Hip Hop music thread

[ResAlien]

I couldn’t even put together a top 10 list for 2023 if I tried.

Larry June & The Alchemist - The Great Escape
Blu & Real Bad Man - Bad News
Black Milk - Everybody Good?
Jay Worthy & Roc Marciano - Nothing Bigger Than the Program
Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions
Conway the Machine & Westside Gunn - Hall & Nash 2

Even that took some digging. Pretty crap year for hip hop

[Harry Lime]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

I couldn’t even put together a top 10 list for 2023 if I tried.

Larry June & The Alchemist - The Great Escape
Blu & Real Bad Man - Bad News
Black Milk - Everybody Good?
Jay Worthy & Roc Marciano - Nothing Bigger Than the Program
Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions
Conway the Machine & Westside Gunn - Hall & Nash 2

Even that took some digging. Pretty crap year for hip hop

I've got a guy I talk to, who is an aspiring hip hop artist. I listen to his ryhme and delivery, and keep recommending he listen to and emulate 90s backing tracks or 70s funk.

The music behind the lyricists these days is junk. And with the mainstream artists, I forces you to listen to the message, which is often not in their favor.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

I couldn’t even put together a top 10 list for 2023 if I tried.

Larry June & The Alchemist - The Great Escape
Blu & Real Bad Man - Bad News
Black Milk - Everybody Good?
Jay Worthy & Roc Marciano - Nothing Bigger Than the Program
Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions
Conway the Machine & Westside Gunn - Hall & Nash 2

Even that took some digging. Pretty crap year for hip hop

Originally Posted by Harry Lime

I've got a guy I talk to, who is an aspiring hip hop artist. I listen to his ryhme and delivery, and keep recommending he listen to and emulate 90s backing tracks or 70s funk.

The music behind the lyricists these days is junk. And with the mainstream artists, I forces you to listen to the message, which is often not in their favor.

I just struggle to get into a lot of the newer stuff. Like mumble rap? GTFO. And there is so much autotune and super soft music in all this these days. It's just not my thing at all.

[Kiran403]

Was gonna post this in the Netflix thread but it might be better here. The new Vince Staples show on Netflix is really good. Well written, dope cinematography, and comedic moments. Loosely based on his life as a semi-famous rapper.

[activeStick]

I know there's a lot of Drake haters, but his newly dropped diss track back at Future, A$AP, Rick Ross and like 15 others with all the back and forth recently is pretty fire.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1779250381177950654

[bluejays]

Diss tracks in modern day is total nonsense. None of these guys are gangsters. Drake is basically a hyped streamer who drops music every few months but most of it is total garbage. He's a world class self promoter, no doubt.

[activeStick]

It's getting spicy... Rick Ross released a response (which I thought was lame) and it's expected that Kendrick will be responding soon. And I thought J Cole tucking his tail between his legs and apologizing to Kendrick last week at his show for dissing him would be the end of it!

[Slava]

Originally Posted by bluejays

Diss tracks in modern day is total nonsense. None of these guys are gangsters. Drake is basically a hyped streamer who drops music every few months but most of it is total garbage. He's a world class self promoter, no doubt.

Yeah, I love hip hop and listen to it all the time, but I have zero interest in diss tracks and the surrounding soap operas. It is hilarious to me when you have guys like Drake who are about as hard as I am talking about these things though.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by bluejays

Diss tracks in modern day is total nonsense. None of these guys are gangsters. Drake is basically a hyped streamer who drops music every few months but most of it is total garbage. He's a world class self promoter, no doubt.

Diss tracks have nothing to do with gangsters. This stuff has been around since before Gangster rap was even a thing.

[activeStick]

Originally Posted by nik-

Diss tracks have nothing to do with gangsters. This stuff has been around since before Gangster rap was even a thing.

This is correct. Jadakiss explained it last week after watching J Cole back off and apologize.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1779848064682831876

[ResAlien]

Diss tracks are literally one of the foundational building blocks of hip hop. If you don’t like them you’re not a hip hop fan you’re a rap fan and that’s ok.

I like how Kendrick keeps himself relevant to the mainstream by popping in on other people’s songs to throw a few spicy bars out before returning to another artsy project album. A great example of someone I’ll search out as a feature but generally shrug my shoulders at their solo work

[Slava]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

Diss tracks are literally one of the foundational building blocks of hip hop. If you don’t like them you’re not a hip hop fan you’re a rap fan and that’s ok.

I like how Kendrick keeps himself relevant to the mainstream by popping in on other people’s songs to throw a few spicy bars out before returning to another artsy project album. A great example of someone I’ll search out as a feature but generally shrug my shoulders at their solo work

I do think of myself as a rap fan, although I'm not sure what the difference is really. Back in my day, it was all rap and then all of a sudden it was hip hop?