Hip Hop is 40 years old this week

[Sihajlovic]

Vice City - Flash FM

 

[brakespear]

De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, Michael Franti, bits of Wu Tang and Public Enemy.

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

Too many to mention. First Down, Gunshot, Wu, Tribe, Heltah Skeltah, Outkast, Nine, Devin the Dude...

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[Munkfish]

yeah the old dizzee was dope mate, it was more garage than grime wasnt it. i used to love garage mc's like (yes i know) so solid, heartless and pay as you go etc. i remember listening to diz on pirate radio, then when his album dropped it had verses form them sets on there, was dope... you could say his album was the first step garage made into the grime scene

some of my favorite uk rappers dont hardly even rap anymore, klash, skinny, jehst and doc brown, thank god lowkey still does his thing.

Dizzee was Grime, No Garage in there really. would love for him to go back to trying to old stuff, but I guess that really wouldnt work now. but he shit all over the current crop of UK Hip Hop.

I went to a DJ EZ night recently at Audio, now that was boss. Garage was a weird one, stuck around only for a few years, but everyone seems to remember the tunes that it produced.

Doc Brown completely forgot about him. used to love his version of mad world, along with Taskforces correct English, would often listen to them back to back. Having a party this weekend, good excuse to bust these tunes back out.

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

Doc Brown completely forgot about him. used to love his version of mad world, along with Taskforces correct English, would often listen to them back to back. Having a party this weekend, good excuse to bust these tunes back out.

Party music?

 

[Bold Seagull]

I know he's not everyone's cup of tea, but 41 yr old Eminem's new album is well worth a listen. Life begins at 40!?

 

[The Large One]

I'm not a connoisseur of hip-hop, but I was told this track from 1968 was one of the early exponents of the genre.

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What do others think?

 

[Pavilionaire]

I know this has got nothing to do with his music, but can Eminem actually sing?

 

[Bold Seagull]

I know this has got nothing to do with his music, but can Eminem actually sing?

I don't know, but I often wonder if it's a Picasso like thing? I remember my Dad saying Picasso couldn't paint etc. and I showed him some of his early work which is amazingly realistic, like this painting of his mum.

Perhaps he can genuinely hold a tune!?

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Well...sort of officially. 11th August 1973 at 1520 Sedgewick Avenue.

http://nymag.com/anniversary/40th/50665/

It was the hip-hop equivalent of the Sex Pistols Manchester gig.

So who's your favourite hip-hop artist? For me I'd go for KRS-1. Eric B and Rakim running close behind.

GOT NOTHING ON THE NEW BOYS IN THE HOOD, TINY TEMPA AND PRO GREEN TAKE A BOW
regards
DR

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Can we use this thread as an oppurtunity to post some choons we like, all in honour of Hip Hop of course.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

what ever happened to Mellie Mel , suger hill gang?
regards
DR

 

[tinycowboy]

Eric B and Rakim - Paid In Full

 

[the wanderbus]

Hip Hop is 40 years old this week

And it's still (mostly) a load of old shite

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

what ever happened to Mellie Mel , suger hill gang?
regards
DR

Still touring.