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When i was very young i loved hip hop. still do. its part of myself. i recognised that most of it didn't have the musical arrangements of the other soul music i was listening to. like comparing Stevie Wonder to Public Enemy. but i still had a thing for Hip Hop. and i don't know why

although this is subjective, like anything creative, i was drawn to a certain type of HipHop. the funky kind. Usually it was west coast, with early NWA, but then with New York GangStarr, who to this day for me are the finest hiphop act to ever record this genre. but then i hear the X Clan. Mos Def, Jurassic 5, The Herbaliser just great smoker's hip hop..The Pharcyde The Roots are just epic.

anyway, when the chips are down, and i want to listen to some proper stuff. this is the sh*t. imo. DO YOU LOVE HIP HOP.? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGpvI9vN9qU

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I like some of it but get a bit confused as to where the boundaries are between hip hop and rap etc, but I suppose if you like something, then its good, right?

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Can't listen to your link on my phone unfortunately but I did see Guru's Jazzmatazz at a festival once (Glastonbury?) Incredible! N'dea Davenport sang with them too.
Big thumbs up for The Pharcyde also. I was at Phoenix '96 and was literally frog marched to a marquee to see them by a mate who insisted, "you're a bass player, you HAVE to check these guys OUT!!"(I had wanted at the time to see some now long forgotten Indie boll*cks).
man he was so right! It was packed in there and they tore it up, had everyone in the palm if their hand. I became an instant fan!

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[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1396080905' post='2409671']
I like some of it but get a bit confused as to where the boundaries are between hip hop and rap etc, but I suppose if you like something, then its good, right?
[/quote]i don't think there are any boundaries. in my experience Rap is Hip Hiop, just a different word for the same genre.

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[quote name='ratman' timestamp='1396083333' post='2409703']
Ah, Jurassic5, A Day At The Races, class. And nobody's mentioned De La Soul yet!
[/quote]for sure Day at the Races is a favourite of mine. and one of my favourite rapper's Big Daddy Kane. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VuVGmY14go

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[quote name='ratman' timestamp='1396083333' post='2409703']
Ah, Jurassic5, A Day At The Races, class. And nobody's mentioned De La Soul yet!
[/quote]i have every album De La Soul have ever recorded. i love them. there old stuff is still slick though. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to3y3cmWWRY[/media]

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[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1396086960' post='2409756']
I always loved this band too, lot's of crossing over here:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGv3Wswe0U0[/media]
[/quote]not so much crossing as you might think. Galliano had some great rappers over the years. and they did cross over from soul funk to Hip Hop.

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a furious track from the masters. such a classic. i can't describe who good a rapper and lyricist Chuck D is.



[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVaw-uNx1K4[/media]

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Tribe called Quest used to get my attention for intelligent minimalism.
My daughter seems to end up with some sod or other rapping in the middle of whatever song she records and it seems to me just like lip service.
Surely, post will smith and the rapping gap mum ad hip hop is a mouldering in it's grave?

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I have only one hiphop record which I still like and play occasionally:

http://youtu.be/95gP3m-uBHA

I've gotta admit I'm attracted to the spooky atmospheres and loops rather than the lyrics

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Wish is gone to see public enemy in Nottingham last year.

I'm not too down on very many groups but a tribe called quest and public enemy feature on my iTunes playlist a fair bit.

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[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1396085128' post='2409723']
i have every album De La Soul have ever recorded. i love them.
[/quote]

About a month ago they gave away, for free, their entire back catalogue through their website. Nice. They are currently giving away this mix: http://www.wearedelasoul.com/

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To answer the question, no (I don't like the 'standard', average hip hop).

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2lHi9alZPM[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PuJHWdignI[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CV-9qYQdI4[/media]

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[quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1396092059' post='2409825']
I have only one hiphop record which I still like and play occasionally:

[media]http://youtu.be/95gP3m-uBHA[/media]

I've gotta admit I'm attracted to the spooky atmospheres and loops rather than the lyrics
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Spoombung that is without doubt. my favourite hiphop record ever recorded. !!! this track is in mine and lots of old school hip hop friends of mine, the holy grail of funk hip hop.

i too love the spooky atmospheric feel to this record. but i really dig the groove, and the epic way that Rakim spits those lyrics. he's a real master at that style.

its a seminal hip hop album in my opinion. this is no doubt the sh*t.!

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@ bubinga5

What do you think about the Boo Yaa Tribe?

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsPV6Qomxzo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsPV6Qomxzo[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqTvJ-kO1z8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqTvJ-kO1z8[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzA5nesv-Is"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzA5nesv-Is[/url]

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