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rap/hip-hop/r&b samples a lot music. how can an artist that does this be considered a true artist?
post your unpopular pop culture opinions VOL..JIMMIES WILL BE RUSTLED
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Go listen to some Madlib or some Dilla and I'll think you'll have a new appreciation of sampling.
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damn almost reaching ska numbers
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pretty ricky is underrated
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You're right
I'll do it for you though fam/ Sorry in advance for the long post..Great list though pretty accurate.
1. Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers - Wu-Tang Clan (1993)
2. Illmatic - Nas (1994)
3. The Chronic - Dr. Dre (1992)
4. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest (1991)
5. Ready to Die - Notorious B.I.G. (1994)
6. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill (199
7. Me Against the World - 2Pac (1995)
8. Aquemini - Outkast (199
9. The Score - The Fugees (1996)
10. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - Raekwon (1995)
11. The Slim Shady LP - Eminem (1999)
12. Endtroducing... - DJ Shadow (1996)
13. All Eyez On Me - 2Pac (1996)
14. Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z (1996)
15. Daily Operation - Gang Starr (1992)
16. Liquid Swords - GZA (1995)
17. The Infamous... - Mobb Deep (1995)
18. Black On Both Sides - Mos Def (1999)
19. Life After Death - Notorious B.I.G. (1997)
20. Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy (1990)
21. Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star - Black Star (Mos Def/Talib Kweli) (199
22. 2001 - Dr. Dre (1999)
23. Breaking Atoms - Main Source (1991)
24. Things Fall Apart - The Roots (199
25. Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous - Big L (1995)
26. AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - Ice Cube (1990)
27. Enta Da Stage - Black Moon (1993)
28. Step In the Arena - GangStarr (1992)
29. Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest (1993)
30. Bizarre Ride II Tha Pharcyde - The Pharcyde (1992)
31. DoggyStyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg (1993)
32. Resurrection - Common (1994)
33. Check Your Head - Beastie Boys (1992)
34. Death Certificate - Ice Cube (1991)
35. The Sun Rises in the East - Jeru the Damaja (1994)
36. A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing - Black Sheep (1991)
37. Whut? Thee Album - Redman (1992)
38. Don Killuminati: The 7-Day Theory - 2Pac/Makaveli (1996)
39. Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version - Ol' Dirty Bastard (1995)
40. It Was Written - Nas (1996)
41. Nia - Blackalicious (1999 )
42. Hello Nasty - Beastie Boys (199
43. Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott (1997)
44. ATLiens - Outkast (1996)
45. Wu-Tang Forever - Wu-Tang Clan (1997)
46. 93 Til Infinity - Souls of Mischief (1993)
47. De La Soul Is Dead - De La Soul (1991)
48. People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest (1990)
49. Vol. 1: In My Lifetime - Jay-Z (1997)
50. Operation: Doomsday - MF Doom (1999)
51. Capital Punishment - Big Punisher (199
52. I Am... - Nas (1999)
53. Apocalypse '91: The Enemy Strikes Black - Public Enemy (1991)
54. Moment of Truth - Gang Starr (199
55. Reachin': A New Refutation of Time and Space - Digable Planets (1993)
56. Word...Life - O.C. (1994)
57. One For All - Brand Nubian (1990)
58. Soul Food - Goodie MOB (1995)
59. Steal This Album - The Coup (199
60. Soul on Ice - Ras Kass (1996)
61. War Report - Capone-N-Noreaga (1997)
62. Runaway Slave - Showbiz & A.G. (1992)
63. Organized Konfusion - Organized Konfusion (1991)
64. Wrath of the Math - Jeru the Damaja (1996)
65. Internal Affairs - Pharoahe Monch (1999)
