HipHop Heads Rise

[wikedscotty]

i love rap/urban.

my favs would be ICP, Twiztid, Nate Dogg, DMX, Cypress Hill.

cant go past some good rammstein cranked up to full...their stuff goes off

[LSD_XR8]

I aggree with the often arrogance, what people often forget is that person singing has something to say how they gets it to their audience doesnt really matter I wreckon.

Hip-hop is sweet im a bit old school NWA, Jazzy Jeff etc now into Eminem Obie trice etc.

If your Really Hip-hop, Dekline and wizard along with Dj Krafty kuts and Dj rectangle are mint hip hop Djs

[red_hotxr6]

Love rock rap hip hop, at least you can dance to all of them all of the time.lol

[eminvil_12]

Originally Posted by XDaaron

the only hiphop I listen to is the stuff they play on triple J the only one I actually don't mind is by the heard, at least i'm pretty sure that's what they're called.

I hate american rap all I hear is "yo yo gangsta kill people with guns i am a gangsta i have sex with 50 wemon a night i am a pimp yo gangsta 20inch rims shot guns kill people run from the cops i'm a gangsta yo yo"

All I hear from american hip hop is.... well it's just some grown man singing like he hasn't hit pubity yet, and the film clips are just wemon in their underwear just dancing around him

I would not class this is Hip-Hop, All 50 cent, Game, eminem, Chamillionare, they are all just money hungry artists making pretty bad quality Rap-Pop music. They give the real Hip Hop industry a bad name.

Anyways, some artists which tickle my fancy are.

Immortal Technique - Great
Talib Kweli
The Roots
The Pharcyde
NWA
Public enemy
Beastie boys
Bone Thugs n Harmony
Common - Also very good
Dead Prez

Eh, that will do me.
Right now im listening to Fugazi, diversity is great

[nitroman]

I HATE rap. Rap it in lead and bury it forever!

[Ruger]

rap and hip hop is alright.
old school dirty south slowed and chopped is the best for chilling out and i dont like any of the aussie stuff most of the stuff ive heard they all have that same generic aussie voice they all sounded the same and had no character or individuality to them. and using cuss words as a gap filler to try and make it flow aint what i would call "word play" but most 'gangster rappers' (are there any left?) these days think it is.

anything produced by michael '5000' watts is bound to be good. any old underground dirty south is my taste.
when you hear chammilionaire, mike jones, bun b, pimp c, paul wall, lil keke and all the other dirty south rappers on the radio dont judge them by that get some of their original stuff when they were still underground and you hear what they are really about

rip dj screw.

[XW 393]

Originally Posted by XRated

Jurassic 5 kick ****. I'm also a big fan of Roots Manuva. Other than that I like some of the old school stuff like NWA..

I'm also a fan of DJ Shadow, but not sure what I'd classify his stuff as.

Yeah!! I was waiting for DJ Shadow to pop up in here !! He is super smooth and also Numark etc those "Future Primitive" cd's are dope !! Cant get enough .......

[red_hotxr6]

Originally Posted by nitroman

I HATE rap. Rap it in lead and bury it forever!

Rap is like Holdens, it aint going to happen. Good wish though.

[loxxr6]

But I just cannot understand why there has to be so much F--- this and F--- that in hip hop and rap. Its totally unnessary.

There's no shortage of metal which is any different.

Out of the aussie rappers I have heard, my fav would be Figgkidd.

From non aussies I listen to NWA, Public Enemy, Spice-1, Wu-tang Clan, Paris, Ill Bill, Necro, Non-Phixion etc.

I love electronic music with rap samples in it (breakcore, gabber, hardcore, dnb, jungle, breaks etc).

[Ruger]

Originally Posted by loxxr6

gabber, hardcore

amen to that!!

[Walkinshaw]

I can see why people like it. I mean people like Idol.

[lukey]

I listen to hiphop, yeh Immortal Technique is awesome. Some hip hop I really like is Promoe and Loop Troop, which is a rap group from Sweden. If you like rap give them a listen!

[TEaaron]

Originally Posted by Walkinshaw

I can see why people like it. I mean people like Idol.

Good call.

[xr8chick]

I'm into punk and rock and i just started bass ...

[5L]

im more into aussie hip hop than american hip hop

favourites are , terrafirma, matty b, lyrical commision, older hilltops (matter of time,left foot right foot) pegz, reason, older bliss n eso,

but i do play some yank stuff. depends what mood im in chill out mood j5 and the roots, want some bass i bring out dre, or snoop

[Boss 260 Ute]

Hip-Hop Rulez!!!! Some of my faves are Hilltop Hoods, Nate Dogg, DMX and Cypress Hill. Some rap is OK but most isn't.....


Cheers,

[big_pete]

i love hiphop/rap music, and have for all my life,
im mainly a fan of the older G Funk music, but also have an appreciattion for anything with quality lyrics and beats

my favourite artists are:
DJ QUIK - best producer IMO, i absolutley love his style. very musical and very different.

Warren G
Common
Dogg Pound (older stuff)
Kanye West
Nas
Roots
Kam
Suga Free
Naught by Nature

im starting to get into more artists like mos def, talib kweli etc.
i cant stand 99% of southern rap, i think that style is why people hate Rap music so much. "bling bling 26 inche grillz yO'

[ON_DUBS]

Originally Posted by gozza

(about ICP) they are not good rappers...There lyrics are simple and basically meaningless

i couldnt possibly agree more.


big_pete im right with ya on the gfunk classics, i'm sick of the whole generic dirty south grill music thats coming out and being played out. looks like you're headed in the same direction as me with mos def, common, talib kweli. i got introduced to them through Kanye and of course, Dave Chappelle!

loved kanye west since his production on izzo, went to the concert not long ago.

big fan of Jay-Z and Nas.

i don't like much of the aussie hip-hop i've heard, Bliss n Eso are good.
NZ hip-hop is choice bro

on the southern rap, Ludacris always makes me laugh i always enjoy listening to him

[Miss_XR6]

love nate dogg and jay z kayne is alright as well

[red_hotxr6]

Originally Posted by big_pete

i love hiphop/rap music, and have for all my life,
im mainly a fan of the older G Funk music, but also have an appreciattion for anything with quality lyrics and beats

my favourite artists are:
DJ QUIK - best producer IMO, i absolutley love his style. very musical and very different.

