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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:01 PM Original message |
I'm ready to try to understand hip-hop music. Give me some clues. |
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ugarte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Start with Public Enemy |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Bass for your face... |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Are those cuts, or albums? |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
53. Lyrics... |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Thanks. Should I just get their earliest album, and listen from the top? |
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ugarte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. "It Takes A Nation of Millions" or "Yo Bum Rush the Show" |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Paul's Boutique" by the Beastie Boys |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Roots, Mos Def, Common, K-os, Sweatshop Union, Blackalicious... |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. You just named a good part of my collection |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. Mos Def was mentioned... |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
44. i love ynq.. |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 02:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
59. I must not listen to hip-hop because I don't recognize anyone on that list |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. there is a lot more out there than just the crap on the radio |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. I don't listen to any radio stations that play hip-hop anyway. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. Hip Hop is more than just rap music, it's a lifestyle |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. What are those four elements again? |
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ugarte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. There's no bizness like 'ho bizness |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. i thought the 5th was |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. The fith element is always controversial |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. Start with A Tribe Called Quest |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. It began as counter culture music |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Oh, I forgot about Spearhead in my post |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
46. don't forget the disposable heroes of hiphoprisy.. |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. that album |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:37 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. Yep, Television is the drug of the Nation is a masterpiece |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. OK, this is great. I've got a place to start. Now, what is the crap? |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. G-Unit, Murda Inc. affiliated stuff, most Rocafella stuff, Nelly... |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Thanks for sticking your neck out on that... I wonder if it's true that |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. that has only been true in the last 5 or 10 years |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. You like jazz, so you might like some hip hop that incoporates jazz |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
47. where's the us3? |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I'm the US3 Kang |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
56. Great choices...US3 is one of my fav's |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. Since you like Miles Davis... start with Digable Planets. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I second the Digables |
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bbernardini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
20. I think it really depends on your taste in interaction of rhythm and voice |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Thanks for this post. The use of the turntable as a musical instrument |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. The thing about the turntable, though, is it is LESS a corporate... |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. oh damn i like that last part |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. Digable Planets on Tour |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Wow! The FL Jam Cruise... now THAT's a cruise i'd take! (nt) |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. I saw a great quote about Hip-Hop vs. Rap in the movie "Brown Sugar" |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. i applaud you |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
29. Avoid most MSHH made after 1994. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. 1985-1995: The golden age of Hip Hop |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. There are a few exceptions but in general that's true |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Man, that's really interesting; just as with jazz and country music, |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. If you want hear some of the best of today's hip hop, go international |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:19 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. let's give a little cred to our brothers from canada as well.. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. If I were back home home in Detroit, I know that I'd know this |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
37. For some background on a regional Hip-Hop phenomenon.... |
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MirrorAshes (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
39. Del The Funky Homosapien, Digable Planets, Tribe Called Quest |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. You're not supposed to understand it |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:08 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. That's a good point. In the later days of the Swing era, when there were |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. That's a rare combination |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
41. Don't discount the influence of Donald Byrd's music on hip hop |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
42. Hip hop is for lyrics fans or dance fans and |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
50. Drink some beers |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:35 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. 50 Cent is a good pop rap star |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 01:42 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Ok he's not that bad |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
58. Thanks to everybody for all this good info. It's gonna take some time |
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Madrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-05 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
62. The Roots : Come Alive |
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