Rap thread

[Suede]

i listened to cypress hill's black sunday, IV, Temples of boom. great albums.

discuss or recommend rap albums

i have 2Pac's 'Me Against the world', and R U still Down?. I've lent my other rap albums to my friend.

[Kris K]

My Top 10 Favorite Rap Albums

1) Jay z- Reasonable Doubt
2) Nas- Illmatic
3) Nas- God's Son
4) Big Punisher- Capital Punishment
5) Raekwon- Only Built 4 Cuban Links
6) 2pac- Me Against The World
7) The Notorious B.I.G- Ready To Die
8) Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP
9) Ghostface Killah- Supreme Cliental
10) Mobb Deep- Hell On Earth

[Herr Lipp]

Dont call it Rap man. Rap's a verb nowadays, the music's been a lot more important since Rap's heyday in the late 80's.


Dead Prez - Lets Get Free
Blackalicious - NIA
Wu Tang - Enter The 36 Chambers

Everyone starts off listening to Cypress Hill ha ha. I don;t like their Rock stuff though.

[Carnage]

I like Hip Hop. But there's no new artists that are particularly brilliant. Heard Nas' new one is mediocre but with, of course, some stand out tracks.

[ramblingrose]

As a whiny indie girl I would recommend Float by Aesop Rock. I also like Sage Francis and Atmosphere.
now I must go and knit a cardigan out of acoustic guitars and fairy tears, bye.

[Atomsk Iscariot]

Originally posted by ramblingrose
As a whiny indie girl I would recommend Float by Aesop Rock. I also like Sage Francis and Atmosphere. Also, Blackalicious, who I'm certain doesn't breathe, ever.

[jennifris]

Blackstar.

[Suede]

BEP Bridging the gap is pretty good.

[Kris K]

Originally posted by Cloud Strife
BEP Bridging the gap is pretty good.

[Nak Nak]

Any Mystik Journeymen album.

Raekwon- Only Built 4 Cuban Links

The "Liquid Swords" album, I can't remember the name of the Wu member who did it though.

Jurassic 5 self titled.

Anything MC Hawking if you are in a comedy mood.

[Wayne Arnold]

Wu-Tang Clan- Enter the Wu-Tang
Liquid Swords is by GZA.

[Kris K]

I've been listening to Black Rob's "Life Story," album. It's pretty damn good even though his second album was kind of bland. I guess he'd be able to put out better material if he wasn't in jail all the time.

[Kinbote]

:-o Princess Superstar.

[Tago Mago]

Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Dälek - Absence
cLOUDDEAD - cLOUDDEAD
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five - The Message

[Atomsk Iscariot]

I feel woefully inexperienced when it comes to most hip-hop, but here's a shortlist of my favorite albums thus far:

1. Common - Like Water for Chocolate
2. Nas - Illmatic
3. Outkast - Aquemini
4. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
5. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
6. Madvillain - Madvillainy
7. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
8. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP

That's all I got, really. The cLOUDDEAD LP that Tago Mago mentioned is really fantastic, but I wouldn't put it up here. Especially because I keep hearing their self-titled is better and I haven't listened to it.

[Kris K]

Meh, I'm bored, so for fuck's sake

These albums are all well worth checking out,

Jay-z
- Reasonable Doubt
- Vol 1
- Vol 2
- The Blueprint
- The Black Album

Cage
- Hell's Winter

Chino XL
- Here To Save You All
- I Told You So

Capone n' Noreaga
- The War Report

Wu Tang Clan
- Enter The 36 Chambers
- Forever
- The W

Nas
- Illmatic
- It Was Written
- I Am
- Lost Tapes
- Stillmatic
- God's Son
- Death of Escobar

Obie Trice
- Cheers

Eminem
- Infinite
- The Slim Shady LP
- The Marshall Mathers LP
- The Eminem Show

Bad Meets Evil (Royce Da 5'9/Eminem)
- Scary Movies

Necro
- I Need Drugs

Ras Kass
- Soul On Ice

50 Cent
- Get Rich Or Die Trying
- Power of The Dollar

DMX
- It's Dark And Hell Is Hot

The Game
- The Documentary

Snoop Doggy Dogg
- Doggystyle

Dr. Dre
- The Chronic

Wu Tang Clan
- Enter The 36 Chambers
- Forever

Eric B and Rakim
- Don't Sweat The Technique
- Paid In Full

Big Punisher
- Capital Punishment

Fat Joe
- Don Cartejena

Raekwon
- Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Dead Prez
- Lets Get Free

Ghostface Killah
- Iron Man
- Supreme Clientle
- Bulletproof Wallets

Black Star
- Mos Def and Talib Kweli are..

