Oyuki kigan 0 Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 "I'm not sayin' I'm number one/ Um, I'm sorry I lied/ I'm Number One, Two, Three, Four, and Five!" KRS-One Link to post Share on other sites
blinkin'ek 0 Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 "Lets have a Break Dance Party" (Does that count?) Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted October 21, 2004 Author Share Posted October 21, 2004 I need sources. OK, heres another one, " I got a doctorate/ In cold rockin' it" The Roots Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 22, 2004 Share Posted October 22, 2004 Original rockers on the case Large, but not too in your face (Rockers Hi-Fi, "What a Life") Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted October 22, 2004 Share Posted October 22, 2004 If you dont think yo s%$t dont stink then get a little closer and youll realize roses smell like poo ooo ooo Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted October 22, 2004 Share Posted October 22, 2004 I'm downloading outkast, it will essentially be my first try at rap and that kind of thing something I've always avoided until now. I wonder if I'll like it. Tell me, are lyrics a major part of the appeal of rap?? Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted October 22, 2004 Share Posted October 22, 2004 They are to me. Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted October 22, 2004 Author Share Posted October 22, 2004 Download "For Women" by Talib Kweli. Now. Yes, lyics are a HUGE part. Anyone can make some words rhyme, but can they do it with style and finesse? Can you tell a story or verbally fight with someone else and make it sound interesting? My girlfriend is a poet, and had a pretty low estimation of rap. And I can't blame her or anyone else, if all they are exposed to the songs designed to appeal to the top forty buisness. But search a little underneath, and there is gold. I had her listen to my stuff, and she loves it now. She has a real appreaciation for the wordplay. And if all the violence and thuggery and sexism does't appeal to you, don't worry. That is only a part of it. There are lots of artists who aren't down with it either. Check out almost anything from '92 to '96. Some of my favorites K-Os KRS-One, the Pharcyde, A Tribe Called Quest Talib Kweli Sage Francis and the amazing (and slept-on) Digital Underground! 'I rose/ Wipin' the blunt's ash from my clothes/ And froze/ Only to blow the herb's smoke through my nose' Nas Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted October 22, 2004 Share Posted October 22, 2004 Quote: Originally posted by Oyuki kigan: And I can't blame her or anyone else, if all they are exposed to the songs designed to appeal to the top forty buisness. Many white people have a tendency (lets just call it ignorance) to look down on black music. As has been well documented, a good deal of white music is a pastiche or bastardization of black music. The so-called "King" Elvis Presley for starters. White music in the Top 40 is of course lyrically very poor too. The greatest lyricist of rap music (and music as a whole over the last twenty years) is Chuck D of Public Enemy. On the pedestal with PE, I'd put proto rappers like the Last Poets and Gil Scott Heron. Of contemporary artists, Mos and Common have the most to say, but Andre 3000 is the coolest. He's quite inconsistent, but Lyrics Born has the most unique style. The Latryx album is top drawer. Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted October 22, 2004 Author Share Posted October 22, 2004 Mr Wiggles, On the concious tip, I should also have added DIGABLE PLANETS. Blowout Comb is a masterpiece. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE DAMN LYRICS?!? 'These cats drink champane/ And toast death and pain/ Like slaves on a ship talkin' 'bout who got the flyest chains' -Talib Kweli Link to post Share on other sites
connackers 0 Posted October 22, 2004 Share Posted October 22, 2004 For the funniest/darkest lyrics i`ve heard check out Gravediggaz. I`ll have a re-listen and get back to you... Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted October 23, 2004 Share Posted October 23, 2004 I must admit I don't listen to rap music but from what I have heard, it sounds ever so cliche. Is that not so? Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted October 23, 2004 Author Share Posted October 23, 2004 You mean, compared to something that pushes the boundries of human expression like J-pop? Seriosly, any genre had cliches. So does hip-hop. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 Er,......no. Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 "I ain't ever did a crime I ain't had to do." "Does heaven gotta ghetto?" -Tupac Shakur Someone above mentioned Digital Underground. I'm a big fan but a classic lyric hasn't come to mind. Someone also mentioned PE. Chuck D's got a plethora of quotable lyrics but it's hard to choose which. Anybody remember professor Griff? I like some of his stuff but don't know what happened to him. Do ya'll consider Speech or Arrested Development rap or R&B? Link to post Share on other sites
badmigraine 0 Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 If it's Digital Underground, the popular choice is likely "I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom" But as for me, I am partial to booty rap. 2 Live Crew, Luke, 12 Gauge, etc. Lookit that donkey butt and them big ol legs I ain't too proud to beg Get on my knees and break it down like James Please, please Lemme ride that donkey donkey! Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 What is booty rap? Something to do with bottoms? Link to post Share on other sites
DrEvil 0 Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 Does anyone on here like Prince at all? Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 Prince annoys me so much. Has he gone back to using that as his name them instead of squiggle or whatever it was. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 I'm rather taken by the rappin' on 'Bug Powder Dust', although nothing goes with it so well as the K&D mix. http://www.sauna.org/kiulu/powder.html Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 Bomb The Bass, I remember them. Tim Simenon. Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted October 26, 2004 Share Posted October 26, 2004 I liked Prince many many years ago. I don't listen to him anymore. However, when I was in highschool I visited my cousins in Edina, Minnesota, We drove by Prince's house. It was a (I'm not kidding) big purple, pretty tastefull looking place. Any baseball fans out there, he lives pretty close to Kirby Pucket's place. Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted October 27, 2004 Author Share Posted October 27, 2004 "I wanna grab the crucifix thats hanging in the cleavage/ Of every Christian girl who thinks her tits are saving Jesus" -Sage Francis Focus people, focus! Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 That's a nice bit of theology there. I've thought pretty much the same thing - it's good to see it put into words. Slightly off topic, but the award for the best orgasmic hip-hop grunt goes to Lauryn Hill on Santana's "Do You Like the Way". She does her rapping, Santana plays a solo and just before Cee-Lo kicks in, Lauryn does this ecstactic 'hip-hop grunt'. You gotta listen for it, but if Carlos played another bar, I reckon the music world would have had its first certifiable hip-hop orgasm. Link to post Share on other sites
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