Real Hiphop

[Golden]

If you were gonne introduce someone too real hiphop what songs/Artist would u pick?

[AspirinE]

As introduction, id give em .. Rakim's - "the master LP" ... the rest will be for them to discover. Hip hop is real when the love for it is real.

[j_shady]

i'd make them listen to
1. Resurrection - Common
2. The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
3. Mecca and The Soul Brother - Pete Rock and CL Smooth

after that, i'll let them journey on by themselves

[4D]

REal Hip-hop, I'd stay clear of the Gangsta Shit, even though I used to love it myself, it's not what hip-hop is about. I'd stay away from pimpin niggaz and bitches type shit too. I'd give them something that sounds great, and a real Intelligent emcee blazin out the lyrics. My choice would be...Rakim 1st obviously, and some others following in line ( in no particular order), Canibus (writes intelligent lyrical songs), Nas, virtually personifies a real hip-hop emcee, Eminems non-single-type stuff that they won't have heard (Don't need to elaborate on this forum as to why Eminem), Big Pun, lyrically Bigger than his huge frame, Common, in the same league as Nas when it comes to being the definition of a real hip-hop rapper, amongst many others man, but always make sure that the artist is lyrically at the top of the game, because that's what anti-rap music activists need to hear, what we hear and love, the modern-day poets, bringing poetry to another level for the 21st century.

Key albums thay should hear:

Nas - Illmatic, Stillmatic, Gods Son
Rakim - Paid In Full, The Master, 18th Letter
Canibus - Rip The Jacker
Big Pun - Capital Punishment, Yeeeah Baby
Eminem - Infinite, MMLP, SSLP, TES
Common - Resurrection (Song on it called "I Used To Love Her", one of the best hip-hop songs of all time)


And for new artists to check out, I would say Apathy, Pappoose and an English rapper called Plan B, very lyrical and all three are taking hip-hop in the direction it needs to be going.

[$0 R3@L]

a rakim,xzibit,2pac,big pun and proof album.I think that pretty much covers all elements of real hip hop.

[D@vid]

go check out the golden age of hip hop thread in the dl section, or the discography thread in the dl section

[James R.]

Biggie, Pac, Big L, Big Pun, Rakim, Dr. Dre, Cube, NWA, Eazy, and Snoop

[DrRapid]

pac, dre, em...

[,-,'-{Bar}-',-,]

young jeezy - thug motivation 101

[Tash8]

Id' probably mix a list of artists and show it to him.. but i'd usually look at the guy first..

if he's one of those that is having a shitty life and i think he can relate to eminem, then i'll show him eminem.
but if hes one of those violent people, maybe a gangster rappers. a real gangster rapper.

[IceAxe]

a real gangster rapper.

good luck findin one

but yeah, almost all of old school is good

New School - Nas, Joell Ortiz, Papoose, there's probably more, but i cant think of any right now

[Shads]

J-U-R-A-Capital S-Another S-I C.

[Hadez]

Id' probably mix a list of artists and show it to him.. but i'd usually look at the guy first..

if he's one of those that is having a shitty life and i think he can relate to eminem, then i'll show him eminem.
but if hes one of those violent people, maybe a gangster rappers. a real gangster rapper.

the problem with havin'em listen to Em is that people tend to like his music for the wrong reasons.

[yoshi]

^ you Yayo groupie.


umm.. i'd say Nas, Rakim, Xzibit.. i think also Talib Kweli.