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OneStepBeyond
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18 Aug 2010, 2:07 pm

theres a canadian rapper called shad i really like:
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I think the only modern pop rapper I can tolerate is Jay-Z, and maybe Kanye West.


jayz is genius but whats with that other knob n a half:/



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18 Aug 2010, 2:13 pm

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a) too much of it is about violence, violence against cops, and mistreating women
b) Half the time its too fast to follow the lyrics or too slangy for me to follow the lyrics


This is why I don't like it. If I can't understand what they're saying, I won't listen to it. :/

I like comedic rap from Little Kuriboh, Weird Al, Lonely Island, etc.



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19 Aug 2010, 4:36 am

What do you lot think of Not Afraid by Eminem? My parents actually like this song :lol:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5-yKhDd64s&feature=av2e[/youtube]



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19 Aug 2010, 10:07 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=900ScDcIHvE&feature=channel[/youtube]


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19 Aug 2010, 11:43 am

I like quite a bit of it. Not really encyclopedic knowledge of it though. Obviously a lot of the modern mainstream rap is horrible but search around a bit and you can find some gems.

I love the idea behind rap music - listening to some of them go with their coherent lyrics in such a style is fascinating and lots of fun. Most of what I don't like about hip hop tends to lie in the production to be honest - a lot of the time it tends to sound a bit repetitive and "clunky" if you get what I mean. I remember reading an article about J Dilla (a famous and respected hip hop producer) and the examples used throughout his career (mainly instrumental) didn't really do much for me and there wasn't much difference between a lot of them. I think I probably would have enjoyed it more with words attached. Hip hop played by a live band always seems to sound awesome though. I guess another thing I don't like about it a lot of the time is that hip hop albums tend to be very bloated and not very consistent - that can happen in individual songs too, where I like one or two verses but hate practically the rest of it. So when I find a rap artist that can stay consistently good, I FRACKING LOVE IT.

some of my favourites from my limited knowledge-

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9vimihLXCU[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6zH6uMyU9c[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOFTTMhf4Ys[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ_iZbcb1uw[/youtube]

also I've never been a big fan of Kanye West, but his new song Power is pretty cool, if a bit over long.