The Hip Hop/Rap Thread

Originally Posted by Lady Miyomi

You didn't like "Braggin' Writes" or "Longevity"? "Braggin' Writes" is my favorite.

Just a general question, does anybody here listen to slightly older hip hop?

Isn't Braggin Writes by Dj Premo and j live?

I listen to real hip-hop (rap,etc) Anything that has a hot ass beat and without a egotistical loser (50 cent) is all good. And yes i listen to the old stuff too.

Ghostface's recent album was pretty good.

Clipse of Doom is sick.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

And so. Three great albums (and I'm not talking Lil Wayne >.> ) were leaked/released. I'm talking about:

Jay-Z - Kingdom Come: He comes back over and over but in this album, he doesn't disappoint. While some of the producers's beats were a bit so-so, Will-I-Am, Just Blaze,Kanye West and his lyrics make up for the damage. Also, His closing song "Beach Chair" (I think it was this one) and produced by Chris Martin was one of the best Jay-Z closing songs in a album since Reasonable Doubt's Regrets. I'm a man of fairness. With a few flaws, he deserves :

3.5 out of 5 mics

The Game - Doctor's Advocate: A rapper who started out clean. A rapper who had beef with G-Unit. He was disliked by fans who dick-rided 50 cent's overrated album. He's the one who took down G-Unit little by little and finally he creates a Masterpiece. Doctor's Advocate was leaked like a week or two before the retail release. I had my doubts til I saw a list of new producers and returning ones such as Kanye,Dre,Hi-Tek,Just Blaze and Swizz Beats (woo!). Game ripped each and every track and made beats look alive. He definately took his time with this album. Another great track was the closing song "Why you hate the Game?" by himself,Marsha and Nas. And believe that it's produced by Just Blaze. Simply his best album of all time.

4 out of 5 mics

Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead: For those who thought that Nas died. Think-the-fuck- again >=p. Many hardcore Nas fans thought his album was going to fall but were wrong and proud of what he gave us. I don't hear any Nas Haters talkin shit about it :biggrin: . Nas chose a good line up of producers. I'll be honest, After a shitload of albums and Lost Tapes he made back then, I didn't think he would come back or even have enough to say on the mic but I was wrong yet again ^^;. He goes soft in his first verse in a few tracks then rips the hell out of it in the mid to the end of the songs. I still love his music. My only shock in this album is Premier's work was not present. I guess I can say that Nas wanted changes or some shit. If Premo was in it, I'd give the album a full score , however, I get the feeling Premo will give him a beat to fill in that Acapella track in his album. The Closing songs (Im not going to include Acapella) beat both Jay-Z's and Game's track. If anyone hasn't heard it yet, Listen to it now. You get drawn to it. Thanks to Will-I-Am again for the beat.

4.5 out of 5 mics

Winner - Nasir "Nas" Jones

Hip-Hop 2k6 closes with Nas' album and I hope to God we get more. For those who don't know, "The N" track was not in his album. Any comments about their albums?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Did you listen to Ghostface's "More Fish" Album? I heard it wasn't good at all. Styles P's album was alright.

I also heard a few things such as "Why you hate the Game" track was supposed to be in Nas' album. That and "The N" track wasn't in it either.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Just listend to most of the tracks in the more fish album. It could've been better but it didn't suck either.

Speakin of which. Nas and Cormega squashed their beef by showing proof to the whole world at his concert a few days ago. Nas bought him and Foxy Brown to do Affirmative Action. No Az or Nature though..

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

9 tracks only? Anyway the album was alright. Need to listen to it a second time ^^;.

Speakin of which, You do know who Skyzoo is , right? He dropped this sick track. And would you believe it, it's Premo!

He ripped the whole thing but damn the last verse was just Perfect. That's Real Hip Hop. ahh and Torae is in it as well. Dunno who he is.. But he has my respect.

This a HopHopGame version so we'll have to wait for a better one later.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/t9kv3a

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Skyzoo is kinda underground but he has potential. More than enough to have even Premo work with him.

I know you saw this vid the other day. Its the best of 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNRA4_JhO4A

He got layed down alright LOL. It took his ass 3 seconds to fall down.

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*reviving thread*

Hey did anyone check out that new Kanye West video? Check it out...Lots of Akira reference. They did say that Kanye was working with some bands in Tokyo but this one is pretty awesome. Sept 11 will feature a remix with Jay-z. Hopefuly we'll see Kanye turn into a Blob =].

KANYE WEST | STRONGER

Yeah, he's a fan of Tetsuo Shima. Great.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by knkwzrd

Kanye West is awful, why are we kidding ourselves?

He has like 2 other great tracks. Flashing Lights which is pretty interesting. You need to see Beats Kingz 2k7. Kanye goes Emo in that 1hour vid ;p.


And of course you have "Everything I am".For those who are really into the hip hop music(beats-wise), If anyone doesn't know who does the scratches, You have issues >=p.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Kanye west is like a balance. He goes up and down every album. He's alright though in my book.

YouTube Video

Someone mixed this and the akira clips. Well made!

Hey is anyone up on Termanology? Another underrated mc.

YouTube Video

He's been around before. Primo and alot of other known artists and producers are cosigning with this guy. This vid should be on MTV or BeT..wtf =/.

EDIT: Kinda late but this is the unbiased version of what happened at Havoc's party where Saigon and Prodigy went at it. After this bullshit, I have no respect for Prodigy. He shouldn't promote hav's album. bullshit >.>

Havoc's Party : Saigon and his boy knockin Prodigy the fuck out (unbiased version)

Good thing Hav said "I got no beef with saigon, he's a great artist " but when he added " but mobb deep better", That threw me off. No lie, his album's pretty sick but g-unit and prodigy shouldn't promote his shit. Garbage really..

Jam it back in, in the dark.