If you like rap

[geno]

highme, Aceyalone is so nasty, prolly my fav underground rapper - anyone else here a fan of him?

 

[highme]

The New J5 is the best album of the year.
The new Black Eyed Peas is real good too. It's not out yet in the stores, but is has been in Mp3 circulation for awhile.



Bone Fuggs - To quote Chris Rock "N****z is singing welfare carols"


How can you say that their material is fresh, every song off of every album sounds alike. For that matter every song off of every album pushed by Mtv sounds alike.


Something I noticed when I picked up my copy of Jurassic 5 the CD was $8 and has 16 tracks. Drag-On was right next to it- 8 tracks and $19.


mosdef- I will get at you about that stuff



I am going to see Del and Blackalicious tonight


Don't leave Goodie Mob out of the decent southern category.

 

[KidViciou$]

hahahahaha knightbreed. that "you understand" joke was funny.

if you have ever listened to CMR, all they takl about is "Fire", "Hotboys/girls", "Ice", "Platinum". almost all songs have fire or hot in the chorus, and their beats are just recycled.

i like 3-6 not for what they say so much as how they say it. i like there style, and their beats. bone used to be good, but now they kinda suck. dont even talk about mo-thugs, they should have been disbanded after their one hit.

 

[convex]

TCQ and the roots are great just to relax to... brotha lynch for anything harder...

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

highme


<< It's not out yet in the stores, but is has been in Mp3 circulation for awhile. >>



Yea I found some new .mp3's a few days ago. Gotta love Napster I downloaded about 3 or 4 of them. If they are any indication of the rest of the album, I will be first in line to pick it up.

 

[geno]

<< Bone Fuggs - To quote Chris Rock &quot;N****z is singing welfare carols >>


Oh cmon, that was 5 years ago!!!



<< Drag-On was right next to it- 8 tracks and $19. >>


That CD was nothing special... I don't know where you got 8 tracks from, it had 19. The tracklist was split up on the back...check out CDNOW.com, there's 19 there

And one more plus for the South, Youngbloodz...anyone a fan of them???



<< dont even talk about mo-thugs, they should have been disbanded after their one hit. >>


I take it you're talking about &quot;Did he wanna&quot; (I think thats the name)?? I don't blame ya for that, I'm not buying that CD cause it's all the newcomers...only like 3 tracks got Layzie on it. Their 1st and 2nd were good, but now that Lay took over...

 

[highme]

Sorry about the misinformation on the Drag-On issue, I did not, and have no intention of opening his CD. Nothing like a copy (drag on) of a copy (DMX) of an original (Tupac- good storyteller kept it &quot;street&quot; but I don't like him) that wasn't that good in the first place.


Napster, nah, I don't care for that program. I have access to a couple of really good FTP sites.

 

[KidViciou$]

nah man, im talking about mo thug family off their first or second album

 

[Kaiser__Sose]

bone thugs are wack.. nuff said..
can u even tell me what d @ss they are sayin?

 

[geno]

DMX copyin Pac?? He hated Pac, why would he bite his style? I don't see any resemblence in the styles really...

 

[atom]

DMX doesn't copy Pac, he is just your typical gangsta rapper. All gangsta rappers talk about the same old tired crap (money, women, drugs, respect), the difference is the delivery and DMX doesn't sound like Pac. I can actually listen to a Pac song without cringing.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

The only song by DMX I ever truely enjoyed and liked to listen to was How's it Going Down. It was his first song to hit it big and it was his best. He just gotten worse and worse ever since. I can't stand any of his songs now.

 

[KidViciou$]

dear god, have you ever heard his freestyle? sounds like two dogs barking at each other because thats all it is. instead of speaking in full sentences, he just growls and $hit. maybe thats why my dogs tail was wagging.

 

[geno]

God damn, don't even get me started on DMX...he is the epitomy of 'fallin off'.... He used to be so damn good, his 1st CD is still one of my all time favs...but his last 2? They're both utter shit...

 

[Kaiser__Sose]

dmx is the typical pop/rap artist now jsut like nelly and em and d rest.. it's good for jams and parties but i wouldn't be caught dead listenin to it in a mi yard.

 

[heat23]

CASH MONEY RECORDS is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO ONE CAN COME CLOSE TO THEIR MUSIC...
and im not just talking about the ones you hear on the radio or TV...ALL OF THEM, even on their old albums

 

[geno]

Cash Money can make beats, I'll give them that. I think their style's gonna run out really quick, take Juve's last two CDs for example, the beats all use the same instruments, and half of them are arranged in the same way. And the fact that their lyrics are non-existant, I think people are gonna grow tired of the simlar sounding beats...

