TVTropes Now available in the app store!
Open

Follow TV Tropes

Following

Rap and Hip-Hop

Go To

SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
Laugh it off, everybody
#351: May 9th 2010 at 6:33:13 PM

There's really no point in doing so.

I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#352: May 9th 2010 at 6:33:52 PM

Yeah, you're right.

So... listen to anything new lately?

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
Laugh it off, everybody
#353: May 9th 2010 at 6:34:43 PM

The song I posted last page, did you listen to it?

I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#354: May 9th 2010 at 6:35:52 PM

Uh-huh.

I like Em's verse a little better (SURPRISE SURPRISE), but B.o.B. was really good too.

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
Laugh it off, everybody
#355: May 9th 2010 at 6:36:51 PM

Em's verse is good. (Depressing in some ways, though, yeesh).

I don't really know much about B.o.B, he's been compared to Andre' 3000, which can be taken a number of ways.

I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#356: May 9th 2010 at 6:43:17 PM

I think that's a good thing, how 'bout you?

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
Laugh it off, everybody
#357: May 9th 2010 at 6:45:29 PM

It can be a good thing depending on what's meant by it.

On one hand, Andre' was one of the most talented rappers in and around the mainstream.

On the other, he also fell very hard and very fast, as his recent work shows.

I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#358: May 9th 2010 at 6:54:22 PM

Would "recent work" include Speakerboxx/The Love Below?

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
Laugh it off, everybody
#359: May 9th 2010 at 6:55:55 PM

No.

That's the thing, he hasn't recorded anything of note by himself or with Outkast since then, aside from some very mediocre output, he's all but dropped offscreen.

I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....
yukijin from behind the scenes Since: Feb, 2010
#360: May 10th 2010 at 3:31:56 AM

Last I heard he was cast as Hendrix in a biopic. Never happened.

...is out to lunch.
Cortez from Parts Unknown (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#361: May 10th 2010 at 6:06:45 AM

Sup guys?

Anything new you'd recomend?

SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
Laugh it off, everybody
#362: May 10th 2010 at 3:16:10 PM

Due to a recent thread, I have been given the following mental image of the creative process behind Insane Clown Posse.

Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope are sitting at a small table in their recording studio. J is fiddling with some magnets

Shaggy: I dunno man, I think we may have run out of material, you know?

J grunts frustratedly, trying to put two North-end magnets together

Shaggy: Maybe it's time to retire the ICP....

J continues to grunt in frustration

Shaggy: I mean. I can't think of anything else to write a song about.

J throws his magnets

J: FUCKING MAGNETS!!! HOW DO THEY WORK??!!

Shaggy: You're a genius, J! Quick! Get out the pad! We have to think of things that rhyme with "work"!

edited 10th May '10 3:16:58 PM by SpainSun

I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#363: May 11th 2010 at 7:44:14 PM

Information requiered on:

  • The High & Mighty
  • Souls of Mischief
  • Blackalicious
  • Edan

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
yukijin from behind the scenes Since: Feb, 2010
#364: May 12th 2010 at 2:29:13 AM

^^ Insightful

^High & Mighty - Home Field Advantage on good old Rawkus. B-Boy Document with Mos Def and The Last Hit with Eminem were the first tracks of theirs I heard. And they collaborated with Princess Superstar on her major debut..

Souls Of Mischief I've shamefully never checked besides their appearances on Aim's No Restriction and the Quannum Spectrum album. They're part of the Hierolglyphics collective though.

Blackalicious.. Where to start. I saw Gift Of Gab recently, his memory and breath control are both unreal. I recommend Alphabet Aerobics, Swan Lake, Just What Can Happen. Album-wise most people say Nia, just to be different I say Blazing Arrow.

I recently got given a mixtape Edan did called Echo Party using existing, mainly 80s tracks and adding to them musically. Other than that I got nothing, but he's on Stones Throw.

Hopefully that qualifies as info, as opposed to detail attack.

