god loves ugly was a great album but i've grown tired of atmosphere, mostly due to their beats

its as close to a golden era sound as you can get in 2009.. but its nothing memorable

illmatic
36 chambers
l'ecole du micro d'argent
only built for cuban linx
the m-pire strikes back

http://www.myspace.com/bornbeyond the track is "dawn"

my main concern is whether the main violin loops becomes tiring, not sure if i should mix the melody up a bit.. thanks

anything that came out from Duck Down Records before 2000

Kapital wrote:AFTA-1 is sick

http://www.myspace.com/afta1

love it, very deep.. thanks for sharing..

also, since i saw prefuse73 mentioned here, i have to point out that his last album is siiick..

as for this thread - theres no room for real hiphop in the mainstream as its not marketable. end of. i dont think its ever troubled the charts properly this millenium, but thats becuse the mainstream is made for gluttinous swines. nothing 'real' is in the mainstream as 'real' music is made for love...

for example the new wu track.. it would have been playing 24/7 on mtv if it had come out 15 years ago.. but could a track with such a relatively pure hip-hop sound become a hit today?

or have the public's aesthetic criteria been shaped in a way that lil' wayne is as pure hip-hop as it gets?

best dead rapper

^^ yeah i remember reading somewhere that thats why the album couldnt get distributed in the uk

i bought this vinyl a while back.. classic album.. thats the west coast sound i love, smooth shit..

gotta check this out, i loved the beats on below the heavens.. (blu's latest solo not so much unfortunately)

in skreams version the main beat should've dropped 2-3 mins earlier imo.. female vocals like these are a guarantee for mainstream success, this could easily become a club anthem (with the beat playing more, cause right now its too chill). i didnt like any of the re-edits, they drowned out the vocals...

NAS = G.O.A.T , none comes close to his lyrical genius Aceyalone slays him. Saul Williams does too. And numerous others...................... numerous rappers slay nas when it comes to lyricism? u serious? it comes down to individual taste ofcourse but when u have legends like krs one, big daddy ka...

But Illmatic is most noted not for Nas' main dude who made beats (The ever inessential LES), but for all the Premo, Pete Rock, Q-Tip and whomever else cuts. In a way, it set the tone for producers going maverick and just pitching out their beats to anyone with money, which stifled a lot of creativi...

It's hard to judge Eminem by his singles. The dude is possibly one of the few cases of a 90's underground guy becoming one of THE biggest stars in MUSIC. And who hasn't made drastic changes in his style to be populist and endearing to "The community". totally agree.. its typical of em, hi...

i like almost every release i've heard from cocoon recordings..

illmatic = best rap album of all time..

Nas, the guy is a legend, a genius, by far the best rapper ever in my opinion..

the only problem is that he keeps choosing wack ass beats for his albums..

NAS = G.O.A.T , none comes close to his lyrical genius then Big L Biggie Akhenaton (of IAM) and the number 5 spot is a tie between sean p, evidence, life, eminem and method man i noticed almost none mentioned eminem.. the fact that he's so commercial doesnt mean that he isnt one of the illest cats o...