i heard of him in the dc video i think. full clip is an awesome song. i have the remix by the rza. the militia is a good song too.

Are there any rappers, that don't rap, about drugs, cars, women etc. Any recommendations would be awesome.

[QUOTE=musicforlife]Are there any rappers, that don't rap, about drugs, cars, women etc. Any recommendations would be awesome.[/QUOTE]

There's plenty who don't rap about such things.

My suggestion would be for you to check out Hilltop Hoods. :cool:

Suggested listening includes: [i]Left Foot, Right Foot[/i], [i]Illusionary Lines[/i], [i]What The Season Change?[/i], [i]Dumb Enough[/i] and [i]1979[/i].

[QUOTE=musicforlife]Are there any rappers, that don't rap, about drugs, cars, women etc. Any recommendations would be awesome.[/QUOTE]

Immortal Technique an angry underground New York based artist, he generally raps about the state of US politics, the music industy and ignorant African Americans. He is very good and got me into the genre with the cool lyrics he spits, i recommend Harlem Streets, Industrial Revolution and the hugely popular and quite confronting Dance with the Devil.

Also try Canibus for killer intelligent rhymes (DL Poet Laurete II it slays!), Talib Kweli for good lyrics with more upbeat samples and Jedi Mind Tricks for mad beats and brutal political lyrics.

Enjoy :thumb:

Hey deadinholywood, I picked up True Live's EP the other week. It's pretty good stuff. Thanks for getting me into them. I'm now on their street team. :thumb:

[QUOTE=ArrestThisMan]Gangstarr isn't one person[/QUOTE]

No, he was talking about Gag Starr. The famous po[SIZE="2"]r[/SIZE]n rap duo. You know, Screwu and DJ Creamer. They're like Voltron, members in a bigger hole. I mean whole.

hahaha

that's gangsta

[QUOTE=deadinholywood]Immortal Technique an angry underground New York based artist, he generally raps about the state of US politics, the music industy and ignorant African Americans. He is very good and got me into the genre with the cool lyrics he spits, i recommend Harlem Streets, Industrial Revolution and the hugely popular and quite confronting Dance with the Devil.

Enjoy :thumb:[/QUOTE]

yeah immortal technique is really good id reccommend almost any song, then people like saul williams (act iii, black stacey), sabac (urban guerillas, positive and negative), zach de la rocha (march of death, we want it all), rage against the machine (all), del (jaw gynmastics), non phixion (say goodbye to yesterday, the cia is trying to kill me) etc

Does anyone like GZA?

Yea, very much so. Liquid Swords is an absolute classic.

Yeah, it's one of 3 rap albums that I actualy listen to.

[QUOTE=Robert Crumb]No, he was talking about Gag Starr. The famous po[SIZE="2"]r[/SIZE]n rap duo. You know, Screwu and DJ Creamer. They're like Voltron, members in a bigger hole. I mean whole.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=ArrestThisMan]Yea, very much so. Liquid Swords is an absolute classic.[/QUOTE]
yeah that bigger hole is more like the toilet bowl, cuz they full of shyt not clips, but yo, all they be doin is liquid swording in the bathroom with each otha and they can't even wRAP it up quick enough, by the time they're done they shake the remainder of what they got left and end up POSITIVE if you catch my drizzle no wonder it's a clASSic/a.s.s. 'clique' wooo! tangyyyy KILLER bees! but i can't wait til they meet MF DOOM then maybe he'll find a better METHOD and kill the MAN and it could be JUDGEMENT DAY on DANGEROUS GROUND, now that would be some straight SPAZZOLA and i'd be willing to put out some payola for that

lmfao hahahahaha :p

I'm interested in checking out some non-mainstream rap. Mainly because a friend got me into a group called The Coup and I'm trying to get some albums by them, or something similar. IM me at Mistergroovy1023 and I'm up for trading albums for anything you recommend (of course I have no rap albums at this time)

