Who actually likes hip hop?
6collig wrote:why do you like it whats good about it?
It has brought us hilarious videos such as this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z8K7JG1Epk
Who actually likes hip hop?
7Yeah, I wrote that. It’s called “I Wanna Rock Your Body.” And then in parenthesis it says “Till the Break of Dawn.”
Who actually likes hip hop?
8I grew up with hip-hop pretty much. "Rapper's Delight" was a hit on the radio right when I started getting into music... it grew when breakdancing become a full phenomenon in the U.S. years later (even though it was happening alongside the birth of hip-hop in NYC)... I've followed it pretty closely until 1991 or so... I fell off in search of other things after that, but got right back into it once Timbaland became a household name and got into a lot of popular mainstream club/r&b.
As with anything, I have likes and dislikes. (Clipse? brilliant. 50 cent? boring as shit.), but hip-hop's been just an important part of my library as a lot of the stuff discussed here.
As for mainstream vs. underground, again -- some is good, some isn't. I like K-os and various singles by Moka Only, Poem-Cees, and other "backpacker" friendly stuff.
However, I cannot stand Jurrasic 5. They're like a Sesame Street take on hip-hop without any inventiveness.. just lots of pointless "yes y'all"-in. I can't stand Company flow nor the whole Anticon empire. Just all boring boring boring.
I won't fully defend all crunk or snap, but I like singles by Lil' Jon, Yin Yang Twins, Young Jeezy, D4L, and.. well there's so much immediate hybridization of hip-hop of all kinds, it's really difficult to catch up..
Latest fave: Remy Ma.
As with anything, I have likes and dislikes. (Clipse? brilliant. 50 cent? boring as shit.), but hip-hop's been just an important part of my library as a lot of the stuff discussed here.
As for mainstream vs. underground, again -- some is good, some isn't. I like K-os and various singles by Moka Only, Poem-Cees, and other "backpacker" friendly stuff.
However, I cannot stand Jurrasic 5. They're like a Sesame Street take on hip-hop without any inventiveness.. just lots of pointless "yes y'all"-in. I can't stand Company flow nor the whole Anticon empire. Just all boring boring boring.
I won't fully defend all crunk or snap, but I like singles by Lil' Jon, Yin Yang Twins, Young Jeezy, D4L, and.. well there's so much immediate hybridization of hip-hop of all kinds, it's really difficult to catch up..
Latest fave: Remy Ma.
"Pro Tools is too California Hollywood bullshit.”
Who actually likes hip hop?
9What's funny is: I often get asked, after stating this, "did you know that hip hop was all about appropriation and playing parts of other people's records back then?"...
Of course not! I was nine years old! Chic's "Good Times" was still on the radio alongside The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" though, and I thought it was just normal for songs of the radio to sound the same sometimes... as long as they weren't boring and they were fun, I didn't care.
Around the same time, The Doobie Brothers' "What A Fool Believes", Robbie Dupree's "Steal Away", and the Pointer Sisters' "He's So Shy" were all on the radio alongside each other too, and they all had that same exact squelchy bouncy synth melody line.. so these non-"urban" songs all sounded to same to me too. But anyway...
Of course not! I was nine years old! Chic's "Good Times" was still on the radio alongside The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" though, and I thought it was just normal for songs of the radio to sound the same sometimes... as long as they weren't boring and they were fun, I didn't care.
Around the same time, The Doobie Brothers' "What A Fool Believes", Robbie Dupree's "Steal Away", and the Pointer Sisters' "He's So Shy" were all on the radio alongside each other too, and they all had that same exact squelchy bouncy synth melody line.. so these non-"urban" songs all sounded to same to me too. But anyway...
"Pro Tools is too California Hollywood bullshit.”
Who actually likes hip hop?
10O well I still dont like it much I mean where's the rock?
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