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W/Rap Sucks 2.0..............................Rap/HipHop Appreciation Thread.
Sep 1, 2015 at 3:21 AM Post #3,781 of 3,914
someguydude said:
 
It's happening again with the Meek/Drake beef. I kept seeing about how Drake "bodied" Meek. Charged Up was soft as anything, and Back to Back had a handful of decent lines, but the internet blew up like it was an Ether. It's like the internet's given everyone zero memory span so everything gets treated like it's the most unbelievable thing that's ever happened even if it's a C+ grade at best.
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I think the internet blew up over Back to Back in sort of a self-aware, let's-just-have-a-good-time-with-this-one way. I doubt anybody (other than Meek Mill) actually took the Meek/Drake beef seriously - the internet's anointment of Back to Back felt pretty tongue-in-cheek. These pop culture tiffs get so big now because people love to have a laugh on social media over a few well placed memes. This beef echoed and amplified as it bounced around Twitter and more and more people joked about it, but everybody remained cognizant of how goofy the "beef" really was. I highly doubt that anyone thought it was an Ether, at least.
 
change is good said:
the 90s when Hip Hop was genuine
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What does this mean??

 
Sep 23, 2015 at 11:41 AM Post #3,784 of 3,914
Was flipping through some good 'ol tunes on YouTube and read a comment about that Sean Price passed away. Sad. Only 43 years of age. Probably best known for making up half of Heltah Skeltah.
 
Rest In Peace and Thank You for the music. 
 
 

UNFORGETTABLE TAG TEAM
 
 

TAKING IT BACK TO 96 
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Oct 21, 2015 at 8:14 PM Post #3,786 of 3,914
Man this used to be so active...is there a new hiphop thread?
 

 
Oct 22, 2015 at 4:58 AM Post #3,788 of 3,914
sixly said:
  Man this used to be so active...is there a new hiphop thread?
 
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I've never posted a lot to this thread, but maybe the reason it's so inactive now is just cos there's no good new stuff to post up! Don't wanna be that 'hip hop is dead' guy, but the majority of my own (extensive) collection is from the 90s, which I think most would agree was the golden age for the genre, and a bunch of stuff from the 00s, but not much from the last 5 years. It's rare that I come across anything these days worth mentioning. There's probably still some good underground hip hop being produced, but you have to dig a bit to find it and I'm more likely just to reach for the old records.
 
Oct 22, 2015 at 8:42 AM Post #3,789 of 3,914
In the words of El-P "and i'm always laughing at the critics claiming 'hip-hop's over'.  **** you hip-hop it's just getting started / funny how the most nostalgic cats are the ones who were never a part of it"
 
How you gonna argue with El-P man?
 

 
Oct 22, 2015 at 8:56 AM Post #3,790 of 3,914
That was back in 2003, there was plenty of decent stuff around then. Not arguing with El-P - nothing but respect for the man, especially for what he did with Co Flow - but I'm not a 90s bandwagoner either... first record I bought was in '91 - The Low End Theory.
 
Oct 22, 2015 at 10:11 AM Post #3,791 of 3,914
I think it applies regardless of the year.  There's always good stuff it's just a matter of a) luck and 2) digging for it.  Also El-P bragging is just awesome, you seriously just cannot hope to argue with his resume.  "Signed to Rawkus?  I'd rather be mouth ****ed by nazis, unconscious".  - The man,
 
Oct 22, 2015 at 1:14 PM Post #3,792 of 3,914
wraithape said:
   
I've never posted a lot to this thread, but maybe the reason it's so inactive now is just cos there's no good new stuff to post up! Don't wanna be that 'hip hop is dead' guy, but the majority of my own (extensive) collection is from the 90s, which I think most would agree was the golden age for the genre, and a bunch of stuff from the 00s, but not much from the last 5 years. It's rare that I come across anything these days worth mentioning. There's probably still some good underground hip hop being produced, but you have to dig a bit to find it and I'm more likely just to reach for the old records.
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Aw man, there's been tons of awesome stuff. 
 
One album I've been spinning a bunch is Future's DS2. On the surface it's all b*tches and drugs, but the way it's executed leaves this really haunting malaise over it, like Future doesn't really enjoy ANY of it, it's just the life he's fallen into. 
 
Earl Sweatshirt's I Don't Like crap I Don't Go Outside is another favorite.
 
Game's dual album monster Documentary 2/2.5 is probably modern classic status
 
I got a feeling the new one from Logic is gonna be stellar, too. I thought Under Pressure was better than GKMC, but then I don't really like Kendrick.
 
I could keep going but the point is that the only reason anyone says "music from X era is best" is because they just have an attachment to the type of sound that came out of that era. That's why you get a lot of guys who rave about the 90s saying Joey Bad@$$ is amazing. 
 
Oct 22, 2015 at 7:54 PM Post #3,794 of 3,914
I am surprised no one has made a better thread for hip-hop for this forum. If some of you think you can maintain a hip-hop thread for this forum, go for it.
 
This thread was really just a result of me shutting down the original "Rap Sucks" thread and made to bring out the willfully ignorant (sometimes racist) user's view of hip-hop. So in a sense this is a troll thread filled with good hip-hop, SF was to troll and I was to provide the hip-hop. I haven't been posting anymore cuz life and very little advancement in headphones. I only check this forum out now and then for the Schiit posts. But really, this isn't a proper thread, I posted a lot of nonsense here.
 
As for the quality of hip-hop for this year, there is enough to make a solid top 10 list but the volume is not there compared to previous years and much much less compared to the golden era. 
 
Here is ten vids from 10 of my fave albums this year so far
 
Ka 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUxVhSyXi1U
 
Camp Lo
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XDBKpPLtXI
 
Oddisee
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bxkp3hpGdU
 
Lyrics Born
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOHsvv9Z2o0
 
Blackalicous
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDDbD9GmcHM
 
Semi Hendrix
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZySMyPFRR8
 
Ghostface Killah
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfa_IT_LUYE
 
J-Live
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWh14DGpkIQ
 
Gangrene
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRO0p4ZcGdQ
 
L'Orange and Jeremiah Jae
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI26ZriWw8A
 
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