Author Topic: The Official Rap Thread (Read 833033 times)

MochaNutz · « **Reply #1741 on:** February 21, 2011, 11:40:22 PM »

Lil' Kim looks better now than when she was younger =)

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expected more for the All of the Lights video. I think i only like the imagery of Kanye standing on the cop cars, and Ri Ri.

Masa · « **Reply #1742 on:** February 22, 2011, 05:33:28 PM »

MochaNutz · « **Reply #1743 on:** February 22, 2011, 10:28:57 PM »

http://www.xxlmag.com/bloggers/2011/02/letter-from-the-editor-xxls-2011-freshman-class/

dang, weak class this year.

MochaNutz · « **Reply #1744 on:** February 25, 2011, 11:47:36 AM »

DETOX

thatonezombie · « **Reply #1745 on:** February 26, 2011, 12:25:48 AM »

thatonezombie · « **Reply #1746 on:** February 26, 2011, 09:09:20 AM »

thatonezombie · « **Reply #1747 on:** February 26, 2011, 09:14:39 AM »

Masa · « **Reply #1748 on:** February 26, 2011, 09:23:25 AM »

One of my fav rap music videos:

Quote from: MochaNutz on February 25, 2011, 11:47:36 AM

That shit sounds like Eminem's last album.

daigong · « **Reply #1749 on:** February 27, 2011, 09:47:21 AM »

Clifford Smith

I'm feel Bambu's mixtape, shit is dope. Props Mocha for intro'ing him to me

MochaNutz · « **Reply #1750 on:** February 27, 2011, 09:28:56 PM »

Quote from: Masa on February 26, 2011, 09:23:25 AM

That shit sounds like Eminem's last album.

Its a good song, but feels like it was supposed to be on recovery or something. Em has 2 verses, and its a Dre song? Dre's verse kinda sucked as well.
Personally, i hope its not on Detox.

Big ups to Alex Da Kid, though. He's producing hits these days. Airplanes, Love the Way You Lie, Words I never said, and I need a doctor is gonna blow up now too.

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Blu!!! Interview!

J-Triumf · « **Reply #1751 on:** February 28, 2011, 05:22:51 AM »

POST #1200 DEDICATED TO 1200 TECHNIQUES
An unfortunately short-lived hip hop group from Australia that released two albums early in the past decade, blending smooth rhymes with turntablist beats and live guitar licks. I bought their second album when I visited Australia in 2004...still plan on getting their first someday.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1200_Techniques

daigong · « **Reply #1752 on:** March 02, 2011, 02:34:41 AM »

^ werd

dope Lasers and Shaolin vs Wu-Tang leaked.

Masa · « **Reply #1753 on:** March 04, 2011, 07:01:56 AM »

A great article about Lupe's recent struggles:
http://blogs.suntimes.com/music/2011/03/lupe_fiasco_does_what_hes_told.html

"I was specifically told" -- Fiasco chuckled -- "'Don't rap too deep on this record.'" He laughed some more. "That was a specific order from the top. 'You're rapping too fast or too slow, or it's too complex.' ... There are consequences and combat that comes from that process and the eventual compromise. With me, though, I'm not writing about someone else. I'm writing about me. This is my life. It's very personal for me. So for somebody to kind of put their fingers in that and play with that, it becomes more damaging."

Fucking major labels

You can't ask Lupe to dumb it down, yo!

thatonezombie · « **Reply #1754 on:** March 05, 2011, 01:28:24 AM »

^ Funny story about that song. He showed that song with in a previous version to Atlantic but they told him to dumb it down. What did Lupe do? Took "Dumb it Down" and just inserted it into the hooks

Back in 98, XXL gathers around 200 or so big figureheads in hip hop to recreate Esquire's 1958 cover with jazz artists but with a hip hop twist.

Masa · « **Reply #1755 on:** March 06, 2011, 12:27:12 PM »

john_hung · « **Reply #1756 on:** March 06, 2011, 12:45:29 PM »

http://rap4skillz.blogspot.com/

Masa · « **Reply #1757 on:** March 08, 2011, 08:02:34 PM »

thatonezombie · « **Reply #1758 on:** March 08, 2011, 11:19:37 PM »

Masa · « **Reply #1759 on:** March 10, 2011, 08:33:00 PM »

Raekwon Breaks Down His 25 Most Essential Songs: http://www.complex.com/music/2011/03/raekwon-25-essentials/