Hip Hop taken to new levels.

Geir Hongro is Bill O'Reilly.

lol deej, i never read this thread until last night

huh I had never read that Amiri Baraka WTC poem before. kinda sad.

holy shit this thread

The trend for normally sensible critics to give accolades to crappy mainstream rap albums continues, with Jay-Z, UGK, Ghostface Killah and Kanye West topping lists. You'd think from them that hip-hop has stopped evoloving and is curled up waiting to die. And please stop encouraging Lil' Wayne. Hitting one clever lyrical turn for every ten raps does not equal brilliance. Soon the market will be flooded by amateur tapes of rappers throwing every rhyme that falls off the top of their heads with no self editing whatsoever, because they know those white critics will eat anything up. Kanye West isn't totally horrible, as he always manages a couple decent singles. But if you actually listen to what else is out there, there's really no excuse. Artists like Dälek, El-P, Aesop Rock, Shape of Broad Minds, Oh No, Busdriver and Cloud Cult are actually pushing the art of hip-hop to new horizons, chipping away at the untapped vast potential for sounds. Oh No dug into Lebanese, Italian and Greek psych rock, and it's only the tip of the iceberg. Pharoahe Monch, Brother Ali, Black Milk and Little Brother showed it's still possible to make accessible hip-hop that's still powerful and relevant. Saul Williams, well, he's like that crazy uncle who freestyles at the family picnics. He's a little embarrassing, but still he speaks the truth.

ahah great thread

maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan I am into some backpacker shit and I TRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIED being one of those dudes back in 2006 and after about 5 minutes of listening to albums made by dudes who shop at Whole Foods and rap about the filthiness of tap water I just longed for some ig'nant ass hip hop.

and what o_O examples for whatever writer that was to use! man Jay-Z can't spit at ALL, can he?

Artists like Dälek, El-P, Aesop Rock, Shape of Broad Minds, Oh No, Busdriver and Cloud Cult are actually pushing the art of hip-hop to new horizons

wait what the actual fuck? Cloud Cult? they are from here we played a benefit show with them they are like store-brand flaming lips!

bringing back that ol' new york rap:

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

Ha, you called him out for that at the time.

cloud cult are a bunch of hippies from northfield.

you should check out some other cool hip hop acts like the flaming lips.

― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, January 3, 2008 2:17 PM Bookmark

high point of ILM imo

lol i can't remember all this bullshit i post :)

Lol Cloud Cult droppin tha beatz

was OP a troll?

totally sincere

Memories, the corners, etc.

OP sounds like a recipe for a Komar & Melamid least wanted hip-hop song

Although it kind of makes me want to record a slanged-up version of T.S. Eliot's cantos atonally autotuned over a hindustani raga sample with extended gamelan instrumental

OP not a troll, he used to run End of Media (film review site)

(ezra pound's cantos, rather)

still lol at that fastnbulbous post I quoted upthread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcyfwaXO7Eo

otm

still lol at that fastnbulbous post I quoted upthread

― lady steendriver (The Reverend), Wednesday, July 10, 2013 8:58 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol had no idea that was where that was from. love bulbous's posting in the #metal thread and his metal blogs, but damn, STAY AWAY FROM THE RAP lol

also seems he removed the Cloud Cult ref after H3lges0n clowned him for it in the OG thread (the original post on the net is still up!)

lol I think he meant Clouddead

haha that post is incredible.

course I can't talk too much shit, around the time he posted that I was only listening to Dead Prez, Consequence, Rhymefest, Blackalicious and Kool Keith, lol

thats a more respectable lineup tbf.

oh yeah I'll still stan for most of those d00ds, but I was also anti Jay-Z until like 2006 #shame.

James may just give up at once. If you are looking for good and actually musically sophisticated hip-hop, then that is not going to happen. And the responses in this thread show why. Hip-hop are doomed to stay shit forever, because the hip-hop audience has got this sick idea that musical sophistication is "white" (=bad).

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, November 17, 2003 8:49 PM

reading this, i had no trouble understanding what dd was trying to say and i was trapped in the same what the hell is happening here torture.

It was a different era.

I've had the time of my life.

this is now a decade old thread.

Is there anything happening in backpacker rap in 2013?

lots of examples of what OP was looking for

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sIOqbWdOyg

Is there even a record label for this shit anymore?

yes, it's called bandcamp

ddrake, my comment towards you was much more addressed at your lame putdowns than anything else. Totally fucking cringeworthy. The error was in not singling out anyone else because a good 85% of this thread reads like a transcript of the time trials for the 2004 Cringelympics.
Sadly, because life is deeply unfair, I have no interest or desire in going back and singling out everyone on the thread who was acting the ass, so you'll have to settle for the following:

ATTENTION ILM PLEASE EAT A GIGANTIC DISEASED DICK OK THX

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, November 17, 2003 12:02 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

https://twitter.com/KINGS0L0M0N/status/797995621273792512

Now when you look up at the stars in the sky
It's really, the dandruff from my nuts, so fuck it
I got the rhymes and my rhymes are dope

5 minutes of talking about hip hop on this board and I feel like killing everyone.

new old board description

perhaps you are unfamiliar with the concept of "the rump" and why it needs to be "backed up".

Yes my dick, is longer than an Amtrak, train!
Runnin, from here, to Maine!
Nonstop - I rock rock and I shock
My dick is so big, that you can call the cops
You can call the National Guard, the Army and the Navy
But yo yo yo baby, my dick is really big
It's long, it's longer, it's longest, it's biggest
It's me, I even beat beat up the Jolly Green Giant with it
Cause his shit was smaller
I was standin off the edge of a bridge
and it was hangin in the water!! GOD DAMN MY DICK IS LARGE!
It's large, it's large, my shit is fuckin large!