post a thread? i thought it was 100 posts and two weeks before you can post period.

[url]http://www.lucidstupid.com/media/100%20*seminal*%20Hip%20Hop%20songs/[/url]

Check this out :-D

cool.

I'm almost done getting them all.

[QUOTE=niobium41;14314567]post a thread? i thought it was 100 posts and two weeks before you can post period.[/QUOTE]

Definitely not two weeks. I got 100 posts yesterday (joined three days ago) and I can post threads if I want to.

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It just reminds me I need to get into Madvillian also.[/QUOTE]

Yeah do it. Will be well worth you're time. If you're a fan of Doom that is.

Anyone else into Blackalicious? Just discovered them. The Craft is one of the best albums I've heard, and Arrow is a close second.

[url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=86b38gaUhSc[/url]

song of the year.

wow nice

[QUOTE=GitRChik;14320524]Anyone else into Blackalicious? Just discovered them. The Craft is one of the best albums I've heard, and Arrow is a close second.[/QUOTE]

I haven't heard [I]The Craft[/I] but I doubt it could come anywhere near the level of [I]Blazing Arrow[/I], one of the best hip-hop albums I've ever had the pleasure of listening to.

Wow Rams, that song is absolutely amazing. Is it from the new Kanye album? If so, I'm definitely looking forward to it.

Wow that song was amazing.

Love that song.

[quote=sgrevs;14321409]I haven't heard [I]The Craft[/I] but I doubt it could come anywhere near the level of [I]Blazing Arrow[/I][/quote]It didn't.

[QUOTE=sgrevs;14321409]
Wow Rams, that song is absolutely amazing. Is it from the new Kanye album? If so, I'm definitely looking forward to it.[/QUOTE]

I have no idea, but I hope it is a sign Premo is producing Rakim's new album. Would be so dope if those two teamed up.

who does the song that's taking abotu 15-year olds and one was shot by a drive-by shooter? i've heard bits and peices a few times but never heard a song title or artist it sounded liek jay-z but i don't think it is

[QUOTE=Rams;14325168]I have no idea, but I hope it is a sign Premo is producing Rakim's new album. Would be so dope if those two teamed up.[/QUOTE]

Agreed, it would be amazing. But why is Nas' verse on that song so good when his new album is such rubbish?

Anyone heard the new Sage?

recommend me some Talib Kweli

[quote=encmetalhead;14325318]who does the song that's taking abotu 15-year olds and one was shot by a drive-by shooter? i've heard bits and peices a few times but never heard a song title or artist it sounded liek jay-z but i don't think it is[/quote]
Ludacris, maybe?

And, I've got the new Sage but haven't listened to it yet.

[QUOTE=pulseczar;14330741]recommend me some Talib Kweli[/QUOTE]

pretty much anything from 'Quality' is really good . . . more specifically songs to check out: Around My Way, Ghetto Show, and The Beautiful Struggle . . . For Women also . . . and i know i'm leaving some out . . . Gun Music . . .

[QUOTE=Thonk;14330975]Ludacris, maybe? [/QUOTE]Yeah,I'd say Ludacris too[QUOTE=Rams;14321141][url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=86b38gaUhSc[/url]

song of the year.[/QUOTE]that was pretty cool.

[QUOTE=Rams;14321141][url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=86b38gaUhSc[/url]

song of the year.[/QUOTE]

amazing song . . . not a big Kanye fan, but he held his own with some of the greats . . .

[QUOTE=pulseczar;14330741]recommend me some Talib Kweli[/QUOTE]

[I]The Beautiful Struggle[/I] has a whole bunch of really great songs on it. Check it out.

[QUOTE=Jesusmafia;14331219]amazing song . . . not a big Kanye fan, but he held his own with some of the greats . . .[/QUOTE]
Yeah that was one of the better performances of his that I've heard.

SO..... Is rap & hip/hop dead?

[QUOTE=Spat Out Plath;14334868]are you serious[/QUOTE]

I was asking a question, so yes, I was serious about the question. Nah, just thought'd I'd spark some discussion here.

More of an [I]enquiry[/I], I don't listen to rap and hip/hop too often. Wondering if it is still progressing, or if it is even able to still make new grounds and set new benchmarks.

[QUOTE=Spat Out Plath;14334951]Of course it's still making progress it's the most innovative genre of music out there right now. Nas can go suck a lemon.[/QUOTE]

Wha? I read fairly positive reviews of Nas' new album. I thought he was leading the cavalry...

New Nas was pretty average.

Illmatic changed my life.

"is rap/hip hop dead?" "is rock dead?" "is heavy metal dead?" "is *insert genre here* dead?" questions like these are not only stupid imo, but very cliche almost...i think people who ask these questions haven't really looked hard enough, if it's still going, obviously it isn't dead in the technical sense and those who complain about it, maybe you should do something about it, if you don't like the current state.

It seems we always get these people, spanning from different generations to conjure this phrase as if it was some profound epiphany, which frankly is neither profound nor new, if only this could stifle as it doesn't bring anything new to the table itself and ironically, they have just made themselves apart of the situation, just by questioning it, maybe they should take a look in the mirror, MUSIC will never be 'dead' maybe they should open their eyes, we have access to many types of music and sources, especially in this day and age, it's literally at your fingertips, if you learn how to utilize these sources, perhaps you'll find a a new world of music you never knew existed.

When people ask these questions, what they are telling us is that they have lost their creative touch, imagination and so forth and now they are limited and can't find another angle to approach the specifics of what they are talking about...that is all i have to say