>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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