Yep, not my fave genre but there's enough good stuff out there to give an ear to. Find myself listening to a lot of Killah Priest when the mood takes me.
Poll: Do you listen to rap?
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That game takes place at the time I was in high school, so yes; and that game has some of my favorites: Nothin but a G Thang, Gorillas in the Mist, but I always wondered why it didn't have Fuck the Police...it was certainly fitting for the plot. Another song that would've been great in San Andreas (but it came out later) is 2 Guns Up.Sixcess said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGTH3ZR_oQg
So yea, I dig gangsta rap.
But it doesn't have to be, I love the rap in Gorillaz. I guess the most recent rapper I've been turned on to is Dan Bull; Miracle of Sound retweeted his Borderlands2 rap and I was an instant fan. This however is my favorite work of his.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_qcQ4OElhM
(the Rick Santorum bit cracks me up every time:
I look like someone from a Star Trek fan forum
What's my name *****, it's Rick Santorum)
Also his Skyrim Bard rap is epic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leLgke1jp4k
Almost forgot to mention the Beastie Boys. They got me into hip-hop music and out of my narrow-minded mentality that all hip-hop was the trash I heard on the radio. It was actually various mashups of them with Daft Punk that did the trick.
And funny you mention sampling, because I fucking love Kanye's sampling when it's done well. Take POWER as an example with its brilliant use of King Crimson's '21st Century Schizoid Man.' Not only does he use the title vocals, in a parallel to the original song, he also uses 'neuro-scream,' and manipulates it to sound almost like 'no sleep.' It took me ages to find out which part of the song he had used.
Going back to Graduation and his sampling of HBFS of Daft Punk. He gave them recognition in the album cover, subtlety because it's Daft Punk
, a cameo in the music video and he performed with them at the Grammys. How many hip-hop artists, let alone musicians, give their sample artist that kind of recognition? +Respect.
I plan to listen to the full album on Youtube, if it's available. It's a concept album so I'm going to hear it as it was intended.Dangit2019 said:
And funny you mention sampling, because I fucking love Kanye's sampling when it's done well. Take POWER as an example with its brilliant use of King Crimson's '21st Century Schizoid Man.' Not only does he use the title vocals, in a parallel to the original song, he also uses 'neuro-scream,' and manipulates it to sound almost like 'no sleep.' It took me ages to find out which part of the song he had used.
Going back to Graduation and his sampling of HBFS of Daft Punk. He gave them recognition in the album cover, subtlety because it's Daft Punk
, a cameo in the music video and he performed with them at the Grammys. How many hip-hop artists, let alone musicians, give their sample artist that kind of recognition? +Respect.
Yes. I listen to a lot of the more seasoned rappers (i.e. Jay-Z, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, etc.) as well as some of the newer ones (though not technically new, i.e. Kanye West, Pharell, Lupe Fiasco, NAS, etc.).
Of course I listen to Hip-hop, if you say a whole genre is shit you are no better than the "Metal sux, listen to Lady Gaga" crowd.
I feel as though Hip-hop is making a resurgance in recent years as there has been quite a few good releases. I dislike Eminem and all that ilk but I do really enjoy the genre.
Well Known but excellent old-skool Hip-hop for those who want to get into the genre...
I feel as though Hip-hop is making a resurgance in recent years as there has been quite a few good releases. I dislike Eminem and all that ilk but I do really enjoy the genre.
Well Known but excellent old-skool Hip-hop for those who want to get into the genre...
It's called Symphonic Metal. Basically, it's a metal band plus an orchestra. The 2 biggest bands are Epica and Nightwish; both of which have tons of albums.PunkRex said:
I owuldn't call it one of my mainstay genres, but lesse..
k-os, Metermaids, Sage Francis, Aesop Rock, Busdriver, Macklemore (check out stuff other then Thrift Shop before dismissing him as a novelty), Greydon Square, Lupe Fiasco, Dope DOD, NASA. Soem of the older style stuff like Beasties, NWA, DMC, Cypress and all that too.
k-os, Metermaids, Sage Francis, Aesop Rock, Busdriver, Macklemore (check out stuff other then Thrift Shop before dismissing him as a novelty), Greydon Square, Lupe Fiasco, Dope DOD, NASA. Soem of the older style stuff like Beasties, NWA, DMC, Cypress and all that too.
Not as such no. However, Kanye West is making me rethink my opinions on rap. I think I'll just not vote because neither answer accurately reflects my position.
Naa it all sounds the same to me. To me. I want to put an emphasis on that.
Metal was mentioned 12 time in this thread and you where one of them. I think Classical was mentioned almost as much. Most people that said they didn't like it said just that. They don't like it.NightowlM said:
Sometimes.
Most of what I hear is combined with R&B. But there's a few people/songs I enjoy listening to.
Most of what I hear is combined with R&B. But there's a few people/songs I enjoy listening to.
