General Hip-Hop Discussion Thread

[dead prez]

Movies for the blind, he's like a more unrestrained and less family friendly version of SSLP eminem. Not really easy to get into and his style is a huge acquired taste, about a billion times better than hopsin though

[classthe_king]

Movies For The Blind and Hell's Winter are both really good. Cage was a really talented rapper.

Close to 0% chance he performs anything from them though so I'd listen to his new album to at least be familiar with what he performs.

[dead prez]

Internation Players anthem has to be like the best posse Cut/Southern Song ever. Three Southern legends making one song (beat was from 666 Mafia)

[classthe_king]

I'm rly going to get into UGK soon.

[Chazi]

Ridin' Dirty is great

[dead prez]

Not sure you'd love it but the beats are like the best thing ever, and the rappers are really charismatic. One Day, Murder, Diamonds & Wood are so good

[classthe_king]

idk i feel like i will. i've liked everything i've heard

[dead prez]

listen to Donuts instead, I'm curious as to what you'll think of it. (& Cold Vein too)

[classthe_king]

its just really hard to convince myself to listen to an all instrumental album

[dead prez]

Lol, I actually don't blame you. I didn't LOVE it instantly, it took forever for it to dethrone Game Theory. The Time beat is something I knew was genius right away though (Can't stop this beat). It's ADD nature might put you off, but you liked madvillainy so probably not. And tbh the beats would be horrible rapped over other than like (BT, Ghostface, Doom, Madlib).

It isn't even really meant to be listened to as a hip hop album but more like an electronic album (BoC). Oh Yeah and PK is a HUGE dilla fan.

[DƎRDYPK]

Dilluhhhh Dilluhhhh mixxxxx mixxxx!!

[dead prez]

PK favorite Donuts beat?

Time is probably mine but damn. Workinonit has the most perfect structure, and a lot of these are hard to listen to when you know he made these on his deathbed and there are constant hints referring to that (like the sample "broken and blue")

[classthe_king]

I'll probably listen to it soon although I'd listen to it as I would a non hip-hop album because of the lack of rapping.

A prime Blu going over J Dilla beats though

[DƎRDYPK]

Bye. cause he sampled it again on The Shinning

[dead prez]

He did in Jay stay paid, I might actually recommend that because there's a lot of rapping there and some great dilla beats. Features are Doom, Blu, Black Thought, (fantastic) Danny Brown feature, and raekwon and havoc, etc.