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Hip hop... there's actually a lot of good stuff!


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I know, I sound like I've been living under a rock. :blush:

But hiphop never attracted me much, despite playing in a band with a strong hip hop component years ago for maybe 9 months :lol: I just have heard a lot of stuff I did not like, and little that I did like. But a semi random conversation on Saturday has led to a whole new world. Yay! :)
Oh, and Spotify too, that helps.

Any favourites out there, especially with nice bass?

I'm going through the usual suspects: Cypress Hill and Public Enemy (especially with a bit of Tom Morello and sometimes TimC and Brad Wilk too), NWA, Dr Dre, Busta Rhymes...

The Cypress Hill tracks with Tom Morello (of Rage Against The Machine fame, for those who are not familiar) are especially tasty... no surprise as it sounds like RATM without the whiny vocals of Zach :P

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OK, back sooner than I thought, but how could I have neglected this, from one of my favourite albums of the last couple of years (also contains rap language and the obligatory scantily clad buxom wenches).

http://youtu.be/hRK7PVJFbS8

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http://youtu.be/Np21rH7Ldto
http://youtu.be/7R0D6ryRUqQ
http://youtu.be/qm7Xt2Qsjcg
http://youtu.be/MJCHeEQV454
http://youtu.be/OqN0jsSeqPo


Erykah Badu's album Mamas Gun is good one to check out. Also features Pino :-)

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[quote name='dyerseve' timestamp='1488835915' post='3252299']
Try D'angelo's album Voodoo which features the rather talented Pino Paladino!

His latest album is also exceptional:

http://youtu.be/lZoxdPGu_4E

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Love a bit of D'Angelo

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Hip hop is a very broad church and there's loads to discover! You're in for a lot of fun :)

Here's an oldie but a goodie from Guru (now sadly departed). You can YouTube "Guru" and "Gang Starr" and just turn up classic after classic... he's one of the all time greats...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbZXbVQe0qQ

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If you like busta rhymes check out his 90s group Leaders of the new school. Also juggaknots first album is very bass-tastic and one of the rappers has a very unique flow
Oh, and Artifacts first album. Great bassy boom-bap

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You cant go far wrong with the Golden Age of hip hop over from the late 80s to mid 90s,with a lot of the usual suspects already named and a lot of the early gangsta stuff still holds up. NWA's Straight Outta Compton is as good as its rep has it. Also Ice T'S Original Gangster, Dr Dre's The Chronic and Ice Cube's AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted and Nas's Illmatic are pretty seminal. Of the current lot Run The Jewels stand out. Then there's yer instrumental hip hop, topped by DJ Shadow. Entroducing is a modern classic. Another good'un is Blockhead, on the Ninja Tune label, as was The Herbaliser who mash up funk, vocal and instrumental hip hop and jazz.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiTE-Eyx18A"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiTE-Eyx18A[/url]

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[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1488837276' post='3252317']
OK, back sooner than I thought, but how could I have neglected this, from one of my favourite albums of the last couple of years (also contains rap language and the obligatory scantily clad buxom wenches).

[media]http://youtu.be/hRK7PVJFbS8[/media]
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Yes! What a bassline, great artist too.

Staying with the Kendrick Lamar vibes, check out this live performance of 'i'! Awesome, great drummer too.

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bUUJbKMyzI[/media]

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[quote name='ROConnell' timestamp='1488878058' post='3252503']


Yes! What a bassline, great artist too.

Staying with the Kendrick Lamar vibes, check out this live performance of 'i'! Awesome, great drummer too.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bUUJbKMyzI[/media]
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Superb performance.

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i was so into hiphop when i was a teen; i think it was hiphop that got me into bass playing. I think listening to Snoop Dogg's Doggy Style album made me realize how cool bass is; how the funky line is so in the pocket with the drumbeats.

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+1 for d'Angelo.

This track is great fun to play too.

http://youtu.be/m4XI6LXCsH8

& as you're just getting into Hip Hop, Go & have a listen to some Trip Hop. Massive Attack & Morcheeba are 2 good bands to start with.

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Give Hilltop Hoods a try - a crew from Australia with a very British sense of humour. Their best albums (IMHO) are, in chronological order:

The Hard Road
The Hard Road Restrung (rather than re-mixing the album the hired an orchestra - classical hip hop: genius! and makes Metallica's orchestral effort look rubbish)
State Of The Art (my personal favourite - check out Chris Farley, Parade Of The Dead and Fifty In Five)
Drinking From The Sun

a lot of good music, including a lot of double bass. Gone off the boil on their last one - far more bland R&B arrangements which is a bit dull

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[quote name='ordep' timestamp='1488883200' post='3252563']
i was so into hiphop when i was a teen; i think it was hiphop that got me into bass playing. I think listening to Snoop Dogg's Doggy Style album made me realize how cool bass is; how the funky line is so in the pocket with the drumbeats.
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This x 100. The whole G-Funk thing just grabbed me. So groovy compared to most of the other stuff around at the time!

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[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1488835748' post='3252295']
Contains rap language.

[media]http://youtu.be/-hIjgofcuWU[/media]

[media]http://youtu.be/FWOsbGP5Ox4[/media]

I'll let someone else chip in, but I'm sure I'll be back...
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Interesting. I haven't got to Snoop Dogg yet but I'm liking what I heard with Dr Dre and someone else... and this one too. So one for the list. And 2Pac... I knew this one but I didn't know it was him! :) Thanks!

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[quote name='dyerseve' timestamp='1488835915' post='3252299']
Try D'angelo's album Voodoo which features the rather talented Pino Paladino!

His latest album is also exceptional:

[url="https://youtu.be/lZoxdPGu_4E"]https://youtu.be/lZoxdPGu_4E[/url]
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that's a bit different... David Bowie meets Prince! Cool!!!

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