Rant: The fakeness of white 'rap' artists...Timberland..emin

[phil-sti]

what about example? he is white and his songs are quirky and good, just listen to u cant rap and posh birds from his first album.

[collateral]

I don't value speed in hip hop any more than I give credence to guitarists because they happen to be able to play scales at warp 9

eta I quite like the track Timberlake did with TI

Edited by collateral on Friday 9th October 00:54

[LDNrevs]

WOW.

Quite an unbelievable amount of ignorance in this thread.

First off, race has nothing to do with being good at something or 'credible'; why would it? If you think that race is part of the equation then please break down why... I'm truly intrigued. If someone grows up around a particular thing, why would they not be influenced or affected by it - or go on to excel at that particular thing, be it music or anything else.

Secondly, how is a whole genre crap because you don't like some of the songs you've heard. Dismissing a genre because of the subject matter of some of the tracks you've heard in the mainstream is a little silly and asking to be swayed is lazy. If you were genuinely interested then you'd look for yourself.

Anyone saying that rap won't be remembered in five years time - or ten, etc... do you know how long hiphop has been around? This in itself proves you're theory wrong. Hiphop has now influenced every other mainstream genre of music as well as mainstream culture in general. Breakdancers are used in pop videos and tampon adverts; grafitti appears on walls in east London and also on the side of Sprite cans; rock, pop, R&B, dance has all been infused with it.

With all that said, I personally don't like a lot of modern hiphop; for the same reason as has been mentioned, that being the content, generally. But there is some great hiphop around, you just have to dig a little. And that's just IMO of course, it's not my job to convince anyone otherwise.

Just some tracks I like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IbitVPIRwc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8l31heyYxQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTiXAVhIP5Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGdbt5DWRsU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkv3MroKoz4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1jCkXck_lU

[Don1]

Having lost a portion of my life going through this thread, I noted the fact there is a huge amount of 'txt spk'. Coincidence?

Mods - do your jobs!

[As_Bo]

I think BodyCount were/are awesome too. Although they haven't released an album since 2006 due to there only being Ice T and Ernie C left from the original line up. There best album imo was their 1994 album called Born Dead.
As for Cypress Hill Bones disc I think that was ok but nothing special.

[Technonotice]

LDNrevs said:

WOW.

Quite an unbelievable amount of ignorance in this thread.


Just some tracks I like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IbitVPIRwc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8l31heyYxQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTiXAVhIP5Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGdbt5DWRsU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkv3MroKoz4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1jCkXck_lU

Quite.

The only txt speak I noticed was a few posts above yours.

I forgot about JMT and Cannibus.

Last Emperor - Secret Wars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SPjPGeYlMU
Jedi Mind Tricks - I against I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ctpic0VhrA
Taskforce - Cosmic Gypsies (crap quality)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHEpNcGErDU
Kyza - Black Stallions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9fj5aCzXN8
Nas - New york state of mind II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZSODfefzlE

Edited by Technonotice on Sunday 11th October 21:15

[GMX09]

I'm a rock/metal fan more than a rap fan, but Eminem is still one of my favourite artists because I appreciate his talent. Relapse was amazing, possibly one of the best albums ever released.

[TubbyRutter]

Eminem has been great lyricly in his songs but his voice isn't great, its the same for singers like Ian Brown or even Barry Manilow, both have terrible singing voices but have written some great songs!

As for white rappers The Lonely Island are a bit of a pisstake group really and its more hiphop than rap but some of it is very good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XLZtQROCU4

[BEN66]

'Hope' by the Non-Prophets - well worth a listen if you've not come across it before. Sage Francis is a master of rythem and rhyme.

[As_Bo]

GMX09 said:

I'm a rock/metal fan more than a rap fan, but Eminem is still one of my favourite artists because I appreciate his talent. Relapse was amazing, possibly one of the best albums ever released.

Didn't think much of Relapse..not compared to his past stuff.
Album called- "The Re-Up" year 2006 was quite good with colabirations from his "crew".

[As_Bo]

Thought that Britney Spears ex had an attempt at rapping did he not? never heard any of it though.

Top 10 wiggers!! http://uk.askmen.com/top_10/dating/top-10-white-ra...

Edited by As_Bo on Friday 9th October 16:51

[collateral]

Brother Ali is a good shout

[Flying Toilet]

Big shout out to Jon Lajoie!

This mans lyrics are epic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqXi8WmQ_WM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvjDr8KKtsE

[TubbyRutter]

Flying Toilet said:

Big shout out to Jon Lajoie!

This mans lyrics are epic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqXi8WmQ_WM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvjDr8KKtsE

Agreed, Everyday normal guy had me in stitches when i first heard it!