The Official Rap Thread

[Masa]

I got lil' something for peeps who like both rap music and kung fu flicks. Wu-Tang Clan albums have always been full of kung fu movie samples but them dudes never really rapped about martial arts. A few years ago Moongod Allah and his homies released the first real kung fu themed concept albums called 'Ten Tigers of Kwantung' and 'The Return of the Ten Tigers'. Both albums are full of dope beats and references to various old school kung fu flicks. Highly recommended to all rap & kung fu fans

Moongod Allah - Ten Tigers of Kwantung

01. Trial of the Broken Blades
02. Instructor of Death
03. Moon Warriors
04. Dynasty of Blood
05. Saviour of the Soul
06. The Wong Masters
07. Shaolin Handlock
08. Singing Killer
09. A Taste of Cold Steel
10. Come Drink With Me
11. Science

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Moongod Allah - The Return of the Ten Tigers

1. The Return Of Bai Me feat. Cilvaringz
2. The Cup feat .Doc Blake & Feathers
3. Fifty Days Of Sword Practice feat. Cilvaringz, Origin, Magpie & Fraze
4. Ming Lu Khan feat. Magpie & Feathers
5. Generation Moonwarriors feat. Cilvaringz, Origin, Doc Blake, Magpie, Fraze, Psiklops & Roze Peddie
6. The Horse, The Sword, The Vengeance feat. Fraze, Doc Blake, Psiklops & Feathers
7. Rest feat. Origin & Doc Blake
8. Letter From Ming Lu Khan feat. Origin & Magpie
9. War At The Temple feat. Cilvaringz & Origin
10. Snake vs Crane feat. Doc Blake & Roze Peddie
11. Ten Tigers Of Kwantung feat. Cilvaringz, Doc Blake & Fraze
12. Victory feat. Cilvaringz & Feathers

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Don't forget to check out our official Kung Fu Flick thread

[daigong]

RIP, ODB...

4 years already. Now they wanna drop a fuckin tell all book on ya. RZA. step it up. Boycott this book "Digging For Dirt" author Jaime Lowe got O.J.'s lawyer Robert Shapiro to spill the beans. WTF.

            “His behavior was a result of mental illness,” Shapiro noted in the book. “One time he had his hat on backward, had on two different shoes, and he stood with his back to the judge with his hat facing the judge as if he was looking at the judge."

Suuurrree...ODB just lived his life, not willing to be judged by others. Fearless. We miss you Dirt Dawg. Best believe we'll drop the tribute this weekend on HiP HoP Hizzy. Check the site for local listings near you.

[thatonezombie]

Mental Illness? The shit is that? There are lots of people who wear different shoes at the same time. Like when you have 2 pairs of fresh Jordans and want to rock em both?

Makes me wonder why some people won't leave people alone? Money? Prolly the reason. If you want to do something like this, celebrate their life, not poke at about someone's problems in someone's life, like how Tupac: Resurrection did. It was a celebration of his life and they did him justice. Why not do that instead?

[Masa]

R.I.P. Ol' Dirty!

Ghostface Raids The Vault For 'GhostDeini'

Ghostface Killah blends classic tracks with remixes and new verses on the upcoming collection "GhostDeini the Great," due Dec. 16 via Def Jam. The set will be available as a single CD or bundled with a DVD chronicling the artist's Hip-Hop Live tour. "GhostDeini" sports a number of tracks unknown to fans, including "Ghostface Christmas," a remix of "Be Easy" featuring Ice Cube" and a remix of "Kilo" with fellow Wu-Tang Clan colleague Raekwon and Pusha T. "Slept on Tony" is a new song.

Also featured are remixes of "Run" and "Back Like That," the Ghostface-dominated version of the Amy Winehouse hit "You Know I'm No Good" and the Mary J. Blige-featuring "All I Got Is You." Ghostface released two studio albums in 2006, "Fishscale" and "More Fish." Combined they have sold 436,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Here is the track list for "GhostDeini the Great":

"Slept on Tony"
"Run" remix (feat. Jadakiss, Lil Wayne, Raekwon, Freeway)
"Kilo" remix (feat. Raekwon and Pusha T)
"Be Easy" remix (feat. Ice Cube)
"Tony Segal" (aka Barrel Bros.) (feat. Styles P and Beanie Sigel)
"It's Over"
"Walk Around"
"9 Milli Bros." (feat. Wu-Tang Clan)
"Mighty Healthy"
"Apollo Kids"
"All I Got Is You" (feat. Mary J Blige)
"Cher Chez La Ghost"
"Back Like That" remix (feat. Kanye West and Ne-Yo)
"Street Opera" (feat. Sun God)
"You Know I'm No Good" (feat. Amy Winehouse)
"The Champ" remix
"Ghostface Christmas"

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003890921


BET's Wu-Tang Quiz

My score: 12/13 

[thatonezombie]

Muthafuckas better know! 

