Any hip hop fans?

[Odin]

 

[Coywolf]

I grabbed two girlies and a beer that's cold!

 

[Voobrazit]

I know most people on here won't naturally be a huge fan of the genre, for obvious reasons.

But I just find myself coming back to it again and again, even the mainstream rap. I really respect the creativity, and I really enjoy just listening the beats and flow of a lot of artists.

I am turned off in some respects, because the vast majority of things rappers speak on in their music has to do with money, girls,drugs, rich lifestyle, etc., most of which I cant relate too (lol). It also gets kind of old after a while. However, some of them are just speaking on their experiences, which I can respect. Anyway...

Personally, I really enjoy listening to Kendrick Lamar. He is a great lyricist, and he actually speaks on real issues and about his experiences.

But what I wanted to know: Any hiphop heads on stp? What are your favorite artists? Anyone I should give a listen to?

Oddisee, Jedi Mind Tricks, Shabazz Palaces, et cetra. A lot of great artists out there. I'm drawing a blank.

 

[scntfc]

In no particular order.
Ghostface
Nas
Gangstar
Run Dmc
Ice T

 

[Odin]

THe early days...

 

[ntdxc1878]

I feel like I a lot of the crustiest of crustlords I've met over the years have been into Hip-Hop to some degree or another (not that everyone here on STP is a crusty, obviously). I've been listening to it for most of my life too (as well as other music that's good). Some of these mumble rap dudes nowadays though leave a lot to be desired (Lil Pump being the first to come to mind) but I still listen to some of it. Mostly because I'm a sucker for the beats/music even if the lyrical content is trash (again, Lil Pump's Boss. Which while I'm on the subject, how the FUCK does that song have so many views in less than three months??) There's definitely a lot of really good newer rappers around though too: Post Malone, Joey Badass, Tyler the Creator, Kendrick, A$AP Rocky, Action Bronson. That Travis Scott song w/ Kendrick Lamar, Goosebumps has been stuck in my head (and playing in the car) a lot lately. Post Malone's Congratulations too. What I think is cool is that a lot of these younger rappers don't seem to really give a fuck about being seen as "Hard" or whatever and even though a good amount of them still rap about "Money, Hoes & Clothes" as Biggie put it, it's not all they're about and there's also a lot of substance and creativity too. Even the repetitive, mumblin' ass, barred out and lean wasted dummmies have some pretty creative and cool sounding shit musically speaking. The drugs that are being used by this younger generation of rappers are a lot different than the shit the older dudes were doing back in the day too (e.g. hallucinogens, Lean & Xanax on top of all the usual tons of weed & booze). Not to say it's just rappers doing that obviously, it's everyone, but I think that it's currently leaving a pretty noticeable mark on the music. I recently heard someone describe the current Hip-Hop/Rap scene as "Rap's Punk phase" or some shit. I don't think that's 100% accurate but it does have some validity to it. It's just that if Rap/Hip-Hop is going through a Punk-like phase it should be called something else. Not that I'm being precious about Punk but that'd be like calling Drum & Bass the "Punk of Techno" or something stupid like that. I think there's more psychedelic aspects to what is going on musically in Rap nowadays than Punk. A$AP Rocky straight up has a song with guitars in it called LSD. You can't do tons of molly/acid/mushrooms and not have it change your music and the shit you're into. Just look at the Beatles. But at the same time I can totally see some of these young guys & girls like Smokepurp, Lil Uzi Vert, Cardi B, Lil Pump, Lil Yachty as the door swinging the other way from the so called "conscious rappers" of the past couple of decades.

TLDR: Hip-Hop/Rap is still cool and inventive and evolving and even if some of it is lyrically devoid of substance the music & beats are still sick. In my opinion, obviously.

If anyone wants a link to a playlist let me know & I'll post it

I'd love to get a link to your playlist!

