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Nicki Minaj...Oh wait this is for Musical Artists, I guess she doesn't fit the bill...
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Black Eyed Peas are like the Jay Leno of music...insulting to the intelligence of anyone listening, even if you're dumb.
Ah, the Black Eyed Peas. One of the all time great lyricists......
Just listen to these beautiful lyrics:
I gotta feeling,
that tonights gonna be a good night
that tonights gonna be a good night
that tonights gonna be a good night
that tonights gonna be a good night
that tonights gonna be a good night
that tonights gonna be a good night
that tonights gonna be a good night
that tonights gonna be a good night
that tonights gonna be a good night
that tonights gonna be a good night
And FallenAngel, I bet your IQ was 140 before liking the Black Eyed Peas.
Does this count?
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Don't forget rock. Boogie Down Productions sampled AC/DC on "Dope Beat" from their classic Criminal Minded album twenty years ago. Even before that, Run DMC recorded "Rock Box" with blazing lead guitar from (I think) the guitarist from Quiet Riot. They also recorded a series of other rap/rock fusions, like "King of Rock." Public Enemy famously recorded a version of "Bring the Noise" with Anthrax. Don't forget LL Cool J's "Rock the Bells." Mos Def led a flat-out rock band for a while a couple of years ago, that included lead guitarist Dr. Know from the Bad Brains. More recently, Dizzee Rascal sampled Billy Squier for the drum loop in "Fix Up, Look Sharp" from his debut album in 2004. Nas just used a sample of the main riff from Iron Butterfly's "Ina Gadda Da Vida" on the title track of his most recent album "Hip Hop is Dead."
And on and on...
Point is, hip-hop and rock have passed a lot of sounds, ideas, and attitudes back and forth for decades.
People who dismiss hip-hop have no concept of the diversity of sources in the music, or of the variety of sounds it incorporates. Partly to blame for this, though, is the cookie-cutter sameness of a lot of corporate hip-hop pushed into the commercial market over the last few years.
The preponderant emphasis on gangsta posturing, to the exclusion of almost everything else, has not been a good thing. It's hard for an artist like, say, Lupe Fiasco, to get much traction under the circumstances.
Amen....it's a sore topic for me, because hip-hop encompases happy horns, drum and bass, lots of jazz influences....people do dismisship-hop as rap and gansta Crap, but fail to look back at the roots of hip hop like White Lines, Rappers Delight, and other soul music...it's a shame really, and it's own industry is to blame....
I hate that everyone equates gangsta rap as crap and the worst of the worst. But in my opinion there are some great gangsta album out there that are just awesome like the first album by the Westside Connection, Infamous by Mobb Deep, Snoop Dogg Doggystyle and Dr. Dre's The Chronic. All great gangsta rap albums. But to each's own
You forgot Hammer's Pumps in a Bump
Quote:I hate that everyone equates gangsta rap as crap and the worst of the worst. But in my opinion there are some great gangsta album out there that are just awesome like the first album by the Westside Connection, Infamous by Mobb Deep, Snoop Dogg Doggystyle and Dr. Dre's The Chronic. All great gangsta rap albums. But to each's own
I hate that everyone equates gangsta rap as crap and the worst of the worst. But in my opinion there are some great gangsta album out there that are just awesome like the first album by the Westside Connection, Infamous by Mobb Deep, Snoop Dogg Doggystyle and Dr. Dre's The Chronic. All great gangsta rap albums. But to each's own
Doggy Style is still one of my most favorite rap albums ever, but admittedly I too can't stand 98% of rap gangstuh or otherwise. And Punk. I'd rather snort powdered glass than listen to another punk album.
Quote:I hate that everyone equates gangsta rap as crap and the worst of the worst. But in my opinion there are some great gangsta album out there that are just awesome like the first album by the Westside Connection, Infamous by Mobb Deep, Snoop Dogg Doggystyle and Dr. Dre's The Chronic. All great gangsta rap albums. But to each's own
~It ain't no fun if the homeys can't get none~
Great so see some love for that album. My favorite track from that album is "For all my N***** and B***** awesome song with a cool hook and intro.
Quote:Doggy Style is still one of my most favorite rap albums ever, but admittedly I too can't stand 98% of rap gangstuh or otherwise. And Punk. I'd rather snort powdered glass than listen to another punk album.
Quote:I hate that everyone equates gangsta rap as crap and the worst of the worst. But in my opinion there are some great gangsta album out there that are just awesome like the first album by the Westside Connection, Infamous by Mobb Deep, Snoop Dogg Doggystyle and Dr. Dre's The Chronic. All great gangsta rap albums. But to each's own
~It ain't no fun if the homeys can't get none~