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Originally posted by Estella Which De La Soul album would be best to start with?

3 Feet High And Rising would be the obvious choice.

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Originally posted by DragonFlyJoneS 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.

Actually hip hop originated from the four elements:

Dj
Mc
Breaking
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Originally posted by DragonFlyJoneS 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.

hip-hop culture is urban, therefore skateboarding could be a part of it. mos def's video for ghetto rock has skaters in it and i remmember in one the documentaries about De La Soul and Jedi Mind Tricks they all talked about skateboarding even though it's usually attributed to punk rock.

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Yet the fact remains that musically, Skateboarding culture is primarily dominated by white rockers and Hip-Hop culture is primarily dominated by black rappers. The few exceptions to this rule you may find wouldn't prove your point.

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Originally posted by Aiwendil Yet the fact remains that musically, Skateboarding culture is primarily dominated by white rockers and Hip-Hop culture is primarily dominated by black rappers. The few exceptions to this rule you may find wouldn't prove your point.

lotsa expections especially here in NYC.

graffiti still stands tho, so 4 outa 5 is better than what you contributed to this thread, furthermore, he's asking to recommend artists not how hip hop started.

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3 feet high and rising is an excellent album though if you want something more up to date definatly check out AOI: bionix.

one hip-hop group that i haven't seen mentioned yet are the roots, who i think are excellent though large commercial success eluded them.

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brand nubian
gangstarr
Mos Def
Talieb Kwalei
eric b & rakim
mobb deep
peanut butter wolf
planet asia
J5
masta ace
black moon
the roots
atmosphere
wu-tang
bush babies
killa priest
del la sol
blackalisious
and there is so much more... damn the 90's kicked ass... if music still sounded like 90's hip hop i probably wouldnt be listening to trance.. all the new so called hip hop is a disgrace and pathetic.

To me , Kanye West sounds really inspirational . His songs from Late Registration album are good . "Addiction " sounds really good . As much as I dont like rap , Kanye is a great artist . Could someone recommend me similiar artists?

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Originally posted by romchik To me , Kanye West sounds really inspirational . His songs from Late Registration album are good . "Addiction " sounds really good . As much as I dont like rap , Kanye is a great artist . Could someone recommend me similiar artists?

check out the previously mentioned artists, first.

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Originally posted by digitul punk AFAIK, try looking up stuff by Atmosphere.. they are pretty good and non commercial.. (i could be wrong though)

this guy is playing in milwaukee tonight, I really wanted to see his opener Blueprint, enjoyed him for a while.