Anyone up for the hippity hops? - Page 3

Frater_Tsalal · 08-13-2016

Nirvana In Karma, I thought the Nicki Minaj verse in "Monster" was one of the best parts of the song, but to each their own! I really should go back and give a listen to some of Kanye's other albums he's done, the only CD of his I own is Yeezus which I greatly enjoyed.

Jeff Coleman, I was the first person in my family to purchase a rap album, ha ha. It was Public Enemy's Fear of a Black Planet.

I can't say I listen to much hip-hop but when writing Harlem Smoke I did listen to a lot of horrorcore groups from the 90's, such as Gravediggaz, Flatlinerz, Esham, Geto Boys, and (especially) Insane Poetry, whose Grim Reality album was a big sonic inspiration. I especially enjoyed this track off it:

Justin Isis · 08-13-2016

Quote Originally Posted by T.E. Grau

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

Yeah, that whole first album is amazing:

I'm not as into the second one, but it's still really good. Killer Mike and El-P are both geniuses, especially El-P's work with Company Flow.

Quote Originally Posted by Jeff Coleman

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.

My trajectory here was pretty similar, I went maybe 10 years dismissing a lot of the rhymes I listened to early on, in favor of metal/indie/punk/experimental bands. Then I started revisiting it and found that not only did it hold up much better than most of the music I'd subsequently listened to, but that I'd vastly underestimated how complex and good a lot of it was. Definitely Dre and Biggie, but also Cypress Hill:

Listened to them constantly as a child but didn't really appreciate how good they were until coming back to them as an adult. Pretty much all the major 90s figures put out some incredible albums that I'm sure people will be coming back to for a long time to come.

Auditor · 08-13-2016

Quote Originally Posted by Jeff Coleman

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 used to rap. Then I made psychedelic rock, and now I make classical tinged electronic.

Here's a megamix of some of my old rhymes, if anyone's interested.
https://soundcloud.com/leprosee/dminormegamix

Mr. Veech · 08-13-2016

I'm showing my age here:

Cnev · 08-15-2016

Ka. I can't speak for that type of life/culture as I was raised within the upper-middle class plasticity, but his style and words capture senses of regret, desperation and introspection within that sphere that I really haven't heard in anything else thus far.

I love Death Grips, but I really miss Ride's more poetic side:

While I guess more soul that hip-hop, I ####ing love these ladies:

Finally, I think Filthy Frank does some pretty awesome stuff with his Pink Guy character, even though it's comedic at heart. Dude is insanely talented, in my opinion.

Huge fan of Flying Lotus, Captain Murphy, MF Doom, Tyler, Run the Jewels. I used to be crazy into the cash money bull#### back in the day. I still listen to Triple-6 every now and again.

Auditor · 08-15-2016

Wow, I hadn't heard Ka before. Really great

08-23-2016

Rapper Kid Cali Gunned Down At CBS Los Angeles

ChildofOldLeech · 08-25-2016

Auditor · 08-25-2016

I've noticed that this forum automatically censors certain words, so maybe I should offer a "trigger warning", as this music video contains footage of junkies getting high and one convulsing.

ChildofOldLeech · 08-25-2016

In terms of intensity, this leaves much of the efforts of the later horrorcore crowd in the dust; at times the MC seems to be channeling Patrick Bateman.

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