Warren G
Common
Dogg Pound (older stuff)
Kanye West
Nas
Roots
Kam
Suga Free
Naught by Nature

im starting to get into more artists like mos def, talib kweli etc.
i cant stand 99% of southern rap, i think that style is why people hate Rap music so much. "bling bling 26 inche grillz yO'

What he said. :eclipsee_

[4.9 EF Futura]

OK, dont know much about the 'scene' aspect... i.e. difference between rap/hip hop/whatever or where the various styles come from and what this means.

Lyrically i think its pretty impressive. Some of these people/groups tell a great story and are usually pretty witty/funny.

Cant stand the "cash-money" attitudes, its just stupid and they're gonna look like fools when the money dries up. More to the point - they ridicule those who are buying their records by pi**ing away the money and rubbing it in everyone's faces.

Cant stand aussie hip hop - accents are laid on too thick (we dont all talk like that hey bro) and the lyrics are mundane. It also promotes the americanisation that we see in the streets every day. Dressed up and limping around like a 300 pound african american, "wow man - you grew up on the tough streets of Melbourne??? Phew, that's so hardcore". Let's face it - no australian city will ever be as dangerous as somewhere like new york or LA, regardless of how baggy your jeans are or how many warrior handshakes you give out.

Musically, i cant do it. I like guitars, melodies, song structure and above all - musical talent (involving musical instruments, not turntables or vocals).

Heck, i'll even go out on a limb and say it (hip hop) is not musical at all. Im not saying its not music - im saying its not musical (again, turntables, samples and beat loops dont count as music in my books).

[XzLr8]

love hip hop/rap/rnb best of the best
-immortal technique
-2 pac
-nas
-usher
-DMX
-akon
-dogg pound
-ll cool j(old stuff)
-eminem (old old stuff)
-chris brown
-dr dre & snoop dogg (old stuff)
-ice cube(old stuff)
-jamie foxx
-ludacris, nelly, ne-yo

Just to name a few..LoL and to those lil john freaks out there....LOSERS!

[ON_DUBS]

Originally Posted by 4.9 EF Futura

Heck, i'll even go out on a limb and say it (hip hop) is not musical at all. Im not saying its not music - im saying its not musical (again, turntables, samples and beat loops dont count as music in my books).

Originally Posted by Wikipedia.com

The definition of music as sound with particular characteristics is taken as a given by psychoacoustics, and is a common one in musicology and performance. There are observable patterns to what is broadly labeled music, and while there are understandable cultural variations, the properties of music are the properties of sound as perceived and processed by humans.

Link to page
i guess that means turntables, samples and beat loops do count as music.

[4.9 EF Futura]

Originally Posted by XzLr8

LoL and to those lil john freaks out there....LOSERS!

What?

What?

What?

Okay!!!

[4.9 EF Futura]

Originally Posted by FAIRMONT4.0

i guess that means turntables, samples and beat loops do count as music.

Lol, since when did Wikipedia count as conclusive??

Nah - just jokes. As i stated.... its just personal opinion (i think term was "in my books"). What can i say... the thread starter asked why ppl may not like it... im trying to explain why i dont

I stand by the fact that a pair of turntables, a cross fader and a sampling desk dont qualify as musical instruments. It's audio equipment.

[big_pete]

Originally Posted by 4.9 EF Futura

Musically, i cant do it. I like guitars, melodies, song structure and above all - musical talent (involving musical instruments, not turntables or vocals).

Heck, i'll even go out on a limb and say it (hip hop) is not musical at all. Im not saying its not music - im saying its not musical (again, turntables, samples and beat loops dont count as music in my books).

while i see where your coming from, with alot of the stuff you find on MTV has very little musical content, with the same ol beat in the background. however there are alot of good producers out there that use alot of instruments in their music.
alot of Piano and drums are used in the stuff i listen to.
as an example DJ Quik has an instrumental track on each of his albums that usually showcases his use of an instrument/s throughout the album. for one album it was high use of guitars another trumpets.
it all depends on what your listening to. as most peoples exposure to rap is the top 20 pop charts which doesnt showcase much talent at all

[rennie]

I love my rap. gangsta rap mainly. Hate 50 cent & g-unit. G-G-G-G-G-G-UNOT

[blackers10]

if its got a good beat and a good theme ill give it a listern..

and i consider turntables to be a musical instrument as it is "played" to create a new sound/bunch of sounds.. ie scratching.. or pulling 2 bunches of instruments together to make a new sound.

its an instrument that uses the sounds of other instruments to make its sound.

otherwise this makes a keyboard(the musical type) not really an instrument either. as it samples anything from drums to piano to violin..

[AC/DC]

I LOVE hip-hop.

My favourite HIP-HOP band is AC/DC . . . . . . .Other hip hop I like includes, Metallica, RHCP etc etc...

Ha ha

Rock On...

Rock Music has survived decades as we all know it.

How long will hip hop survive.

Do you call the rock steady crew from the breakdance 80's hip hop..? ? ?

AC/DC

[ON_DUBS]

Originally Posted by AC/DC

Rock Music has survived decades as we all know it.

How long will hip hop survive.

take a look at the top 20, i'd be asking how long will rock survive