[Year's_End]

Aesop Rock. listen to him. now. he's a new fav for me.

"Daylight"

"None Shall Pass"
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[Universal_Magnetic]

Originally Posted by Bimmer Loyalist

Aesop Rock. listen to them. now. they're a new fav for me.

"Daylight"

One of my favourite tracks no doubt.

artists/groups id highly recommend:

AZ
Big L
Big Pun
Blackstar (Mos Def and Talib Kweli)
Common
Dead Prez
Dilated Peoples
Dr. Dre
Eric B and Rakim
The Firm (Nas, AZ, Foxy Brown, Nature with Dre and Stoute on the beats)
The Game (he just needs to stop with all the name dropping!)
Gang Star
Ice Cube
Immortal Technique
Kanye
Lupe
Masta Ace
Method and Redman
Mos Def
NWA
Nas (Illmatic is my favourite rap/hip-hop album)
Notorious BIG
Pete Rock and CL Smooth
Royce Da 5'9
Talib Kweli

Ive also lately become a pretty big fan of RJD2, great beats!

[inabis]

+1 on what Universal said...

The Roots are great and my new favorite is Brother Ali

Brother Ali:

A little more mainstream:

The Roots:

Here's the Roots crossing over

Good Song from Jin:

[Year's_End]

Originally Posted by Universal_Magnetic

One of my favourite tracks no doubt.

artists/groups id highly recommend:

AZ
Big L
Big Pun
Blackstar (Mos Def and Talib Kweli)
Common
Dead Prez
Dilated Peoples
Dr. Dre
Eric B and Rakim
The Firm (Nas, AZ, Foxy Brown, Nature with Dre and Stoute on the beats)
The Game (he just needs to stop with all the name dropping!)
Gang Star
Ice Cube
Immortal Technique
Kanye
Lupe
Masta Ace
Method and Redman
Mos Def
NWA
Nas (Illmatic is my favourite rap/hip-hop album)
Notorious BIG
Pete Rock and CL Smooth
Royce Da 5'9
Talib Kweli

Ive also lately become a pretty big fan of RJD2, great beats!

DUDE, you have awesome taste.

You might wanna check out 7L & Esoteric while you're at it. And I guess it's worth mentioning this again, seeing as you have similar tastes, but check out Jedi Mind Tricks (specifically their Psycho-Social and Violent by Design albums) and the spinoff group Army of the Pharoahs (Ritual of Battle).

I kinda got sick of Kanye and Lupe.

[inabis]

Originally Posted by MTL Bimmer

I think all of them are muslims ??.....but i know that Brother Ali, Common, and Lupe Fiasco are muslims forsure.

I know that Lupe, Brother Ali, Mos Def and Q-Tip are Muslim but why does that matter??

[jhv]

son of ran - "second wind"

blueprint - "tramp"

i. love. hip hop.

[Year's_End]

Originally Posted by jh valley

son of ran - "second wind"

blueprint - "tramp"

i. love. hip hop.

i'ma add these to my list of artists. tank ewe vehhwy much

[Universal_Magnetic]

Originally Posted by Bimmer Loyalist

DUDE, you have awesome taste.

You might wanna check out 7L & Esoteric while you're at it. And I guess it's worth mentioning this again, seeing as you have similar tastes, but check out Jedi Mind Tricks (specifically their Psycho-Social and Violent by Design albums) and the spinoff group Army of the Pharoahs (Ritual of Battle).

I kinda got sick of Kanye and Lupe.

haha thanks man. I used to listen to JMT in highschool, ill look at some of their newer material. ill definitely check out 7L and Esoteric

As for Kanye and Lupe, to me Kanye sounds refreshing compared to all the bullshit mainstream thats been around. Ever since his first album i feel as if he brought his own style into hip-hop and changed the game a bit. Not to mention he collabes with Talib, Mos Def, and Common on a lot of tracks.

I feel the same way about Lupe, i cant listen to a lot of his songs for a while because i just get bored of them after a while.

[Couch]

Originally Posted by Universal_Magnetic

One of my favourite tracks no doubt.

artists/groups id highly recommend:

AZ
Big L
Big Pun
Blackstar (Mos Def and Talib Kweli)
Common
Dead Prez
Dilated Peoples
Dr. Dre
Eric B and Rakim
The Firm (Nas, AZ, Foxy Brown, Nature with Dre and Stoute on the beats)
The Game (he just needs to stop with all the name dropping!)
Gang Star
Ice Cube
Immortal Technique
Kanye
Lupe
Masta Ace
Method and Redman
Mos Def
NWA
Nas (Illmatic is my favourite rap/hip-hop album)
Notorious BIG
Pete Rock and CL Smooth
Royce Da 5'9
Talib Kweli

Ive also lately become a pretty big fan of RJD2, great beats!

How could you leave out Tupac?

[crooked I]

Originally Posted by Couch

How could you leave out Tupac?

the thread starter said that he doesn't like tupac's music.

[Year's_End]

Swollen Members - Deep End

Swollen Members - Fuel Injected

JMT - Neva Antiquated

Danger Doom - Mince Meat

Dilated Peoples - Worst Comes to Worst

[Year's_End]

Originally Posted by inabis

+1 on what Universal said...

The Roots are great and my new favorite is Brother Ali

Brother Ali:

A little more mainstream:

The Roots:

Here's the Roots crossing over

Good Song from Jin:

oh dayum i completely missed this post. noice noice noice i like em all. btw, the chick in the red shirt in that 4th vid you posted is HOTTT.

