Hip-hop u poeti bil beat

[Pen_Demon]

ostja bob jaf xinhu jghid awn... apathy u immortal technique pero insejtom...u insejt lil akbar kittieb ta din l epoka SLUG!! li jdoqq mal band atmosphere!!

ekk ikolkom cans idhlu www.myspace.com/pendemoniumsixthsimfoni u ghiduli xtahsbu fuq id diska WORKING CLASS..andi hafn iktar ta dik il kwalita pero kelli nnehhihom minn emm al ragunijiet varji...imma ekk imhajrin inkun nista nibatilkom xi affarijiet fil privat...

din live ir rookies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ6bIZJnazk

Mark, ICP suck!!vera mandix grazzja maghhom...andom lirika bla sugu ta xejn

[Mark]

Pen Demon - John IQ ? Prosit ghax it-tracks tieghek ghogbuni. Kotn naf li taghmel il-hop-hop imma qadt ma hadt interess serju ghax bzajt li nigi dizzappuntant b'xi skoperta ta' xi muzika chessy. Insomma kont zbaljat u prosit.

ICP kif ma jghogbukx allura? Hocus Pocus u Halls of Illusion diski ferm tajbin.

[Mark]

Ghax ma tiktbux diski bil-Malti? Il-'Hooligan' hareg xi albums bil-Malti u ghamel paprata kbira - nisthi nghid li jien Malti b'dak li ghamel. Kieku taghmlu xi haga intom bil-Malti tibbilancjaw l-equation hehehe

[Pen_Demon]

il kontenut liriku ta ICP u il patterns tar rimi taghhom narah naqra infantili...plus li minn meta dahlu ar wrestling amerikan waqaft intihom il benefit of the doubt.. eee ijja grupp iehor bil bajd tal gorillas huwa LA COKA NOSTRA u artist li jifforma parti mill grupp li jismu slaine....

diski bil malti andna ukol..ekk tidhol www.myspace.com/thesixthsimfoni ...emmm mypod, ekk tqalleb naqa fih emm snippet ta diska jisima l offerta ...fuq dak il mypod emm jade u headfonetunes u wings andom jogbuk ukol.. ekk ittini email adress nibatlek diska ohra bil malti btw... pero rap bil malti ili namlu ...anke ma l etnika gieli daqqejt..

Btw ijja Pen_Demon = Jon iq

[Mark]

grazzi xbin. u iva icp nies injoranti u vera waqghu ghan-nejk meta kienu marru ghal dak is-show imma nahseb jien il-hip hop qas hemm ghalfejn ikollu lirika kumplessa ghalekk jghogbuni imma jekk ujkollu lirika aktar kumplessa tant l-ahjar iggifieri.

[bob2]

Although lyrics are important don't forget the music itself plays a part as well. If Chuck D didn't have the sonic clout created by the bomb squad his lyrics wouldn't be so powerful.

In essence hip hop is collaging samples in a very clever way that the rapper integrates them as his own and this gives everything more depth. Take the sirens and thudding beat of KRS-one's Sound of da Police. It makes the song menacing and the listener more conscious of the message being put through.

that is why I still see hip hop as music of the future - there is so much potential and it hasn't even been touched upon yet. (Even though I think that Flying Lotus may turn a few heads soon but then I said that about Prefuse 73 and nothing monumentous happened really) I think the golden period definitely proved that hip hop can bend minds and there are still followers who believe this.


one first class political hip hop book is Jeff Chang's Can't Stop wont Stop and it starts off with Gil Scott Heron and the Last Prophets and then with Kool Herc Jamaica/Africa ties.

if you want a history of the djing aspect of hip hop Frank Brewster's chapter on the ssubject in the book. Last night a dj saved my life is the best.

also worth noting is Lloyd Bradley's book on Reggae 'Bass Culture' - which talks about the sound system parties evolving into the bloc ones and Herc, Bambataa and Grand Wizard Theodore Jamaican roots.


now for something different

what do you guys think of Kanye West - I think he is trying to be the successor to pete rock ( I love West's use of samples) but doesn't have the lyrical intelligence to do so.

[Pen_Demon]

definitely think kanye west is a musical genius but a lyrical wreck! Have you heard of stoop the en emy of man kind? he produces mostly for Jedi Mind Tricks, an agressive islamic outfit from philadelphia..he uses alot of samples too..and really well!

another group I think is turning heads is La Coka Nostra. Its a rap supergroup made up of quite a few Emcees and Producers. They include Everlast from house of Pain, Danny Diablo, Ill Bill, Slaine and many more. Slaine is the definite star of the super group. His solo efforts White Man is the Devil volume 1 and 2 are probably my favourite mixtapes of all time.

apathy`s mixtape Where`s Your Album is also dope. has one beat on their by Kanye too.

[bob2]

Thanks for info! I always had a feeling that West is a better producer.

will check out