Re: New Hip Hop
philipm@isd.canberra.edu.au
Sat, 28 Mar 1998 19:00:14 +1000 (EST)
> 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?
did i miss the original post? anyway yeah i agree im in a similar position
but it seems that hip hop just aint the same i heard couple of new things
(thanx kurt ;^))) but they really didnt do it to me the same way that the
ol school stuff does. last thing that really made any difference waqs the
2nd digable planets lp 'blowout comb' it is DOPE.
keen to hear any suggestions tho...checked the gravediggaz 'pick sickle &
shovel' prince paul nontheless...it failed to excite.
lil kim? foxy? er...pass.
p