The Hip-Hop Thread

[SunMo]

Magna Carta Holy Grail is pretty good.  It's not spectactular, and there aren't a bunch of tracks that punch you in the face, but it's a solid album.  Some of his lyrics are starting to get repetitive, but it's hard to have the same passion and fire when you pretty much rule the world.  on my second listen through and it's basically good background music.

and yes, Yeezus is horrible.  tried way to hard.  of course there are a ton of music snobs out there who will shout you down when you say that because "you just don't understand" and it's artistic and blah blah blah.  it's not good.  there is one song I like (Bound 2) and one that is ok (New Slaves).  The rest is just terrible

[hbionic]

Checked out the "Kings of the Mic" show last night at The Greek.

De La
Public Enemy
Ice Cube
LL Cool J....and the ladies definitely love Cool J.

Cool show, just wish Ice Cubed would have closed. I could have listened to De La for 6 hours. P.E. was cool too.

[Sgt PSN]

Did Cube at least have the decency to throw Coors Light to the crowd? 

[ice grillin you]

slangin bean pies and st ides in the same sentence

[phattymatty]

damn

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/jay-z-magna-carta--holy-grail-review-when-fans-are-reduced-to-customers/2013/07/08/6293ba7c-e7de-11e2-aa9f-c03a72e2d342_story.html?hpid=z4

And now who would want to be either? Throughout "Magna Carta," the 43-year-old pretends he's a threat to a system he's so eagerly become a part of, as if his life as a champion capitalist is some perpetually escalating act of subversion. Hooray? Rooting for this man in 2013 is like rooting for Pfizer. Or PepsiCo. Or PRISM.

[ice grillin you]

five days...

http://thehowardtheatre.com/show/2013/07/19/premier-vs-pete-rock/

[hbionic]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=xHYx1feRe2k

I forgot about this one. I'll have to adjust my top 20. Always liked it. smooth beat. IGY smalls, what's the 4-1-1 on this track? I don't remember Jamal doing anything significant afterward. You likey?

[hbionic]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_kcCcyPi-2A&feature=related

Here was another fun one i used to like.

[hbionic]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FCbwHN07L10

Hip-Hop hall of fame track

[hbionic]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MbPuzt12Zv4

I always liked this version

[hbionic]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1ibuMU6HIzM&feature=related

Another old time favorite. I'm not sure how much play this got over there on the east coast (for obvious reasons) but this was a nice track that was a product of this era. You can see the Liks and Ice Cube amongst others in that video.

[hbionic]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwrel&v=wA0IUwtKwhE

One more 

[ice grillin you]

I forgot about this one. I'll have to adjust my top 20. Always liked it. smooth beat. IGY smalls, what's the 4-1-1 on this track? I don't remember Jamal doing anything significant afterward. You likey?

remix >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UapWPYq2ew

[ice grillin you]

primo and pete were worth every last penny

what a night

[phattymatty]

other than not remembering how i got home or why there were about 6 people smoking blunts in my crib at 5AM, yes it was a good night. think i might still owe you for tix.