 

[Irate Pirate]

@ntdxc1878
Here ya go, homie! Nothin but them dope jams!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLIjTx1eo4fVhAIpLX1rI4Wa9_8JukLm_

This is a mix of semi-recent stuff I've been listening to lately at the beginning followed by the older stuff from the 90's/early 2000's. I'll keep adding shit on there too because it is a playlist I listen to.
Enjoy!

 

[AAAutin]

Here ya go, homie! Nothin but them dope jams!

(sees "Bath Salt", follows)

 

[Irate Pirate]

(sees "Bath Salt", follows)

Hahaha, nice! That song's awesome.

 

[beersalt]

I like me some good bbbeats. And a steady flow.
Atmosphere i'm a fan of for sure.
Immortal Technique, Dose one (beat Eminem in a freestyle rap battle), Tribe called Quest (of course), Eyedea, Teach n9ne, Fugees.
Ever heard of Kate Tempest? She's a pretty recent female badass that started as a Spoken Word artist from the UK. Now she spits over beats about current issues. Pretty sweet.

 

[AAAutin]

That song's awesome.

Hell yeah. All that early Flatbush ZOMBiES shit bangs: "Bath Salt", "SCOSA", "Thrilla", et al.

 

[Irate Pirate]

@Dragononn
Thanks for mentioning Kate Tempest! I checked her out and her shit's wicked good! That Europe Is Lost song is amazing. It reminded me of the Sleaford Mods a bit. They're a sort of stripped down hip hop duo from the UK. People compare their style to punk a lot. Something about them reminds me of Crass but I don't really know why.
I couldn't decide which one of their songs to put here so here's two-
Jobseeker on Jools Holland


and the video for Tied Up In Notz



@AAAutin
Flatbush Zombies are crazy as fuck, dude! Love those guys. S.C.O.S.A is a dope song. Thug Waffle & Face Off too. They're all good! And people say drugs are a bad influence hah!

 

[Benji91]

I dig a bit of hip hop, my recent fav is A.B. Original from down here in Oz.

Check this out - don't sure if the original ever made the air outside Australia, but this is their re-imagining of Paul Kelly's killer 80's track Dumb Things.



January 26 is worth a listen as well.



Fucking brilliant act, if you dig real lyrics in hip hop (political issues and the like, not rappin' about money/girls/drugs) give it a go!

 

[NapalmBreath]

Dead Prez, The Coup, EPMD, Gravediggas, Mobb Deep and Doctor Octogon are a few I don't think have been mentioned yet.

Burning Cop Car is a weekly podcast that plays a lot of rad shit, a pretty good mix of older and newer stuff. I can't add a link until my third post but I'll put one below.

 

[NapalmBreath]

https://sub.media/c/burning-cop-car/

 

[AAAutin]

Dead Prez, The Coup,

Throw in Nas, Mos, Talib, Outkast, and DJ Shadow and you've got the soundtrack to my early 20s.

(I bought LET'S GET FREE when it came out in '00 and it remains my favorite hip-hop album to this day.)

 

[Odin]

Throw in Nas, Mos, Talib, Outkast, and DJ Shadow and you've got the soundtrack to my early 20s.

(I bought LET'S GET FREE when it came out in '00 and it remains my favorite hip-hop album to this day.)

yup bring me back to being a lil Vato in jr high listening to Nas... Hell yea Outkast.

Shit... all that crap I posted earlier lol... anyone, here is something more
,,, outside our world hip hop




Also, for the soul and the translation...





who da fuck we gonna drop it on?

 

[starfarer]

this is Chap Hop

 

[marmar]

Angle Haze, in case anybody is interested in female rappers. She is the one who doesnt rap about bitches n cash, but some deep intelegent shit.
There are a few Russian rappers I listen to. As it's my language and I also grew up being into hip hop, so out of nostalgia of some sort I go n listen to that shit too. Rap is wild popular in Russia now btw. If that's of anyone s interest as well check oxxymiron (russian)vs disaster(american) battle it's sick

 

[AAAutin]

Angel Haze

Hell yes. RESERVATION is my shit.