Hip-Hop/Rap Music?

[amirm]

I looked up grammy awards for rap music and it was giving to Chance the Rapper for his album, Coloring Book:

Seems like a very modern take on Rap with fair amount of pop music mixed in there. While wouldn't rank on top of my playlist, it is fine music. It won three grammy awards by the way.

 

[amirm]

also not dissimilar from how a few plates on the bottom of a pair of shoes can create wonderful, complex tap rhythms. No fan here of the anti-social stuff that sadly has been part of the message of a lot of rap...i totally get the turn-off...but i will say I do enjoy the rhythms that hip hop and rap have created over the years.

That's me too. You can't get that flavor of music anywhere else.

 

[NorthStar]

It's cool. There are many genres out there for all types; recreational, business, ...
We went from gangsta Rap to Massive Attack to Portishead to Deep House to a bunch of hip-hop/trip-top styles. We are expanding our musical fields.
You posted some music videos that were all new to me; I like that. ...Not all but few parts.

I was just humorous in my last post, I wasn't really serious.
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That's what I think. In words: It just don't sync in harmony with my life.
I don't know how else, how can I put it under the best light possible, other than my own free words of expression.
No matter how hard I try to switch my love around, it just won't bounce back @ me.

But please keep posting those other styles from the UK that are derived from hip-hop/rap music; I'm open to comment on them after listening, with all my honest heart.
If it's love I'll say ...
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[LL21]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIepLwGxMuw

Old School rap but a positive message about education. KRS-One has generally been a positive force in hip hop.

 

[infinitely baffled]

One of the things that Guru from Jazzmatazz Vol. 1 says is expressly that hip hop/rap started from 2 turntables and a microphone. That is the point. Practically no resources but some basics and imagination to bring rhythm, beats, vocals (with rhythm, aka rap). Not dissimilar at all from the street performers in NYC who bring a pair of drumsticks and 10 different sized plastic buckets and pans to create their 'show' on the pavement, with loads of complex rhythms, drum beats...there is a reason the really good ones have crowds of people listening, taking pictures and throwing in money to show their appreciation. Its because the drummer took 'nothing' and made something rhythmic and fun out of it.

also not dissimilar from how a few plates on the bottom of a pair of shoes can create wonderful, complex tap rhythms. No fan here of the anti-social stuff that sadly has been part of the message of a lot of rap...i totally get the turn-off...but i will say I do enjoy the rhythms that hip hop and rap have created over the years.

Some of my deepest interactions with music have been shared with about thousand people and at the hands of skilled dj's.
Until you've experienced urban streets or warehouses filled with a massive crowd all moving as one, allowed yourself to be immersed and become part of that living organism that pulses and throbs with the music, you can't expect to understand the feelings of oneness and unity that come forth. If this isn't soul I don't know what is.
I get that some people prefer to take their musical pleasures dressed in tuxedos and from thousand dollars seats, but one can't dismiss the spontaneous and heartfelt way marginalised people can immerse themselves in rhythms that have been played by humans since prehistory as soulless

 

[infinitely baffled]

It's cool. There are many genres out there for all types; recreational, business, ...
We went from gangsta Rap to Massive Attack to Portishead to Deep House to a bunch of hip-hop/trip-top styles. We are expanding our musical fields.
You posted some music videos that were all new to me; I like that. ...Not all but few parts.

I was just humorous in my last post, I wasn't really serious.
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That's what I think. In words: It just don't sync in harmony with my life.
I don't know how else, how can I put it under the best light possible, other than my own free words of expression.
No matter how hard I try to switch my love around, it just won't bounce back @ me.

But please keep posting those other styles from the UK that are derived from hip-hop/rap music; I'm open to comment on them after listening, with all my honest heart.
If it's love I'll say ...
_____

Embarrassingly I've always quite liked that Haddaway tune

 

[LL21]

Some of my deepest interactions with music have been shared with about thousand people and at the hands of skilled dj's.
Until you've experienced urban streets or warehouses filled with a massive crowd all moving as one, allowed yourself to be immersed and become part of that living organism that pulses and throbs with the music, you can't expect to understand the feelings of oneness and unity that come forth. If this isn't soul I don't know what is.
I get that some people prefer to take their musical pleasures dressed in tuxedos and from thousand dollars seats, but you can't dismiss the spontaneous and heartfelt way marginalised people can immerse themselves in rhythms that have been played by humans since prehistory as soulless

Years ago, we partied at an underground house club in a converted 17th century wine cellar that you would only know was in the back of the building if you already knew...DJs spun all vinyl ('because it sounds better')...hip hop/house/rap...and all walks of life...private equity/hedge fund guys, hairdressers/part-time Calvin Klein models, media/tech, sommeliers in elite private member clubs...all there for one reason...the MUSIC. The club used to run til the crowd thinned out...people would dance on the tables because there was no standing around, no preening, no attitude...it was just about dancing and the music...in the summer, the DJs would run til 8am on Sundays, people would roll out to get breakfast...and roll back in again to dance til noon.

 

[infinitely baffled]

This was a big hit in the uk. Combination of huge dub riddems and bass with damon albarn vocals and a hip hop style rap.

