You are right! I was a Big Daddy Kane fan. I also like groups like Souls of Mischief and the Hieroglyphics. They were not consumed with the material things of life. It wasn't just the hits it was the songs in between. Kane had a song called "set it off"where he had a line that said "e e e e even if I stutter I'm Gonna still come off". He put a stutter in his rhyme. Witty. I missed the King Kong type confidence and energy in the music and rhymes.
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@souljasmooth. You are so right they are funny looking posers. Look at a group called Black violin. Go to YouTube and look at the video to the song "Brandenburg" They are classically trained hip hop violinists. I don't know how to put links in the thread. If you do post a link so people can watch. The video is hilarious. It's perfect for the thread.
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@souljasmooth the cool part about my taste is that I can listen to jazz and hip hop back to back. I have giant black and white framed photos of Sarah Vaughn, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Duke Ellington on my walls. Then I have hip hop inspired artwork by the artist Justin Bua in another room. Great contrast. You should look him up. Remember T.R.O.Y by Pete rock and cl smooth. Jazzy hip hop. Classic.
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@lowrider57 how are you. Did you look at Brandenburg?
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How about the song planet rock. The beat was amazing |
I miss when people just made comments about the lyrics and it wasn't so commercialized. It's gotten to the point where some people hate the current content. Some people hate it because it isn't what it was. Some people hate it because they don't understand the culture. That also why I loved it so much. It was defiant and didn't care about acceptance. Told stories from so many points of view. |
@gshepardbuster thanks. It's all about enjoying the music. Some guy will never get it. However, it wasn't meant for them in the first place.
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"Ain't no half steppin" Big Daddy Kane
2. We got the Jazz - A tribe called quest
3. You must love me - jay z
4. Keep rising to the top - Doug E. Fresh
5. Summertime- will smith and dj jazzy jeff
6. Set it off - Big daddy Kane
7. Keep your head up - 2 pac
8. The ghetto - Too Short
9. King of Rock - Run DMC
10. Hold it Now - beastie boys
11. One love - Whodini
12. Heavy D- Girls they love me
13. Rock The Bells - LL cool J
14. Jazzmatazz - Guru
15. T.R.O.Y - Pete Rock and cle smooth.
16. Running away - Pharcyde
17. Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang.
18. Liberation - outkast
19. spottieoddiedopaliscious - outkast.
Start there. Will get you more jazzy hip hop on next list. |
@tostadosunidos there's the starter list. Some of you might dig. Some of it you won't but I love lot's of different kinds of music. I'm deep into jazz, blues and r&b. Lightnin Hopkins is something I grew up on. Riding with my Grandpa in the Cadillac listening to a Lightnin Hopkins on a blues 8 track tape in his car on our way to get a chopped beef sandwich Sonny Bryan's Bar B Q. |
@tostadosunidos what do you think? |
I did that to narrow it down.
Try 15, 16, 18, 19. Probably more of your style |
Hey, I didn't post for a while. I'm glad it all died down. To each his own. Soundtracks to your life will not be the same for everyone. Enjoy the music or the noise coming out of your speakers.
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Most there are some guys who still do it but few now. I listen to my jazz now and a little hip hop. Doesn't stimulate the brain like it used to
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Yes me too. It's so singy songy with weak hooks and low vocabulary. Lost the wittiness and wordplay |
As Big Pun would say "Go That Away"👇🏿⬇️🔙🎵
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Nothing is not something. Can't miss what you never knew |
Well I respect Jay Z. Lyrically a great. However, I wish they the artist kept that first album hunger. I wish things weren't so commercialized. I get sick of the mindless fake thugging. I miss the wordplay. The intelligent rappers.
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