I really like this one...I think it'll divide opinions, but let's see
I hadn't heard that actually. Not bad.
As long as we're posting new stuff, I'm really digging this track from Kanye and my two favorite artists from 2008:
psymon.d
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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Lupe is hands-down the best rapper alive right now (in my opinion). His stuff is really good.
I like him and strongly dislike almost all mainstream rap/hip-hop, so that bodes well for him...shows he's doing something different
The17sss
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Originally posted by psymon.d
I really like this one...I think it'll divide opinions, but let's see
I'm kinda neutral on this one. I like Jay-Z but don't like Chris Martin's whiney beta-male voice at all, but he doesn't elaborate too much on here so it's ok.
Lebezniatnikov
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Originally posted by psymon.d
I like him and strongly dislike almost all mainstream rap/hip-hop, so that bodes well for him...shows he's doing something different
Yeah, he's not really "mainstream" - I hate the Lil Jon/Rick Ross/Soulja Boy direction hip hop took in the last five years. But there are a lot of really good artists producing music still, and Lupe and Wale are probably my favorites among them.
Anyway, that said, I'm going to bed, because I've been drinking since 3. :)
The17sss
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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Lupe is hands-down the best rapper alive right now (in my opinion). His stuff is really good. Killed Kanye on this one:
Wow... nice. This guy is pure win. I definitely want to check out more of his stuff. Who wouldda thunk Lebez would get me excited about hip hop? :stongue:
psymon.d
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Originally posted by The17sss
I'm kinda neutral on this one. I like Jay-Z but don't like Chris Martin's whiney beta-male voice at all, but he doesn't elaborate too much on here so it's ok.
Thought that would be the deciding matter-whether or not people liked Chris Martin's voice. I really like it, but can respect why others don't.
The17sss
just too whiney for my taste I guess
psymon.d
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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Yeah, he's not really "mainstream" - I hate the Lil Jon/Rick Ross/Soulja Boy direction hip hop took in the last five years. But there are a lot of really good artists producing music still, and Lupe and Wale are probably my favorites among them.
Anyway, that said, I'm going to bed, because I've been drinking since 3. :)
It's a good point--I, perhaps unfortunately, have been branding hip-hop as falling in the Lil Jon/Rick Ross/Soulja Boy category without much thought or searching the past four or five years. It's good to bring up the good artists to attention--can be a really enjoyable genre to listen to.
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I've always liked trip hop and stuff though. DJ Shadow's "Entroducing" got me into production before I'd heard of trance.
This one is a classic to me
Halcyon+On+On
Lupe is maybe the last actual hip hop artist around. :stongue:
ing chill guy, too.
Lebezniatnikov
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Originally posted by The17sss
Wow... nice. This guy is pure win. I definitely want to check out more of his stuff. Who wouldda thunk Lebez would get me excited about hip hop? :stongue:
Yeah, Lupe is the man. Also awesome:
psymon.d
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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Lupe is maybe the last actual hip hop artist around. :stongue:
ing chill guy, too.
Nice change of pace from:
Halcyon+On+On
I don't blame Soulja Boy; he's made a multi-million dollar empire by repeating like 4 words, and not even very well, at that.
It's the people who pay to hear those 4 words over and over that worry me.