[MochaNutz]

13/13 =P
Although i guessed on the RZA Movie one =)

[Masa]

Aight, here's my favorite mixtape of the year

1. Intro (produced by Mick Boogie & Terry Urban)
2. Public Speeding (produced by Cookin' Soul)
3. Know My Place (produced by The Amps)
4. Never Changing (produced by nVMe)
5. Miss Trouble (produced by Judah)
6. Back At My Place (produced by Remot)
7. No Love Coming Home (produced by The Kickdrums)
8. Lost Part 1 (produced by Coldplay)
9. A Spy's Prayer (produced by nVMe)
10. Science Is Ignorant (produced by Gooch)
11. The Reverse Fix (produced by Mick Boogie & nVMe)
12. Hola Blanco (produced by Garbs Infinite)
13. Take The Hill (produced by nVMe)
14. Lost Part 2 (remixed by Mick Boogie)
15. Cold Success (produced by 9th Wonder)
16. What If We Cry? (produced by Remot)
17. Beach Chair (produced by Coldplay)
18. Falling In Shadows (produced by 6th Sense)
19. Life of Clocks (produced by Terry Urban)
20. X-Y-Z (produced by Hasan Insane)

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"Hello all. So... we are back again. This time, with a special website devoted just to this really exciting project. Me and Terry got together and decided to do a project honoring two of our favorite musical forces... Jay-Z and Coldplay.

Jay-Z is easily considered one of the best emcees of all time, and our personal fave. And Coldplay is one of the best rock bands of all time... this generation's U2. Definitely the latest group following in the lineage of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Who, The Police, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, and Radiohead.

It's no secret Shawn Carter and Chris Martin have been friends and collaborators in recent years, most recently on Jay's "Beach Chair" and Kanye West's "Homecoming." But it was their first actual Coldplay collabo... the recently released "Lost!" remix that inspired this project to come to fruition.

In addition to self-producing a few tracks ourselves, we reached out to some of our favorite producers in the game... from Jay-Z's collaborator 9th Wonder, The Kickdrums (50 Cent, TI) and Cookin' Soul (The Game, Dipset) to up and comers like 6th Sense, nVMe and Garbs Infinite.

After assigning all the producers samples and snippets that we felt fit their musical talents, we began the process of assembling as many Jay-Z vocal tracks as we could find. As the submissions came back, one by one, we decided which Jay-Z verse would fit this particular interpretation of Coldplay's sounds.

As we began piecing together the correct verses to match the correct beats, it became clear how truly amazing this project really is. This is what real music is supposed to sound like. The lyrical elegance of Shawn Carter, the vocal magic of Chris Martin, the finely tuned instruments of Coldplay, the creative visions by our team of producers, and lastly, our analysis of which Jay verse best fit each track.

If you love Jay-Z and you're not into Coldplay, this is for you. If you love Coldplay, but don't mess with hip-hop, this is for you. If you love all good music, this is definitely for you.

We hope this project bridges the gap between genres, fans, and generations. And if you haven't...make sure you BUY the real Jay-Z and Coldplay music we remixed on this project. Support quality artists."

- Mick Boogie

Although i guessed on the RZA Movie one =)

Me too but I wasn't as lucky as you

[thatonezombie]

I gotta cop Viva La Hova! I like Jay, I like Coldplay, works for me

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DJ Premire & Ludacris in the studio
Watching Premo work is fuckin epic

[MochaNutz]

If anyone wants it...  I had half the album already from all the leaks.  Listening to all of it, dang, you're depressing Emo Kanye.

It is an album from his heart, but... I'm bored of it already.

Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak - ripped by h3x
http://www.sendspace.com/file/si0b43

Does it belong here? =P

[StreakInTheSky]

It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.

I liked Heartless, Paranoid, Robocop, Street Lights, Bad News, and See You In My Nightmares. The rest was just Love Lockdown changed up a bit. And no, it doesn't really belong in a rap thread, but whatever.

