Re: New Hip Hop
Nathan S Shill
Mon, 30 Mar 1998 01:20:03 -0700 (MST)
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> > 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.
I agree most hip-hop coming out now I'm not really into. In my opinion pass on
Lil-kim and Foxy, both are pretty boring. I haven't heard GangStarr mentioned,
but they are one of my favorite hip-hop groups and they have a new album coming
out in a month. Daily Operation is a great album, very jazzy hip-hop like
Digable Planets. Blowout Comb is the best hip-hop album, though, if you don't
have both Digable Planets albums I highly recomend those. I really like the
female rapper, Ladybug, in Digable.