http://youtu.be/bI-eMXfA1rM
^^^this better place up high, motherfuckers.
oddly, the other day my wife and I were talking about what rap is appropriate to play around our daughter and she asked me if there was any decent post-'87 rap that didn't feature the "n-word" or egregious swearing in it and Brand Nubian was all I could come up with. that album is clean as a whistle, in a funny 5 percenter way.
― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
Uh, De La Soul?
― Number None, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
Actually wait, "De La Orgee"
― Number None, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
rain in england?
― shalmaneser (tpp), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
^^^winner
― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
Agree with Shakey on Doc Oc.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
"oddly, the other day my wife and I were talking about what rap is appropriate to play around our daughter..."
This deserves a thread I think, my kid is 2.5 and I need to start getting some good playlists together.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
this is entirely dependent on your tolerance threshold for Will Smith
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
Are there any committed five percenter rappers anymore? At least ones that foreground it? It was so dominant for a short while, along with constantly talking about your "intellect".
xp Nice analysis of Dr Octagon - I like it but I agree it got disproportionate attention for those reasons.
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
like, I would recommend He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper all day and all night
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
Can anyone vouch for Run DMC s/t being better than Raising Hell, always wondered if I should get it?
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
I think you could make a killer LL comp for kids, he's pretty clean, rakim too
― bandcamper van beethoven (Edward III), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
just leave off "Doin' It"
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
Any episode of Yo MTV Raps will have plenty of good ideas in it.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
There wasn't much that was "bad" for kids in "pop" rap pre 1988, was there?
― Euler, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
like when I was getting into rap in 1985, everything I heard was goofy & non-threatening, which 11 year old me loved.
― Euler, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
Blackalicious for kids? I had a teacher ask me this once and I just felt like some really old, out of touch hippy lecturer for suggesting it when her 10-yr old students would presumably, even at that age sooner listen to Obie Trice but I still recommended them to her. And J5 natch.
― PG Harpy (Doran), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
ah shit, I guess License To Ill was 1986; my parents hated that album.
― Euler, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
I bet there is something a kid would like that isn't infinity years old.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
nah Raising Hell is totally better
huh you know I don't have this album and I should - the singles from it are great. however, this is also precisely the limit of my tolerance of Will Smith lol
xp
― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
yeah but note I said "post-'87". there's tons of old school stuff that's kid-appropriate and awesome - Whodini, the Biz, etc
― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:54 (twelve years ago) link
Queen Latifahassorted TribeDel the Funky HomosapienMC Hammer (don't front)
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
was gonna say the low end theory is pretty low on obscenities
― bandcamper van beethoven (Edward III), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
with Tribe I'm gonna have to explain what jimmy hats are...likewise "Bust A Move" is a pretty jolly tune but I have it in a karaoke video game & it's waaaay more lewd than I want to sing with my 10 year old.
― Euler, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
let's get it started by hammer is a good one way better than please hammer don't hurt em
― brodie to the max (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
xp: this is why you stick with stuff like "Excursions"
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
i left my wallet in el segundo teaches kids a valuable lesson about keeping track of their wallets
― brodie to the max (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
first Tribe has Pubic Enemy on itLow End Theory has a ton of swearing, plus the date rape songMidnight Marauders has an ENTIRE SONG about the n-word
Latifah - eh, I dunno, never really been into her cuz I found that "Ladies First" single annoying. Monie Love otoh...
I dunno which Del album yr referring to, the first one is definitely not kid-appropriate (pissin' on your steps!)
― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
I am talking about songs, not entire albums!
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
And you should really investigate more of that first Latifah album, esp. "Dance For Me"
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
yeah maybe this should be another thread
― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
Children's Story by Slick Rick is probably not a good move tho.
― PG Harpy (Doran), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
or "a gangsta's fairytale"
― bandcamper van beethoven (Edward III), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
Wu-tang is for the children iirc
― Number None, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
Appropriate hip-hop tracks for children (post 1987)?
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
Haha, awesome turn this thread has taken!
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
Spotify playlist of the albums available from 100-51 (37 of them)
http://open.spotify.com/user/onimo/playlist/6wBgdIntW7HS5LN5LsQokj
― reverse the jelly baby of the neutron flow (onimo), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
thx onimo
― pandemic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
nice! I am lucky enough to be in Europe for a while so I can use Spotify now (though it looks like I have to start paying after 10 hrs of usage? yuck).
― Euler, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
had to go back and listen to Black Elvis bc of this thread and man it's filled with some hilarious hooks:
Supergalactic loverComin' from the projects on the hillSupergalactic loverIn my monkey green rag top Seville
plus this song still rules
― Moreno, Thursday, 2 June 2011 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
Conscience is an aptitude, faculty, intuition, or judgment of the intellect that distinguishes right from wrong.Dre:Yo! This girl's only fifteen years oldYou shouldn't take advantage of her, that's not fairWhat am I missing?― President Keyes, Thursday, 2 June 2011 02:19 (7 hours ago)
Dre:Yo! This girl's only fifteen years oldYou shouldn't take advantage of her, that's not fair
What am I missing?
― President Keyes, Thursday, 2 June 2011 02:19 (7 hours ago)
you're missing the lyric:
Dre: I'm your motherfucking conscienceEminem: That's nonsense!
― all cats are gay (sic), Thursday, 2 June 2011 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 2 June 2011 06:53
The first three albums are all p good, though the singles are usually the highlights
― all cats are gay (sic), Thursday, 2 June 2011 03:26 (twelve years ago) link
(though it looks like I have to start paying after 10 hrs of usage? yuck).
― Euler, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 23:13 (Yesterday) Bookmark
just restart yr pc, the 10hr count resets itself
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 2 June 2011 06:18 (twelve years ago) link
holy shit wait wtf new spotify update has killed that. ;_; rip my spotify usage.
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 2 June 2011 06:19 (twelve years ago) link
I use spotify on my phone as well as at home so I decided to subscribe - figured it was worth the price of a CD per month.
― reverse the jelly baby of the neutron flow (onimo), Thursday, 2 June 2011 08:42 (twelve years ago) link
xp How can £10 a month for unlimited listening be prohibitively expensive?
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Thursday, 2 June 2011 08:58 (twelve years ago) link
are americans awake yet?
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 2 June 2011 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
yar.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 June 2011 13:29 (twelve years ago) link
sup
― a http://bit.ly/kv895M (some dude), Thursday, 2 June 2011 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coyIVpYwUyE
― We need to talk about Bevan (DL), Thursday, 2 June 2011 13:35 (twelve years ago) link