[BaLLzZz]

Originally Posted by Universal_Magnetic

One of my favourite tracks no doubt.

artists/groups id highly recommend:

AZ
Big L
Big Pun
Blackstar (Mos Def and Talib Kweli)
Common
Dead Prez
Dilated Peoples
Dr. Dre
Eric B and Rakim
The Firm (Nas, AZ, Foxy Brown, Nature with Dre and Stoute on the beats)
The Game (he just needs to stop with all the name dropping!)
Gang Star
Ice Cube
Immortal Technique
Kanye
Lupe
Masta Ace
Method and Redman
Mos Def
NWA
Nas (Illmatic is my favourite rap/hip-hop album)
Notorious BIG
Pete Rock and CL Smooth
Royce Da 5'9
Talib Kweli

Ive also lately become a pretty big fan of RJD2, great beats!

My duDe you got some ill taste but since you like alot of what I like you left a few out. On a sidenote Nas fell off and its sad he was my favorite up until like 07. But anyways I gotta come hard for NY lOl and you missed 2 main dudes

FabO spIZZ LoS cant find anything too good on YOUTUBE

NND

JaDa

Check this out Primo on the track

[inabis]

Originally Posted by Bimmer Loyalist

oh dayum i completely missed this post. noice noice noice i like em all. btw, the chick in the red shirt in that 4th vid you posted is HOTTT.

Yeah...apparently from reading the comments on the You Tube Video she's a porn star??!!

On another note, MF Doom is good but it takes a while (at least for me) to understand what he's saying (if anything?)

I Found this group off of Pandora and this song perfectly summed up how I felt on Saturday:

Song with Kweli

[Universal_Magnetic]

Originally Posted by BaLLzZz

My duDe you got some ill taste but since you like alot of what I like you left a few out. On a sidenote Nas fell off and its sad he was my favorite up until like 07. But anyways I gotta come hard for NY lOl and you missed 2 main dudes

I dont think Nas really fell off...i mean he changed up his style a lot but hes still doin his thing i can never knock on him for that. i find that he always goes harder on tracks hes featured on rather than his own tracks.

D-block is solid still...Jada's holdin it down. i wasnt really feeling Sheeks latest album though

[Year's_End]

Originally Posted by inabis

Yeah...apparently from reading the comments on the You Tube Video she's a porn star??!!

On another note, MF Doom is good but it takes a while (at least for me) to understand what he's saying (if anything?)

I Found this group off of Pandora and this song perfectly summed up how I felt on Saturday:

Song with Kweli

She's a pornstar? Hell yeh. And yeah man, I have some pete philly & perquisite on my sweatshop union pandora station haha. Talib Kweli's good too. You can find some good shit on pandora.

[Los Angeles]

Originally Posted by BaLLzZz

My duDe you got some ill taste but since you like alot of what I like you left a few out. On a sidenote Nas fell off and its sad he was my favorite up until like 07. But anyways I gotta come hard for NY lOl and you missed 2 main dude

Nas fell off?

I think you fell off.

[inabis]

Originally Posted by Los Angeles

Nas fell off?

I think you fell off.

+1 Untitled was a really good album

My fav song wasn't on the album (this is a remix)

[BaLLzZz]

YEA NAS switched his style up and fell off. He wants to be political and race oriented now and I dont like that shit. Before 06 07 NAS had the illest albums around every track was fire every beat was fire. Then he wanted to get in this race bullshit and im sorry but he fell off mabey some dont agree and im all for switching things up a little but NAS fell off to me. You want real nas here it is.

When Nas WAS Nas

sorry but he dont put tracks dwn like this Anymore and its sad

[inabis]

Originally Posted by BaLLzZz

YEA NAS switched his style up and fell off. He wants to be political and race oriented now and I dont like that shit.

Nas has ALWAYS been on some deeper level political and race stuff...from the beginning. Aside from Illmatic, all him other albums have had at least one song like this. I chalked it up to him being a teenager and being obsessed with money and cars. As people grow older they care less and less about materialistic things-unless you live in Cali

Maybe you never really listened to the albums but he's always been a community activist and political. I'm not trying to diss you or anything but maybe you just skipped over these songs??

But to your credit, he has been A LOT more political and community oriented than ever now....I personally think that's just because of Obama.

[GAM3OVR85]

Originally Posted by inabis

I know that Lupe, Brother Ali, Mos Def and Q-Tip are Muslim but why does that matter??

Doesn't really matter but im just saying since you said "rap with a message" and then you listed their names .



anyways, this is a good song

[BaLLzZz]

Originally Posted by inabis

Nas has ALWAYS been on some deeper level political and race stuff...from the beginning. Aside from Illmatic, all him other albums have had at least one song like this. I chalked it up to him being a teenager and being obsessed with money and cars. As people grow older they care less and less about materialistic things-unless you live in Cali

Maybe you never really listened to the albums but he's always been a community activist and political. I'm not trying to diss you or anything but maybe you just skipped over these songs??

But to your credit, he has been A LOT more political and community oriented than ever now....I personally think that's just because of Obama.

NO way I listened to every single Nas album from front to back and I understand what your saying. Its just never been so upfront always done in a different style. He just switched it up and I dont like the route he took. And im almost 100% sure Obama is the problem. Hey everyone has there opinions and anything Nas that comes out I am going to listen too, but the question is will I listen to it more then once? I still have that respect for him as long as he touches the mic but he has just been letting me down latly.