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Post by stocko on Dec 5, 2006 2:39:18 GMT 1
just got back from the game concert in manchester and fucking hell he rocked the place
he ended it by getting about 40 girls/women on stage and taking them out the back to a "party"
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Post by The Great JT on Dec 6, 2006 0:07:16 GMT 1
Remember back in the day when you gus said what albums you said you recommended? Yeah, that was a year and a half ago. Anyway, I just assembled a Top Five list of that.
1. Anything by the Beastie Boys. Yeah, white they are, but you can't deny that they are one of the reasons hip-hop blew up in the way it did in the 80s. Being white, they got greater acceptance where black artists would not. Like the South.
2. KanYe West's Late Registration. That was probably one of my favorite single albums, just because it has what a rap album SHOULD have but never does in this day and age: good tracks. Of course, it's got Gold Digger and Heard 'Em Say, but my favorites were the "Diamonds (From Sierra Leone)" tracks.
3. Dr. Dre's The Chronic. Really the only gangsta rap album I have (other than Chronic 2001), Dre just had that swagger in his tracks that just sounded sweeter than candy.
4. Anything by Ludacris. Luda was really one of the first big Atlanta artists before Atlanta artists got crappy (I don't count Outkast because they're a group). My personal favorite is Word Of Mouf, with Chicken-N-Beer a close second.
5. Bubba Sparxxx's Deliverance. Yes, another Georgia artist that really only appeals to southerners, and maybe it's just something in the water, but if you don't live here, you won't understand. Great tracks line this album from inside to out.
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Post by Trent Matsunoshin on Dec 6, 2006 4:19:57 GMT 1
Top 5 Best Mainstream albums this year:
1. Snoop Dogg 'The Blue Carpet Treatment' - Just listen to it. It's his best since Doggystyle. Standout Tracks: 'That's That (feat. R. Kelly)', 'Drippin' Like Water', 'Imagine (feat. Dr. Dre & D'Angelo) 2. Ghostface Killah 'Fishscale' - Yup, ill beats, crazy rhymes, and another dope drop from Wu-Tang's most enigmatic emcee. Standout Tracks: '9 Milli Bros (feat. the entire Wu-Tang Clan)', 'Be Easy' 3. T.I. 'King' - With a wicked flow and more anthems and club-bangers than anything out in the last 5 years, this was highly anticipated and definitely not disappointing. Standout Tracks: 'Why You Wanna', 'Goodlife' (feat. Pharrell & Common). 4. Rick Ross 'Port of Miami' - I'll admit I thought I was gonna be disappointed in this, but behind the drug referances and Miami Scarface gangsterisms lies a really good rapper with so much potential. Give it a listen, a solid arsenal of beats and actual substance (pardon the pun) in his rhymes, this is probably the best debut for anyone in hip-hop this year. Standout tracks: 'Hustlin' (The Original Version without any guests), 'Push It'. 5. Lupe Fiasco 'Food & Liquor' - It's really a tight album, it's a real shame that no one plays it though. If you want something different yet still authentically hip-hop, this is it. Standout tracks: Daydream (feat. Jill Scott), Kick Push, American Terrorist
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Post by brockandsable on Dec 10, 2006 20:27:58 GMT 1
Remember back in the day when you gus said what albums you said you recommended? Yeah, that was a year and a half ago. Anyway, I just assembled a Top Five list of that. 1. Anything by the Beastie Boys. Yeah, white they are, but you can't deny that they are one of the reasons hip-hop blew up in the way it did in the 80s. Being white, they got greater acceptance where black artists would not. Like the South. 2. KanYe West's Late Registration. That was probably one of my favorite single albums, just because it has what a rap album SHOULD have but never does in this day and age: good tracks. Of course, it's got Gold Digger and Heard 'Em Say, but my favorites were the "Diamonds (From Sierra Leone)" tracks. 3. Dr. Dre's The Chronic. Really the only gangsta rap album I have (other than Chronic 2001), Dre just had that swagger in his tracks that just sounded sweeter than candy. 4. Anything by Ludacris. Luda was really one of the first big Atlanta artists before Atlanta artists got crappy (I don't count Outkast because they're a group). My personal favorite is Word Of Mouf, with Chicken-N-Beer a close second. 5. Bubba Sparxxx's Deliverance. Yes, another Georgia artist that really only appeals to southerners, and maybe it's just something in the water, but if you don't live here, you won't understand. Great tracks line this album from inside to out. I like that list and would give Wu-Tang Clan's Enter the 36 Chambers honorable mentions. When the Wu arrived on the scene it was clear that they were a different style all their own. It was a rough listen at first, but then when you fell in love with the Wu there was no turning back. I'd also put Public Enemy's Fear of a Black Planet on that list because, like N.W.A., it didn't hold back on the truth, even if it became controversial. Good shit, JT.
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Post by The Great JT on Dec 11, 2006 2:01:18 GMT 1
Well, praise from Ceaser. Guess there's a first time for everything.
Anyway, yeah, Wu was just on a wavelength all their own, and that's why they were, are, and will continue to be so damn good.
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Post by stocko on Feb 7, 2007 22:58:15 GMT 1
7 years to the day that big pun died!
just thought i would mention it
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Post by brockandsable on Feb 8, 2007 1:40:11 GMT 1
*chirp*
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Post by The Great JT on Feb 8, 2007 2:35:42 GMT 1
*caw*
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Post by stocko on Feb 8, 2007 13:06:59 GMT 1
if you two "people" are gonna post at least make it on topic!
