Do black people have feelings?

[Kuya]

I am just curious, when i hear female card, i think klutz and didyouknowaboutmyboyfriend. Not ivve.

[Ryko]

and out of curiosity, compared to whom?

Production wise overall? Em up to encore (and by slight extension d12's stuff), Kanye up to graduation, Jay up to the black album. Lupe's stuff. Everyone else has this time where the production is on par with the quality of the lyrics, luda's has been at the very best decent. Luda keeps me coming back because he's generally just fun to listen to but I can't count the number of beats I really tend to think are lame.

[Titanss]

no you stupid cunt

..

[Titanss]

no you stupid cunt

oh. you do know her.

[Qalbert]

no you stupid cunt

editing posts in a thread because the person they are intended to annoy/offend/whatever is annoyed/offended/whatevered is an abuse of mod power and ruins conversations

asking a mod to change a title is responsible mod use

sharing someone's private information against their wishes, which is what she thought was happening, is far more than an annoyance, lol.

[Kaliden]

It's all about fads and ringtones today.

[Ryko]

I went for some really generic answers there btw. I think relapse and blueprint 3 have some amazingly produced songs but I will admit that as an overall album I like blueprint 2 (and quite a number of other albums) better than 3 and em's stuff when he doesn't sound like a dope.

[Ryko]

i lol'd a little bit. my initial reaction to "kanye syndrome" was actually "tries way too hard to make each new project the masterpiece of his career and ends up falling short."

For smash I coined kanye as a phrase for someone who is fucking amazing in teams but is mediocre at best by their self.

[Titanss]

so nice you posted it twice?

ya. you keep spamming the fucking thread and it runs slow nigga

[Krye]

Whatever faggot mod removed the link is going to be on the receiving end of my dick, faggot

[Kaliden]

gotta ask, what is some good rap/hip hop for someone new to it? i'm fairly new to actually being able to appreciate it, and being white, the only rappers i know about are eminem and the beastie boys (that pauls boutique shit or w/e is pretty good imo)

also, disposable sons of hypocracy gets played on the radio here once in a while, shits pretty good too

if possible, keep shit out that isn't completely bragging about how awesome they are (song or two is fine, whole album? nothx)...

Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Asheru and Blue Black - Soon Come...
Most Def and Talib Kweli are: Black Star
Black Milk - Tronic (love this album)
Elzhi - The Preface

edit: Common - Be, and Finding Forever
There's more I can't remember at the moment, I'll have to go through my collection.

[Titanss]

ya but I'm watching Jennifers Body and when we post at the same time shit runs slow

[Qalbert]

why

[Qalbert]

are you trying to punish yourself?

[Kaliden]

well, that and i hated the songs i heard off 808 and heartbreak

My friend described that album as "a bad break-up mixtape he let the whole world hear".

[Ryko]

i have to admit, i just can't stomach eminem. i'm not really a rap connoisseur by any stretch of the imagination, though. i know what you're talking about with lupe though. i liked earlier kanye material because his accompanying personality was also much easier to stomach. i haven't even bothered to buy the last two albums he put out because he's just repulsive, and i really didn't want to support the attitude.

On a pure lyricism level Eminem is still on some retarded fucking shit. I find myself easily remembering everything he says because it progresses in a natural speaking flow. He's still the only person I know who can make a verse out of a full coherent paragraph, and it shows in some of the other artists that work with/under him (Everyone in d12 but bizarre [fuck that fat dumb asshole], obie trice, royce... 50 I find to be produced well but lyrically he's pretty much just mindless enjoyment when you can manage to do so). It's weird because I only listen to rap because I think of it as just well written rhyming comedy for the most part but em's solo stuff is rarely if ever particularly funny.

When kanye is slapped and put in the right place, he comes up with some incredible stuff. His part in forever, his part in run this town, his freestyles. He really just needs to cut the bullshit though.

Another example of someone who has really good production despite my HATING him as a fucking lyricist is lil wayne.

[Titanss]

Ridiculous story but I think that's the point

[Ryko]

I deleted 808's and heartbreak from my ipod, it's the only album I've actually done that to.

[Ryko]

If you're in minnesota just go to any rhymesayers entertainment concert. P.O.S. is a part of doom tree but his stuff is a very extreme matter of taste. I love his stuff but it aint for everyone. On the other hand brother ali is great to listen to because on a base level of production and lyricism he knocks that shit out of the park every time.

[Arvin]

i like lil wayne and i find myself really picky on the rap i listen to, i dont like trash.