66. Ironman - Ghostface Killah (1996)
67. Labcabincalifornia - The Pharcyde (1995)
68. Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life - Jay-Z (199
69. 6 Feet Deep - Graved****z (1994)
70. Black Sunday - Cypress Hill (1993)
71. Jewelz - O.C. (1997)
72. Tical - Method Man (1994)
73. Stress: The Extinction Agenda - Organized Konfusion (1994)
74. Mecca and the Soul Brother - Pete Rock and CL Smooth (1992)
75. southernplayalisticadillacmuzik - Outkast (1994)
76. Wanted: Dead or Alive - Kool G Rap & DJ Polo (1990)
77. Do You Want More?!!!??! - The Roots (1994)
78. The Diary - Scarface (1994)
79. Dr. Octagonecologyst - Dr. Octagon/Kool Keith (1996)
80. Uncontrolled Substance - Inspectah Deck (1999)
81. Doe Or Die - AZ (1995)
82. Heavy Mental - Killah Priest (199
83. Live and Let Die - Kool G Rap & DJ Polo (1992)
84. Take a Look Around - Masta Ace (1990)
85. Don't Sweat the Technique - Eric B. and Rakim (1992)
86. I Wish My Brother George Was Here - Del the Funkee Homosapien (1991)
87. A Prince Among Thieves - Prince Paul (1999)
88. Funcrusher Plus - Company Flow (1997)
89. The Main Ingredient - Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth (1994)
90. Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop - Diamond D (1992)
91. O.G.: Original Gangster - Ice-T (1991)
92. Hell on Earth - Mobb Deep (1996)
93. Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J (1990)
94. Dah Shinin' - Smif-N-Wessun (1995)
95. Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em - Eric B. & Rakim (1990)
96. Illadelph Halflife - The Roots (1996)
97. Hard to Earn - Gang Starr (1994)
98. Muddy Waterz - Redman (1996)
99. KRS-One - KRS-One (1995)
100. E. 1999-Eternal - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (1995)
More
Comin' Out Hard - Eightball & MJG (1993)
Business Never Personal - EPMD (1992)
We Can't Be Stopped - Geto Boys (1991)
Still Standing - Goodie MOB (199
One Day It'll All Make Sense - Common (1997)
It's Dark and Hell Is Hot - DMX (199
Black Reign - Queen Latifah (1993)
3 Years, 5 Months, and 2 Days In the Life Of... - Arrested Development (1992)
Uptown Saturday Night - Camp Lo (1997)
Blacks' Magic - Salt-N-Pepa (1990)
400 Degreez - Juvenile (199
Make Way For the Motherlode - Yo-Yo (1991)
Harlem World - Ma$e (1997)
On Top of the World - Eightball & MJG (1995)
Funkdafied - Da Brat (1995)
Sex Packets - Digital Underground (1990)
Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood - DMX (199
Sun Rises In the East - Jeru the Damaja (1994)
Efil4zaggin - N.W.A. (1991)
Down With the King - Run DMC (1993)
No Way Out - Puff Daddy (1997)
The Coming - Busta Rhymes (1995)
Short Dog's In the House - Too Short (1990)
Ghetto D - Master P (1997)
Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill (1991)
Hardcore - Lil Kim (1996)
To the East, Blackwards - X-Clan (1991)
Quik's the Name - DJ Quik (1991)
Ill Na Na - Foxy Brown (1996)
Home - Spearhead (1994)
Homebase - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince (1991)
Future Without A Past - Leaders of the New School (1991)
Peaceful Journey - Heavy D. & the Boyz (1991)
The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World - Keith Murray (1994)
Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature (1991)
Blowout Comb - Digable Planets (1994)
BRUH!!!!
You just killed it.
That list is a MUST for anyone that considers himself/herself a fan of hip hop. And I'm proud to say that I owned probably 90% of that list. If I didn't own it I listened to it and/or am aware of it.
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Alicia keys isnt versatile enough to be better than beyonce, she has a better voice but she dont know how to switch her style up & when she tries its trash
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Thank you. I've been feeling this way for years now.
