The Hip-Hop "general" topic

A beautiful melody beats a virtuoso instrumental solo any day.

Originally Posted by TravestyHelp

A beautiful melody beats a virtuoso instrumental solo any day.

Uh, sorry to be sticking my nose in here randomly, but don't instrumental solos count as melody's sort of?

Anyway, have to disagree with this statement, but I don't really have any particular reasons why: That's just my own personal opinion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-MEL84yXh0


Oh hey guys, listen to this mainstream hip-hop song from the 70s. It's filled with foul language, hoes, gangs, drugs, and a lot of negative **** you hear on BET and the radio.

Originally Posted by man_with_thooo

Uh, sorry to be sticking my nose in here randomly, but don't instrumental solos count as melody's sort of?

Anyway, have to disagree with this statement, but I don't really have any particular reasons why: That's just my own personal opinion.

I'm talking about this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSlR90VEKlY

vs this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgO1ThS3v_U

But this is a hip-hop thread.

I just got Del tha Funkee Homosapien Both Sides of the Brain. Its excellent.

Originally Posted by TravestyHelp

I'm talking about this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSlR90VEKlY

vs this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgO1ThS3v_U

But this is a hip-hop thread.

I just got Del tha Funkee Homosapien Both Sides of the Brain. Its excellent.

Both Sides of the Brain is bad ass. Proto Culture is a cool, nerdy song.

Also lol Snow Storm. I haven't listened to Rapper's Delight in forever. Song kicks ass.

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i used to have that elitist attitude about rap in my younger days. but one day you realize that there's no boundaries with music. it's all subjective. what's beautiful and bliss to one person is noise and nonsense to another.

Yes, with the exception of death metal. That always sounds like ****.



Anyway, I hate it when people differentiate hip-hop and 'rock', or really 'rock' and any other genre. It's all 'rock'. 'Rock' is just the white name for rhythm and blues, which is pretty much the root of all modern music- hiphop, metal, punk, ska, funk, (American) folk, bluegrass, trance, etc... they all stem from R&B on some level.

I have here, a prime example of how downhill rap have become. I mean, it's just so sad how the genre have become with nuttin' but negetive values such as who has the most money, who can sleep around the most, who have the more **** and how much they spent on items such as golds and chains. Here, I actually have a video with most of the **** I have mention:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S3Wt...eature=related

Honestly, the "violins" are actually synchs made in "Garage Band". I'm amazed at the fact that rappers can even read sheet music. Honestly, are all rappers like this? Are all they do is nuttin' but talk about negative ****?

Originally Posted by Snow_Storm

I have here, a prime example of how downhill rap have become.

Become?

Originally Posted by Avalanchemike

Become?

"Become" is correct. "Have" should rather be "has."

AND DAMN IT SNOW YOU'RE KILLING ME!

Edit: Wow. This is actually rather beautiful. ;_;

Nuttin But Stringz was robbed at American Got Talent! They were amazing and they should had won that $1 Million contract or whatever.

I'm going to merge this with the hip-hop thread we already have.

Originally Posted by Snow_Storm

I have here, a prime example of how downhill rap have become. I mean, it's just so sad how the genre have become with nuttin' but negetive values such as who has the most money, who can sleep around the most, who have the more **** and how much they spent on items such as golds and chains. Here, I actually have a video with most of the **** I have mention:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S3Wt...eature=related

Honestly, the "violins" are actually synchs made in "Garage Band". I'm amazed at the fact that rappers can even read sheet music. Honestly, are all rappers like this? Are all they do is nuttin' but talk about negative ****?

ohhh i see what you did there...
good stuff!

I've never been into rap or hip hop, save the Beastie Boys. There was a time when I enjoyed 50 cent's Candy Shop. Those days are long gone now. The style of the singing just doesn't do it for me.

I'll admit that rock has just a raunchy lyrics as rap. I don't like how explicit rappers' lyrics are. I tend to enjoy the metaphors more. The perfect example can be heard in The Jack by AC/DC. The song is about catching an STD. It's masqueraded as a poker game. I can't seem to find that quality in rap or hip hop.

Originally Posted by Black Dog

I'll admit that rock has just a raunchy lyrics as rap. I don't like how explicit rappers' lyrics are. I tend to enjoy the metaphors more. The perfect example can be heard in The Jack by AC/DC. The song is about catching an STD. It's masqueraded as a poker game. I can't seem to find that quality in rap or hip hop.

YOU IDIOT!!! YOU SHOULD HAD NEVER SAID THAT!!! Now the morons who bashes Rap music are gonna whine and say rock never have that ****! I mean, "Black and Blue" by Van Halen doesn't have sexual references!

Originally Posted by Black Dog

I've never been into rap or hip hop, save the Beastie Boys. There was a time when I enjoyed 50 cent's Candy Shop. Those days are long gone now. The style of the singing just doesn't do it for me.

I'll admit that rock has just a raunchy lyrics as rap. I don't like how explicit rappers' lyrics are. I tend to enjoy the metaphors more. The perfect example can be heard in The Jack by AC/DC. The song is about catching an STD. It's masqueraded as a poker game. I can't seem to find that quality in rap or hip hop.

Yeah, but AC/DC is one of the most dull and repetitive bands in the world in my opinion. The rap you're finding is not the poetry I'm finding, beautiful, pained, sometimes comedic eloquence in every syllable either random or planned. Its simply the language at one of its high points.

Originally Posted by Snow_Storm

I have here, a prime example of how downhill rap have become. I mean, it's just so sad how the genre have become with nuttin' but negetive values such as who has the most money, who can sleep around the most, who have the more **** and how much they spent on items such as golds and chains. Here, I actually have a video with most of the **** I have mention:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S3Wt...eature=related

Honestly, the "violins" are actually synchs made in "Garage Band". I'm amazed at the fact that rappers can even read sheet music. Honestly, are all rappers like this? Are all they do is nuttin' but talk about negative ****?

They're pretty good, however, to be fair, there was some good competition on that show. The guy who won, the opera singer, deserved it just as much as Nuttin' but Strings did.

Originally Posted by 8bit

They're pretty good, however, to be fair, there was some good competition on that show. The guy who won, the opera singer, deserved it just as much as Nuttin' but Strings did.

He did had an amazing voice, I won't lie.

I love hip hop. It's not my favourite genre but I like a lot of it.

Actually here is my top 5 hip hop albums:
1. GZA - Liquid Swords
2. Ghostface Killah - Ironman
3. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
4. MF DOOM - MM.. FOOD
5. Nas - Illmatic

Two Wu-Tang related albums at the top... hmm... Kind of predictable list anyway hah.

Liquid swords is simply genius (har har)

Definitely the darkest hip hop record I've heard.