That hip hop thread...

Been on a Three 6/Hypnotize Minds kick lately. Miss those days so bad. 03-07 when the label was dropping fire every five or six months. Just those raw southern lyrics and flows over those Paul and Juicy beats. Nothing better. Yeah, it was trash, but it was glorious at the same time. In an era when gangsta records were a dime a dozen, nobody was touching these guys.


God, spending Friday nights in high school just driving my Expedition around town aimlessly with a couple buddies and my girl with this shit bumping. I'll never forget those times. I'll also never forget Three 6 and Frayser winning the Oscar. Incredible. And sad that it was all downhill from that point.
 
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I'm not much of a hip-hop aficionado myself but I have very fond memories from listening to 2Pac Shakur back in the day. Any song you mashup with 2Pac becomes better.

 
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Shakewell (and Pouya who he collabs with) is pretty good.

Also new Kendrick Lamar feature.

The Venom movie tie in from Run the Jewels is actually pretty good.

New Travis Scott, Drake's feature was pretty weak but Travis' parts were great

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Shame that Rafa never blew.

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Daveed Diggs is pretty great. I love the clipping. albums.
 
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Been listening to some West Coast bangers and 90's New York stuff lately:



CrunkLord420 said:
The Venom movie tie in from Run the Jewels is actually pretty good.
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Listening to this in an IMAX theater while waiting for post-credit scenes was banger as fuck. Way better than that wack Eminem track.
 
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This just came up on my Spotify. I like the vibe, it's a refreshing change from the other hip-hop I listen to.
 
OK so this track surprised the fuck out of me, if you let go of the inherent and very-deserved cringe reaction that Black-Eyed Peas have earned, you'll find a 1st half that feels very Pharcyde-like to me, too bad they had to ruin it with the techno-like 2nd half


I will apologize for the disasterous 2nd half with this Joell Ortiz/Apollo Brown banger:


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OPIE TRICE, REAL NAME NO GIMMICKS

That entire album is a classic even 15 years later. He had a 50 Cent-esque debut, too bad he didn't catch on with people.
 
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That entire album is a classic even 15 years later. He had a 50 Cent-esque debut, too bad he didn't catch on with people.
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It surprises me, he was really good along with Em & 50.


Menacide also reminds me of 50 Cent, he sticks to horrorcore so he never really blew up though.

You can't tell me this doesn't sound like it could be an Em & 50 track from the same time period.
 

This entire album is amazing for those who have never listened to it, top 5 hiphop albums for sure. Fugees are honestly my biggest example of wasted potential, if only Lauryn Hill hadn't gone crazy and Wyclef Jean hadn't gone crazy along with embezzling his own Haiti charity

EDIT: "I used to work at Burger King, a king taking orders"

"So many fronts in his mouth I thought he was the Golden Child" lmao I forgot how much I loved this album
 
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I am very much into rap (hell, that's Koop in my profile picture). Memphis rap is my favorite shit, with Three 6 Mafia being the other contender for my favorite artist (aside from My Bloody Valentine). That being said, I already made a thread for that stuff, so i'll say outside of that niche genre, i'm fond of g-funk, cloud rap, industrial hip hop, horrorcore, OG gangsta rap, some trap...the older, the better i'd say. Here's some of my favorite rap albums, in no particular order (aside from my all time favorite Mystic Stylez):

<3 Three 6 Mafia - Mystic Stylez <3
<3 Koopsta Knicca - Da Devils Playground <3
<3 Kingpin Skinny Pimp - King of Da Playaz Ball <3

Al Kapone - Da Resurrection
Big L - Lifestylez ov da Poor and Dangerous
Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
Blackout - Dreamworld
Beastie Boys - License to Ill
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys - Check Ya Head
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Brotha Lynch Hung - Season of da Siccness
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
Dalek - Absence
Death Grips - Jenny Death
DJ Screw - Big Tyme Records II: All Screwed Up
DJ Sound - Vol. 10
DJ Paul - Vol. 16: The Original Masters
DJ Paul - Vol 16 Underground for Da Summa (2002)
DJ Paul & Lord Infamous - Come with Me to Hell Pts 1.* 2.
DJ Squeeky - In Da Beginning Vol 1.
DJ Squeeky - Tha Legacy
DJ Zirk - Nuttin' But Killaz
DJ Zirk & tha 2 Thick Family - Looken For Tha Chewin
Eazy E - Eazy Duz It
Eazy E - Str8 Off Tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton
Gangsta Blac - Can it Be?
Gangsta Pat - Deadly Verses
Geto Boys - S/T
Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped
Gravediggaz - Six Feet Deep
Guice - Ashes Off My Blunt
Ice Cube -Death Certificate
Juicy J - Vol 9mm: It's On
Juicy J - Vol 10 Chronicles of da Juicemane
Juicy J - Chronicles of the Juicemane
King Geedorah - Take Me to Your Leader
Kingpin Skinny Pimp - 2000 RapDope Game
K-Rino - Tales from the Black Book
Lil Fly - From Da Darkness of da Kut
Lil Noid - Paranoid Funk
Lord Infamous - King of Horrorcore
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Manson Family - Heltah Skeltah
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
Niggaz of Destruction - S/T
Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
Ol Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Playa Fly - Just Gettin it On
Playa Fly - Movin' On
Project Pat - Ghetty Green
Project Pat - Mista Don't Play: Everythang's Working
Project Pat - Murderers & Robbers
Project Pat - Layin' da Smack Down
Quasimoto - The Unseen
RZA/GZA - Liquid Swords
Techno Animal - Brotherhood of the Bomb
Ten Wanted Men - Wanted Death or Alive
Tommy Wright III & Ten Wanted Men - Ten Toes Down
Tommy Wright III - Ashes 2 Ashes, Dust 2 Dust
Tommy Wright III - Runnin-n-Gunnin
Tommy Wright III - On the Run
Tommy Wright III - Feel Me Before They Kill Me
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
2Pac - Strictly for My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
UGK - Super Tight
UGK - Ridin' Dirty
Wu Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers

Could definitely add more, but this list is pretty succinct. I'll post some individual videos later.

*Pt 1. was remastered by Paul, FIND THAT VERSION. As for Part 2, find the cleanest rip you can (and there are a few fairly listenable ones out there)
 
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