GZA
- Liquid Swords

Binary Star
- Masters of the Universe

A Tribe Called Quest
- The Low End Theory
- Midnight Maurauders

The Roots
- Things Fall Apart

Common
- Resurrection
- Like Water For Chocolate

Lauryn Hill
- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Organized Konfusion
- Stress: The Extinction Agenda

Reflection Eternal
- Train of Thought

Mos Def
- Black On Both Sides

NWA
- Straight Outta Compton
- Niggaz4Life

2pac
- 2pacalypse
- Me Against The World
- All Eyes On Me
- Makavelli: The 7 Day Theory

Mobb Deep
- The Infamous
- Hell On Earth

The Notorious B.I.G
- Ready To Die
- Life After Death

Xzibit
- At The Speed of Life
- 40 Dayz and 40 Nights

Lil Wayne
- The Carter

I'm sure I have missed a lot, but these are all great albums.

[Tago Mago]

Originally posted by Atomsk Iscariot
The cLOUDDEAD LP that Tago Mago mentioned is really fantastic, but I wouldn't put it up here. Especially because I keep hearing their self-titled is better and I haven't listened to it.

Oh shit... never mind that, I keep mixing those two album titles up. Their ST is the one I've got on mp3 and meant to put in there, I've yet to listen to Ten. :-o

EDIT
Some more favs:

Jurassic 5 - Quality Control
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
Afrika Bambaataa - Looking For the Perfect Beat: 1980-1985

I really need to listen more to Antipop Consortium though.

[Atomsk Iscariot]

Originally posted by Tago Mago
I've yet to listen to Ten. :-o I can upload it for you if you want.

[Herr Lipp]

Originally posted by Tago Mago


I really need to listen more to Antipop Consortium though.

They're cool. I have three albums. They have stupid names though so I never bothered remembering them.

[Kris K]

Great, it seems like no one has mentioned the overly pretentious and down right bland stylings of Jedi Mind Tricks. Good job Blamo!

[Atomsk Iscariot]

Originally posted by ..i..
Great, it seems like no one has mentioned the overly pretentious and down right bland stylings of Jedi Mind Tricks. Good job Blamo! I have never heard of them and never will!

These are not the droids I am looking for!

[Kris K]

Originally posted by Atomsk Iscariot
I have never heard of them and never will!

These are not the droids I am looking for!

I dunno, it just seems like a lot of people who don't really like Hip Hop, like Jedi Mind Tricks. They're a total bore.

[Herr Lipp]

Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner

download "Stop Dat" for a taster of the album. It is one of the more Grimey tunes, but the rest of the album is a nice Grime/Hip-Hop/Garage mix up.

[Kris K]

Capone N' Noreaga- The War Report

"one love to that nigga Marly Marllllll"

[i]

Originally posted by ..i..
Snoop Doggy Dogg
- Doggystyle

[Herr Lipp]

that's the only snoop album I like. apart from 2001.

[Kris K]

Originally posted by Herr Lipp
that's the only snoop album I like. apart from 2001.

2001 is a Dr. Dre album!

[Kris K]

But yeah, it is Snoop's only album worth buying.

[Herr Lipp]

I consider 2001 to be a Dre slash Snoop album man! Whatever the liner says!

[Herr Lipp]

And I actually find "The Chronic" pretty boring :O aside from 3 tunes that I think are cool.

[Kris K]

Originally posted by Herr Lipp
I consider 2001 to be a Dre slash Snoop album man! Whatever the liner says!

I dunno man, Snoop isn't really on that album much. He was all over the Chronic though.

listening to some Big Pun

[Herr Lipp]

Ah I must be confused. I used to think Dr Dre's solo career was more of a big deal before I knew more about Hip Hop. He's still a cold chilling producer, and his lyrics aren't too cheesy, but his rapping aint all that gangster. He'll always be a legend in the game though.

[Herr Lipp]

Originally posted by Atomsk Iscariot

3. Outkast - Aquemini


Stankonia is good too, but the radio did butcher Ms. Jackson and So Fresh So Clean.

[Kris K]

Originally posted by Herr Lipp
Ah I must be confused. I used to think Dr Dre's solo career was more of a big deal before I knew more about Hip Hop. He's still a cold chilling producer, and his lyrics aren't too cheesy, but his rapping aint all that gangster. He'll always be a legend in the game though.

Word, I prefer his beats from back in the day though. I don't think he writes his own lyrics, so cheers to whoever does!

[Tago Mago]

Originally posted by Atomsk Iscariot
I can upload it for you if you want.

Thanks, I'd love it. :)

[Suede]

50 cent.

worst rapper ever.

[Suede]

Originally posted by ..i..

