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"Recommend me some rap/Hip hop"

I Used to stay with my rock and indie, and a bit of more mainstream stuff like tupac and dre, but i have found my self listening to increasingly more Rap and hip hop to supplement my fine tastes over the last few months. Been listening to a bit of DMX and Ludacris, some of outkast's non hey ya kinda stuff. Basically i like things that flow well and have quality basslines.

can anyone Reccommend me some good artists/tracks?

thanks

if you're sick minded Big L - Dangerzone or Big L - All Black are peeeerrrfffeeecccctt. lol

Also Big L - Put it On is a legendary rap song

And the new Shyne song, More or Less, is quite atmospheric.

If you're sick-minded, the Gravediggaz are perfect. ;-)

Ashley wrote:
> I know most of the artists thats not really a problem. recommend me
> some albums

Best 10 albums, which if all bought give a hell of a lot of variety:
Common Sense - Ressurection
Kanye West - College Dropout
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystle
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Method Man & Redman - Blackout
2Pac - Better Dayz
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Nas - Illmatic


or particular tracks worth listening to. There is quite a
> lot of crap on quite a lot of albums, but there are also some
> absolutely lethal tracks too but they are hard to find if your not a
> full timer.

Fave tracks at the moment:
X-ecutioners - Live at the PJs
MOP - Bloody Murder

Anything by the following artists:

Jurassic 5
A Tribe Called Quest
Busta Rhymes
DJ Format
Mark B & Blade
Pharcyde (psst, this is the most fantastic song ever: [URL]http://www.alistairgray.co.uk/pharcyde.mp3[/URL])
Del Tha Funky Homosapien
Deltron 3030
Beastie Boys

Rule 2 of listening to Rap and Hip Hop, stay away from anything by 50 cent and anything that has chumps repeatedly saying G-G-G-Unit. Lloyd Bank's solo stuff is pretty decent though.

Oh and also stay away from Camron and any of those dip set freaks.

Good tracks to check out would be...

Redman - Smash Sumthin
Redman + Method man - Da Rockwilder
Jay Z - Big Pimpin
Mark Ronson feat. Ghostface + Freeway - Oooh Wee
Talib Kweli - Put it in the air
Pharoah Monche - F*** you
Eminem - If I get locked up

Rule 1 of listening to Rap/Hip-Hop :-D

lalakersrule wrote:
> Basically stay away from G Unit

pump it up aint bad.

I prefer Fire by him and busta rhymes

i'll look into these keep them coming. Joe budden pump it up is a tune too!

A few i like at the moment

Terror squad - lean back
Petey pablo - freek-a-leek
Twista - overnight celebrity
jkwon/murphy lee/chingy - still tipsy

older stuff

Young Bloodz - damn
joe - ride wid u
realist - f**k dre
lil jon - get low
Bubba sparks - ugly [great baseline]
50 cent - patiently waiting [great for cruisng]

Kanye West - Spaceship
Warren G - Regulate
Jay Z - N#gga what? N#gga Who?
Ice Cube - Hello
Lloyd Banks - Bangers
Keith Murray - Yeah Yeah You Know It
Jay Z - Lucifer
Jay Z - Allure
Roots Manuva - Witness
G-Unit - I smell p#ssy

And the whole of Lloyd Banks - The Hunger For More. I'm telling you it's a damn good album.