Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

[techhokies]

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I was disappointed when I first heard that some songs from kanye's album would be produced by other producers, but man that beat is just straight fire.

[KG]

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In this world gives me chills.

I wish Talib got the respect he deserves.

I used to be a big Talib fan, now I can't stand him at all. I feel like he speeds up his flow so much to fit in a bunch of words.

[darlon]

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Not feeling that Kanye single. College Dropout was amazing and, lyrically, the quality of his albums were dropping more and more. Then he almost lost me with 808's. Still waiting on the potential of this album. Maybe "Power" will grow on me after a few more listens. I still don't know about him.

[USF11]

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I used to be a big Talib fan, now I can't stand him at all. I feel like he speeds up his flow so much to fit in a bunch of words.

I agree.

The songs where he slows it down are fantastic.

[thaima1shu]

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Not feeling that Kanye single. College Dropout was amazing and, lyrically, the quality of his albums were dropping more and more. Then he almost lost me with 808's. Still waiting on the potential of this album. Maybe "Power" will grow on me after a few more listens. I still don't know about him.

Yeah I didn't really like the song itself much, but that beat is fire.

[thaima1shu]

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I used to be a big Talib fan, now I can't stand him at all. I feel like he speeds up his flow so much to fit in a bunch of words.

Agreed. Can we get another Black Star album? That'd be nice.

[BlueNGold]

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That new Yeezy song is the first thing I woke up to today. Lovin' it.

"I don't need your p****, bitch I'm on my own dick"

The shots he took at SNL were pretty good too. And yes, that beat is fire.

[jmood88]

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First single off "Good A$$ Job"

Kanye West feat Dwele, produced by S1 - "Power"

I'm not a Kanye fan but I have to give him props for getting S1 to produce for him. Hopefully he gets a bigger name like 9th Wonder did after the Black Album.

[Buckeyes_Doc]

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I used to be a big Talib fan, now I can't stand him at all. I feel like he speeds up his flow so much to fit in a bunch of words.

I can't get into Talib anymore. I didn't like Revolutions per Minute. I still listen to his old stuff though.

[BlueNGold]

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http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1640340/20100528/west_kanye.jhtml

Kanye West has aligned a murderer's row of producers for his forthcoming album, including Pete Rock, the RZA and Q-Tip.

But "Power," the first track to emerge from the Chicago MC's highly anticipated LP, wasn't produced by one of the aforementioned acclaimed beatsmiths. Instead, underground producer Symbolyc One manned the boards for the number.

The Dallas-based producer (a.k.a. S1) has previously worked with Ghostface, Slim Thug and Chamillionaire, but he's hardly a household name.

"The way it came together, I work with Rhymefest," S1 told MTV News about the song, referring to another Chicago MC. "I did like four joints on his album. And one day, out the blue, I got a text from Rhymefest that said, 'Kanye is loving your stuff. He said he's about to change your life.' Two days later, I got an e-mail that said my flight to Hawaii [where West recorded much of the album] leaves in three hours! So I was on a flight, and it just happened like that. I went down and stayed for like two weeks, banged out some joints.

"The 'Power' joint that we did, it was actually a track that I already made and gave to Rhymefest, and he just so happened to play it for Kanye in the studio and he loved it. So when I got out to Hawaii, Kanye had already recorded to it."

A month later, S1 returned to Hawaii and heard "Power" again, this time with more "polish" added by 'Ye, who co-produced the song. However, S1 picked the sample that drives the record: a snippet of British progressive rock band King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man."

Initially, he didn't think West would be interested in the beat, because a drum break resembles a sound the rapper already visited on "Crack Music," a song from one of his previous albums.

But West showed a heavy interest in the song, and used it to fire back at his detractors: "I'm living in the 21st century, doing something mean to it," 'Ye raps on the first verse. "Do it better than anybody you ever seen do it/ Screams from the haters, got a nice ring to it/ I guess every superhero need his theme music."

"It was incredible," the producer said. "We would just listen to the joint in the studio over and over, with the lights turned down and these layers of lights on in the studio. And we would bang it loud, over and over."

In addition to producing, S1 is a part of a trio billed as the Strange Fruit Project, who have been releasing material since 2004.

Their next project A Dreamer's Journey — which S1 described as "alternative hip-hop" — is set for fall release; he and his production parter Caleb oversaw all the material.

In the meantime, S1 said he's fielding phone calls and learning as much as he can from West.

"They kind of welcomed me into the family," S1 said. "I've been doing a lot of work with him. He's just a good dude. He has a super-good heart. He really took care of me and made me feel like a part of the family. And I'm so grateful for the position he's put me in right now."

[clivo1050]

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I can't get into Talib anymore. I didn't like Revolutions per Minute. I still listen to his old stuff though.

Same. I thought the only good song from RPM was "in this world." The rest i couldn't get into. Talib does put on a mean live show thought.

[VTPack919]

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My word that beat on yeezy's song is just illllll.

[jmood88]

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People need to start listening to the Strange Fruit Project and get S1's solo album.

[Lintyfresh85]

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This isn't hip hop related... so much as it involves a sibling of Fabolous. But I thought you guys might know the answer.

Who the **** is Kat Stacks? And why is a video of her getting slapped the **** out of by Fabolous's brother such a big deal?

[jmood88]

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This isn't hip hop related... so much as it involves a sibling of Fabolous. But I thought you guys might know the answer.

Who the **** is Kat Stacks? And why is a video of her getting slapped the **** out of by Fabolous's brother such a big deal?

She's a groupie who has a youtube channel talking about all the rappers and other famous people she's had sex with. Recently she's gotten destroyed on twitter for lying about having sex with Joe Budden and Ochocinco. I don't know about that video of her getting slapped but she's annoying as hell so I'm sure she deserved it.