The Hip Hop/Rap Thread

Originally Posted by Rawkus

Speaking of Jurassic 5, they finally have a new album coming out in late June. It's about time.. Power in Numbers came out three and a half years ago. :-o

Thats great news, and was it really 3 and a half years ago?!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Rollins

Hey, I'm wondering, what your take on Jurassic Five? I haven't heard much from them recently, but I associate them with the more classic hip-hop scene (even if they've been a bit more recent). I definitely distinguish them from the "mainstream" in that they're definitely more about the rhymes and rhythm and just generally good music (to me anyway).

Thats the reason I like them so much. Thats all the sort of Hip Hop I generally go for as well. More along the lines of good simple emceeing (sp?) and great beats.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by navyseals

3. hip hop keeps evolving and getting better so stfu if you think it used to be better than it is.

Before you get up on your high horse I think you forgot one important point. Duo Maxwell is talking about mainstream hip hop. Which he is correct in saying that it's shit.

So why don't you shut the fuck up?

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by knkwzrd

I don't understand why people enjoy Kanye West so much. I mean, his music is predictable, his rapping is mediocre, and he's an arrogant prick. What's the fascination?

Thank god its not just me that thinks that then.

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

Originally Posted by knkwzrd

Rap: to rhythmically deliver rhyming lyrics.

Instrumental: a piece of (usually nonclassical) music performed solely by instruments, with no vocals.


Looks like my friend the Oxford Dictionary says your wrong.

Its more like Hip Hop, or instrumental Hip Hop than Rap. Rap is more about the vocals.

I was speaking idiomatically.