Hip-Hop Heads - Lyrics Matter

[OlliePlimsoll]

Monty911 said:

How about Murs , Slug , Immortal Technique from the newer era
and some classics from the mighty Hijack .

Agreed on Murs and Slug. The Felt albums are worth a look. 3:16 by Murs is a classic IMO.

[cronk-flakes]

Sim89 said:

Nas - Illmatic

I had completely forgotten about Illmatic... Just been listening to this for days!

[Sim89]

cronk-flakes said:

Sim89 said:

Nas - Illmatic

I had completely forgotten about Illmatic... Just been listening to this for days!

Stellar album with no filler, full of hard tracks.

[Matt..]

Gang Starr - Above The Clouds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IoPeNC4k_0

[cronk-flakes]

Matt.. said:

Gang Starr - Above The Clouds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IoPeNC4k_0

Nice one!

Also, some additional tunes;

Nuthin' But A G Thang

Pin the tail on the donkey

B Boy Document 99

[LandingSpot]

J5 A Day at the Races is a great track

Lots of J5's stuff is brilliant.

Other stuff includes Gangstarr's Hard to earn album. Guru's (RIP) Jazzmatazz work is very nice to listen to. Some odd stuff, but mostly good. Not in the same vein as Gangstarr.

MC Solaar is nice to listen to and helps practice for Le Mans

Lots of other stuff I can think of atm.

[Sim89]

Kurupt - Kuruption.

[cronk-flakes]

LandingSpot said:

J5 A Day at the Races is a great track

Lots of J5's stuff is brilliant.

Other stuff includes Gangstarr's Hard to earn album. Guru's (RIP) Jazzmatazz work is very nice to listen to. Some odd stuff, but mostly good. Not in the same vein as Gangstarr.

MC Solaar is nice to listen to and helps practice for Le Mans

Lots of other stuff I can think of atm.

With you on this. I'm a massive Gangstarr fan (such a shame to lose Guru). The stuff with Solaar recently has put me off him a little bit, but at the end of the day, his lyrics are seriously on point.

[OlliePlimsoll]

If Guru and Premier weren't almost mutually exclusive over the Gangstarr years ( not Jazzmatazz Volumes ). Do you think they would have been as popular?

By that i mean I was drawn to Gangstarr by Premiers production on other tracks,not Gurus MC'ing.

Edited by OlliePlimsoll on Thursday 5th August 11:12

[LandingSpot]

A few more since I've looked at my collection:

Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx
Gza/Genius - Liquid Swords
2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now
Outkast - ATLiens
Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East
Jeru the Damaja - Wrath of the Math
DJ Premier - New York Reality Check 101

British Hip Hop:

Skitz - Countryman ( Double Reds is my favourite track)
Roots Manuva - Brand New Second Hand is a great album, Run Come Save Me a little less favoured, but still good.

[LandingSpot]

cronk-flakes said:

LandingSpot said:

J5 A Day at the Races is a great track

Lots of J5's stuff is brilliant.

Other stuff includes Gangstarr's Hard to earn album. Guru's (RIP) Jazzmatazz work is very nice to listen to. Some odd stuff, but mostly good. Not in the same vein as Gangstarr.

MC Solaar is nice to listen to and helps practice for Le Mans

Lots of other stuff I can think of atm.

With you on this. I'm a massive Gangstarr fan (such a shame to lose Guru). The stuff with Solaar recently has put me off him a little bit, but at the end of the day, his lyrics are seriously on point.

If you haven't got/listened to Full Clip. Buy it. Now. Brilliant album.

[LDN]

Jedi Mind Tricks and RA the Rugged Man... listen to the second verse by RA; it's one of the best rap verses ever IMO and based on tales of his father who fought in Vietnam (so I heard)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IbitVPIRwc

[jonesey]

KRS One has some of the best passages of creation and delivery I can recall- I'll post some links when I get home.

Failing that, have you listened to any Beanie man on the UK side?

[cronk-flakes]

jonesey said:

KRS One has some of the best passages of creation and delivery I can recall- I'll post some links when I get home.

Failing that, have you listened to any Beanie man on the UK side?

Agreed, love KRS One. Not listened to Beanie Man at all, will give him a try.

I'm listening to some classic Eminem today! Infinite is a great album to check out, from before 'Dre Days'.

Eminem - Infinite

Also

Eminem - Just Don't Give a fk

[LDN]

cronk-flakes said:

Eminem - Infinite

Love that.

[h4muf]

Skinnyman.

fk the hook

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNtEM1lRlQA

It's over

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB20vZ64w2o

English hip hop at it's best imo.

[LandingSpot]

cronk-flakes said:

I'm listening to some classic Eminem today! Infinite is a great album to check out, from before 'Dre Days'.

Eminem - Infinite

I like that album, only ever did listening on the internet though, could never find the album to buy/download.

Does that make it better for the lesser exposure, or worse because it isn't as prolific?

Biggie Smalls - Life After Death in the car atm. BRILLIANT!

[Monty911]

Today its all about Phi Life Cypher , havent bumped it in a while but its
still sounding good

[Mattygooner]

Lyrics do matter!!

Lots of the mixtape stuff out there is really good.

But some favourites.

still very difficult to get better than em, some of it is incredible:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brYY3Dri7xw

Second freestyle 3 mins in, Westwoods face throughout the whole thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwyOfqbP8JU&fea...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCLOzLsza3c

Nas:

Out of a lot, this has to be one the best, great story, beat and one of the best samples

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fhoFWb6Uu8

Illmatic and most of his stuff is a different level.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQbCC8S-ErE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws3Ks0FGxYM&fea...

Wu and seperately ODB, Raekwon(cuban lix is very good), Methodman, Gza all have fantastic albums:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ITLNzPoEqs

great intro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylvr8TSnI0Q&fea...

Busta does the best videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq1usY4WGIU&fea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrghtXWfVYM&fea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHHT7dTmw8U&fea...

Big Pun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA7DvbWy7bs

BIG - Everything....even duets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVLdM_QO3OQ&fea...

Gravediggaz, produced by RZA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE-5Q_xyiwo&fea...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWr4cFXRwkc&fea...


Not a fan of new stuff really.

[Monty911]

The Roots is the flavour of the day today