Jude go here: [URL="http://www.thegiantpeach.com/"]http://www.thegiantpeach.com/[/URL] all the hip hop cd's you need plus they have the coup

[QUOTE=G_Mac07]Hey deadinholywood, I picked up True Live's EP the other week. It's pretty good stuff. Thanks for getting me into them. I'm now on their street team. :thumb:[/QUOTE]


Cool Man, ive been meaning to ask you if you found it anywhere. I know you asked me to send it to you a while back but it wouldn't work for me. How good does the jazzy piano section at the end of evolution sound?
All you have to do now is see them live! (if you haven't already)
Whoa, Street team? I may have to sign myself up....

[URL="http://www.myspace.com/mcdevvo"]www.myspace.com/mcdevvo[/URL]

This cracked me up (maybe because of my bad humour but also because of his accent). Turn off the music player cause the actual music sucks and scroll down till you see the video and play it.

On another note I've just downloaded What's Golden? by Jurassic 5. Can you guys tell me an album by them I should buy because this tune is pretty darn good.

[QUOTE=deadinholywood]Cool Man, ive been meaning to ask you if you found it anywhere. I know you asked me to send it to you a while back but it wouldn't work for me. How good does the jazzy piano section at the end of evolution sound?
All you have to do now is see them live! (if you haven't already)
Whoa, Street team? I may have to sign myself up....[/QUOTE]

It took me a while to get my hands on it, but I did eventually. Evolution is such an awesome track, so I;m currently waiting for them to come to Brisbane so I can actually see them live. The music behind the vocals is awesome. Seriously. Those guys could put out some decent instrumental tracks together if they wanted to.

[URL="http://www.undergroundhiphop.com"]www.undergroundhiphop.com[/URL] - good site

Anyone a fan of Cage?

[QUOTE=Gospel.]Anyone a fan of Cage?[/QUOTE]
the shyt i heard sucked, but then again i only skimmed it really quick and my ears weren't open, he's one of those artists i'll have to put on the backburner (like i do many when the music doesn't connect right away) when i'm in the mood and i'm fully focused to actually "listen" but so far blah...what do you like about Cage?

of the cage songs i've heard, nothing too special. hes average i guess. he recently released a new cd where his style is supposed to be different than his old stuff, mroe traditional i guess, and its gotten good reviews but i havent checked it out

[QUOTE=antiant]the shyt i heard sucked, but then again i only skimmed it really quick and my ears weren't open, he's one of those artists i'll have to put on the backburner (like i do many when the music doesn't connect right away) when i'm in the mood and i'm fully focused to actually "listen" but so far blah...what do you like about Cage?[/QUOTE]Hell's winter was not a bad album
He had some nice flow in a few songs, but i found that after a while i got bored.
Just wondering.

[QUOTE=kyle6677]of the cage songs i've heard, nothing too special. hes average i guess. he recently released a new cd where his style is supposed to be different than his old stuff, mroe traditional i guess, and its gotten good reviews but i havent checked it out[/QUOTE]
You should.

Would someone explain what both conscious and backpack rap are?

[QUOTE=The Great Decay]Would someone explain what both conscious and backpack rap are?[/QUOTE]
yeah sure, conscious rap is rap that involves thinking and or educating the masses or elevating people, think of it as a "teacher" of sorts, it's a teacher and student relationship in a way and vice versa, it's about knowledge being powerful (people can argue/debate about this, but this is a general definition), backpack rap is basically the same thing...need any more info or questions feel free to ask

Could you recommend some artists that would be classified as either of the two?

yeah sure:
1. KRS-one
2. Talib Kweli
3. Mos Def
4. Common aka Common Sense (back in his earlier days)
5. Public Enemy

Thanks.

Kanye West has been named backpack rap too, although I think that only goes up for some of his songs.

anyone heard of brother ali? hes a sick albino rapper. if you can download: Forest whittaker by him. i dont think i spelt that right but youll figure it out when you see it. its such a good song.