Re: hip hop

From: Marco (freakymarco@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Jul 10 2001 - 01:28:57 CEST

  • Next message: Max Rocha: "Re: Compilations (hip hop)"

    Couldn't help stickin' my head in this one. Also, there
    was thread around end of april that kinda touched this
    subject as well. Check the archives.

    Alright, another hip hop top 10.
    1. Gang Starr - Step in the Arena
    2. Colors Soundtrack; had some dodgy songs, but also had
    some great ones from Ice-T, Eric B & Rakim, Big Daddy Kane,
    Kool G. Rap...
    3. Dream Warriors - And Now the Legacy Begins
    4. Digable Planets - Reachin'
    5. De La Soul - is Dead
    6. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (but Peoples'
    Instinctive Travels... comes close)
    7. Anything with Talib Kweli; ridiculously underrated since
    Mos Def blew up, but his stuff is superb as well. Check out
    Manifesto on the first Lyricist Lounge, the Reflection
    Eternal stuff (the Blast is one of my favourite hip hop
    tunes going right now), the Black Star stuff (Respiration
    Remix, niiice.)
    8. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions...
    WTF!? only two slots left? How'm'I 'sposed to represent
    the breadth of hip hop in only ten slots! Alright the next
    ones are for the underground.
    9. Anything from the Sound Providers. They've had a bunch
    of top-notch 12" on quarternote/ABB - Transmission/The
    Field, Get Down/No Time, The Difference/Yes Y'all
    10. T-Love - Nobody Knows My Name 12"; Representin' all the
    dope underrepresented female MC's (Someone give What?What?
    a record deal already)

    There's a lot of stuff missing from the above list, but
    what can you do?
    And now, some opinions on previously rep'd stuff...

    --- milkweed <chetpeng@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > brads top 10 hip hop lp's list of the moment:
    > 1. nas "illmatic"
    Yes! He's never done anything even close to approaching it.
    > 2. common "ressurrection"
    I used to love her. "One Day It'll All Make Sense" is
    another great Common album.
    > 3. blackmoon "enta da stage"
    Check out Basic Training Boot Camp's greatest hits for an
    abridged version, along with some other assorted BCC
    goodness from Heltah Skeltah,
    > 10. dr dre "2001"
    Was ok, but the Chronic was better.

    --- adario <adario@thingsburnup.com> wrote:
    > allow me add to the list:
    >
    > Slick Rick, "The Great Adventures of ..."
    > Boogie Down Productions (feat KRS1), "Criminal Minded"
    > De La Soul, "3 Feet High+"
    > Erik B & Rakim, can't forget "Follow the Leader"
    > Del the Funky Homosapien, "I Wish My Brother George Was
    > Here"
    > Jungle Brothers, "Done by the Forces of Nature"
    > DOC, "No One Can Do It Better"
    > Wu-Tang Clan, "Enter the Wu Tang, 36 Chambers"
    > Cypress Hill, "Cypress Hill"
    > 3rd Bass, "The Cactus Album"
    > Pharcyde, "Bizarre Ride II"
    > Pete Rock, "Mecca and the Soul Brother"
    > Black Sheep, "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"
    > Brand Nubian, "One for All"
    > Poor Righteous Teachers, "Holy Intellect"
    >
    > yall remember these?
    > adario
    Barely, but thanks for reminding me! Great list (except for
    the Cypress Hill. Never did really get into them). I was
    just spinning Brooklyn Queens last saturday night, and now,
    I'm gonna have to dig up all my PRT and Brand Nubian tapes.

    --- Philip Sherburne <philip@askjeeves.com> wrote:
    > Tek9 - Simply
    > Dego from 4Hero on, again, some superbly chilled hip hop.
    "It's Not What You Think It Is" was really good, too, and
    featured a song with a rap from Digable Planet's Butterfly,
    I think (under pseudonym).

    =====
    Marco Pringle, host of
    the Fat Beat Diet - Thursday evenings, 10:30-Midnight
    CJSW 90.9FM (Calgary) - in real audio at:
    http://www.cjsw.com

    __________________________________________________
    Do You Yahoo!?
    Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail
    http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/



    This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Tue Jul 10 2001 - 01:53:06 CEST