[thatonezombie]

Don't know the year this was done, but it dont matter this shit is fucking like, im get all giddy and I start geekin out everytime I watch these.

Nas & Rakim Double Interview

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[MochaNutz]

pretty interesting track

Bow Wow vs Lil Bow Wow
Anything You Can Do



I think Lil Bow Wow won =D

[StreakInTheSky]

bow wow is turning into TI since TI grew up?

the concept is interesting, but the execution is lacking, sounds like some cheap wannabe track.

[MochaNutz]

Additionally, Capcom will be releasing a direct-to-download music album of hip-hop tracks inspired by the Street Fighter series. Street Fighter® Underground Remix will feature the musical flavor of artists such as DJ Qbert, Hieroglyphics, Redman, Oh No, DJ Toure, Mistah FAB and Zion I. Each artist has produced a Street Fighter tribute track that will be free of charge and exclusive to the PlayStation®Network when Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix launches.

Fucking sickkk!  I didn't know about it, i guess cuz i don't have a PS3 =P New HEIRO!  I hope there's more
edit:  Heiro track is the best out of the 5.  Redman next.  Qbert's track reminds of of the old SF2 sets he did back in the day.  I actually like the Zion I track the least.


DJ Q Bert - Super Beat
http://www.zshare.net/audio/520498435c3a3343/

Zion I & Dj Toure - Warrior Class Bounce
http://www.zshare.net/audio/52049931ef75a48b/

Oh No & Redman - Lay You Down
http://www.zshare.net/audio/52050042636eadee/

Hieroglyphics - Fighting in the Streets
http://www.zshare.net/audio/520501830d941758/

Mistah FAB & Dj Toure - Street Fighter Mix
http://www.zshare.net/audio/52050253157da793/

[MochaNutz]

hmm, doesn't look like it was posted yet.  I found this!


Here is a link list for a DVDRip of the new Wu Documentary!
http://rapidshare.com/users/LFHSNR

pass: boss

it worked for some people, according to the forum i got it from.  I don't think i'm gonna d/l this one.  i hate rapidshare.

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B.O.B. makin fun of Auto-Tune =P

[daigong]

^ PROPS Mocha. Fuck I can't find that in stores anywhere. Fuckin HMV. I managed to DL it but they zipped it 3 times lol. I'm a up it on our servers so check back tmr!

LOL Autotune...time for me to rant!

copped me some Kanye - limited edition included a poster, of his moms


You know, say what you will about Kanye and his so-called arrogance. Arrogance is good. Has there ever been an emo rapper? He wants to be Elvis. So be it. Just like JPHiP.com is the best site in universe. Abso-fuckin-lutely.

The Review? I gotta say ...808 is musical genius. Glad the whole shit wasn't all auto-tune singing, with a few verses in "Heartless" - that joint with T-Pain. couldn't tell who was who lmao

The songs hit close to home, reminding me of ex flames in "Robocop" "Paranoid" "Heartless" to current crushing in "Love Lockdown" "Coldest Winter" - thugs get lonely too.

I heard the wack-ass leak Masa hooked me up with "shock RADIO!" and Robocop was completely different. I digged that more robot noise, but with the orchestra on the final version. Fuckin best song of the Year. Esp. love that YOU A SPOILED LA GIRL! YA JUST AN LA GIRL! YA SPOILED!

HiP HoP is all about pushing the envelope and fuckin Kanye has done it with 808 and Hearbreak. A joint that really makes you go WTF cuz it ain't that same ol same ol

Instead of sampling a rap beat from the 90s, Kanye went elsewhere:

http://www.pigeonsandplanes.com/2008/11/808s-and-heartbreak-songs-kanye-sampled.html

The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue ("Heartless")
Patrick Doyle - Kissing in the Rain ("Robocop")
Nina Simone - See Line Woman ("Bad News")
Tears for Fears - Memories Fade ("Coldest Winter")

INSANE. HK Animators REPPING:


Humble Kanye? Cop that 808 & Heartbreaks NOW.

[thatonezombie]

As heard on HHH:



http://www.mediafire.com/?yhdtm1lxmwt
Download that shit!

[daigong]

THAT SHIT IS SICK!!

[shurastriker]

E#P#I#C  S#H#I#T

[tenkei]

that first track with koda kumi is awesome