A Music Thread

[Al B. Sure!]

Sorry but gangsterrific rap is dead, at least on the East Coast. The closest thing you got now is State Property depressing rap... stuff like Got Nowhere, etc.

[ZEE]

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[Al B. Sure!]

Hurricane Chris is terrible. And he looks like a woman.

Real rap:

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[Al B. Sure!]

Hey AAHZ...

Juvenile: 35
Birdman/Baby: 41
Mannie Fresh: 41
Bun B: 37
Mystikal: 39
Hell, even Lil Wayne: 27

NORE is a surprisingly young 33; Capone is 34; Tragedy is 39
Prodigy: 35
DMX: 39
Eminem: 37

EVERYBODY IS SO OLD

The 32-year old Saigon:



Of course, even he has songs about family:



"You got your father's cheeks, you got your father's feet, I know you got your father's heart..."


I wonder if all the rap haters like Thoth, Sloww, and Cockney have been paying attention to our discussion. Rap today is nothing like it was in the 90's! Rap is so middle class and family values now

Whenever I hear an old person say something about rappers being cursing criminals talking about nothing but guns and drugs and hoes, I just

I'm exaggerating a bit but the music speaks for itself. It's obvious there's been a huge paradigm shift in the hip hop community.

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[Al B. Sure!]

The hook on his Fatherhood song is better Give that a listen. And watch the music video with him playing and hugging his baby daughter


Ay Bay bay or whatever hurricane chris said is no better of a hook though

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[C0ckney]

good grief. at least though, you two are starting to come to terms with the moribund nature of american urban music today.

anyway, time for old school house and techno. music to make you move your body.



joey beltram - energy flash



human resource - dominator



second phase - mentasm

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[Al B. Sure!]

good grief. at least though, you two are starting to come to terms with the moribund nature of american urban music today.

Moribund? No. In some ways, it is a renaissance. All it means is that the established rappers are adult family men now and the younger new guys (Lupe Fiasco, Wale, B.O.B., Drake, etc.) are keeping to that same mold of new rap. It's interesting.

See, AAHZ just never wants to get his mind out of the hood. That's why he doesn't like it. He doesn't like to see them age. He doesn't like people like Kanye West et al who are practically middle class nerd rappers.

I'm curious since all you and thoth really post are OLD songs... do rockers change? For the punk rockers, when they get into their 40's and 50's, are they still all sex, drugs, rock and roll, and angsty music? Or do they mellow out like rappers do when they get old?

[Al B. Sure!]

Nerd rap, from Ivy League Grads...

Ryan Leslie:

At the age of 19, Leslie graduated from Harvard with a degree in Government, concentrating in Political Science and Macroeconomics.[4] During his commencement ceremonies, Ryan delivered the prestigious Harvard Oration

U Penn guys:




Are there any punk rockers who graduated from Harvard at 19?

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[Al B. Sure!]

Hey, AAHZ, you curious about what CNN are up to now?