preemptive apology as i am not spotify savvy, but there was a series of old school hiphop compilation albums from the early 90s called street jams: hiphop from the top and they really gave me an education back in my junior high cassette walkman days.
part onepart twopart threepart four
there was also the slightly more "new school" oriented (i.e. post-run d.m.c.) but equally as great rapmasters series. i had like five of them, but i never knew just how many volumes there were. according to discogs, there were at least nine volumes (!!).
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 2 December 2019 23:27 (four years ago) link
also lol fu-schnickens: the dudes who put on shaq
taking sides: das efx or fu-schnickens â which 90s motormouth rap was superior?đ
(i'd vote das efx and would be offended by anything else, tbh)
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 2 December 2019 23:30 (four years ago) link
come to think of it, treach from naughty by nature was totally one of those motormouth rappers too. how did he not get totally pigeonholed into that? naughty had jams for days tho. this is an alltimer i don't care what anyone says.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 2 December 2019 23:36 (four years ago) link
feel me flow is all time
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 07:10 (four years ago) link
das efx was hit squad no comparison
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQPmms9dWw8
― championship winning vibration (Spottie), Thursday, 9 January 2020 21:01 (four years ago) link
some serious disharmonics going on
obv loving it
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 13 January 2020 14:57 (four years ago) link
man, the things one forgets.
and maybe i'm crazy (okay, i definitely am), but isn't that the same sample source as outkast's 'southerplayalisticadillacmuzik'?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yPagRrAgIU
checked whosampled and no info on mo`thugs to be found.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 13 January 2020 23:23 (four years ago) link
hm not sure, i cant really hear it
― omg what did you type to find this gif? (Spottie), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 17:16 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuYSteLH104http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuYSteLH104
Just learned of this incredible '97 Ghetto Mafia jam from Killer Mike in an RTJ interview.
― Yelploaf, Thursday, 5 March 2020 20:06 (four years ago) link
niiiiice
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 5 March 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
(title is confusing there...album and song are both "Straight from the DEC")
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 5 March 2020 20:13 (four years ago) link
Haha, hit discogs to see if I could find it cheap and shipped from the US. 2 for sale - $120 and $199.
― Yelploaf, Thursday, 5 March 2020 20:28 (four years ago) link
it's crazy there's an amazing Killer Mike album that never got official release
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 5 March 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
the first ghetto mafia cd is great and cheap
― ANU (sisilafami), Friday, 6 March 2020 17:33 (four years ago) link
"on da grind" too
Straight from the DEC album is fucking great; I missed this back in the 90s! Thanks!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 9 March 2020 16:16 (four years ago) link
young bleed - give and takehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPE9F6jPQw8
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 13 March 2020 17:11 (four years ago) link
should say its a really great sounding song and the video audio is piss poor, this version sounds better
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 13 March 2020 17:14 (four years ago) link
that's fire
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 13 March 2020 17:28 (four years ago) link
i recently remembered this classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLzenunwAOQ
― ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Friday, 13 March 2020 17:29 (four years ago) link
both great tracks
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 13 March 2020 18:14 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/RyIOMCTkLSI
Always liked every "Inside You" sample and that mc's voice (whose name I don't know, only heard him in one or two other tracks)
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 13 March 2020 18:21 (four years ago) link
he sounds familiar.
totally forgot about i look good
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Friday, 13 March 2020 20:06 (four years ago) link
goin thru some old vinyl in the quarantine
Killer Mike's "Monster" is a lot better than I remembered it. Can't find a youtube of U Know I Love U.
