Your current favorite hip hop song.

[97IntegraRS]

word.. lupe's is sick.
My fav is "Hip Hop Saved My Life" and "Little Weapon"

[EK 2.0]

Originally posted by JordanEG6

Lupe Fiasco's The Cool is all you need haha

I played this like 3 times back to back at work. Awesome album.

WEKSOS...I have been spinning this non-stop since I copped it last Tuesday haha...

[blueripper6]

I thought this was the hip hop thread, not the mainstream "rap" thread. So on that note, some real hiphop:





Felt - dirty girl
felt - woman tonight
murs - dark skinned white girls
brother ali... The undisputed truth CD is sick, every song is quality
Binary Star - reality check
- indy 500
- wolfman jack
- glen close (insane flow in this song)
- the KGB
Atmosphere - Gotta lotta walls
Common - missunderstood

Anything by slug or One belo, this is what im mostly listening to recently.

[rmk]

^ My man has good taste! Felt, Murs, and Brother Ali.
Murs' new disc drops early '08.

Bad Man is a sick track.

[93accord]

Dumb it Down - Lupe Fiasco

[blueripper6]

Originally posted by rmk
^ My man has good taste! Felt, Murs, and Brother Ali.
Murs' new disc drops early '08.

Bad Man is a sick track.

Thanks, I try. I used to listen to all that fake ass shit thats only good for getting drunk girls on the dance floor and bobbing heads. But my buddy got me on this swedish group called Looptroop and after I actually listened to it(this is key, listen to the words) I couldnt even listen to weak shit again

How do I make the youtube videos show up in the thread? So I can post up a bunch of good songs for all the lazy people

Anyone who listed young buck, or any G unit goofs, subscribe to this thread

[Zephyr]

Superstar - Lupe Fiasco

[blueripper6]

Originally posted by EK 2.0
My rant on hip-hop...And ode of sorts if you will...



NaS axed us this in his last single "Can't Forget About You". He declared that Hip-Hop was dead. He wanted to "Roll to every station and murder the DJ". Jay-Z said he "Would come back like Jordan wearin the 4-5, and not to play games witchu, but to take aim atchu".

QB's finest also said in "Can't Forget About You" that "Everybody sound the same, commercialize the game". And he is right. You can take any of the tracks on Billboard's Top 40 Hi-Hop chart and swap beats and lyrics. It's very sad actually. I mean who wants to "2 step, cause that's why they hot in they white tees while they got money in the bank"?? I sure as heck don't. Mims said "He could sell a mil, sayin nothing on the track." Sheeeeit I'll pay a mil not to have to hear his whack ass rhymes. ANd YES, I know different strokes for different folks. Some of you will be like "What the fuck Arif??" While on the other hand some of you will be like "Dang son, you spittin the truff." Haha...and that's cool...I ain't got NO qualms wif dat.

I remember when it used to be about the verses, and NOT the versus. When Rappers had beef they took it to Rucker's and they battled. You had LL battling Kool Moe Dee, you had Jigga versus NaS...Common had spit a song about Hip-Hop. About what it meant for him, and about what it did for him. And DAMN strait I am gonna quote some of it too. I mean come on..."I met this girl, when I was ten years old. And what I loved most she had so much soul. She was old school, when I was just a shorty. Never knew throughout my life she would be there for me." Now maybe it was all about the times that we had when we heard tracks like that for the first time. The memories associated with Wu-Tang playin' in the basement of Fowler while playin hackey sack with your homies. I remember the first time I heard "C.R.E.A.M."...and to this day I can STILL spit it verse for verse. The same goes with Biggie tracks, Snoop, Warren G, Mos, Talib...Jurassic 5, Old LL, Run-DMC, Leaders of the New School and Tribe...

I mean there was always hack, "bubble gum" Hip-Hop. There is ALWAYS a market for it. Do I have to remind you nukka's bout Tag Team, about Digital Underground, remember Organized Rhyme??...Stop it...You all are singing the "Humpty Dance" in your head I KNOW it. Tell me, how did we go from "It was all a dream, I used to read Word Up magazine..." To, "Just bought a Cadillac (THROW SOME D'S ON THAT BITCH!)" and "Go back to my place and kick it like Tae Bo"??

What happened to memorable lines like "Inhale deep like the words of my breath. I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death. I lay puzzled as I backtrack to earlier times, nothing's equivalent, to the New York state of mind" And, "All I need is one blunt, one page, and one pen...One prayer - tell God forgive for one sin" Kids today don't know Hip-Hop. They don't know bout KRS-One, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five aside from what Diddy dun jacked for himself haha. They don't know about Beastie Boys paving the way for Eminem. They don't know what the "Difference between a 4.0 and a 4.6 is??" Now they spittin lines about they "Fly high, no lie and you KNOW this" Now I ain't gon lie, yeah you gonna find that track on my Ipod, and on the MP3 CD spinning in my car. Cause that's how it is. I still need to support Hip-Hop. And maybe with us buying the hack stuff others will realise they need to get back in the game.

President Carter dropped "Kingdom Come" last year. I will agree being as big a Jigga fan as I am, it was not his best work. It was a great CD, but in my own eyes, will not be a classic like Reasonable Doubt, or the Black Album. But fans and Hip-Hoppers accused him of becoming "Corporate". What?? I mean COME ON!! He still can't spit about Marcy and movin snowflakes by the Oz. He doesn't do that anymore...he isn't that guy anymore. He IS corporate...