I got Abdominal's album the other day, one of the most technically gifted MCs out there. Video.

...is out to lunch.
SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
Laugh it off, everybody
#365: May 12th 2010 at 5:28:48 AM

Edan is one of the best rappers currently out, I recomend "Clinical Rhymes"

SOM and Black are not in regular rotation for me, so I can't help you (though I know Gift of Gab from the Mighty Underdogs, and he's good).

I've never forgiven Mighty from High&Mighty for the whole business with Eastcon, so my opinion is nothing but negative.

Also rumors of Aesop Rock moving to a major label are untrue.

edited 12th May '10 5:30:59 AM by SpainSun

I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....
yukijin from behind the scenes Since: Feb, 2010
#366: May 12th 2010 at 6:26:25 AM

I can't picture him leaving Def Jux.. same goes for a lot of their roster. And The Mighty Underdogs album was solid.

...is out to lunch.
SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
Laugh it off, everybody
#367: May 12th 2010 at 9:57:09 AM

Well, seeing as how Def Jux no longer exists as a cohesive entity, it's almost unavoidable at this point.

And agreed, particularly "Gunfight".

I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....
yukijin from behind the scenes Since: Feb, 2010
#368: May 12th 2010 at 11:47:00 AM

Hm, I didn't realise that's what El-P meant..

Yup, and it had a decent video too which was a plus.

...is out to lunch.
SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
Laugh it off, everybody
#369: May 12th 2010 at 12:03:54 PM

El-P means "El Producto" which is gratuitous spanish for "The Producer"

What has a video?

edit: Haha, nevermind. Yeah Gunfight had a cool video.

edited 12th May '10 12:04:22 PM by SpainSun

I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....
yukijin from behind the scenes Since: Feb, 2010
#370: May 12th 2010 at 1:06:59 PM

Oh, I mean I googled for Def Jux and realised they're not doing physical releases (?) or something. At the time El-P made that statement on the site, I guess I missed that point. I know a couple of people who'll be pleased that he's going to be doing more music, but I see it leaves the other artists at a potential lose end, however temporary.

edit: heh, and El Producto is also the title of The Avalanches' underground aussie EP from the late nineties- worth a listen, incidentally!

edited 12th May '10 1:08:55 PM by yukijin

...is out to lunch.
Warsie Representin Da Souf Syde from Chicago, IL, USA Since: Jan, 2010
Representin Da Souf Syde
#371: May 12th 2010 at 8:35:23 PM

Keny Arkana has some good music. I'm acquiring her stuff now. BTW: French Rap. Anyone know some good international rap music (French and Japanese mainly - but anything goes!)

vid where I found out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edNRmcO-z_4

I am a Star Wars Fan, Warsie Here!
yukijin from behind the scenes Since: Feb, 2010
#372: May 13th 2010 at 4:16:36 AM

Greece is crazy lately.

Japan: Breakthrough- DJ-producers doing nu-jazz and broken beats influenced hip hop with guest MCs on later editions of the album.

France: Saian Supa Crew's KLR. Probably the most entertaining hip hop collective of recent years.

...is out to lunch.
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#373: May 13th 2010 at 5:55:31 PM

Now listening to Will Rap For Food, by CunninLynguists.

I'm not too big on the production, but it's good.

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
SpainSun Laugh it off, everybody from Somewhere Beyond Here Since: Jan, 2010
Laugh it off, everybody
#374: May 15th 2010 at 7:24:16 AM

So, to my knowledge (info's been hard to get) this is the first song Aesop Rock's been on this year.

The main track is by Primor, who -to be honest- I've never heard of.

edit: Ah, wow, I fail at reading.

Apparently Primor is the name of the song. Dark Time Sunshine is the group, and it's fronted by Onry Ozzbourn.

edited 15th May '10 7:28:33 AM by SpainSun

I spread my wings and I learn how to fly....

Total posts: 2,976
Top