Epic, especially as it dubs out in Augustus Pablo style

 

[infinitely baffled]

Years ago, we partied at an underground house club in a converted 17th century wine cellar that you would only know was in the back of the building if you already knew...DJs spun all vinyl ('because it sounds better')...hip hop/house/rap...and all walks of life...private equity/hedge fund guys, hairdressers/part-time Calvin Klein models, media/tech, sommeliers in elite private member clubs...all there for one reason...the MUSIC. The club used to run til the crowd thinned out...people would dance on the tables because there was no standing around, no preening, no attitude...it was just about dancing and the music...in the summer, the DJs would run til 8am on Sundays, people would roll out to get breakfast...and roll back in again to dance til noon.

It's in the top drawer of life experiences, that

that feeling when you're locked into the groove with everyone around you....there are no strangers among the stack crew

Or hanging off some piece of street furniture, conducting the whole crowd like a sweaty maestro
As I'm sure you know Lloyd, every year at Notting Hill carnival there's one tune that just captures the moment and the crowd go absolutely wild for
One year it was Missy Elliott/ get ur freak on. And the sound of the big rigs playing that on Talbot Road is something I will never forget, the bass slamming off the rows of houses like demolition charges

The first year I went the big choon was this one by Rebel mc

 

[NorthStar]

Ok, I know I posted some of the rap music I used to listen in the late 80s while partying. Instead of searching for them I went down to my basement and got the dust of those CDs.
To my surprise there were three dozens of them and more. I'm going to spend some time in memory lane; perhaps I'll spin couple of them on my CD spinner, but I'll post mainly youtube music videos. I won't do it all @ once in one single post, but spread over few. And why not; this thread is about rap, all type, all style, for all kind.
I don't spin that music anymore, that was another era, and I did not pursue it; I went other directions in my music evolution. I take the good fun side of it, from my past.
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Yes, I was listening to Ice-T, Sly & Robbie, Tone Loc, Stereo MC's, Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock, L.L. Cool J, Public Enemy, Technotronic, Young MC, Big Daddy Kane, Digital Underground, Eminem, and some more, but no more for the last quarter century. I don't do anymore sex and drugs parties. Some electronica occasionally yes; Yello, Tangerine Dream, Enigma, ...etc.
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[NorthStar]

I listened to Grace Jones a lot back then.

I don't mind...anytime. But she's no rap/hip-hop. Sly & Robbie ...

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I spinned none, I only googled around from my old rap albums, back when partying till the wee hours, just before dawn and the police waking up.

 

[XV-1]

I'd be surprised if that's the version xv-1 meant to post....the album version is far superior, the version posted is a sub standard remix by a dj.
The original isn't available on youtube....I know because I tried to post it last night.
As xv-1 said, buy the album ' Heligoland' and you won't regret it

Nah, I chose this version on purpose. If you buy the vinyl of Heligoland, the remix is on the 3rd lp. The sound is insane. Both versions are great, but Atlas Air is amazing

And yes, Missy Elliott when she teamed up with Timbaland was awesome.

Too many old pharts dismiss anything with rap or electronics.

New rap like Run The Jewels or Kendrik Lamar is excellent. Luckily, even for an old phart, I enjoy most genres of music and love buying new music .

Check out Blanck Mass - music to test your listening and your system.

 

[LL21]

It's in the top drawer of life experiences, that

that feeling when you're locked into the groove with everyone around you....there are no strangers among the stack crew

...every year at Notting Hill carnival there's one tune that just captures the moment and the crowd go absolutely wild for
One year it was Missy Elliott/ get ur freak on...the bass slamming off the rows of houses like demolition charges...

Awesome tune! Also can bring the crowd with Lil Kim Lighters Up!

 

[NorthStar]

This is called Trip-Hop?

Yes it is; I like many of their tunes. I'm a tripper-hopster.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_Attack

 

[infinitely baffled]

Nah, I chose this version on purpose. If you buy the vinyl of Heligoland, the remix is on the 3rd lp. The sound is insane. Both versions are great, but Atlas Air is amazing

And yes, Missy Elliott when she teamed up with Timbaland was awesome.

Too many old pharts dismiss anything with rap or electronics.

New rap like Run The Jewels or Kendrik Lamar is excellent. Luckily, even for an old phart, I enjoy most genres of music and love buying new music .

Check out Blanck Mass - music to test your listening and your system.

Funny I just came back to post this, by Run the Jewels.
As my subwoofers bed in it's the currently best sounding tune over my system, I reckon.
A Close tie with
the aformentionned Missy Elliott, and Case and Status -machine gun. RTJ is like running a bass bath

I'll have to track the vinyl Heligoland down.
They've done a series of reissues recently, but possibly not with bonus tracks.
I'll try ordering and see what arrives

 

[NorthStar]

:b

 

[infinitely baffled]

:b

Splendid. I'd love to experience it one day.
Does it get sweaty In there too?

 

[XV-1]

For some reason I have been getting into Post Rock lately - not normally my cup of tea, but really enjoying Pelican, Mono and now My Disco.

 

[infinitely baffled]

Nah, I chose this version on purpose. If you buy the vinyl of Heligoland, the remix is on the 3rd lp. The sound is insane. Both versions are great, but Atlas Air is amazing

And yes, Missy Elliott when she teamed up with Timbaland was awesome.

Too many old pharts dismiss anything with rap or electronics.

New rap like Run The Jewels or Kendrik Lamar is excellent. Luckily, even for an old phart, I enjoy most genres of music and love buying new music .

Check out Blanck Mass - music to test your listening and your system.

Yes I liked that. I was expecting hip hop
What's the album called?
I'll order that

 

[LL21]

:b

beautiful...and there's also this...