hip hop

[HighPhi]

sk3tch3 sorry i miss read you post, i too agree he was light years ahead of many.
beatboxing is a worthy skill but for me will always still be a catogry under mcin,
what dose everybody else think??

and maryjane have a look at abelton live see what you think fantastic for pc mixing.

 

[SuperDaveJr712]

I'm just now discovering Lord Infamous and DJ Paul. It's excellent.

 

[heymo85]

I'm just now discovering Lord Infamous and DJ Paul. It's excellent.

damn dude three 6 has been around for a while..never liked lord in that much but paul and juice have been tight for a while..check out lil wyte and t-roc

 

[stickyhits]

to tell the truth illmatic and ready to die shit on any album pac has ever made

 

[SuperDaveJr712]

I've been listening to tre six and lil wyte for a while, I've just never worried about Lord Infamous alone much.

 

[HighPhi]

to tell the truth illmatic and ready to die shit on any album pac has ever made

hell yeah illmatic is "off the heeezy"

 

[sk3tch3]

well i grew up in the valley down here in cali and moved to the coast a few years ago.... also i dont hate on any music (if its good) shit i even listen to ramon ayala and vicente fernandez, (im not hispanic at all but love the latinas! ) but my step dad was an afroman and i grew up listening to celly cel, brotha lynch, c bo, the click (gang related) 40 water, b legit, ferinheit,x raided, twista (mob stability and adrenaline rush!) hollow tip.... you get the picture.

 

[silk]

sk3tch3 sorry i miss read you post, i too agree he was light years ahead of many.
beatboxing is a worthy skill but for me will always still be a catogry under mcin,
what dose everybody else think??

and maryjane have a look at abelton live see what you think fantastic for pc mixing.

Beatbox is basically dead and so is MCing. Remember MC "means move the crowd?"

Being an MC means you fire up the party, you set the mood and you help tear the roof off the mofo. Being a rapper means you can get paid for talking about getting paid. So many of the artists mentioned in this thread record music I like, but I would never pay for a ticket to see them live, because they can't MC. Beatbox is an MC skill but not a rapper's skill. Rapper's need 20 hype men and fireworks. A Rahzel, or Biz Markie or even a Krs-one can keep you tuned in, one man, one mic.

 

[HighPhi]

i agree with you silk, many rappers have lost the way, or i guess i should say the mainstream has forgotten the true way of mcin.
speaking of moving the croud and mcin anyone heard the live version of chuck berrys song my digaling. now thats how you hold a mic and controll the croud. funniest song you will hear in ages. highly reccommned you check it out.

 

[silk]

my shit is all about enlighting the people, can you say that about the dirty, or the crunk.

Considering crunk is party/club music it does what it is intended to do. If you can rule out the dirty then you haven't been listening.

 

[silk]

i think some ppl may have miss read my post,
rap is one of the 4 pillars of hip hop along with breaking, graf, and djin.
just got a personal message (will stay nameless) about how i know nothing about hiphop, so the following is the responce to that message,
buddy i live and breath hip hop and have for nearly 10 years, i dj for a hip hop crew, play in clubs etc. have graffed in 9 different countrys, so i think you should try doing you homework on me and hiphop befor you bag both of them out again.

In my experience those people that don't know try to tell people what they don't know.
On a brighter note the latest RJD2 album is interesting but I didn't find any cuts I would spin. Good thing I downloaded it

 

[silk]

havent heard the album yet, and it is common knowledge that 2pac was/is ahead of the game 11+ years ago. people cant even fuck with his shit today and its at least 11 years old. so arguing with anyone on it is pointless because true music lovers know i am right. besides, what other "rapper" has his work dissected in cal state berkely? hmmmm? or any other college in the country not just one as reputible as berkely. right 2pac is the only one. oh did you hear, they should have a class on the game dre and 50. ppssshhh!
oh and there are 5 elements of hip hop, beat boxing being the newiest addition, peace.

Common knowledge? Do you mean we can open an encyclopedia and find Tupac in it? All your statements on Tupac are just one thing, your opinion, perhaps you can find people that agree with you, but there are no facts in your statement. You can find discussion in academic courses on hiphop of many rappers. If you don't believe me e-mail a few professors and instructors and ask for a reading lists/syllabi; pick up a book or two and read! Fundamentally you can't talk about hiphop without talking about some of the MCs past and present.

Finally, 4 pillars is the most commonly accepted elements of what makes hiphop. It doesn't even matter if 5 is the magic number because you or anybody else cannot fully explore a culture in just 5 points.

 

[silk]

i find im of the few but i still think eminem should be at the top of any list..no matter how cheesy he was genius.

He was my favorite for a long time. Check out his cuts on the Wake Up Show (sway and king tech) freestyle compilations. You can get them on wax, cd or even DVD (with video of course)

 

[silk]

speaking of moving the croud and mcin anyone heard the live version of chuck berrys song my digaling. now thats how you hold a mic and controll the croud. funniest song you will hear in ages. highly reccommned you check it out.

I haven't heard the live version but my boy and I (mostly my boy) will spin the 45 cut. You gotta love that era of music. So ballsy and so sexual repressed!

 

[silk]

^the guy above me talks too much!

 

[HighPhi]

In my experience those people that don't know try to tell people what they don't know.
On a brighter note the latest RJD2 album is interesting but I didn't find any cuts I would spin. Good thing I downloaded it

same here i gave it a listen but wouldnt go out and pick it up on wax.

 

[HighPhi]

so is this all we have to talk about ???.....

what does hip hop mean to you.
For me its about partying, good times, expression, improvisation, comming togeather.
whats it mean to you.

 

[joekikass]

Lots of good Aussie hip hop getting around now , and the accsent sounds wicked !

 

[qtrax]

If its about the hiphop and not the rap iam going to say 1 thing "DJ FORMAT"

 

[ILoveUMaryJane]

For me, it's about having a good time with your mates, having a smoke, a beer, and just laughing it up. I love hip-hop gigs so much, because everyone's moving together, on the same high, just loving the music. There's always one fuckwit (who I usually end up next to) trying to mosh or some shit, or who's just too drunk. Why do I always end up next to them. People I sit near on the bus - always turn out to be crazy too - Lol