Pete Rock/C.L. Smooth
Count Bass D
KMD
Ultramagnetic MC's
Digable Planets
Redman (his early 90's, pre-Christina Aguilera days)
Just a few that hadn't been mentioned.
Oh, and De La Soul! I know someone already mentioned them, but if you've never heard their music, you've been missing out. One of the best hip-hop groups of all time and my personal favorite.
Oct-04-2005 08:32
Stanza
Natural Born Trancer
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Sydney
I honestly think that most hip hop these days is quite piss poor.
Tru hip hop would be most stuff that came out in the early to mid nineties.
Most of artist s that represent the true hip hop sound are:
Dilated Peoples
Gangstarr
Imortal Technique
Last Emperor
Aesop Rock
Cunninglinguists
Jeru
KRS One
A Tribe Called Quest
Madlib
Rakim
Nas (most of his early shit)
and most of the early Wu Tang solo albums from artists such as:
Inpsectah Deck
RZA
Ghostface
Killah Priest
GZA
Raekwon
Oct-04-2005 08:57
RebeL9
The Digital Blonde addict
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
If I ruled the world I'll free all my niggaz! yey!
good to see fellow hiphop heads on the forums, and from what i see the guys that know about hiphop really do know about hiphop which is great!
lately i've been listening to a lot of mos def and gang starr as well as some of nas's old unreleased stuff
i should mention big l is one of my favourite artists (he was part of DITC) and also biggie. even though he was a bit on the commercial side, you just can't go past the dope 90's style beats he rapped over and his voice and wordplay just work so well.
I don't know if Saul Williams is hip hop or rap, but I'm really lovin' this stuff right now. For those who aren't familiar, listen to the tune "Grippo."
I haven't really ventured forth past NWA, Tribe or KRS... maybe it's time to do so?
I think Q-Tip deserves a worthy mention as well. oh and can't forget Arrested Developments "Mr. Wendel!!!"
Oct-04-2005 19:29
DragonFlyJoneS
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Jul 2001
Location: texas
quote:
Originally posted by Lepanto
Hip-hop, not rap, is a movement, praising Africanism, graffiti, skateboarding, etc...
wtf.. when did skateboarding become a part of the hip hop culture? maybe i'm outta the loop but it sure wasnt hiphop 15 yrs ago.
anyway, try some classic albums like 'galleries' by visionaries and '93 til infinity' by souls of mischief.
Oct-04-2005 19:36
Estella
Puttin' on boogy shoes!
Registered: Apr 2005
Location:
Which De La Soul album would be best to start with? Go from oldest to most recent?
Oct-04-2005 19:49
DRM
I Choose Noise
Registered: Mar 2001
Location: Somewhere where it's raining
quote:
Originally posted by Estella
Which De La Soul album would be best to start with? Go from oldest to most recent?
oh and can't forget Arrested Developments "Mr. Wendel!!!" 
