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Little hip hop help please

Post by ericssoftbrain » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:24 am

Can anyone recommend me any good conscious hip hop artists with decent intelligent lyrics. Would be much appreciated. No gangsta shit please.

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Post by Dead Rats » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:26 am

As in modern hip-hop?


You must be joking.
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Post by magma » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:29 am

Dälek
Common Sense
Mos Def
Talib Kweli

Should be a decent enough starting point. Dälek RULE!

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Post by Dead Rats » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:31 am

Magma wrote: Common Sense
Never has the case of "As it says on the tin" been more applicable!

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Post by __________ » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:32 am

MF Doom

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Post by BLZDub » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:36 am

£10 Bag wrote:MF Doom
This

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Post by d-T-r » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:38 am

Soundcloud

Tumblrrr Etsyyy
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Post by drokkr » Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:49 am

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Post by kins83 » Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:17 am

Dead Prez.
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Post by spaniard » Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:21 am

Yeah Talib Kweli and Nas for me.

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Post by pre-thought process » Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:22 am

Magma wrote:Dälek
Is this 2 latino looking dudes that mixup rock with spaced out beats. They played at The Haward Gallery earlier this year with Flying Lotus? If so, sorry but they were shit.
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Post by pre-thought process » Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:23 am

Little Brother

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Melanin 9
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Post by wurge » Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:28 am

Brother Ali
Deep puddle Dynamics
Swollen members
sweatshop union
blackalicious
looptroop
pigeon john
def sheppard
defari
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Post by nesslei » Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:34 am

PETE PHILLY & PERQUISITE - could listen to them all day.

tribe of course, foreign exchange, new q-tip album, new roots manuva, and for a classic.... talib kweli & hi-tek's reflection eternal. blissssssss.
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Post by solphy » Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:36 am

nas kills everyone in every style

i'm feeling blackalicious as well these days

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Post by magma » Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:37 pm

Solphy wrote:nas kills everyone in every style

i'm feeling blackalicious as well these days
Been back on the Nas big time recently after catching him on Colbert doing Sly Fox. Nice tune.

NY State Of Mind and Doo Rags are two of my favourite tunes ever. :U:

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Post by sirmitchie » Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:28 pm

The Roots
Quasimoto

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Post by Coppola » Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:32 pm

immortal technique?

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Post by diss04 » Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:34 pm

Solphy wrote:nas kills everyone in every style
this.

one mic may well be favourite song ever.
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Post by ST100 » Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:56 pm

Aesop Rock (his older stuff)
Del
Common
Talib
Prime
Blackstarr
Word a' mouth
Talib Kweli
Jurrassic 5
Quasimoto
Nas

etc.

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