[-nesto-]

HSF posted:

So what do you guys think of Jedi Mind Tricks new album?

Pretty fuckin good

[Deweze]

SilverHammer posted:

Hip-Hop acts that to my knowledge have never said "nigga":

Aesop Rock
Afroman
Atmosphere
B. Dolan
Brother Ali
Classified
Common
Cunninlynguists (I think?)
Cypress Hill don't say it that much
Dan Le Sac VS Scroobius Pip
Del the Funky Homosapien
Devin the Dude (pretty sure he doesn't say it much)
Eminem of course
Eyedea
Gang Starr don't say it much
The Grouch
Hail Mary Mallon
Living Legends
Mac Lethal
Murs
Non-Prophets
Sage Francis
Sole
Blueprint (I think he's called Musab now)

There's plenty more. Just look around a bit. I'm not really a fan of brag-rap either. Unless it's a battle. That's when it makes sense.

Edited:

oh and nerdcore sucks

common says nigga alot

[SilverHammer]

Deweze posted:

common says nigga alot

I was listening to I Used to Love Her

[SlappyBag]

God damn, this guy is amazing.

[TH89]

DeathFang posted:

Nah, I'm pretty sure you aren't intelligent if you use a retarded step-child's form of a racial slur, then expect it be taken in a friendly way. It's pretty annoying honestly.

How about you stop acting all high and mighty toward people who have grown up under circumstances you'll never have to experience, and start being thankful you WON'T have to experience them.

Christ kid you sound like you've never even met a black person before.

Edited:

Or have aspergers syndrome, I guess.

[God of Ashes]

Take Care leaked.

Literally shitting my pants

[-nesto-]

the instrumental is fire

[Lambeth]

DeathFang posted:

Are there any hip-hop/rap albums that don't use the word "nigga" and have intelligent lyrics?

Edited:

Also Dan le Sac vs scroobius pip is more spoken word than rap. The distinction can get a bit blurry though

[chrismusicfan]

I like my nigga Drake music. He's my guy rapper. Lil wayne too.

[MachiniOs]

God of Ashes posted:

Take Care leaked.

Literally shitting my pants

OMG OMG OMG

[DJK]

i don't know if the songs new but the video definitely is

[strayebyrd]

DJK posted:

i don't know if the songs new but the video definitely is

man even Gambino is referencing Odd future

[valiant nbd]

http://www.npr.org/2011/11/06/141934...sc=tw&cc=share

camps online on npr.org of all places

[God of Ashes]

so good

SO GOOD

[DeathFang]

TH89 posted:

How about you stop acting all high and mighty toward people who have grown up under circumstances you'll never have to experience, and start being thankful you WON'T have to experience them.

Christ kid you sound like you've never even met a black person before.

Edited:

Or have aspergers syndrome, I guess.

Oh no, I have a different opinion than TH89, I must be acting high and mighty and have Aspergers Syndrome. I'm happy I won't have to experience them, but what does that have to do with the word "nigga" in rap? Being through hardship should build character, not destroy it. Regardless, the ghettos in America are heaven compared to third-world countries and it is pretty conceited to think otherwise.

I have met PLENTY of black people. That still has nothing to do with the stupidity of the context of the word.

Edited:

strayebyrd posted:

I apologize that racial equality is a long-term and complicated concept that won't be cured in the course of 20 odd years

If it is a long-term and complicated concept, it is going to take more than changing a word. It needs something more like what Martin Luther King Jr. did.

[-nesto-]

you want intelligent hiphop?

[DJK]

intelligent grime

[lil timmy]

Only recently chucked all my old rockist pretentions (aka long after I stopped regularly posting here) and discovered other kinds of music. Currently, the rap/hip-hop I've heard is generally of the late 90's/early 80's vintage - Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, that kind of thing. Good stuff. So, I'm now looking to broaden what I already know/like about this kind of music, and more importantly to get aquainted with more recent stuff, and I suppose this looked like an obvious place to stop by and ask.

[James*]

DeathFang posted:

Oh no, I have a different opinion than TH89, I must be acting high and mighty and have Aspergers Syndrome. I'm happy I won't have to experience them, but what does that have to do with the word "nigga" in rap? Being through hardship should build character, not destroy it. Regardless, the ghettos in America are heaven compared to third-world countries and it is pretty conceited to think otherwise.

I have met PLENTY of black people. That still has nothing to do with the stupidity of the context of the word.

Edited:



If it is a long-term and complicated concept, it is going to take more than changing a word. It needs something more like what Martin Luther King Jr. did.

What is your specific grievance with black people using the word, your argument seems pretty disjointed

Arguably reappropriating the word is in fact empowering and perhaps lessens its stigma, who are you to tell people otherwise

[Lachz0r]

DeathFang posted:

Oh no, I have a different opinion than TH89, I must be acting high and mighty and have Aspergers Syndrome. I'm happy I won't have to experience them, but what does that have to do with the word "nigga" in rap? Being through hardship should build character, not destroy it. Regardless, the ghettos in America are heaven compared to third-world countries and it is pretty conceited to think otherwise.

I have met PLENTY of black people. That still has nothing to do with the stupidity of the context of the word.

