New Rap

[LexarkT11]

Anyone here even like this stuff, im not a fan of the hard core im gonna fuck your negro mother shit but I like the stuff with a good beat and decent lyrics, some ying yang / lil john / and what not since they have real good beats.

Some good ones are:

Georgia Dome
ATL Eternal

[BHo]

rap = shit
hip hop = gold

check out danger mouse & jemini's "ghetto pop life", or anything by People Under the Stairs. If you like that stuff or other hip hop, BHo4130 on AIM and ill recommend more.

[LexarkT11]

Yeah Hip hop is better your right, was kinda what I meant I guess, gonna check them out now though

[teauvian]

Check out Atmosphere also, they're pretty good. He's white and Midwestern but luckily has nothing else similar w/ Eminem. I can't find it on any of his albums, but "God's Bathroom Floor" is an amazing song, definately worth a download.

[Jimmy Carter wuwu]

I can't stand it at all. Seems every rap song out their revolves around clubs or how much money they are raking in. Heard this damn retarded song and think the lyrics if you call them that went like "Why you think they made the new 20's cause i got all the old one's". Back slap WRU

[BHo]

jimmy, im the same way. that is why i make the distinction between hip hop and rap. rap sucks, hip hop doesnt. if you are curious, talk to me on AIM and ill hook you up with a few really good tracks to see if i can convert yet another person who previously thought they hated hip hop.

[teauvian]

Why you think they made the new 20's cause i got all the old one's

Ha, that lyric is actually from "Why" by Jadakiss and its actually a pretty meaningful song if you don't just pick out one lyric and present it out of context.

Anyways, rap artists are generally people who haven't had money in their lives, so of course theyre gonna be happy to cut a nice check, and what better to sing about than what makes you happy?

[BHo]

Check this out

I'm kind of the music provider for a big group of my friends who like my music but don't know where to get it, so I set this up - my top 5 songs out of the stuff I am currently listening to. My webspace is limited and almost filled with pictures, so I can only do 5 and I figure if I do what I'm currently listening to, it wont stagnate and people can constantly check it out for new music.

Enjoy.

[Fluffya]

Independant Hip-Hop's probably the healthiest musical scene right now. There are tons of great artists to discover : diversity, innovation, musical skills, song writing talent... Everything's there.

Unfortunately, mainstream rap is the antithesis of all that.

Edit : BHo, I see some Insight in there. Lately, I've been listening to Targetting Zones and I'm eagerly waiting for Blast Radius.

[Stroker Ace]

Check out the new 7L and Esoteric album "DC2 - Bars of Death". Really good tracks on there. "Rise of a Rebel" is the lick though.

Here is a track.

[BHo]

Fluff, that one track I have on my site is from Blast Radius...I got the promo copy. And what is Targetting Zones? I've never heard of that...only heard of his Updated Software v2.5 and his stuff with Electric Company (Life's a Struggle).

Seein Insight with Edan and the Procussions on Thursday.....very excited =)

[Fluffya]

Targetting Zone is a LP Insight released only in Japan so far. But it's going to be worldwide released sometimes this year too, if I'm not mistaken.

Here's the tracklisting in case you'd want it :

http://db.bounce.com/cd/image.php?si...&twrsq=1223469

01. Insightroduction
02. The Usual Scene
03. An Intermission
04. Rhyme Master (feat DAGHA and NATURAL BLISS)
05. Good Morning (feat ELECTRIC)
06. Encouragement (feat RAFY ROSA)
07. The Message-Pandemonium Edit (feat KRS-ONE)
08. Inventors-Remix
09. Now Time To Cool Out
10. Got Skills Galore
11. Zone
12. Only One feat 17MCs (but really just One) - This track fuckin owns
13. No Turning Back
14. Evolution
15. Situations (feat ELECTRIC)

Bonus Tracks
16. Under A Spell
17. Bother Me-SHIN-SKI Remix
18. Mental Mechanic
19. Good Morning-Smooth Current Remix

If you like Insight, check out his european LP, The Maysun Project. There's great stuff on this record too.

Edan's also really good, I think he's a better producer than rapper but I just love some of his songs (my sig's pretty explicit on this subject). Primitive Plus and the Fast Rap mixtape are two classics of my record collection.

[Samus Aran]

Kanye West - College Dropout = best rap/hip hop album of the year.

You'd prolly like it. He's not a thug, so there isn't a lot of "I'll kill you etc., etc.. (maybe like 1 - 2 instances throughout the entire album). Plus, a bunch of the songs have good meanings. He's an amazing producer/lyricist... check it out.

A pretty good underground hiphop group is Non Phixion. They're a tad more dark and violent... but not as much as other underground shit.

Yeah... but I'd say one of the greatest rap albums ever is Blueprint (Jay Z if you didn't know). Shit's classic.

[Henric Maelstrom]

Here are some artists of underground hiphop that I enjoy:

Cannibal Ox
Aesop Rock
MF Doom (aliases also as Xev Love X, Viktor Vaughn, Madvillain, King Geedorah)
Madlib(aliases as Yesterday's New Quintet, Quasimoto, Lootpack)
Aceyalone
Souls of Mischief/Hieroglyphics
Kool Keith
Slug/Atmosphere
Wu-Tang(also GZA and ODB solo projects)
The Coup
Prefuse 73
Mr Dibbs
El-P(also his pseudo-jazz album "High: Water Mark")
RJD2
DJ Shadow

Anyone else listen to these artists/albums?

[BHo]

Henric, I listen to and love all of them, cept I've never heard the Coup and Prefuse 73. Just saw MF Doom in concert with visionaries, mr lif and akrobatik. Souls/Hiero is what got me into hiphop...quasimoto/madlib/lootpack is awesome...aesop, have you heard music for earthworms? not many aesop lovers have, but its his best shit. glad to see more people likin the UGHH...hit me on aim =)