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post #331 of 448
12/12/09 at 2:40am
Wow i've got a lot of new ideas within the hip hop era with this thread. thanks to everyone with their great ideas. I've always been a fan of the old school story telling rap. And in my opinion Tupac is arguably one of the best if not the best. His flow is also very nice. If only he were alive today, he would do wonders. One of the most enjoyable albums i like right now, is The Games latest LAX. Very good ablum. lil Waynes Tha Carter 3 will always be up there on top also. His lyrics are so smooth and clever. And of course Eminem. Smartass clever rap. =P
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post #332 of 448
12/12/09 at 11:53am

Asian Rappers

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Originally Posted by chinesekiwi View Post
My music is super diverse, from rare remixes (of remixes!) to hip-hop to pop to prog etc...

J-Live


Albums to check out: All of them! but his best IMO are his latest album 'Then What Happened' and 'The Best Part'.

Do you think a geeky looking Asian guy likes rap? :P
Too much music, so so so little time.
The only half decent Asian rapper I've heard is Jin's freestyles. (His studio album = fails beyond belief).

I just wanted to x2 on the J-Live stuff. Still haven't been able to get my hands on "then what happened" but hopefully in the near future. The best part rocks my socks and all of the above is great as well.

On the topic of Asian rap, there is a Japanese/Canadian group from Halifax, NS, Canada that is called "Alpha Flight" which is really good. I suggest you check them out. One of the guys in that group "Ghettosocks" has his own record as well. They even throw in some kill bill into their mixes hah.
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post #333 of 448
12/13/09 at 5:17am
Asian rapper? That guy from Blue Scholars is pretty good. Geologic.

I just hate how he thinks Philippines is a third world country. It's not. Poverty may be prevalent there and after checking the GDP for it, I stand corrected. Bleh

Either way, look him up.
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post #334 of 448
12/13/09 at 1:00pm
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Originally Posted by HipHopScribe View Post
It's a good album, it's produced by Exile and is quite reminiscent of Below the Heavens, though Fashawn is no Blu.
Any other albums you guys can recommend that sound along the same lines as the Fashawn album and Below The Heavens? I feel that these albums are a couple of the more musical, mellow, melodic and soulful hiphop records I've heard.

Sure, I don't listen to hiphop a lot... but I'd like to have those recommendations.
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post #335 of 448
12/13/09 at 1:58pm
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Any other albums you guys can recommend that sound along the same lines as the Fashawn album and Below The Heavens? I feel that these albums are a couple of the more musical, mellow, melodic and soulful hiphop records I've heard.

Sure, I don't listen to hiphop a lot... but I'd like to have those recommendations.
The Foreign Exchange - Connected
Q-Tip - The Renaissance
Slug & Murs - Felt 2: A Tribute To Lisa Bonet
CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange
Brother Ali - Us
Cee-Lo - The Soul Machine
Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca & the Soul Brother
Little Brother - The Listening
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
Strange Fruit Project - The Healing
Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
InI - Center of Attention
Brother Ali - Shadows On the Sun
Blackalicious - Nia
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
Common - Like Water for Chocolate
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post #336 of 448
12/13/09 at 2:03pm
I'd like to spread some love for The Sound Providers. If you watch this video, the soundtrack is them.

YouTube - 2008 LBI Skim Jam Skimboard Contest

Also really liking Ave.To's album "Three Way Intersection" right now.
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post #337 of 448
12/13/09 at 4:35pm
Guru. Jazzmatazz. Buy it, download it, steal it, whatever. Just listen.

YouTube - Guru - Loungin'
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post #338 of 448
12/13/09 at 4:58pm
SungTong from At Ease?
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post #339 of 448
12/13/09 at 8:35pm
Eclipse The Shedding of a Blacker Light. 7:00PM to 10:00 PM every Sunday. I usually host, always engineer, and occasionally spin. Old School, New School, True School, no pop. If anybody wants to check ithttp://stream.kgnu.net:8000/KGNU_live_high.mp3.m3u this is what ever is being broadcast live on KGNU Boulder Denver Community Radio. That's Mountain Standard Time by the way.
If anyone calls with a request, say headfi somewhere in there and I will do my best to make it happen.
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post #340 of 448
12/14/09 at 7:31am
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Originally Posted by HipHopScribe View Post
The Foreign Exchange - Connected
Q-Tip - The Renaissance
Slug & Murs - Felt 2: A Tribute To Lisa Bonet
CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange
Brother Ali - Us
Cee-Lo - The Soul Machine
Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca & the Soul Brother
Little Brother - The Listening
The Roots - Things Fall Apart
Strange Fruit Project - The Healing
Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
InI - Center of Attention
Brother Ali - Shadows On the Sun
Blackalicious - Nia
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
Common - Like Water for Chocolate
Black Star - Black Star
People Under the Stairs - O.S.T
The Problemaddicts - The Dark Side of Oz
Unknown Prophets - The Road Less Travelled
Prolific - Think

And everything mention in the post quoted
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post #341 of 448
12/14/09 at 3:17pm
Check out Jin, he used to be a Ruff Ryder but got dropped from his record label. He only made 1 commercial album, which is 'The Rest is History'. Y'all should check that out, that mothrfckr is the truth. He's real Hip-hop, not some about-money-drugs-sex-cars Hip-hop. More info of him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_%28rapper%29
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post #342 of 448
12/14/09 at 9:45pm
Are you kidding Jin was a BET Freestyle Friday champ, and thats it. He fell right off when his run on BET was over. I had heard he won some freestyle comps in his career, but boy has been working for like 10 years now with nothing to show... almost like Papoose lol, but at least Paps got street cred.
It takes talent to make a song instead of just spitting fire. Canibus has the same problem but has worked with people to help him out a bit Can-I-Bus was awsome compared to the rest of his catolog and i contribute that to Wyclef.
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post #343 of 448
12/14/09 at 10:41pm
Can-I-Bus was so crappy that it killed his career, and most people blame it on Wyclef's horrible production, so you're probably alone on thinking it's awesome.
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post #344 of 448
12/15/09 at 1:31am
Can-I-Bus was a solid album, but barley decent compared to other releases around the same time period. Don't understand the hate towards it, it's nothing spectacular, but it's not as horrible as people make it out to be.
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post #345 of 448
12/15/09 at 10:20am
Compared to the rest of his career, that one is good. But there is definetly better albums from that era dont get me wrong.

...how can you say that killed his career it was his debut.
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