Anyone up for the hippity hops? - Page 2

Auditor · 08-12-2016

njhorror · 08-12-2016

08-12-2016

Quote Originally Posted by Prince James Zaleski

I'm an unashamed Kanye fan. The whole My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album means a lot to me.

I gave that album a listen yesterday. The production was excellent. Not too keen on some of the lyrics or collaborators (Nicki Minaj practically ruined "Monster" with her verse), and I'll never forgive Kanye for what he did to Aphex Twin. In that respect I personally think the album is overrated (I don't get you Pitchfork, ranking Beyoncé above Swans), but it was a great album nonetheless.

I'm warming up to Yeezus. Praise the Grad.

Justin Isis · 08-12-2016

Quote Originally Posted by Prince James Zaleski

I'm an unashamed Kanye fan. The whole My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album means a lot to me.

Still don't really get him although I've been trying to make the effort to come aboard for a while now:

I'm still very 90s-minded, although there are a few recent people I’ve immediately clicked with - Kendrick for example:

Props to NiK for recommending dälek - criminally underknown. Also the Pharcyde. And also try:

Jeff Coleman · 08-12-2016

Finnish experimental hip hop:

David Shea & DJ Grazzhoppa's Down River, Up Stream was one of my favorite albums back in the day:

Can't forget to post this (probably the rap video I revisit on YouTube more than any other):

T.E. Grau · 08-12-2016

Justin, do you dig Killer Mike and/or Run the Jewels?

Jeff Coleman · 08-12-2016

A couple fave Dalek songs:

clipping. is a good experimental hip hop band, as well. Their 'cover' of Whitehouse's Wriggle Like a ####ing Eel:

Wriggle | clipping.

Jeff Coleman · 08-12-2016

This may be hard to believe, but back when I was about 12-13, I was one of the few white kids into rap at my school. Like, very obviously into rap.

I was listening to Dr. Dre's The Chronic months before it blew up. Really.

Unfortunately, at that time and place, that didn't give me the coolness points it might have a few years later (or earlier). The black kids were mostly bemused, and the white kids mostly wanted to kick my ass. Maybe it was more about me than my music and clothing tastes, though.

Shortly afterwards, I got into punk and alternative rock and other more Caucasian-oriented music for a bit, leading me eventually to Can and krautrock, at which point I stopped giving a #### about music scenes, and just listened to whatever I wanted to.

I occasionally revisit some of the stuff I listened to when I was young, and I've found I enjoy the rap more than the punk/alt-rock stuff I listened to. There's an experimental edge to even mainstream rap that a lot of the rock stuff didn't have. Also I like hypnotic grooves and I'm not afraid to admit it. That hammering punk/metal drumming stuff doesn't do much for me these days.

Anyway, I find myself listening to Kokane's Funk Upon a Rhyme pretty often when I get in a nostalgic mood. It was one of my favorites when I was a kid. It's developed a reputation as a kind of oddball example of 90s g-funk.

So, um, yeah. Here it is. Language warning!

qcrisp · 08-13-2016

The Jamaican influence is strong in the last two - I don't know if that drags them out of the arena of hip hop. The last one, in particular, is pretty much dubstep, I think.

Jeff Coleman · 08-13-2016

I was turned on to Son of Bazerk's first album by The Quietus recently: