Hip-Hop

[Napoleon]

Anyone else here a hip hop fan... or is it just me? Got some good albums dropping soon. Common's Finding Forever on Tuesday...

[Jack]

Kannnnnnnnnnnyeeeeeeeeeee


<3

[Napoleon]

Kannnnnnnnnnnyeeeeeeeeeee


<3


I'm glad I'm not the only hip hop fan up here. Yeah Kanye is real dope. He produced most of Common's new album so be sure to check that one out. Got a favorite hip hop album?

[VERVE]

cant stand hip hop! :sick:
every "artist" sounds the same to me.....

[naty]

cant stand hip hop! :sick:
every "artist" sounds the same to me.....
yep true!
and every hip hop video looks they same with all the naked women :confused:

[.sally.]

cant stand hip hop! :sick:
every "artist" sounds the same to me.....

i'm not a hip hop fan but this definitely isnt true

[Jack]

That everyone sounds the same, that's the comment given by someone who hasn't listened to much hip hop.

An uninformed response.


I'm not a big fan of hip hop, but I do really like the stuff Kanye West does, and the stuff JayZ does. Some of it is the senseless stuff about sex and girls and drugs. I'm not a big fan of that but there is some hiphop that has a rhythm and clever lyrics.

But I mean, I can't just say "I like that type of hip hop and not that" cause I have to listen to it before I know. It's not something like indie music where I can say "I don't like this type of voice, or that type of sound" or something like that.

[Napoleon]

I'm not talking about mainstream hip hop. I'm talking about hip hop in essence and reality. Common, Rakim, Nas, you know, the real stuff. MF Doom, people like that, that mainstream people have never heard of.

[Kite]

It's just you which is mad about hip-hop. I can't stand the stuff.

[camofire]

After reading an article in Q magazine similar to a beginners guide to hip hop - I downloaded a few of the recommended albums, including Kanye West, Outkast, Public Enemy, Eminem..and the I only liked a few tracks from Kanye's such as Jesus Walks and a few of Outkasts. Listening to Stan also brought back some memories when I was open to most styles of music, but tbh I don't think hip hop is for me

[RICK8]

I despise the stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!

[yellow_fever]

does Timbaland count, if yes, then he's about the only hip-hopper i listen to haha.

[RICK8]

Yep..they are all the same shite...

[Plug_in_coldplaying]

I second Rick,the same shit,although Eminem has funny videos

[StarsKay]

i listened to heaps of r&b and hip-hop before i headed into all things rock. that's not to say i still don't listen to the stuff because i do, and like all genres of music, you have your bad and good.
don't waste your time defending it to those who simply diss it, you have better things to do.

[CommonLove]

I was bred on Soul/Real R&B music and couldn't grasp the whole concept of Rock when I first heard the genre of music thinking that it didn't deal with any thing I as a black women could relate to but I heard Coldplay's troube and yellow and fully took in the soul of the music (it was a simple concepts of love, regret and apologizing to someone you love) . I even started to call any thing that could move me spirtually soul music. Now I understand that there is another definition of soul music which James Brown, Issac H.,Aretha Franklin, Patti Labelle and newer artist such as Erykah Badu, Bilal, Lauryn, Musiq fall into but I'm talking about music that moves you deeply. There are Hip-Hop artist out there that don't talk about hoes, money, and fast cars matter a fact those who do fall in the category of rap not Hop-Hop. Real Hip-hop is something that the people can feel. Common is a artist (part of my user name) is artist who yes he gears his music to a certain audience because he feels this audience (black people) are in need of music that up lifts their culture not tear it down by as someone said here earlier talking only about hoes and money but about social injustice, gaining understand of self, gaing understanding understanding about love, and gaining understanding about God.

Please don't taint my peoples form of expression with lies. I ask you people who say you dispuise Hip-Hop to reconsider what you are saying and broaden your horizons on the whole concept of Hop-Hop. Try K-os if your a little weary on what appears to be the same. You be surprise how much Rock and Hip-Hop are so much alike and K-os is an artist who bridges those gaps.

Quotes Common from the song Geto Heaven:
The blunted eyes of the youth search for a guide
A thug is a lost man in disguise
The rise and fall, of a nation, even when the buildings tumble
I still stand tall, I walk through the valley, wit a life preserver
Feelin at times, that I might just murder
Yo but that aint what I was sent for
I want folks to say his life it meant more
Than ?any ca, any ba ca? any broad
He found Geto Heaven in himself and God

more from that song:
Strong woman, why should you depend on a man
I understand you want a man that's resourceful
If he pay your bills, he feel like he bought you
Talkin to a friend, about what love is
Her man didn't love her, cuz he didn't love his
Hugged her from afar, said what I felt
You never find a man, till you find yourself
Time helps mistakes, you can learn from
Cuz one man fucked up men you shouldn't turn from
You want a certain type of guy, gotta reach a certain point too
At the destination, a king will annoint you
Goin through the storm, many bodies stay warm
That relationship died, for you to be born, you worth more
Than anything you could cop in a store
For you to grow he had to go so what you stoppin him for
Not even I could ignore bein alone it's hard
Find heaven in yourself and God




My message here is to up lift people don't tear them down because they have been torn down enough.

Peace

[CommonLove]

I went from just listening to Marvin Gaye, Patti Labelle, Stevie Wonder, Earth Wiind Biggie, Aaliyah, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Common, Bilal to Coldplay, Fiona Apple, Radiohead, Beirut, Joanna Newsom, David Bowie, The Police, Smog, The Octopus Project, The Bees,Grizzly Bear, The National...broaden your horizons there more out there....Nas said Hip-Hop is dead but Common just put out a good album Talibs is on the way and it a Masterpiece of an album. K-os three album were all great efferts...see what's out there.

[crawlinwithin]

mainstream hip hop is absolute shit, no doubt about it. but i can't say i totally hate hip hop... there's some underground stuff that's good. krs one, common, brand nubian, the roots, plan b... even some beastie boys are all pretty good.