Re: hip hop

From: Beau Young (bjy07@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Jul 09 2001 - 19:59:37 CEST

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    >From: "adario"
    >To: "Joni ." , ,
    >Subject: Re: hip hop
    >Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 12:42:35 -0400
    >
    >Joni, I didn't know you were an oldschool head!
    >
    >Hiphop is off topic? Where would AJ be without all those hiphop classics?
    >allow me add to the list:
    >yall remember these? >
    >Slick Rick, "The Great Adventures of ..." --- ah!!! i remember this tape was the most popular thing on my street!!! everybody wanted a dub!

    >Boogie Down Productions (feat KRS1), "Criminal Minded" ----yes, yes.

    >De La Soul, "3 Feet High+" ----  i remember my brother and his friends used to blast this on those big ass silver boomboxes while we'd build ramps for our bikes!
    >Erik B & Rakim, can't forget "Follow the Leader" --- i didnt hear this untill i was older but wow, so essential.

    >Del the Funky Homosapien, "I Wish My Brother George Was Here" ---- hahahaha!  I also remember this.  i wasn't even a teenager yet, but remember asking my friend with the huge collection to put it on all the time!
    >Jungle Brothers, "Done by the Forces of Nature"  ---- missed this.

    >DOC, "No One Can Do It Better" ----- i just remember "the formula" and walking to the local store and buying the casette single.  I still enjoy a lot of gangster-ish rap.

    >Wu-Tang Clan, "Enter the Wu Tang, 36 Chambers" --- i used to play this all the time.  i liked gza, raekwon and the gravediggaz too!  now that i look back, wu-tang have had a good influence on me.

    >Cypress Hill, "Cypress Hill" --- this was cool although i didn't get into it much.

    >3rd Bass, "The Cactus Album" ---- i only remember "gas face".

    >Pharcyde, "Bizarre Ride II" ----again... one of those albums we were all rapping along with... so many funny moments on this!

    >Pete Rock, "Mecca and the Soul Brother" ------- ok, this album is classic! 

    >Black Sheep, "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" ------ this was one of my favorites on this list... me and my brother used to fight over who carried this tape... :)  I can't believe i was so young!

    >Brand Nubian, "One for All"

    >Poor Righteous Teachers, "Holy Intellect"

    these last two albums i  havent heard completely, but i've owned other tapes/cd's by both artists so...

    >
    >adario
    >
    >
    >----- Original Message -----
    > > on the old school tip check
    > >
    > > Erik B and Rakim - Paid in Full
    > > EPMD - strictly business
    > > KRS ONE; this cat is brilliant
    > > Public Enemy, Paris; on the political tip
    > > Iced T
    > > Run DMC
    > > Sugarhill Gang
    > > ect...
    > >
    > > if ya wanna know what it is, where it came from and where it's goin, you
    > > should check the old school gems too...
    > >
    > > j~
    > >
    > >
    > > >From: "Steve Catanzaro"
    > > >To: "Shawn H Kuo" ,
    > > >Subject: Re: hip hop
    > > >Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 06:45:20 -0700
    > > >
    > > >Funny thing about hip hop is that it's everywhere now (with the possible
    > > >exception of Hefner.) In fact, I don't think it'll be long before there's
    >a
    > > >country act (Shania Twain, or someone) with a turntablist!
    > > >
    > > >But, here's some essential hip hop records of recent vintage.
    > > >
    > > >1) Mos Def. Black on Both Sides.
    > > >Extremely musical album, tremendous lyrical content.
    > > >
    > > >2) The Roots, Do You Want More? and Things Fall Apart.
    > > >The first one is about 8 or 9 years old, and is definitely AJ related,
    >what
    > > >with its nice mix of jazzy instrumental backing to the hip hop vocals.
    > > >
    > > >The second one is alot sparser musically speaking, more "conventional"
    >hip
    > > >hop, but it's got mad funky beats (Check out "Double Trouble" f. Mos Def,
    > > >"Adrenaline" "The Next Movement.") A great album. These guys seem to have
    > > >the ability to make albums that still sound hot after 8 or 10 years
    >(unlike
    > > >Prince?)
    > > >
    > > >3) Jurassic 5. EP, and Quality Control.
    > > >
    > > >4) Digable Planets. Blow Out Comb. (Another oldie but goody. Also, check
    > > >out
    > > >Arrested Development.)
    > > >
    > > >5) Bahamadia. Kollage. Really awesome, if you can find a copy.
    > > >
    > > >Of course, you can go into more mainstream releases, like Mystikal, who
    > > >sounds alot like a hip hop James Brown, Lauryn Hill, who won multiple
    > > >grammys for her debut a few years back, or the Notorious B.I.G., who, say
    > > >what you will, could set rumps to shaking.
    > > >
    > > >Of course, elements of the hip hop sound have been co-opted by almost
    > > >everyone nowdays. Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit, Madonna and Brittney, Roni
    >Size
    > > >and Amon Tobin, Portishead and Sneaker Pimps, everybody's throwin' in a
    > > >little hip hop style.
    > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    > >
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