Hip-hop and rap

[Atrocity]

Have you listened to something that's beneath the surface? I personally don't like hip hop that much, there is one artist that I care to listen to, and for a long time, I tough there was no talent and music knowledge required for hip hop. I don't feel that way anymore. It can not ever be compered to metal, that not an issue here, but there are those who put and effort in what their are doing and it sound much more like "music" than what Lil Wayn (or whatever his name is) does, and write lyrics that actually say something meaningful.

[chaos212]

I haven't listened to anything "mainstream" since the early 2000's. A lot of the popular rapper's earlier material are classics, 1990's Jay Z and Nas, Eminem's first 3 albums, Tupac, Biggie, Big Pun, Wu Tang ect. Skip the "hit singles" that they clearly made to appeal to radio and you'll find songs with depth and meaning. Sent from my LG-MS770 using Tapatalk

[BlutAusNerd]

Re: Hip-hop and rap I can listen to and enjoy old school stuff like NWA, Public Enemy, Sugar Hill Gang, even Beastie Boys, from a time before it was thinly veiled pop music with dance beats, auto tune, and banal lyrical retardation. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

[H34VYM3T4LD4V3]

Re: Hip-hop and rap I think Ice-T is pretty good I listened to his first album.

[SBird94]

I don't mind some rap and hip hop, I like Del Tha funky Homosapien, some snoop dogg and older eminem.

[FatherAlabaster]

I really dig EL-P's first two solo albums - Fantastic Damage is my favorite hip-hop album and would probably be in my top 20 albums ever. I also like his stuff with Company Flow, and a few of the other guys on his label, especially Aesop Rock - Labor Days is another classic, Float is really good, and I like a lot of his older self-produced albums as well. Sage Francis had some great material early on, although I can't listen to anything beyond Personal Journals anymore; Atmosphere has a bunch of great tracks and a huge discography; other guys I enjoy are Rob Sonic, Immortal Technique, Nas' "Illmatic", the first DMX album, and some RZA, especially ...as Bobby Digital. Never really got into the rest of Wu-Tang. I used to like Jay-Z, about 15 years ago, but he doesn't do it for me anymore. I got much more into hip-hop around eight years ago. I like it because the production can get very deep, so it's sonically very complex and rewarding; I actually do enjoy a lot of the lyrics as well; but mostly I enjoy it because it's a completely different type of listening. I've been a "metal musician" since I got my first electric guitar when I was 13, and I started recording myself around 14, so I have a hard time listening to metal without analyzing it to death. It's nice to be able to listen to something purely for enjoyment, as an uninvolved party, if that makes sense.

[Atrocity]

I know only a few Atmosphere's songs but they were all good. Beautiful melodies and lyrics.