I love old school hip hop, but I don't think I've bothered to really check out a new artist since the early 90s. I'm more into the relatively conscious stuff than anything else, so with that info, recommend me some decent stuff that's happened in the last decade or so that I should definitely take the time to listen to.
All time faves include PE (It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back), Tribe (Low End Theory), NWA (Straight Outta Compton), Beasties (Paul's Boutique) and Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy.
I'm thinking of trying my hand at producing a rhymer, so I'm also curious what the newer stuff sounds like in that regard.
Thank you.
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Written November 05 2008 , Tags: hip, hop, old fart
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I'm woefully behind with hiphop.
I will mention that I really love the new flying lotus record and Beat Conducta Vols. 3 and 4, for instrumental hiphop albums Edan, Buck 65, Themselves (started as "Them"), Cannibal Ox, El-P, Aesop Rock, Mr Lif, Prefuse 73 (first two albums) and cLOUDDEAD.
There's a few, but I'm forgetting a lot. Ah, how could I forget Madlib (Madvillainy which he made with MF Doom is an obvious starting point).
Also try J Dilla (sometimes Jay Dee). Busdriver also often has some really interesting production (not sure who does his stuff I'm afraid). classic sounding stuff:
Non-phixion ("The Future is Now" is a good example) Visionaries ("Pangea" is great) Gangstarr (they still rock) modern sounding stuff: em411's Deceptikon makes some dope instrumental hip-hopey beats, like "Greater Cascadia" Funkstorung - Appetite for Disctruction. i wish all modern hiphop was like that one of the guys who performed at STFU Heidelberg called Elemental Zazen has a good album called "Silence of the Now" some stuff by MFDoom as Viktor Vaughn on SoundiNK (SoundiNK in general) also, avoid making stuff like what Stones Throw releases and calling them hiphop. you might piss some people off (like myself) AND MAKE MORE TUNES LIKE "EVERYTHING YOU DO IS HAIKU". that is some fucking ace hiphop. try El-P !!!
link (like failedsitcom mentions) wu-tang wu-tang wu-tang, any of their first solo records are all just so dense, so dark and so amazing
first fugees record, old roots yea, el-p is crazy, canibal ox which el-p produces, mr. lif i love outkast, older though, atliens is unreal, production and lyrics, it still kills me, this minimal spacey sound WAY ahead of its time, still sounds good 12 years later any/all dj premier any/all j-dilla and madlib, mf doom which madlib has worked w/ a lot, i love j-dilla, was very sad when he passed, he was still doing beats in his hospital bed, that is inspiring to me any/all pete rock and cl smooth i like dangermouse old nas, old jay-z, old busta, old notorious, his first album production wish is unreal, first mobb deep record is again, so dark, very cool i love love blackalicious i like the old stuff from De La Soul, even their newer stuff is quite decent
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beans quasimoto (my fav of the madlib projects) little brother pugslee atomz
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Sage Francis's Personal Journals album is one of my favourites. Some really nicely beats produced by Sixtoo and others on it and Sage's lyrics are incredible. I'm not so keen on his other albums though.
No one seem to have mentioned Dabrye either. MF Doom/Viktor Vaughn
Immortal Technique (the illest heir to the PE/Disposables legacy) Common Jurassic 5 Porn Theatre Ushers Swollen Members Mosdef Dabrye - Two/Three Goretex The Grouch and Eligh HiTek Mr. Lif Peolpe Under the Stairs Prince Po Prophetix RJD2 Rob Sonic Talib Kweli The UN Conflict (Japanese crew) dDay One Jean Grae Dead Prez (first album in particular)
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Check out Hansom Boy Modelling School - White People - it's a classic.
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That dude is on my AIM buddylist. He's great, you should check him out. You should also get the entire pete rock discography and commit it to memory. Talk about midas touch. Page 1 | 2
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these tracks.