Re: Hiphop...dieing?

From: Lynne d Johnson (ldj00@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Dec 03 2001 - 17:43:59 CET

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    i would have to agree that hip-hop is dying
    here are some interesting compilations though

    fatbeats compilation vol 1 koch records
    http://www.spinemagazine.com/db/Album/content/281.html
    http://www.hiphop.com/reviews/fatbeats.html

    ecko unltd. lyricist lounge present underground airplay
    http://www.epinions.com/content_45268504196 

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    "Negro music is always radical in the context of formal American culture."
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    From: Calvin Ho <chairmancal@atomicattack.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 14:08:46 +0100
To: paśla 45 <raregrooves@hotmail.com>, <Acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>,
<b.graff@lycos.com>
Subject: Re: Hiphop...dieing?

    > i do agree with you on madlib. his production on yesterdays new quintet
> was mediocre, i don't see what all the hype was about. I did however
> like his work with the lootpack and i liked a few cuts off the
> quasimoto album, the rest were just average. he's done some cool work
> with slum village, LMNO, and zion i that people should check out.
> he is no premo, pete rock, or ali shaheed muhammad though.
> 
> i cant seem to find much hip hop i like lately so for now i'm still
> listening to the petestrumentals, also the philadelphia experiment is nice.
> (i heard madlib did some remixes for them)
> 
> -paula :)

    What about the Madlib 2x7"  The Beat Conductor. Nice collection of
instrumentals on the same vein as petestrumentals.

    Calvin.

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