― ÎáŊĪΚĪ, Friday, 13 March 2020 22:01 (four years ago) link
the prince paul remix of blue flowers is the besthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUCQpCRFtJk
― Thybulle on the Dash (Spottie), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 17:17 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc2xESpxO2s
― VC, Saturday, 4 April 2020 03:36 (four years ago) link
Today's Test Pressing playlist from Telephones has this absolute gem on it. Used to play this album to death back in the day but haven't listened to it in ages and will have to dig it out again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJuKqT8Puvo
― groovypanda, Saturday, 4 April 2020 17:47 (four years ago) link
I still play "The CIA is Trying To Kill Me" a few times a year
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 11 May 2020 20:07 (three years ago) link
fat pat - realityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HKEJGrjwcQ
― Spottie, Monday, 11 May 2020 20:40 (three years ago) link
fat pat is the best. happen to bump this gem the other day(dea - sun hit da fade)https://youtu.be/2QsN0EDq8C8
― brimstead, Monday, 11 May 2020 23:00 (three years ago) link
98 was the best year for rap
― Spottie, Monday, 11 May 2020 23:10 (three years ago) link
love fat pat, project pat, patrick ewing, patrick henry...
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 11 May 2020 23:20 (three years ago) link
listening to the DEA album now thank you brimstead
― Spottie, Monday, 11 May 2020 23:32 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqmAiVkLayQ
absolute jam.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HPhKGMNjQ4
always thought this was really good for a blatant attempt to get on the radio.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 27 July 2020 20:26 (three years ago) link
I have that album, somehow they got a double album as a debut.really good forgotten album of that era.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 27 July 2020 20:45 (three years ago) link
such a sick lineup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iztp036z54
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 27 July 2020 20:48 (three years ago) link
heavy d! man, you want to talk about underrated, i loved his 90s post-boyz material.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYNcCcus0lQ
this was a big mixtape favorite in high school.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 27 July 2020 21:08 (three years ago) link
about 6 months ago i spent a couple weeks listening to only heavy d. really underrated in general
― Spottie, Monday, 27 July 2020 21:16 (three years ago) link
agreed.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 27 July 2020 21:44 (three years ago) link
At the time I thought everyone started wearing white sox gear cause they were gang colors. Thinking about it now, that doesn't make sense. Google says it was cause the color scheme ISN'T gang colors.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 27 July 2020 22:25 (three years ago) link
i had a few numbskull friends that backed out part of the logo so it looked like it said "sex."
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 27 July 2020 23:17 (three years ago) link
*blacked out
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 27 July 2020 23:18 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ-_sQ262Dg
solid jam.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 13 August 2020 16:55 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaXOnvhCw-A
an absolute masterpiece on an otherwise disappointing album.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 15 August 2020 04:47 (three years ago) link
witchdoctor â "holiday"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhDZWu_MRf0if anyone ever asked me why organized noize is one of the most innovative bands of all time, i reckon this beat should be a sufficient enough reason.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 22 August 2020 16:35 (three years ago) link
I love that whole album
― Spottie, Saturday, 22 August 2020 17:27 (three years ago) link
yeah, the whole thing was solid, but the beat on "holiday" so amazing. i had the 12" and used that instrumental on so many mixtapes for blends.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 22 August 2020 18:56 (three years ago) link
I've been listening to a lot of early hip-hop. (Is the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap still coming out this year?) Anyway, I programmed a brief historical survey - 30 songs from 1979 to 1992 - and I put it in strict chronological order. Within that context, I found a greater appreciation for Run-DMC. It's amazing how many a-holes I run into who are down on Run-DMC, like "why was this so great?" Never believed in that line of thought, but place within their context, it sinks in how radical they may have sounded to many listeners. The production, the beats, the overall sound of "It's Like That" (the original 12" single) is especially stark and minimalist compared to the songs that came before it - those Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa singles were lean in their own ways too, but all the basic musical elements are stripped down even further. Even less movement in melody and even less notes in general. Even compared to earlier Run-DMC recordings like "Here We Go" and "Together Forever" (both live performances), there's a pronounced change in "It's Like That." The single more or less became the blueprint of their debut LP, which came about 6 or 7 months later (it's on there too, albeit in a shorter version), and it's amazing that it became the first hip-hop album to be certified gold - intuitively, I think of bigger selling records (records that are more accessible and more "pop") as being more tuneful and more lush, and yet a lot of the music on that album went in the opposite direction. ("Rock Box" is an exception on that album, and that's basically a blueprint for their next big development.)
― birdistheword, Saturday, 22 August 2020 19:27 (three years ago) link