Rap/Hip-Hop Appreciation Thread

 

Donuts - Jay Dee

Petestrumentals - Pete Rock

Shades of Blue - Madlib

 

good laid back tracks

Hiphop is not really my thing, so I have not dug deep and can't say too much about it.

However, people on PA are overreacting a lot when it comes to rap/hiphop. 

...and most hiphop is better than King Crimson anyway. 

 

That must totally be because of some problem with the music rather than with yourself.

I'm very sorry to hear that. You're missing out on some truly wonderful listening experiences. 

No to the above post, or no to Hip-Hop in general?

 

This is what I gots.

 

Nineteen Ninety Now- Celph Titled

Heaven Razah- Hell Razah

The Three Day Theory- Killah Priest

Gas Mask- The Left

C Of Tranquility- Canibus

In Search Of Stoney Jackson- Strong Arm Steady

Black Trash- Sticky Fingaz

The Old Prince- Shad

 

They're all recent except the Sticky Fingaz which is an overlooked 2001 record which was a concept album with a storyline running from beginning to end. Unfortunately overlooked- Sticky Fingaz's foul mouth reputation has a tendency to overshadow what was actually a very deep, cohesive and ambitious project.

Shad's album is a few years old too but he has a new one out called TSOL that people are saying is making him one of the best Canadian rappers of all time so I got his earlier one that also had some buzz around it.

I should probably also get Owl by Qwel & Maker.

 

As for that Canibus, good stuff. Hard and sometimes unexpected beats, complex and intense rhymes as always (except for Merchant Of Metaphors where Canibus displays his weakness for narrative with some nonsense about having government agents over for pancakes.) Probably better than his first album of 2010, Melatonin Magic. I could've asked for more of a point to the album though and also, some tracks are underdeveloped.

Strong Arm Steady seems to have great beats (all produced by Madlib) but Strong Arm Steady are so-so MCs, continually outshined by their guests like Planet Asia and Talib Kweli.

 

I haven't got it yet but a rap album has suddenly shot to the top of the 2010 list on rateyourmusic.com, Kno's Death Is Silent. Kno (from Cunninlynguists, whose album A Piece Of Strange is a must have) is a great producer but he's always struck me as a suspect rapper so I'm a bit hesitant to cop... anyone heard it?