The Death of Hip-Hop

[Ryner]

Re: The Death of Hip-Hop

God willing.

[JPS]

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Does one think that naming oneself Blackalicious is hip?

[Perversion]

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Blackalicious is actually good, though.

Kirin, if you want stuff that is good, some of it hip hop, some of it just stuff with hip hop beats, sometimes downtempo, sometimes jazz, check out stuff on the record label Ninja Tune. Look for Funky Porcini, The Herbalizer, Kid Koala, some others I'm forgetting at the moment.

Also, in my last post, I forgot to mention Jurassic 5.

[Alex]

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Blackalicious is a duo.

[Ryner]

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more like crapalicious am i right

[Kirin]

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Kirin, if you want stuff that is good...

Yeah, I've been into Jurassic 5 for a while Keep the suggestiong coming though-- it's always nice to come across some artists that I actually like.

[Kefka Jr.]

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I liked Hip-Hop better when it was inspiring all the radio raheem's out there to destroy pizza places.

FIGHT THE POWER

[JPS]

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Blackalicious is actually good, though.

I didnt say they were bad I just figured they could come up with a more mature and original name.

If Blackalicious is a duo they should be called Blackalicious's, but alas, apostrophes and plural forms arent hip in this day and age

[Caciss]

Re: The Death of Hip-Hop

Wow, this article targets one single subgenre of hip-hop. Yeah, that's fair.

Everything Perversion mentioned is good, some others I find worth mentioning:

Dr. Octagon
MF DOOM
Quannum
Talib Kweli
Mos Def
Blackstar
Blockhead

Early hip-hop is great too, like Grandmaster Flash.

Early gangsta is tight because it was just being ridiculous and over the top on purpose.

Also, Wu-Tang Clan, but they pretty much embody everything you dislike about the genre.

I just figured they could come up with a more mature and original name.

Okay.

[Magus]

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Wu-Tang!! I like them. They're fun.

[Maijo]

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I like Nelly and I love the previously aforementioned song by Akon, "I Wanna **** You." Try and tell me that refrain ain't catchy.

[JPS]

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Okay.

Oh yeah, we're talking about hip-hop here, silly me, how dare me bring up maturity about such a subject...

[Kefka Jr.]

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Geto Boys.

Geto Boys.

[IRC]

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I think at this point hip-hop has distinguished itself from gangsta rap. I don't know if they're still calling it hip-hop or not but I'm talking about stuff like John Legend, that guy from the Gap commercials, and to an extent Kanye West. I think that kind of hip-hop deserves credit for being all musical and ****.

[JPS]

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some sub-genres of hip-hop/rap is alright, but most I could care less for