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Post by brockandsable on Feb 8, 2007 15:19:50 GMT 1
I remember Big Pun. He was always rappin' about hot tubs and lots of bubbly. Going down on a ho and feasting on her pussyhole. Good times.
*crickets*
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Post by Trent Matsunoshin on Feb 9, 2007 3:07:30 GMT 1
Yeah....Anyway, since it's still the beginning on '07, what hip-hop albums are you all anticipating?
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Post by The Great JT on Feb 9, 2007 4:27:38 GMT 1
I haven't anticipated an album in years. Nothing's worth waiting for.
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Post by brockandsable on Feb 9, 2007 19:39:33 GMT 1
Hip hop has degenerated to the point where there is very little appeal anymore. Recycled beats that leave little or no originality to a track, along with the marred thug images in this country, have made hip hop an after thought. Old school, on the other hand, still has some taste. Ice Cube's The Predator, KRS-ONE, and Public Enemy, just to name a few.
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Post by Faster Pussycat! on Feb 9, 2007 20:20:36 GMT 1
The Smashing Pumpkins return this summer, so yeah.
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Post by The Great JT on Feb 10, 2007 1:52:33 GMT 1
Hip hop has degenerated to the point where there is very little appeal anymore. Recycled beats that leave little or no originality to a track, along with the marred thug images in this country, have made hip hop an after thought. Old school, on the other hand, still has some taste. Ice Cube's The Predator, KRS-ONE, and Public Enemy, just to name a few. My point exactly. Every "rapper" these days does the same thing, and that is "I'm a pimp/gangsta/balla/whatever, look at my platinum/diamond chain that reaches my small penis". The old-school artists still have their flow, and they're all on different wavelenths from each other, giving old-school hip-hop that air of difference where everyone can have their own style to appeal to. KRS-One, Cube, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Biz Markie, Young MC (you may remember his big-one hit, "Bust A Move"), the list goes on. There's also the modern-day hip-hop artists who seem to be on their own wavelength. Outkast, Insane Clown Posse, KanYe West, maybe Snoop Dogg (he's gotten suprisingly stale as of late), and maybe one or two others. Maybe if we got foriegn hip-hoppers. Like the rap equivalent of Rammstein, Judas Priest or Iron Maiden.
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Post by stocko on Feb 12, 2007 11:54:55 GMT 1
did you just put ICP on the same level as outkast and kanye west? i am gonna refrain myself from calling you all the names you deserve for that, cos i dont fancy warning myself!
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Post by brockandsable on Feb 13, 2007 0:40:01 GMT 1
^lol. Imagine that: A white guy defending hip hop and a black man who loves metal. Good times.
Originally, hip hop was an expression of jazz, and expression of the inner being. It dates all the way back to the Sugar Hill Gang. I don't need to go into any further details because I think it's all been covered, but if what is being spewed out on the radio today, (Snoop exempt) is suppose to be hip-hop, then count this nigga out.
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Post by The Great JT on Feb 13, 2007 3:48:15 GMT 1
Did you just put ICP on the same level as Outkast and Kanye West? In terms of originality, yezzir I did. ICP's style is keeping white people involved in hip-hop. Personally, I love ICP. My Axe and The Great Milenko were good tracks. That's another thing. Why are there no more good rap-rock combos? I mean, Limp Bizkit is for pussies. There's been nothing good since Faith No More. 'Cept maybe KoRn. They kick ass. I heard they would mix in Freak On A Leash in clubs and scratch to it.
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Post by Trent Matsunoshin on Feb 13, 2007 5:00:32 GMT 1
Dude, Rap-Rock was never good.
Ever.
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Post by The Great JT on Feb 13, 2007 5:10:25 GMT 1
Not true. Faith No More was awesome. Loved "Epic".
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Post by Spackle on Feb 15, 2007 2:37:29 GMT 1
Dude, Rap-Rock was never good. Ever. I disagree. I just found that when it was good, it was great, and when it was bad, it's was like busting a gooey old nut in your ears. There was no in between.
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Post by The Great JT on Feb 15, 2007 2:48:56 GMT 1
Really, Spac. There's no gray area. It's either you love it or you hate it.
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Post by brockandsable on Feb 15, 2007 22:50:19 GMT 1
Faith-No-More was the shit; only problem is that after "Epic" they faded into the wallpaper. I didn't realize you were that old, JT. Around the same time, Living Colour had that rap-rock vibe going on as well. Hits like "Cult of Personality" crossed all racial boundaries. But LC suffered the same fate as FNM as after the initial hit went platinum, everyone just up disappeared like a coffee fart in the wind.
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Post by The Great JT on Feb 16, 2007 1:22:49 GMT 1
KoRn is also a good rap-rock group. In the middle of "Freak On A Leash", their lead singer starts beatboxing. You just don't hear that in any song nowadays. Plus, did you see the video for "Twisted Transistor"? Snoop Dogg, Lil' Jon and a few other rap stars doing the song with typical rock star problems. Good video.
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Post by brockandsable on Feb 16, 2007 19:54:57 GMT 1
The shit Jay-Z did with Linkin Park was off the hook, especially live.
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