Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

[ipitythafool25]

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Here was what first turned me on to him

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2pBjmkqLk4

Finally got the cdq of this song on the warm up... great song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHIoto34F2c&feature=related

[Kruza]

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I think there's a certain level and responsiblity major labels have to obviously keep the music "fun", but it can't be ALL one thing. You know what I'm trying to say?

There has to be balance... it can't be all gangsta stuff, it can't all be concious stuff and it can't all be catchy dance stuff, there has to be a balance.

In the past 2-3 years there has been absolutely no balance to mainstream hip-hop. It's all been dumbed down stuff which does nothing. You can have fun some of the time, but people associate hip hop or rap as just that, when that's really unfair.

If anything the music is devolving. Beats are becoming ultra-simplistic, flow apparently doesn't matter anymore, having a catchy dance is more important than having any real subject or motive to the music.

There can be a certain amount of songs that have fun and are dances and what not, you need that... but that can't be all hip-hop is.

And no, anyone who says it's dead is lying. It's not dead. It's just not on the radio or on MTV. Hip-hop is alive and well, you just have to find it and listen to it yourself.

Great post. But honestly, lack of variety has been has been a problem over the last 15 years, not just the last two or three years. 1994 was the last great year of mainstream hip-hop/rap music in terms of having a nice mix of various subject matter along with overall quality.

Kruza

[X*Cell]

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Great post. But honestly, lack of variety has been has been a problem over the last 15 years, not just the last two or three years. 1994 was the last great year of mainstream hip-hop/rap music in terms of having a nice mix of various subject matter along with overall quality.

Kruza

ahh, the spirit of 1994... what a year that was for hip-hop music... loved it loved it loved it!

[Stumbleweed]

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Here's a pretty damned awesome live instruments (and supposedly one continuous take, which seems legit) version of Weezy's "Let the Beat Build"... I absolutely loved this:

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[SHO]

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Joe Budden had a dope send for Method Man in his recent Slaughtehouse freestyle.

niggas is scared of the truth,
look in my eyes you stare at the truth
they doing interludes in every interview
talking about how they prepared to shoot
how thoughtful, wont resort to getting near a booth, thought so
what i do to thems unlawful, boss dude aint got a higher up to report to
just giving yourself a bad name,
yakety-yak them threats in fact its that lame
if you cant tell that acts arranged
think im wearing a bulls-eye, and just all them cats got bad aim
i'll explain,
im past real, niggas is past phony
avoid the personal and physical attacks on me
i remain cool, relaxed homie,
brand new, i aint got a scratch on me
so whats your squad gon do?
Lay a hand on me, ill lay a hollow on you
chain snatch, tap his pockets take his wallet
go through every club in new york and pop bottles on you
better tell em what relucatnce is,
im controlled by uncontrolled substances
truth be told i show em what substance is
i know im nice, so when i boast im just rubbin it in
got beat up ignored in school
signed a deal niggas thought you was cool
only take one quarter(1/4) to slaughter your crew
they resumes got deaded the day they call you a fool
got all them years rapping, nothing else happening
you need a new day to day, old heads with no other way to get paid
they gasping, time-out go take a break from the clay and grab a gatorade
a bad contract, team can't make a trade
majors ****in' you in the ***, you gonna stay a slave
5'9" in my ear sayin' "hey, behave!"
but **** is ****ed up and i blame it on the way it was paved
so i'll chill for the sake of your age
you're great live, but let me know when that stage get appraised
all in, raisin' the stakes, i swear you and your label should pray
and thank god i was placed in this decade by mistake
i don't belong here, dad ****ed mom in the wrong year
wrong ***** amongst fans with wrong ears

[NC State-31 UNC-27]

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OK I saw the Hip Hop is Dead thing was brought up somewhere, didn't really read much, just wanted to add my 2 cents...

The people who say its dead don't mean that hip hop is dead as a commodity, just that hip hop as they know and love it is changed and gone. Really, it's not meant to be taken so literally. Of course hip hop music has been killing it in terms of money. But musically when you have T-Pain, Akon, and Ron Browz on 90% of songs, that **** just aint right.

Whos fault is it? I dont know...the DJ's, the fans, the artists, the records labels?

All I know is I'm thankful for some artists like Budden, Royce, Lupe, Crooked I, Quest, etc who are killing it these days. Too bad they don't get the credit they deserve for the most part.

[trobinson97]

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Trey Songz taking DOA one step further and going at R. Kelly:

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I agree with him too.

[Da_Czar]

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Not feeling this 50 song. May be time for him to hang it up.

I think that 100MM in VitaminWater money has caused him to lose focus...he just going through the motions...

I feel like he has been doing that for awhile man.

[Bornindamecca]

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Here was what first turned me on to him

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2pBjmkqLk4

Finally got the cdq of this song on the warm up... great song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHIot...eature=related

I enjoyed the guitar in the first one. The rapper feels pretty basic though. Not my thing.

[ipitythafool25]

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CDQ of Lupe Fiascos new song Shining Down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JPhIsbX5V4&feature=related

[ProfessaPackMan]

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New Jeezy Trappin Ain't Dead Mixtape:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=96WETYND

[cjonesfan921]

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Joe Budden had a dope send for Method Man in his recent Slaughtehouse freestyle.

Any link to the freestyle?

[SHO]

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Any link to the freestyle?

http://www.zshare.net/audio/6143163252cda81e/

[trobinson97]

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I didn't know Goodie Mob was getting back together and supposedly releasing an album this year. I just hope it doesn't go down the road all the Outkast projects have gone down as of late.

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[ProfessaPackMan]

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Jay-z being the Larry Holmes of Rap is the worst comparison ever and i'm not even a big Jay-z fan.