I don't care if a ***** is getting paid. If he sucks then he sucks.
Stop it. Now.
Name 5-10 rappers right now making good music. Who's names aren't Jay-Z, Eminem, Kanye West (he ain't even making god music anymore.), and haven't come from the 90's/early 2000's...
This whole "being lyrical isn't everything excuse is a cop out to let these subpar ****** come in a release this trash. Yeah lyrical technicality ain't everything, but LYRICS and the message/story behind them are.
And there are less than a handful of new ****** who are doing it on a decent level anymore.
****** making songs about the same **** on every album. Drakes whole damn catalogue is about how he wants to save ******g strippers and how he eats with italians. But this is who ****** are looking to for good music? This is the standard? Cause this dude can make catchy hooks and can hold a note?
**** that ****.
There's more to hip hop than being able to rhyme. And thats all most of these new ****** can do.
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Fat girls got A1 box.
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Pretty Ricky was about 4 years ahead of their time. They would shine in this era of lazy/simp music.
She killed the NY record bruh.
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Never thought Alicia Keys could sing. She screams too much. Talented on the keys for sure but I hate her struggle voice.
Plus I don't even know if she eats box or not
Plus I don't even know if she eats box or not
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Krit and Kendrick the best new rappers out.
Come at me brah
Come at me brah
Dom, Nipsey, Schoolboy Q, and Freddie Gibbs are that fire too.
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Cant be mad at dudes doing something theyre obviously good at, whether you like it or not, if you're gonna hate on the new gen atleast be objective, i swear its gonna be 2020 & dudes still gonna say "thats not hip hop because it dont sound like some 90's ****"
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Music during sex is overrated
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Dudes start promoting the cigarillo so they could skimp you more on the bag.
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Its not garbage because it doesn't sound like the 90's.
A lot of it is garbage because its garbage.
I know it comes down to personal preference, but just like I said a couple pages ago, ****** look at Kanye as some sort of "genius" because the standards are so ******g low nowadays. The decent music thats actually being put out nowadays is praised to such high regard because 80% of the other **** is garbage.
Kanye says one hot line and he's hailed as some legendary rapper. Drake makes a song thats not about killing a ***** or selling dope and he's some type of fresh air...
People slurp these dudes off too much, and are never really critical of music anymore. There are no standards.
Nobody comes out and judges music anymore. Everything is hot because "he's making money doe". Pathetic.
I'm not saying you should stop liking these dudes, but I'm saying the bar needs to be set higher.
The same way someone said 90's rap is all struggle bars is exactly how I look at our generation right now. Outside of a handful of rappers, all of this **** screams struggle and a bunch of lost should who can't create identities for themselves.
Dudes blast the 90's rappers but then jock ASAP mob who are a blatant rip off a 90's group. Really?
Cole is aight. But I'll tell you this, I'm n Fayetteville NUMEROUS times a year. Spring Lake and Fayetteville, where my fam stays, and Cole ain't really popping out there. Thats not a knock on him or his music, but they aren't really impressed with him either.
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All that fancy medicinal weed is overrated just stick with the ish you're familiar with
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Dudes be paying crazy money for a dime of some medical just to stunt..
Weed is trash btw. Waste of money
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I don't smoke anymore, but when I did, I just smoked OG Kush.
Everything else was bull.
But looking back, it was just a waste of money. I'm glad I stopped.
Everything else was bull.
But looking back, it was just a waste of money. I'm glad I stopped.
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Isn't NC torn between Down south rap and east coast rap?
So its understandable that some dont mess with him like that..
So its understandable that some dont mess with him like that..
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smoking trees is therapeutic
cole get love in the piedmont...
cole get love in the piedmont...
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It is, very much so.
Thats why I don't knock him for that. Its all mixed up down there. When I was a kid, I had one cousin who listened to project pat, and another who had dmx tapes.
**** was weird to me.
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