Did you USED to like rap?
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Did you USED to like rap?
I enjoyed rap in the early/mid-80's when I first heard it. Grandmaster Flash, Kurtis Blow, Run-DMC, etc. And I enjoyed some early 90's stuff like De La Soul (I know they are still around). But somewhere along the way... probably with TuPac and that thug CRAP I totally lost interest with rap music in almost all forms. I know if I listened to that 80's stuff now it would sound hopelessly out of date. But I have zero interest in rap today. The only rap CD I bought in the last two years is from Knowdaverbs, because his message is one of complete hope. Did you used to like rap or still like it?
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Still love it, you just have to sift through some of the junk. People like Nelly and Ja Rule are getting pretty annoying. But find people like Atmosphere, Tawib Kweli(Sp?) and other underground acts, and I think you can enjoy it again.
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Thanks Slug... maybe if some of you could mention names of artists who aren't just singing about drugs and sex and money I might like it. Ludacris is from here in Atlanta. I saw him making his last video and actually saw the video on TV last week. The music was kind of catchy, but I HATED his message. Just hated it.
That is what I don't like.
That is what I don't like.
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Originally posted by atlantamoi
Thanks Slug... maybe if some of you could mention names of artists who aren't just singing about drugs and sex and money I might like it. Ludacris is from here in Atlanta. I saw him making his last video and actually saw the video on TV last week. The music was kind of catchy, but I HATED his message. Just hated it.
That is what I don't like.
Thanks Slug... maybe if some of you could mention names of artists who aren't just singing about drugs and sex and money I might like it. Ludacris is from here in Atlanta. I saw him making his last video and actually saw the video on TV last week. The music was kind of catchy, but I HATED his message. Just hated it.
That is what I don't like.
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Nope. Always hated it.
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I liked it...then I hated it...then I liked it...then I hated it...now that I have grown and am now older, I have become very eclectic...I like it along with many other kinds of music...
and yes I do like the rap about sex and drugs....
Ludacris is awesome...Snoop Dogg is awesome...I also like many underground hip hop acts (Cannibal OX, Freddie Foxx, etc.)
and yes I do like the rap about sex and drugs....
Ludacris is awesome...Snoop Dogg is awesome...I also like many underground hip hop acts (Cannibal OX, Freddie Foxx, etc.)
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Re: Did you USED to like rap?
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</small>Still like White Lines and The Message; never heard Kurtis Blow; liked Run-DMC's work with Aerosmith <small>(but have precious little knowledge of the field other than this....)</small>
I have a younger brother who plays "current" 90s rap which seems pointless and unimaginative to me: covering, sampling and cursing doesn't take a great deal of talent IMNSHO.
Fortunately my other siblings have more catholic taste! (Josh, the rap fan, made me a compilation tape at Christmas which I promised to play.... perhaps this afternoon.... ho hum)
Originally posted by atlantamoi
I enjoyed rap in the early/mid-80's when I first heard it. Grandmaster Flash, Kurtis Blow, Run-DMC, etc.
I enjoyed rap in the early/mid-80's when I first heard it. Grandmaster Flash, Kurtis Blow, Run-DMC, etc.
I have a younger brother who plays "current" 90s rap which seems pointless and unimaginative to me: covering, sampling and cursing doesn't take a great deal of talent IMNSHO.
Fortunately my other siblings have more catholic taste! (Josh, the rap fan, made me a compilation tape at Christmas which I promised to play.... perhaps this afternoon.... ho hum)
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I like rap music, and have since the mid 80's, but the current crop of rappers are pretty weak. I've heard a few decent things recently, like the Nelly song from the Training Day soundtrack, and "Can't Deny It" by Fabolous, but so much of it anymore is just lame. The only thing that's really impressed me recently has been Jurrasic 5.
When VH1 ran "Cool as Ice" a few months ago, I was amazed that Vanilla Ice was actually a better rapper than most of the clowns out there now.
When VH1 ran "Cool as Ice" a few months ago, I was amazed that Vanilla Ice was actually a better rapper than most of the clowns out there now.
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Originally posted by atlantamoi
maybe if some of you could mention names of artists who aren't just singing about drugs and sex and money I might like it.
maybe if some of you could mention names of artists who aren't just singing about drugs and sex and money I might like it.
And for pure positivity, check out the crew LA Symphony (Pigeon John, Flynn, the Eternals, etc.). They are nothing but pure positivity. Plus their beats are rhymes are great. Since you like Knowdaverbs, you may have heard of them - Pigeon John did a song with him on his first album, "The Syllabus."
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I enjoyed Rap of the 80's and 90's, but I can't get into it now because of the "izzo" factor. Mostly, I don't understand what the hell rap tunes such as I.Z.Z.O. (H.O.V.A.) have to do with. What does that mean?
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I enjoyed Rap of the 80's and 90's, but I can't get into it now because of the "izzo" factor. Mostly, I don't understand what the hell rap tunes such as I.Z.Z.O. (H.O.V.A.) have to do with. What does that mean?
I enjoyed Rap of the 80's and 90's, but I can't get into it now because of the "izzo" factor. Mostly, I don't understand what the hell rap tunes such as I.Z.Z.O. (H.O.V.A.) have to do with. What does that mean?
Endless guest stars can bog things down too much too. If I want to hear Snoop Dogg, I want to hear him, not Snoop Dogg featuring Lil Wee Wee, Boss Cheez Doodle, and the A'mazin' dipdork, with special guest m'i'c'h'a'e'l (remix).
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I was really into the early/mid 90's stuff: Dr. Dre, Snoop, Warren G., Nate Dogg, Naughty by Nature, Ice Cube...that new west coast sound was great, so much different than the hard-core basic beats of the late 80's and very early 90's.
Nowadays, I still like that G-Funk stuff (The Chronic is the greatest rap album ever IMO), along with some early 80's stuff (Sugar Hill Gang, etc.). Current groups, well, I like Outkast, and I like what I've heard of the Black Eyed Peas, but rap just doesn't do much for me anymore.
Nowadays, I still like that G-Funk stuff (The Chronic is the greatest rap album ever IMO), along with some early 80's stuff (Sugar Hill Gang, etc.). Current groups, well, I like Outkast, and I like what I've heard of the Black Eyed Peas, but rap just doesn't do much for me anymore.
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Originally posted by Aghama
Anyone who judges a whole genre of music based on what they hear on MTV isn't worth arguing against.
Anyone who judges a whole genre of music based on what they hear on MTV isn't worth arguing against.
Even though Jay Z brought out H to the Izzo as a single doesn't make Blue Print a bad album, that album was great. Izzo was one of the crappiest songs on the cd though.
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loved cypress hill, and all the old school rappers. hell, I even tolorated Public enemy. they atleast had a message. unlike the (c)rap that is out now a days. screw that new stuff
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Originally posted by Jason
When VH1 ran "Cool as Ice" a few months ago, I was amazed that Vanilla Ice was actually a better rapper than most of the clowns out there now.
When VH1 ran "Cool as Ice" a few months ago, I was amazed that Vanilla Ice was actually a better rapper than most of the clowns out there now.
I used to like rap. It probably started in the 7th grade with me. I enjoyed Fat Boys, Run DMC, 2 Live Crew, Young MC, AMG, DJ Quik, Hi-C, Vanilla Ice, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, early Snoop Dogg, and the like. I'm not down with the H to the izzO, V to the Izza shizzle.