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J. Jacques Doesn't Care About Black People: A Hip-Hop Thread
valley_parade:
Busdriver is freaking amazing.
That said, I also listen to J5 and a bit of Del.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: onewheelwizzard ---Yeah, crunk really has given hip-hop a bad name of late. Oh, for the days when actually-talented lyricists were on the charts!
--- End quote ---
That'd only be like, 2001 when Eminem's last decent recordings were in the chart.
Although saying that, Sing For The Moment was great, lyrically.
pat101:
Looking across this thread it's rather insane seeing the artists I neglected to mentioned, espically DJ Shadow I'm listening to Entroducing again right now and it's just fantastic.
Filk:
While you guys are on the topic could you recommend some rap for me to listen to?
I listen to death/power metal with occasional indie stuff here and there.
Recently i feel like trying different genres and rap is really hard for me to get into.
I got an Outkast cd a few weeks ago and really hated it. I do remember listening to some early Eminem album several years ago and liking it.
thanks
Outshined:
Ah, yes, I have Endtroducing as well, and it is an amazing album.
In all seriousness, though, it seems like a lot of those bands you posted, like Gorillaz, Dan the Automator and DJ Shadow, are extremely heavy on the electronica hybridization that I wouldn't really call them hip hop anymore, but electronic music with hip hop influences. Gorillaz, in particular, seems more like a "bit of everything" band that occassionally does hip hop really well =). I suspect a few more bands on some of these lists are like this, as well.
A lot of the rest of the artists you mentioned are much older, "classic" figures of hip hop, but I haven't heard very many modern artists mentioned at all.
Also, since when is Eminem good? Have the masses decided that we like him despite the immature, misogynist lyrics now? You'll forgive me if I don't hop on that train =P
It is just very difficult not to get jaded about a genre that seems inundated by talentless knockoffs, y'know?
I'll check out Aesop Rock, and Buck 65 though, a lot of people mentioned them.
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