Who likes electronic music? or Hip/Hop?

[erik ok]

Wiley's 'Treddin on thin Ice' LP is so fucking good. Once i heard it, i understood why all the hype about UK "grime" rap.

YouTube - UK GARAGE, GRIME Live : Roll deep mcz plus Xtraz 2/4

[El Negro Magnifico!]

Originally Posted by bdix

Personally I like ALL rap music.

Of course there are a few individual rappers/groups that I don't listen to, but I don't avoid entire genres of rap. If it's good shxt, it's good shxt.

I tend to dismiss the categorizing of what is "real" hip-hop music. Hell, if it exists it's real to me. What's real to me is Scarface rapping like Scarface, De La Soul rapping like De La Soul, Black Star rapping like Black Star, Little Brother being Little Brother, Diverse being Diverse, and The Beatnuts sounding like the motherfuxxing Beatnuts.

I love me some Quannum, but if I'm at the bar/club I wanna hear some Dr Dre. If it's summertime in Texas, I'll probably put in some Outkast, Clipse, or UGK. If it's January, chances are better it's some Wu-Tang or Mobb Deep. Waking up it's probably Public Enemy, Redman, and some N.W.A. Winding down it's Digable Planets, Boogiemonsters, and some J Dilla. And just when is it a bad time for some Run DMC, or T.I., or MC Lyte, or Gang Starr, or LL Cool J, or Common, or Biggie? And when shouldn't you have some Rakim, or Jay-Z, or The Roots ready at a moment's notice?

Rap's been gangsta since Kool G Rap. It's been money and bling since "Paid In Full". It's been bitches since Big Daddy Kane and 2 Live Crew. And just like the thing all six of Erick and Parrish's group albums have in common, it's all just part of this "business" that is rap music.

I think the title of ATCQ's album, "Beats, Rhymes, and Life" sums it all up for me. Every artist has their own sound, style, delivery, and inspiration. It would suck if they were all the same.

And now it's off to listen to some Slayer.

Dude! Boogiemonsters! You rule.
I hear you on the B.S. "real" argument. In the end, I just want it to be good.

[El Negro Magnifico!]

And on the Boogiemonsters front, it's all about "Honeydips in Gotham" and "Recognized Thresholds of Negative Stress".

[kentdd]

forum with a bunch of 90's hip/hop
hip hop YSI

[bdix]

Originally Posted by El Negro Magnifico!

And on the Boogiemonsters front, it's all about "Honeydips in Gotham" and "Recognized Thresholds of Negative Stress".

don't forget "Mark of the Beast".

[VonDada]

I was really into House and early Techno when I lived in Detroit in the late 80s early 90s. Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Derrick May (The Belleville Three) and DJ Carl Craig use to spin at underground clubs like The Majestic Theatre and The Warehouse and my friend Marc's house parties on Trumbull.

I guess that's technically Electronic music, no?

[bdix]

I remember hearing Mr Lee's "Get Busy" for the first time. That song alone got me interested in House.

[Lonesome Cowboy Bill]

"New Jack City" is an underappreciated soundtrack....

[Safety47]

Spankrock has a thing going on with Gruff Rhys called Neon Neon which is rocking my world right now... a tribute to cocaine fuelled 80's trash. The new Crystal Castles is great. I was on a huge no-wave, electro kick for a while but now I'm in love with stuff like Glass Candy, Black Devil Disco, Hercules and Love Affair and Prins Thomas (whose Cosmic Galactic Prism is the best mix I've ever heard.) I think my brother would kick the shit out of me if he knew I was listening to disco....

[VonDada]