Edited:



If it is a long-term and complicated concept, it is going to take more than changing a word. It needs something more like what Martin Luther King Jr. did.

jeez who even cares? most rappers say nigga, it's part of their vernacular, it clearly doesn't bother them to say it why should it bother you to hear it?

[MachiniOs]

God of Ashes posted:

so good

SO GOOD

I think i'm going to hold out listening to the whole album before release although I know I won't last.

[Villein]

This guys spits so sick.

[BeardyDuck]

duke westlake has a cypher going on right now

http://www.facepunch.com/threads/113...7#post33192847

[Lambeth]

lil timmy posted:

Only recently chucked all my old rockist pretentions (aka long after I stopped regularly posting here) and discovered other kinds of music. Currently, the rap/hip-hop I've heard is generally of the late 90's/early 80's vintage - Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, that kind of thing. Good stuff. So, I'm now looking to broaden what I already know/like about this kind of music, and more importantly to get aquainted with more recent stuff, and I suppose this looked like an obvious place to stop by and ask.

Homeboy Sandman, Big Boi, Outkast, Urthboy, Aesop Rock, P.O.S., Why?, Madvillain, Dessa, Das Racist, El-P

Edited:

Big Boi in particular, his debut is perfect

[crazyjames]

[AutomataReturns]

strayebyrd posted:

man even Gambino is referencing Odd future

Never got the Yonkers reference until it was told to me. I think the video's different and isn't referencing it.

[mrmr]

Heavy D died earlier this morning.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/167...y-d-dead.jhtml

[strayebyrd]

AutomataReturns posted:

Never got the Yonkers reference until it was told to me. I think the video's different and isn't referencing it.

I was referring to the 'hanging in the islands, looking for earl like toejam' line

[MachiniOs]

Oh man that sucks, wierd that he was concious then died only an hour later.

[Hoboiam]

strayebyrd posted:

I was referring to the 'hanging in the islands, looking for earl like toejam' line

Isn't that referencing this?

[strayebyrd]

Hoboiam posted:

Isn't that referencing this?

well he says toejam so obviously he mentions that, but what else would Earl mean? especially considering the fact that he referred to islands and Earl is supposedly on the isle of Samoa

[Croix]

I don't know what you guys think of him, but damn, I think MF DOOM could spit on literally any track in existence:

[Heatvision...]

I know you guys from music section like trashing my songs so trash this one for me please. Leave out the fact that it has bad quality though because that is obvious.

[seanocaster]

lil timmy posted:

Only recently chucked all my old rockist pretentions (aka long after I stopped regularly posting here) and discovered other kinds of music. Currently, the rap/hip-hop I've heard is generally of the late 90's/early 80's vintage - Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, that kind of thing. Good stuff. So, I'm now looking to broaden what I already know/like about this kind of music, and more importantly to get aquainted with more recent stuff, and I suppose this looked like an obvious place to stop by and ask.

Asheru and Black Blue
Big L
Cam'ron - Purple Haze
Cyhi da Prynce - Royal Flush, Royal Flush 2
Drake - Comeback Season
Domo Genesis - Rolling Papers, Cashmere(single)
Eric B and Rakim
INI
J Dilla
Jay Electronica (most original MC known to man)
Kanye West - Late Registration, Freshman Adjustment
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II, Dedication 2 Gangsta Grillz Edition
Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Blackstar
Nujabes
Pase Rock - Bullshit as Usual
Pete Rock and Cl Smooth
Smoke DZA
Wiz Khalifa - Kush and OJ
Wu Tang (any solo albums by man members are also dope)

Also FUCK JUSTIN BIEBER THIS KID IS WAY BETTER:

[CheeserCrice]

New MF Doom track, collab with Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke. (it sounds amazing and i put it down to doom and jonny, for the strings and epic percussion) I get the feeling Yorke did a limited amount on this, Jonny definitely deserves more credit.

http://www.pitchfork.com/news/44495-...urce=pitchfork

Listen to Soundcloud recording

/s-Tr4vN

http://soundcloud.com/lexrecords/thom-yorke-doom-retarded/s-Tr4vN

[mzathemind]

I'm black and I'm gonna say nigga however much I like, If you are mad about the word than your priorities in life are mixed up cause that no longer even matters, seriously, word holds NO weight.

[valiant nbd]

im white and dont feel racist saying it but everyone else gets quiet

not gonna stop rapping to a good song or pause when he says nigga but you also dont go around using it to refer to all black people

it does have weight despite how much youd like it not to

[HSF]

I have no idea what he is singing about.

[Pal13]

Aww crap I listened to a song from Take Care by accident, damn you rap genius. Rick Ross's verse is killer! (Well the first half anyway. It's at 3:30.)

I fell in love with the pen, started fucking the ink
The hustle's an art, I paint it what I would think
Still allergic to broke, prescription straight to the paper
Destined for greatness, but got a place in Jamaica
Villa on the water with the wonderful views
Only fat nigga in the sauna with Jews
Went and got a yacht, I'm talkin' Carnival cruise
And these niggas talkin' like hoes, they mad they not in my shoes

[SilverHammer]

The Grouch + Zion I