HipHop Mixtape

**SligoBrewer** · 07/05/2008, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by gustavo

MC Solaar is supposed to be good , French guy

Yeah, we did some of his songs in French. Meh, they're ok.

**stann** · 08/05/2008, 1:11 AM

Originally Posted by stann

Ooh, maybe some Panjabi MC or ADF!

Originally Posted by kingdom hoop

Or how about Crazy Éire, or Messiah J & the Expert?! I suppose the French are most prominent after Brits/Americans so maybe MC Solaar should get a look in? Add a bit of language diversity for completeness sake? Nah, you gotta go with something from one of the Irish crew! Maybe 'All The Other Girls' or 'Place Your Bets Now' by Messiah J? (myspace link)

Not looking beyond UK/US to be honest, Panjabi MC and ADF in my eyes being squarely in the former camp, as is M.I.A. MC Solaar would be a possible exception alright. Irish hiphop I know nothing about beyond Collie!

Seriously overlooked a lot of candidates, Boogie Down Productions being one, well KRS-One at least, and the Jungle Brothers another. Most shamefully, though, I forgot to put in some PM Dawn!

Originally Posted by ken foree

sure there is no such thing other than american hiphop.

Unless you're talking pre about 1993 I'll treat that comment with the contempt normally reserved for all those overpaid bling-merchants constantly banging on about how great they are.

Those types aside, some great suggestions throughout, a lot to look into. Looking like a double CD now though.

**Boo_Boy** · 08/05/2008, 4:05 AM

2Pac - California Love
Notorious BIG - Nasty girls
Outkast - Ms jackson
Warren G feat. Nate Dogg - Regulate(This song made Hip Hop,love it!)
House Of Pain - Jump Around
Ice Cube - Mary Jane
Ice Cube - Today Was A Good Day
Luniz - I Got 5 On It
Coolio - Gangsters Paradise
Puff Daddy - I'll Be Missing You

10 top songs.

Listening to hip Hop/Rap these days is terrible, nobody decent around anymore.

**Flawless** · 08/05/2008, 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by Boo_Boy

Listening to hip Hop/Rap these days is terrible, nobody decent around anymore.

Your just not listening to the right people Boo Boy!

Try The CunninLynguists, Aesop Rock, Blue Scholars, Cormega, and Nas still on top of their game, AZ's old stuff was great, new album gone a bit commercial. Wu Tangs 8 Diagrams opened a lot of eyes, as did some of Outkasts new songs this year. Lupe Fiasco and Common are unreal too!, check out hiphpdx.com, they have loads of great new stuff, updated all the time, no downloads though, just streaming.

**ken foree** · 08/05/2008, 2:30 PM

got to love the Love for the wu! stann that comment of mine about the legitimacy of other hip-hops was definitely meant to stir the pot so you're well-entitled to your contemptuousness

for modern hiphop, check Edan, some excellent stuff. also madlib and mf doom quite good

**Boo_Boy** · 08/05/2008, 4:57 PM

Originally Posted by Flawless

Your just not listening to the right people Boo Boy!

Try The CunninLynguists, Aesop Rock, Blue Scholars, Cormega, and Nas still on top of their game, AZ's old stuff was great, new album gone a bit commercial. Wu Tangs 8 Diagrams opened a lot of eyes, as did some of Outkasts new songs this year. Lupe Fiasco and Common are unreal too!, check out hiphpdx.com, they have loads of great new stuff, updated all the time, no downloads though, just streaming.

i cant listen to any of them, all they do is rap about their big 'cribs' & fast cars.

that **** doesnt mean anything, back in the 90's the music meant something.

**Flawless** · 08/05/2008, 5:23 PM

Then you obviously havent tried listening to who i suggested, none of them (Well maybe AZ on his undeniable album, the newest one, not the Real AZ though!) rap about their cribs and fast cars, i dont buy in to that!, thats what i call sell out rap!

All above mentions are lyrical masters!,try before you knock!

**Flawless** · 08/05/2008, 5:26 PM

Agree with Ken foree, Mf Doom is quality, if you are a fan of political rap though, checkk out Immortal Technique or Akir, his protegé, true meaningful rap!, and as i previously mentioned, 8 Diagrams by the Wu is UNREAL!!

**Boo_Boy** · 08/05/2008, 6:02 PM

Originally Posted by Flawless

All above mentions are lyrical masters!,try before you knock!

c'mon, there nothing compared to the rappers in the 90s, if you grew up listening to people like tupac you'd know that.

**superfrank** · 08/05/2008, 6:17 PM

Nappy Roots are a great group too but they lost their big label backing a few years ago so their stuff is harder to get hold of.

Nas is still pretty good and the last Snoop Dogg album was very good. Haven't got his new one yet.

**Flawless** · 08/05/2008, 9:26 PM

Originally Posted by Boo_Boy

c'mon, there nothing compared to the rappers in the 90s, if you grew up listening to people like tupac you'd know that.

I'll have you know i did grow up listening to Pac, Biggie, NWA, and the rest!,im an 80's baby!, Cormega, Common, Wu Tang, Nas..... ALL were about in the 90's mate!, only ones most people this side of the Atlantic heard of were Pac, Dre and Biggie!, hip hop is bigger than them!, I'm not denying the Lyrical quality of 2Pac, or the great Beats of Dre etc, but they werent as smart as Nas or some of the others!

**Boo_Boy** · 08/05/2008, 10:22 PM

Originally Posted by Flawless

im an 80's baby!,

yeh well im a 70's baby!

our jeans were tighter & our hair was longer..i win!

**Flawless** · 08/05/2008, 10:59 PM

Originally Posted by Boo_Boy

yeh well im a 70's baby!

our jeans were tighter & our hair was longer..i win!

Ok, you got me on that one!!

**stann** · 22/05/2008, 12:21 AM

Just to keep ye in the loop;

I've got a shortlist of 116 songs, and I've put 40 odd of those in the "must burn" folder, which is now already just over 3 cds. Many of them haven't been mentioned yet but will make ye go "oh yeah, forgot that one!", can't wait for that.
One Common, one Kanye, no Nas, no Biggie, no Wu-Tang thus far.
We're on for at least a triple, at the very least. But I've work to do now. See ye next year!

Oh BTW, the Dream Warriors are Canadian, so that's the international dimension.

Noby, despite your intransigence earlier, you're first up for the burned result.

**noby** · 22/05/2008, 7:45 AM

After reading through the thread there are a lot of artists I know nothing about, but there are quite a few that I thought to myself 'I actually do know that song and I'm really not bothered about it' I mean Sorry Miss Jackson. Meh.
But I'm sure that left in your capable hands there won't be one filler on any of the eight cds. I'm looking forward to it.

And I do like Trojan Ska, but don't quite get what you're saying - maybe it's a bit early in the morning for me.

**DaveyCakes** · 22/05/2008, 1:03 PM

Schoolly D - I know you want to kill me

**stann** · 22/05/2008, 2:43 PM

Originally Posted by noby

And I do like Trojan Ska, but don't quite get what you're saying - maybe it's a bit early in the morning for me.

Ah no was guessing quite poorly at your ID is all, ahead of getting you the finished articles.

**noby** · 22/05/2008, 3:09 PM

Nope. Any connection between my ID and ska is purely coincidental. Of course now I'm racking my brain trying to make the link.

**stann** · 06/06/2008, 2:06 PM

Bumping this before it falls off the first page.
It's nearly done, just needs to be put into running order now. A four CD magnum opus, Sandinista eat your heart out!
170 plus tracks considered in the end, whittled down to just over sixty.
Soon come...