Hip Hop dead?

[Cacteur]

I must admit there is not a lot in the hip hop world that has got me very excited for a while, (although a recommendation to check out Blackalicious was well worth the effort.)

It has seemed a little dead to me, but we spent today cruising around the city with our local Hip Hop radio station on. We usually listen to the local University station which is a bit alternative/grunge biased.

Damn we heard some sweet stuff, most of which I didn't recognise. It's a hardcore station, and doesn't fuck around with station announcements much, so you don't get to know who the hell you are listening to. I'm definitely going to check their website to get their playlists. I want some more o dat stuff man.

Hip Hop is alive and well in the Pacific's Queen City. (That's what we like to call Auckland.) :D:D:D

[shifted]

There are some great artists out there for sure, let us know what exactly you heard on there man, I am interested in checking some new stuff out. :)

[greddie]

hip hop is rife in our community :)

[Kenshi]

hip hop is alive and well, its just underground

[rasaqboy]

hip hop is alive and well, its just underground
perfect

[TombStone]

Exactly, if you have to go by TV or radio, you're missing out on the best music imo. There's so many good artists, you just have to take a chance on downloading music you don't know and go from there. I still get exited by new HipHop every week.

Btw, you checked Alphabet Aerobics by Blackalicious yet? Love that track.

[JohnnyBoy08]

With Auto-tune Hip-Hop is dead. Auto-Tune ruins the rappers/singers actual talent by hiding it with a robotic-sound that puts the person in-tune b/c their singing out-of-tune.

[rasaqboy]

which is exactly what the mega corps are looking for

[Cacteur]

There are some great artists out there for sure, let us know what exactly you heard on there man, I am interested in checking some new stuff out. :)

I couldn't find any playlists on their site shifted, but you can have a listen..

http://www.maifm.co.nz/LISTEN/tabid/57/Default.aspx

Mai FM is owned by the local Auckland Maori tribe, Ngati Whatua, my tribe. :D
I've always thought of them as mainstream, but the stuff I heard on Sunday was really good shit.

Having done a bit of research and spoken to my nephew, I figure I heard stuff by DJ Jimmy Jett, a Nigerian dude. Patra, and Roots Manuva, both from the UK who I've heard before, Arthur Mafokate and Zola, South African Kwaito artists, and a lot of local talent, Dei Hamo, Chong Nee, PNC, David Dallas and Mareko to name a few.

You might find the kiwi stuff in WA shifted, but I'm not so sure about the rest of the planet. ;)

[greddie]

Btw, you checked Alphabet Aerobics by Blackalicious yet? Love that track.
Artificial amateurs, aren't at all amazing
Analytically, I assault, animate things
Broken barriers bounded by the bomb beat
Buildings are broken, basically I'm bombarding
Casually create catastrophes, casualties
Cancelling cats got their canopies collapsing
Detonate a dime of dank daily doin dough
Demonstrations, Don Dada on the down low
Eatin other editors with each and every energetic
Epileptic episode, elevated etiquette
Furious fat fabulous fantastic... and so on

[rasaqboy]

Basically the same thing as
Papoose - Alphabetical Slaughter
i think papoose sucks but his song is better than blackalicious'

[TombStone]

True, Papoose's is better lyricly but Blackalicious has that crazy flow + beat.

And i agree Papoose sucks, i don't see what people see in him.

[greddie]

i not heard that papoose tune till just now. its not bad, its better lyrically than the blackalicioouse one, but like Tombstone says, the Black flow is better, faster :)

[JimmyJamOd]

Holy Dog Shit!!! ohh Hellz Nahh B!! PAP ova Blak allday!! TERMANOLOGY the kid to look out 4!!!
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You need to use the insert image tab on the task bar to insert image.
http://image.pimpandhost.com/guest/2208048_x.html

[rasaqboy]

pap is garbage. what was the purpose of that pic?

[Cacteur]

pap is garbage. what was the purpose of that pic?

Aint no acountin' fer taste bro. http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq122/Cacteur/Smilies/dunno2.gif

I've been following kenshi's thread about who is lyrically better, Nas or Eminem. Whilst reading I'm listening to Lil Jon, you know? "Get crunk muthafuckah get crunk!!" Maybe I'm just a neanderthal, but nothing makes me feel like leaning out the car window and throwing cowhorns more than those lines. :D

[Cacteur]

Btw, you checked Alphabet Aerobics by Blackalicious yet? Love that track.