 

[heat23]

tha G-code had some good songs....
I got that fire, G-code, and Loud Pipes..Loud Pipes is the best...
have u heard the new Big Tymers cd?? they have some good songs on there, Get your Roll on, Number One Stunna, Rocky....etc...
Also get some old B.G., like Uptown my Home, Cash Money Roll, Get your Shine on...

 

[mosdef]

You can't get away with saying &quot;hip-hop&quot; without a CMR fan stepping in. I admit they make songs that can get you pumped up and you can dance to, but they have no substance. That is why they are at high-risk to get replaced by a similar group that just happens to be more hyped. I mean look at Turk's lines for example, half of them use the format &quot;I'll (blank) you like a (blank)-er&quot;... i.e. &quot;I'll kill you like a killer, hit you like a hitter, eat you like an eatter, etc.&quot; . And as much hype as Manny Fresh gets, his beats are ridiculously similar. Leave that music for clubs and parties, but that's it.

Btw, did anyone go to the Spitkicker concert in D.C. at the 9:30 club? I was there Saturday and it was AMAZING. I haven't gone to many concerts in my life, maybe 5-6, but this was the best. Talib Kweli started out and performed both past songs and songs from his new album Train of Thought. Then Biz Markie came on and spun records from a decade ago, which the crowd greatly enjoyed. Common stole the show with a time-traveling set, in which he changed clothing based on the theme of his songs, both from past and the current albums. Finally De La Soul came on and performed both songs of old and new. Pharoahe Monch had laryngitis or something so he wasn't available, but they still played &quot;Simon Says&quot;... it was great, they put on strobe lights and sprayed water into the crowd, while everyone was jumping up and down and going wild! The concert was simply a gem which I will remember for a long time.

-mosdef

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Sounds amazing. I wish I could have gone.

I love Biz. That guy's voice is funny as hell.

&quot;Oh baby YOU got what I need.&quot; LoL great song.

 

[highme]

When I saw Spitkicker Pharoe Monche was the most boring act of the night. You didn't miss much.

 

[Dooling37]

I'll be the first to admit that Tupac doesn't have the most meaningful lyrics in the world...but they're a hell of alot better than most rappers.

I think it's kind of a shame to listen to his earliest recordings and then compare them with the last couple years of his life and see the difference - from a motivating force with aspirations of becoming a leader and unifier of blacks - to &quot;Hit 'Em Up.&quot;
(BTW - I enjoy Hit 'Em Up and most of his later stuff also, but my point the meaning has been replaced with hatred and rage)

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Most of the new stuff out now really blows IMO, although I will listen to some if it has a tight beat - party/club songs.

I prefer to listen mostly to older stuff, and I'd also like to get into some of this underground stuff some people were mentioning - I'll have to check out some of those names.
It would be nice to be able to listen to the style of music that I enjoy and hear some real meaning and thought-provoking lyrics, contrary to the bullsh1t I've grown accustomed to...($, women, cars, killing...)

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oh yeah and Genocide - why does DMX hate Pac, do you know? I mean, I'm not suprised or anything, just curious...the whole East/West thing??

Pac is by far the realest rapper of all-time!

 

[KidViciou$]

yo mos, did you go to that concert at college park when outkas t was there?

 

[geno]

Dooling, I'm not sure how it came about, but I heard some really old singles/freestyles from DMX. They were probably released around the time Born Loser came out. He uses alot of his old lyrics on his newer stuff, for instance, his verse in &quot;Ryde or Die&quot; from RR Vol.1, it was the opening verse in one of his old songs. Well, remember the verse in &quot;Get at me Dog&quot; where he goes &quot;And for real, that awesome dude kid, can suck my d!ck&quot;? In one of his old songs, he had 2Pac in place of 'kid'. He never said much about it - but he definitly had beef with Pac. And just about a year ago, he got into some beef with Kurupt and some other dudes over on the west coast, all I knew was that Foxy Brown was goin out with Kurupt and she left him for some dude in NY or somethin, and a big beef broke out because of it.


Oh, I got the J5 CD yesterday - glad to hear a group with so much talent. They're flat out creative - I love it.

 

[KidViciou$]

HELL YEA, KURUPT WHORED THEM NIGGAS UP!! MADE THEM SOUND STUPID AS $HIT!