for soulseek.

Thanks bartender...I don't have soulseek, but I made a list generator of all my music and you can check the rap section out if you'd like or anything else for that matter [url]http://www.xanga.com/musicisuniversal[/url] and I'm currently getting all of B.I.G's and 2 PAC'S Discography so let me know what's up

[quote=POINTLESS5448]does anyone have a nice selection of rap on slsk that i might be able to browse.[/quote]Yep.

So I've recently discovered Busdriver and Atmosphere.

Can't believe I've taken this long.

If anyone here has some spare time up their sleeve, would they mind giving the song posted in [url=http://www.ozhiphop.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=62159]this thread[/url] a listen and commenting back on it here. It's a song a couple of my mates from back home put together. It's Australian, but there's been arguments about whether or not they are putting on American accents, so some feedback would be nice.

Also, I know that this should actually go in Audio Arena, but that places doesn't get much traffic, and I doubt a hip hop track would get any feedback there.

a kid just told me that if you slow down gotta stay fly by 3 6 mafia it says some **** about worshiping satan? has anyone else heard of this

JonM: whats your username on slsk? same as here?

[QUOTE=G_Mac07]If anyone here has some spare time up their sleeve, would they mind giving the song posted in [url=http://www.ozhiphop.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=62159]this thread[/url] a listen and commenting back on it here. It's a song a couple of my mates from back home put together. It's Australian, but there's been arguments about whether or not they are putting on American accents, so some feedback would be nice.

Also, I know that this should actually go in Audio Arena, but that places doesn't get much traffic, and I doubt a hip hop track would get any feedback there.[/QUOTE]
they're not putting on american accents at all, i can tell there's a present and consistent accent there, maybe people are talking about how they are rapping and that which they choose to deliver it is "american" but even that is shallow imo

[QUOTE=Interstate]So I've recently discovered Busdriver and Atmosphere.

Can't believe I've taken this long.[/QUOTE]

Make sure you pick up Sad Clown Bad Dub II by Atmosphere.

My [I]Vaudeville Villain [/I]Cd came through the post today, it's good stuff :)

ok, is it 3 6 mafia, three 6 mafia, three six mafia, 3 six mafia, ive seen them all. which one is it?

Three 6 Mafia, according to their official website.

[url]http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/Three6Mafia/[/url]

Google ftw!

anyone like TI?

anyone hear the Andre Nickatina & Equipto - Horns & Halo's album yet? that shyt is really good, andre makes me laugh on how he rhymes, but def. unique with his own style

ay guys im tryin to get into rap, i kno all tha ganster stuff (from gta:san andreas :thumb: ) buti wanna know have any of you heard of "dark lotus"....ive heard 2 of their songs and i was wondering if "jump off" and "pass the ax(e)" were any good?

[QUOTE=DemonicRubberDucky]I don't like today's rap, but i do like Old-school and scratch rap, like:

Public Enemy
DJ Q-Bert
Jurassic 5
Cut Chemist
MF Doom

I don't know if this counts as hip-hop, but i'm a huge fan of electronica.

Lusine
Aphex Twin
Gescom
Mu-ziq/U-ziq[/QUOTE]

Err, Jurassic 5 are contemporary, not Old Skool.

guys, since my own thread didn;t work out too well.

I was wondering if any of you guys have listened to a guy name necro?

What did you guys think of him, would he be worth checking out?

Hey guys, recommend me some rappage.

I listen to Tupac, Biggie, Three 6 Mafia, Dr. Dre, Eminem, and I think thats it.

I'm looking for some more like Three6, since I really got into them recently and love it, but nothing mainstreem, cause what I've heard, I don't like.

Go!

[QUOTE=Form(of)dark]Hey guys, recommend me some rappage.

I listen to Tupac, Biggie, Three 6 Mafia, Dr. Dre, Eminem, and I think thats it.

I'm looking for some more like Three6, since I really got into them recently and love it, but nothing mainstreem, cause what I've heard, I don't like.

Go![/QUOTE]
1. Goodie Mob (similar to outkast/southern flare)

2. Mobb Deep (if you like biggie, tupac, gangsta rap, but good stuff, recent album: Amerikaz Nightmare)

3. Youngbloodz (southern flare/great beats/if you like three six you might want to check them out, to me they're better, recent album: Everybody Know Me, they're in heavy rotation in my car lol)

4. Tech N9ne (if you like drum n bass added into your rap, he's definitely different and unique but well worth listening to, midwest rapper from kansas city, missouri, if you like eminem, tupac and biggie try him)

5. if you like three six mafia once agagin check out their "psuedo/alter ego names" Prophet Posse and Tear Da Club Up Thugs and check out some of the artists solo albums like Juicy J, DJ Paul, La Chat, Gangsta Boo (no longer apart of three six, but i like her stuff on three six, haven't heard her stuff after three six, but she has an album out), Koopsta, Project Pat, "hypnotize camp," and check out their artists who they promote under their label such as Frayser Boy, Indo G, the kaze and Lil Wyte

6. Noreaga (album to check out N.O.R.E. is a classic imo, he's doing the "reaggeton" thing more so now, which i can't stand, but check his stuff out before that)

7. Guerilla Black (if you like biggie he's definitely the one to check out he sounds EXACTLY like Biggie, in fact it's kind of scary, the first time i heard him i was like are they using big's voice? hahaha if i had to compare he's like "biggie light")

Wow dude, thanks I'll definatly check out some of those, some I haven't heard of, others I never bothered to, but I will check them out.

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