Jay-z
- Reasonable Doubt
- Vol 1
- Vol 2
- The Blueprint
- The Black Album

Nas
- Illmatic
- It Was Written
- I Am
- Lost Tapes
- Stillmatic
- God's Son

DMX
- It's Dark And Hell Is Hot

Snoop Doggy Dogg
- Doggystyle

Dr. Dre
- The Chronic

Wu Tang Clan
- Enter The 36 Chambers
- Forever

I'm sure I have missed a lot, but these are all great albums.

i want the special edition version of doggystle.
it's dark and hell is hot and chronic i borrowed from my cousin years ago. should have made a copy.
the others i need to listen to on amazon.

[Kris K]

Originally posted by Cloud Strife
50 cent.

worst rapper ever.

I disagree.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000I9NY.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000CF348.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000DCHN.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000006ON3.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[Kris K]

Originally posted by Cloud Strife
i want the special edition version of doggystle.
it's dark and hell is hot and chronic i borrowed from my cousin years ago. should have made a copy.
the others i need to listen to on amazon.

What's on the Special Edition? I hear that Deathrow Record re-releases their entire catalouge every few years because all of the new people on the record label suck ass.

For you, and others, looking to build up a better collection of rap cd's....

http://smokingsection.blogspot.com

[Suede]

joe pesci? macho man?

[Kris K]

Originally posted by Cloud Strife
joe pesci? macho man?

I'm not sure if the Joe Pesci album was all rap. I just remember the single, it was called "Wise Guy," I think. To his credit, it was hillarious. "Your mother didn't like me, I didn't give a fuck/ your brother didn't like me so I hit him with a truck...I'm a wise guyyyy." :lol:

The Macho Man album is a rap album, and among other topics, he disses Hulk Hogan :lol: and does a tribute song to Kurt Angle, I think. I've only heard bits and pieces of it off of Amazon, don't really want to hear more.

[Kris K]

up!

[Suede]

special edition has hidden or extra tracks and a video.

[NeonJesus]

The only hip-hop I've listened to in recent memory is a little Blackalicios and a fuckload of Common. J5 used to get a lot of rotation on my mp3 player, too.

[Herr Lipp]

I want that Rappin' Ronnie Reagan tape Homer listens to in The Simpsons.

[Suede]

death row uncut had some good songs.

[Nak Nak]

Roots Manuva.

[motorcyclemptiness]

Anything MC Hawking if you are in a comedy mood.

All my shootings be drive-bys.

[PLEASE DON'T STEP ON ME]

I saw Common live last week. I'd never heard him before, I liked what I heard. I'm definately going to have to look into him.

[Celluloid Love]

The Macho Man album is a rap album, and among other topics, he disses Hulk Hogan


Hot diggity damn Hulk I'm glad you set it off (set if off)
Used to be hard Hulk now ya done turned soft
Doin' telephone commercials I seen ya
Dancin' in tights as a ballerina
I knew all along you had those tendencies
Cuz you've been runnin' from Macho like I got a disease
Dude please your pay per view event was a joke
You're avoidin' Randy Savage cuz you know you'll get smoked
Come on that phony fight the Rock spanked you fast
But when I challenged Hogan to a real fight he passed
I called him out but the punk was scared to go
It was a charity event but the Hulk didn't show
Hollywood Hulkster you're at the end of your rope
And I'm a kick ya in the butt and wash your mouth out with soap
Cuz like Rodney Dangerfield you gets' no respect
So come on Hulk let's wreck so I can put you in check

Be a man Hulk Come on don't be scared
Your runnin' from Macho that's what I heard

Be a man Hogan Come on don't be a chump
I never thought Hulk would go out like a punk

Be a man Hulk Come on don't be scared
You're runnin' from Macho that's what I heard

Be a man Hogan Boy you's a chump
Cuz Hulk Hogan is a real big punk

They call you Hollywood (hugh hugh) don't make me laugh
Cuz your movies and your actin' skills are both trash
Your movies straight to video the box office can't stand
While I got myself a feature role in Spider Man
Ya hidin' man but when I find you it's on
And when I slam ya to the dirt you'll wish you's never born
I smell a coward mmmm is that you Hogan
Macho's gonna kick ya butt is the slogan
You try to ignore me thinkin' I'll go away
But I'm a keep on messin' wit ya dude day after day
And once you step to Macho you're through
The joke's on you so Hulk what you gonna do
Probably nothing cuz you're a real big punk
You called my dad up on the phone man you's a chump
Cuz if you really got static take it up with me
And I'll punk ya butt out for the world to see

[Kris K]

I saw Common live last week. I'd never heard him before, I liked what I heard. I'm definately going to have to look into him.

Get Ressurection or Like Water For Chocolate.....NOW

[PLEASE DON'T STEP ON ME]

Alrighty, I'll take a look for them. I've only been able to find Electric Circus so far.

[Suede]

There was this song by this UK rapper/rap group. Chris Brookes 'Deep Rooted'. Anyone heard it?