Found it. Good one mate. :thumbsup:

You jokers ought to check out African stuff too. Masa mi playa!

[TombStone]

Recommend some. Always open for something new.

[greddie]

yeah always open for some ting new

[rasaqboy]

Whilst reading I'm listening to Lil Jon, you know? "Get crunk muthafuckah get crunk!!" Maybe I'm just a neanderthal, but nothing makes me feel like leaning out the car window and throwing cowhorns more than those lines. :D
lil jon - Throw your hood up is a great song for making me feel like that

[kenz]

you should check out kyza -shots of smirnoff....one of the best in the uk, on top form with nice accompnaying beats....its only a mixtape tho so dont get too hyped

[Kenshi]

yeah throw your hood up always got me real hype. and that song feat ice cube in it. but i dont listen to that garbo anymore. a good songs that gets me hype "gory days" by necro that beat is just the bomb! the second it drops i got to head nod

[TombStone]

That whole Necro album gets me hyped, Non Phixion - The Future is now does it a little better though.

[shifted]

Hey man, do we have links to all these albums?? I wanna download some new shizzz

[Cacteur]

lil jon - Throw your hood up is a great song for making me feel like that

Yeah, that one too. :D Soufside mutha... :thumbsup:

[Cacteur]

Recommend some. Always open for something new.

yeah always open for some ting new

Sweet as homies... :evillaugh:

I'm a real kwaito freak. Basically South African township rap/hiphop/R&B. I lived in the Western Cape province for a little under two years in the nineties, and it blew me away. These dudes are way tougher, and have much harder lives than any of us western pussies, and yet their music, though mean, is full of fun and hope. Fucking cool jokers man.

Mandoza is one of the older guys. I uploaded these two albums a while ago to try and entice y'all into the kwaito magic. I've heard a recent album of his, and he's gone a bit too poppy for me now, but these two albums are him at his rawest.

Nkalakatha and Phunyuku Bamphethe

http://albumwash.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14580&highlight=Mandoza

Pitch Black Afro another of South Africa's kwaito stars, and another cool mumfuckah. He calls his stuff bush hiphop and he's a bloody crackup.

Split Endz and Matofotofo

http://albumwash.com/forum/showthread.php?p=86360#post86360

DJ Jimmy Jatt

A big time Nigerian DJ released this album as a kind of West African Hiphop allstars party album. A good intro to West African rap.

The Definition

http://albumwash.com/forum/t20240-dj-jimmy-jatt-the-definition-2007.html

K'naan

I didn't upload this, but I've downloaded it and I like it a lot. Both silas and schlossie have put it up. He's obviously Somali, but I don't know if he's based there or not. His CD cover has a very Western look about it, but his sound is Afrika all da way...

Troubadour

http://albumwash.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19984

I got shitloads of African music, not just Hiphop. I've put some of it up, and got plenty of hits on them. The continent is a gold mine of choice sounds man. Really... :thumbsup:

[shifted]

I gonna download this shizz, I'm drunk, probably high on paint fumes due to my painting tonight, and happy as a squirrel getting his balls sucked.

[Kenshi]

hahah on every post your like "im drunk!" haha yeah when im drunk i say shit i should probably keep to myself just because i become to friendly, the best place ive ever been drunk was the homecoming game at my school so many people it was awesome

and ill check some of that cacteur, btw you ever listened to bliss n eso cacteur?

and shifted if someone doesnt beat me to it, ill get you those links

[Kenshi]

check this link i posted some necro shifted

http://albumwash.com/forum/showthread.php?p=86375#post86375

check out carnivores on circle of tyrants and gory days on gory days specifically

i will post non phixion in a min

[Kenshi]

here is the non phixion album

http://albumwash.com/forum/showthread.php?p=86380#post86380

[shifted]

yo homies, everytime I keep clicking your links it keeps asking me to log-in again for some reason, annoys me more than my mrs when she is begging for sex and her generalness.

I try find links another way, but mind you, as kenshi said, I am drunk, fucken hammered, and I am eating herring, what the fuck is herring? I know it is fish, but damn man, its fucken fish! HA!

