mks wrote:This is more of the school I come from. Get blazed, listen to and chop up records. I am a beast.
This is my style. Not really feelin El-P, though.
I really love this kind of emotional rap, too. Eminem is one of the very few famous MC's that aren't crap.
Re: Hip-Hop?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:27 am
by Huts
slim shady LP was great, marshall mathers LP was nice.. slowly fell off after that imo. I'm a sucker for that old school sample sound, Pete rock, DJ premier, Showbiz, 9th Wonder etc. Some sick beats in this vid
Re: Hip-Hop?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:04 am
by jrisreal
Huts wrote:slim shady LP was great, marshall mathers LP was nice.. slowly fell off after that imo. I'm a sucker for that old school sample sound
I'm a sucker for that too, but eminem never really dropped backwards IMO. His newer stuff is different, not the same feel at all, but I still really dig it. Much better than lil wayne or whatcrap.
Re: Hip-Hop?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 3:44 pm
by wub
Hip hop these days need more sampling and less 808 & synths.
Re: Hip-Hop?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 4:25 pm
by ChadDub
Fresh music from the master himself, Lil B.
Re: Hip-Hop?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 4:59 pm
by Basic A
Just like, get a copy of The Shining and take notes?
Re: Hip-Hop?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 7:11 pm
by accordionfan
let's get serious here
Re: Hip-Hop?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:00 pm
by extremesociety
LumiNiscent wrote:Listen to some J Dilla
Do this, over and over again.
Re: Hip-Hop?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:02 pm
by deadly_habit
Re: Hip-Hop?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:27 pm
by makerowner
wub wrote:Hip hop these days need more sampling and less 808 & synths.
Yeah this is basically why I stopped following rap music around 05.
Re: Hip-Hop?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:10 pm
by Samuel_L_Damnson
Listen to some of the darker stuff like Roots Manuva's first album of Temples of Boom by Cypress hill. the atmospheres are great which sometimes get overlooked in hiphop.
But yeah I personally prefer the oldskool sound compared to the 808's everywhere sound and breakbeats like the Funky Drummer the Apache and the Amen (Cough *rinsed to fuck* Cough) are a great tool for a human drum sound.
also Barry White often has exposed drum beats in his songs, I ripped the beginning of this track for the drums and chopped up the break in Recyle for the seperate sounds and the groove.
I tend to avoid avoid that trap shit. its just boring and uninspiring.
Re: Hip-Hop?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:15 pm
by deadly_habit
even if you don't dig el-p as a rapper, you have to respect the mans production skills
def jux has to be one of my fave hip hop labels period
also love that most lps el-p produced have an instrumental version avail as well
yea most of the pop hip hop is truly club music to the lowest common denominator
the thing i love about el-p is he goes all over
the tune homeboy said he dug earlier in this thread i'll link again is right at 70/140 and great for blending into sets
i dunno i'm into the whole brainfeeder "aquacrunk" (fuck you journalists for that name) la sound
and the guys like krush, nujabes, dilla etc who pushed old school sampling forward and brought instrumental hip hop to the forefront
Re: Hip-Hop?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:01 pm
by mks
Since it's just 10 lousy shitpoints worth nothing to either you or I, here is the original tune that was sampled in that Digable Planets tunes.
This album was produced by the mighty Mizell Brothers who pretty much were one of the main catalysts in me wanting to produce.
It seemed me that in order to really know your stuff, you had to really know good music (that is a subjective opinion of course). I wonder if kids really take the time to do that anymore?
Re: Hip-Hop?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:20 pm
by Rebel
LumiNiscent wrote:I tend to stick at 90-93 BPM. Sampled drums off of old rock, jazz, sould records or whatever. Listen to some J Dilla
J Dilla is a fucking legend, No lyricist needed on his tracks, they just bang!
Re: Hip-Hop?
Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:47 pm
by deadly_habit
dilla is why we have dons like flying lotus now
the flying lotus rbma interview put so much in perspective in regards to dilla