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Optimus Rhyme
Kai:
MC Frontalot is pretty ace.
RJD2's Deadringer is my favorite hip hop album ever.
brew:
--- Quote ---After reading through this entire comic series, and exploring the recomended listening section, I realized something...there's not a single hip-hop/rap refrence. Normaly, this would be fine with me, as I absolutely detest the standard hate-filled 'I'm such a gangsta' scene. The one rap band I *can* stand, and actually really enjoy is Optimus Rhyme. The main thing about them is the two main vocalists (sigh..yes..rappers) are backed by a great funk trio. This isn't your standard played out of a box-filled with samples-crapfest...its all about funky baselines weird guitar riffs and the like.
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I'd be more tempted to check this out if it weren't completely surrounded by a passage that basically says "durr I know nothing about rap and only like rock music by white ppl".
Kai:
Do we need to do another hip hop reccomendation thread? Cause we totally can.
Hip hop that does not suck:
Aesop Rock
Atmosphere
Blackalicious
Common
Dalek
Dangerdoom/MF Doom/Etc.
Dan The Automator
Del The Funkee Homosapien/Deltron 3030/Heiroglyphics
DJ Shadow
RJD2
The Roots
X-Ecutioners
are all wonderful.
Houdinimachine:
I dig MC Frontalot because even his non nerdy rap songs are ace.
As for pure hiphop...
The Roots
Del the Funkee Homosapien
Can't go wrong with those two. I may be white as white can be, but I groove every time I hear a Roots song. Seriously, if you don't feel like dancing every time you hear a fast song off of Phrenology, you're just dead.
brew:
--- Quote from: Kai ---Do we need to do another hip hop reccomendation thread? Cause we totally can.
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We should. I just find it funny how people go "I totally hate *genre X*, except I like *artist Y* because they have nothing to do with *defining characteristics of genre X*". Artist Y is always some watered-down version of the genre, tailored to follow the narrow and skewed standards of the (usually-rockist) listener.
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