What's Out There?

[disgruntledhuman]

Is there any real good rap out there these days? I know I'm in my 30's now and maybe I'm just too old to appreciate the new stuff like my mom couldn't stand the rap I listened to when I was in my teens. It could be that I just don't give a shit about hearing how much bling someone has or how many girls and what not. Some of that on a record is ok, but not if that's all you've got to say. For me rap peaked in the early 90's with The Chronic and although I still bought some stuff after that I never really felt it. Then when Eminem dropped his first CD I thought maybe rap was back to stay; but even his last CD I'm not really feeling. I've heard good things about The Game but haven't really listened to his stuff yet; not sure if it's worth checking out or not.

[MFDOOM]

yeah....there really isn't much out there. Everything seems the same. You have to dig to find any good shit out .

You should take MF DOOM a try or MF GRIMM. MONSTA ISLAND CZARS is pretty hot.

Oh hey, I forgot to mention KURIOUS JORGE appears on MF DOOM's DOOMSDAY.

KURIOUS was phat then, and phat now!

[MFDOOM]

http://www.sandboxautomatic.com/

selling KMD/MFDOM/MF GRIMM/MONSTA ISLAND CZARS cds...along with other hip hop artists you might wanna check out

[jericho]

I remember waiting months and months for the Kurious album to drop in '93. It was a great first solo album. What happened to his career? Pete Nice's record label was supposed to make him huge.

[Ander]

I have to agree. While I'm still pretty young myself, (I'm 20 years old) I'm not a fan of this gangster/bling rap. I like creativity, innovation, and pure skill brought to the table. Not slutty-looking girls, bling, and cars in music videos.

Regarding today's rap, I like The Last Emperor, Blame One, Del The Funky Homosapien, Outkast, Insight, Earatik Statik, Dutchmassive, and Cannibal Ox.

[glavet]

Masta Ace- A Long Hot Summer is great
Little Brother- The Listening is great
Foreign Exchange- Connected is great

The three best albums in the past few years in my eyes

[disgruntledhuman]

I just listened to a song called Hot Guacamole from MF Doom featuring MC Paul Barman.

Is this on one of Doom's albums? I currently don't own any of his stuff but I'd definitely be interested in buying some of it.

[Ander]

Listen to the album "Taste the secret" by the rap group, Ugly Duckling. Think "De La Soul is Dead" to compare.

[disgruntledhuman]

I've got all of Ugly Duckling's albums, they're pretty good. Nice to be able to listen to rap and not have to turn it down when the kids are around.

[Ander]

Aye, indeed. They have a new album coming out this summer. I can't wait to hear it. I hope it's another conceptual album like Taste the Secret.

[zephyrfalcon]

Styles of Beyond, Jurassic 5, Ugly Duckling, Control Machete...

[The Product]

For me rap peaked in the early 90's with The Chronic and although I still bought some stuff after that I never really felt it.

I am glad I am not the only one who thinks rap peaked in the early 90's!  I think the period from 1988ish to 1994ish was the golden age.  I go a little past "The Chronic" and mark "Illmatic" and/or "Ready to Die" as the beginnings of the end.  That was the peak, IMO, and then it dropped off REALLY fast after those.  I can't stand 99% of  new stuff anymore (although, I have been a Ugly Duckling fan since their first album hit...good stuff).  

Now, I spend my record money on old school CDs (since I had mostly cassettes growing up). I also recently got an iPod and iTunes is pretty cool for some old school stuff (I just (finally) re-bought Cactus and Cactus Revisited from iTunes since both were stolen when my buddy's car was jacked in college).

GREAT site, btw.

[The Product]

I was into Atmosphere for a little bit, but they got old fast. Better than Em, IMO.

[shauny1453]

Rap will never be the same since the early 90's...it just got way to commercial.  Now they could turn anybody off the streets and make them a rapper....it's strictly an image thing this day in age.

[Betamacks]

It's not rap these days it's fucking pop music.