Last year also saw releases from NaS as mentioned above, Ludacris, Ghostface Killah, Lupe Fiasco (whose disc I though was incredible BTW) And they brought old Hip-Hop back for me. The feelings, the moods, the memories. So to those guys I say thanks. I mean it has gotten so bad for my friend Ayaz and I that we have sunk as low as to listen to Bollywood Lounge Music. Just because we are so fed up with the state of Hip-Hop. Like what IS that??...if any of you know me, you KNOW I steer clear of anything brown...aside from them Somosa's haha...Current Hip-Hop makes me sad for it and them children's who are listening to it and making it they lively hood....and that is all I have to say about that.

Thank you to whoever took the time to read this rant. And now I am gonna open the floor up to comment's or anything you want.


Thanks again for reading...

[JordanEG6]

Ekizzle speaks the truth...

what ever happened to lines like "I'm all that and then some, tall, dark and handsome, bust a nut inside your eye to show you where I come from"

instead of bullshit like "I'm hot 'cause I'm fly, you ain't cause you not".

Hip Hop is dead. May it rest in peace. Commercialized music FTL. This is why Lupe's GENIOUS track "Dumb it down" was written, produced and recorded because no one needs to hear how much ice you rock, how many hoes you superman'd or what size your dubs are anymore.


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[Eclipse_Spyder]

Baby and Lil wayne--- I Run This

[jdmakkord]

Boo tinman's blog is gone!!!

[doublepostwhore]

I know- american gangster - jay-z

[LongCity]

Originally posted by JordanEG6
Ekizzle speaks the truth...

what ever happened to lines like "I'm all that and then some, tall, dark and handsome, bust a nut inside your eye to show you where I come from"

instead of bullshit like "I'm hot 'cause I'm fly, you ain't cause you not".

Hip Hop is dead. May it rest in peace. Commercialized music FTL. This is why Lupe's GENIOUS track "Dumb it down" was written, produced and recorded because no one needs to hear how much ice you rock, how many hoes you superman'd or what size your dubs are anymore.


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Lupe is pretty commercialized if you ask me...

[JordanEG6]

Originally posted by LongCity


Lupe is pretty commercialized if you ask me...

how so? can you say you can stick him in the same commercialized hollywood style pile as Akon, 50, Timbaland or T-Pain?

his music isnt as commercialized as the mainstream bullshit you see on TV or hear on the radio.

[rmk]

Lots of kids who think and like to say they listen to non-comercialized hip-hop crank Lupe. He's more mainstream than alot of guys. After kick push, my little cousins could tell you who he is lol. As long as they're not listening to 'Fiddy' or Young Jeezy/Buck, etc. etc. it's all good.

Too Cool is classic.

[CivicTunr]

Originally posted by blueripper6


Thanks, I try. I used to listen to all that fake ass shit thats only good for getting drunk girls on the dance floor and bobbing heads. But my buddy got me on this swedish group called Looptroop and after I actually listened to it(this is key, listen to the words) I couldnt even listen to weak shit again

How do I make the youtube videos show up in the thread? So I can post up a bunch of good songs for all the lazy people

Anyone who listed young buck, or any G unit goofs, subscribe to this thread

looptroop isnt that bad, i found him on limewire like 3-4 years ago haha. and if you want to find some new artists go to fameless and check there cds, they only support underground hiphop. Both canadian and other.

[rmk]

anyone heard of Intricate Minds? They're local guys and really represent.

Tracks Got Shot Down and Come on are killer.

[CivicTunr]

Originally posted by blueripper6
I thought this was the hip hop thread, not the mainstream "rap" thread. So on that note, some real hiphop:

Felt - dirty girl
felt - woman tonight
murs - dark skinned white girls
brother ali... The undisputed truth CD is sick, every song is quality
Binary Star - reality check
- indy 500
- wolfman jack
- glen close (insane flow in this song)
- the KGB
Atmosphere - Gotta lotta walls
Common - missunderstood

Anything by slug or One belo, this is what im mostly listening to recently.

oh btw, atmosphere is mainstream now, or pretty close to it. Everyone knows of atmosphere, may not be on MTV but doesnt mean they arnt mainstream.

[LongCity]

Originally posted by JordanEG6


how so? can you say you can stick him in the same commercialized hollywood style pile as Akon, 50, Timbaland or T-Pain?

his music isnt as commercialized as the mainstream bullshit you see on TV or hear on the radio.

Ok but you are still saying he's commercialized just not to the extent of the people you listed. Sure he speaks intelligently but so does Nas. I didn't say hes the poster child of commercialized rap but then again, hes not exactly underground either. Like the other person said, his little cousins can even recognize Lupe. Lots of people know about Lupe, they just don't all like his music so he doesn't get the radio spins or record sales as the other artists that cater to the club bangers do. He's different, he wears glasses and is a sneakerhead and that's not so popular around here but he gets a lot of talk on sneaker forums; I'm sure you know that already though.

[blueripper6]

Originally posted by CivicTunr


oh btw, atmosphere is mainstream now, or pretty close to it. Everyone knows of atmosphere, may not be on MTV but doesnt mean they arnt mainstream.

.... mainstream how? Just because people know about him? That doesnt make anyone mainstream. Check his record label.. nothing "mainstream" about any of the artists on the label http://www.rhymesayers.com/artists.php

When you call someone mainstream it should mean that they are on mainstream labels, and even though Lupe is mainstream, he is still not half bad. I wouldnt buy his CD's though.