Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

[sitinon32]

It's crazy that Lil Wayne and Curren$y both went to HS with me. Curren$y graduated with my wife in 98. Wayne met his manager Cortez when all of us were in the band (Tez graduated in 97). They played cymbals, I played trombone. simply amazing to see where they are now. Shante (Curren$y) acts the same now as he did then....well, he gets higher now. I haven't seen Wayne in person since 06 at a private party in N.O. when he let me in VIP with his crew. Nesby Phipps went to McMain too. Also graduated with Shante in 98 and we played football together. There has been a shytton of good artist coming out of N.O. recently.....(Jay Electronica, Frank Ocean ect....)

[areobee401]

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I've been since I first saw it.

Someone on another board had this wild theory about Ethiopia, it was actually really intriguing, I guess Abel is Ethiopian.

Dude is on one though

Here's the theory

- This is basically about a rift between man and woman.

- This is also based on Ethiopian history/folklore. If I'm not mistaken hasn't it been said that Abel is Ethiopian? Anyways, long story short the Ethiopian monarchy traces its roots back to King Solomon and Queen Sheba. Haile Sellassie the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, who is shown in the beginning of the vid and then later represented by the lion, is said to be a descendant of that lineage. Queen Sheba was said to be obsessed with King Solomon's wisdom. The story goes that Sheba came to visit him and Solomon wanted her to spend the night. She asked him not to force herself on him and he agreed but only if she agreed not to forcibly take anything from his palace. Basically they were trying to outsmart each other. Sheba ends up drinking water in the palace and breaking their agreement and Solomon and her have sex. More on that later. I believe that Abel and the female lead in the video are portraying descendants of that lineage. In the photo shown at 1:34 you see what is supposed to look like Haile Sellasie but I think is actually Abel (more on that later)

-It seems what happens is that woman gives herself to the devil and acquires knowledge (as eluded to by the owl on the devil's shoulder which represents knowledge) which causes the rift between man and woman. This is happening way in the future in a civilization based on Ethiopia, called Ethio X. The woman comes back to Abel with the knowledge and tries to outsmart him by presenting herself as three identical clones. She is unsuccessful and Abel knows which one she is because "he knows everything" aka he is wise, as portrayed by him having a vision of her giving herself to the devil. Since he outsmarted her as Solomon did Sheba he has sex with her. However this causes the rift that makes man and woman in the future split and inhabit two separate planets.

- I think the female lead as queen of her planet steals Haile Selassie's coffin in the beginning of the video to better understand Abel (who also coincidentally favors Haile Selassie as I mentioned with picture) and how to destroy him. In that beginning video she is watching clips of Selassie. She comes to the conclusion that she has to break his heart (taking cues from the song). She sends two female assassins and they bring back his heart. She's unable to break it with her hammer. Maybe she interpreted it wrong and thought she had to break his heart literally as opposed to figuratively.

-Not really sure about the ending. Looks like his heart overpowers her and she dies making him cry (trying for irony in context with the song? "you prolly thought that you'd make me cry"). They also flash to another image of Haile Selassie.

My thoughts exactly. lol

[ex carrabba fan]

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Yoooo

Black Star is ****ing back

'Fix Up' proper dropped yesterday, and today they dropped 'You Already Knew'. We could be in for something special.....

http://rapradar.com/2011/11/25/new-music-black-star-you-already-knew/

[l3ulvl]

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Alright so I'm downloading Yelawolf based on a recommendation from a friend. No idea if this is big or not (remember I've been away from the genre for a long time), but looking at the guest appearances I'm gettin excited to listen.

edit: not bad, not bad at all

[ScoobySnax]

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Target had Yelawolf for $6.99 and I passed it up. I may go back and get it.

[l3ulvl]

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Target had Yelawolf for $6.99 and I passed it up. I may go back and get it.

Target doesn't censor like walmart do they?

[ScoobySnax]

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Target doesn't censor like walmart do they?

Nope. Not at all.

[LionsFanNJ]

Yoooo

Black Star is ****ing back

'Fix Up' proper dropped yesterday, and today they dropped 'You Already Knew'. We could be in for something special.....

http://rapradar.com/2011/11/25/new-m...-already-knew/

....my face is melting.

Yes hip hop can do that.

[Rexis]

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I'm confused. I don't know where I've wandered.

[iLLmatic]

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Who on here is feeling ASAP Rocky? Heard his mixtape and it was cool. Didn't like every song, but the majority was cool. Being from Harlem and rapping like he's from Houston is an interesting angle, but he pulls it off. I think he and his crew are going at that Odd Future/Wiz Khalifa audience. Whether he gets it remains to be seen but someone thinks he has it. He just signed a $3 million deal with a Sony-RCA associated label. In a music industry that isn't given anyone any kind of advance money or going big budget on projects, thats kind of a big deal.

[BlueNGold]

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Who on here is feeling ASAP Rocky? Heard his mixtape and it was cool. Didn't like every song, but the majority was cool. Being from Harlem and rapping like he's from Houston is an interesting angle, but he pulls it off. I think he and his crew are going at that Odd Future/Wiz Khalifa audience. Whether he gets it remains to be seen but someone thinks he has it. He just signed a $3 million deal with a Sony-RCA associated label. In a music industry that isn't given anyone any kind of advance money or going big budget on projects, thats kind of a big deal.

Surprisingly, I really like him. He's not the most gifted rapper -- Christmas (what's up, Luda? ) -- or anything, but I nod my head to just about every track on LiveLoveASAP.

[ScoobySnax]

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Nice lil' compilation of Black Thought classics:

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[areobee401]

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This new Lupe mixtape has me so confused. I don't know if I should fight "the man" or pop a disco biscuit and put the volume on blast. Lupe Back starts off like I'm about to hear something E***! Unfortunately that isn't the case.

Only like about 4 tracks.

Double Burger With Cheese
Lightwork
SLR
The End Of THe World

Overall the lyrics are kinda weak to me. Instead of clever and intelligent they comes off preachy and dumbed down. If F&L2 isn't a more traditional hip hop album.

It's #OccupyLupe

[ScoobySnax]

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Joell Ortiz is a beast. Just bought Free Agent and I am impressed. Any other mixtapes/albums of his that are nice?

[Jano]

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Yea check out Road Kill (mixtape) and his first album the Brick: Bodega Chronicles were solid. The guy is a beast lyrically right?