[Cacteur]

...... btw you ever listened to bliss n eso cacteur? I've got the deluxe release of their '06 album "Day Of The Dog." Not a big fan. I like Hilltop Hoods but generally I find Aussie hiphop a bit generic for the most part. They do hard rock like they own it, but when it comes to hiphop their best are expat New Zealanders. We got da Island flava down man...:afro:

and shifted if someone doesnt beat me to it, ill get you those links

I'm downloading Non Phixion and Necro right now. I'll stick 'em in me iPod a give 'em an ear soak. I do like metal/hiphop fusion, so Necro sounds like me.
http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq122/Cacteur/Smilies/crunkfp6.gif

yo homies, everytime I keep clicking your links it keeps asking me to log-in again for some reason, annoys me more than my mrs when she is begging for sex and her generalness.

I try find links another way, but mind you, as kenshi said, I am drunk, fucken hammered, and I am eating herring, what the fuck is herring? I know it is fish, but damn man, its fucken fish! HA!

You drunk prick! :lmao: Those bloody herrings will come back to haunt ya bro. One night a few years back now, I was stoned and drunk and started making toast with melted cheese. The missus had had some icecream and had left the chocolate sauce out. I decided to pour some on my cheese and toast. It was fucking awesome, so I stayed up for hours gorging myself on chocolate sauce soaked toasted cheese sarnies. I had some real strange looking chunder the next morning. :o

[Kenshi]

cactuer screw "day of the dog" download "flying colours" and just listen too ALL of the songs. it is a much different album than their other two. much better, way more shit from the heart, less generic, everything is just better. its a phenomenal cd. check this line from it

"its equal verse what wasnt given
evil verse the honest living
teachers verse the problem children
people verse the politicians"

listening to him say that gives me the chills it sounds soo good in the song. just check the album cacteur i could rant about it forever, it is all ive been listening too. i dont think you will be dissapointed.

[Cacteur]

cactuer screw "day of the dog" download "flying colours" and just listen too ALL of the songs.......

Wadeva you say mate. ;)

I'll try and do that tonight. I'm going to visit my nursey babes at the City Hospital again, so I'll load up the iPod.

[TombStone]

Thanks for the links man, i know K'naan btw, good shit.

Also, check this video White Slavery by Necro and Ill Bill. NSFW
http://www.indavideo.hu/video/Necro__ILL_BiLL_-_White_Slavery_2?action=video_site&video_title=Necro__ILL_BiLL_-_White_Slavery_2%3Ftoken%3D489b42c4f31f61f873be837 e13854c1d

Crazy shit. "I Need Drugs" video also, it actually features Uncle Howie before he kicked the habbit.

[mrnicksta]

You drunk prick! :lmao: Those bloody herrings will come back to haunt ya bro. One night a few years back now, I was stoned and drunk and started making toast with melted cheese. The missus had had some icecream and had left the chocolate sauce out. I decided to pour some on my cheese and toast. It was fucking awesome, so I stayed up for hours gorging myself on chocolate sauce soaked toasted cheese sarnies. I had some real strange looking chunder the next morning. :o


my friend, whilst highly inebriated and high as a motherfuckere, once thought he'd struck gold by concluding that pouring orangade on bread would be equivalent in taste to a jaffa cake... needless to say, it wasn't. it was disgusting and he later felt like a fool haha

[Kenshi]

haha yeah sorry cacteur if that was a little pushy. i just couldnt name specific songs they are all good. a lot are conscious songs some are battle rap. but i love battle rap so that cd is a 100 percent amazing for me, i never skip songs.

[Kenshi]

Thanks for the links man, i know K'naan btw, good shit.

Also, check this video White Slavery by Necro and Ill Bill. NSFW
http://www.indavideo.hu/video/Necro__ILL_BiLL_-_White_Slavery_2?action=video_site&video_title=Necro__ILL_BiLL_-_White_Slavery_2%3Ftoken%3D489b42c4f31f61f873be837 e13854c1d

Crazy shit. "I Need Drugs" video also, it actually features Uncle Howie before he kicked the habbit.

yeah i saw the i need drugs video. never saw the white slavery one tho that shit was hilarious. i love necro. also tombstone if you never checked out Rhyme Asylum do it. that beat for white slavery was taken by Rhyme Asylum and gets ripped severely. check it out,
Rhyme Asylum- State of Lunacy
definitely in my favorite hip hop albums of all time. i cant think of a cd better

here is the link to the download
http://albumwash.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7414&highlight=Rhyme+Asylum

[TombStone]

Thanks man, i gotta remember for when i get on my own PC.

[Kenshi]

anybody who didnt click the video link from tombstone check that shit out.if your a guy im sure girls wont like it. but its worth a watch and the end is funny. FUCK THIS MEAL!