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Ministry-  Title: Eb diminished 9th
Posts: 54
Registered: 2002-1-1 19:03:01
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8/7/06 12:06pm
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There are some very blatand rap haters on this board. Makes sense, along with country, it's the most easily disliked genre out there. Anyhow, like all forms of music, it has its lows (pop-rap), and its incredible highs. Here are some of those, a few albums that everyone should at least give a chance to:
Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and Fear of a Black Planet
The Roots' Things Fall Apart
Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising
Run-D.M.C.'s Raising Hell
Black Star's Black Star
A Tribe Called Quest's The Low End Theory
Wu Tang Clan's Enter the Wu-Tang (46 Chambers)
N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton
Ice-T's O.G. Original Gangster
Dr. Dre's The Chronic
There are tons, tons more. You may dismiss gangster rap for being too nihilistic and too pro-violence. That's certainly a valid viewpoint. But there is a reason that kind of music started... to chronical a kind of life that most of us, with a cushy, middle-class upbringing and decent shot at education couldn't hope to understand. So we fear it.
Theres more to rap than that. There is the funky (Outkast, Gnarls Barkley), the intellectual (Black Star, A Tribe Called Quest), the trippy (Massive Attack, Tricky)... theres so much out there.
Its music, and music is meant to be embraced in all its glory and all its forms...
Anyone who'd like to, feel free to add your own albums.
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gisel77 Title: The Honorary Ldy-Osmethne
Posts: 74
Registered: 2004-9-2 01:23:20
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Eazy E - Easy Does It. 
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Rain1Dog Posts: 40
Registered: 2002-11-3 21:06:49
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I enjoy music by E-40, young Bloodz, De La Soul, The Roots, Beastie Boys....
There are some great rap acts out there.
The remix of "Damn" by the Young Bloodz is amazing...
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Eric B. and Rakim - Paid in Full
Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
Geto Boys - Uncut Dope (It's a greatest hits, but it has everything you could possibly want.)
Public Enemy - Yo Bum Rush the Show
Genius (GZA) - Liquid Swords
Scarface - The Diary
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the_great_intex  Title: This is what cool looks like
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Registered: 2002-6-27 08:18:27
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I can only agree with the Dr. Dre, the other groups I don't exactly like all too much.
I do like some Eminem songs (usually the funny ones, my favorite of his recently was Shake That Ass for Me). Some Three Six Mafia is always good, some of the Akon and Young Jezzy songs, and that pretty much does it for my Rap taste... im not all too big of a fan of hip hop and certinally not one certin group though many odd out songs do catch my interest time to time
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The alubms I need to own.
The New Danger- Mos Def
Detox- Dr. Dre
The Slim Shady EP- Eminem
Against the Grain- Kurupt
Juvenile Hell - Mobb Deep
These are the alubms every one has to hear.
All Eyez on Me- 2pac (and all other 2pac albums)
The Chronic- Dr. Dre
Doggystyle- Snoop Dogg
Ready to Die- Biggie Smalls
Blackstar- Blackstar
Black on both sides- Mos Def
Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z
God's Son- Nas
Eazy-Duz-It- Eazy-E
Straight Outta Compton- N.W.A
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Date Posted:
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A song that I thought was pretty funny is Dark Hearts- YA GET SKEETED ON everyone should check it out
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Ral_Partha Title: Eccentric Musician
Posts: 40
Registered: 2000-8-28 11:28:00
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8/7/06 12:06pm
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Should be titles, Rap albums that everybody except Ral_Partha needs to hear... cause I would rather stick needles in my eye than listen to ANY rap.
/rant off
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Kah_HG  Title: Sorta like a dream, no... better.
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Registered: 2000-12-13 16:31:18
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8/7/06 12:07pm
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Deltron 3030
The Roots - Phrenology I think it's superior to Things Fall Apart myself.
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Mike_the_Red_MT Title: The Duke of Red
Posts: 130
Registered: 2001-12-22 20:26:26
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Date Posted:
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"Deltron 3030"
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