New Hip Hop
Erik Gaderlund
Fri, 27 Mar 1998 14:37:30 -0800
Jim Kerr wrote:
>
>I've got a bit of cash to spend on records this weekend and realize I'm
>hopelessly out of touch with what's happening on the hip hop scene. I've
>kept up with Tribe Called Quest/De La/
>Roots/Pharcyde but Mos Def and some of these new fellows I know nothing
>about. I like the female MCs from way back - MC Lyte, roxanne shante,
>Queen Latifah but not sure about Foxy Brown and Lil Kim with their dirty
>mouthing off. Got the Eryka Badu of course but any other females doing
>any conscious stuff? Who is this Missy Eliot person?
>
>Some guidance please ladies and gentlemen would be most appreciated...
>
An EP I've been playing a lot is Jurasic 5's new one, its almost got the
feel of old De La, but with a new twist. I mostly been trying to fill my
back catalog of old school.
later,
erik g