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Post by thesa on Jun 29, 2008 17:38:57 GMT -5
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Post by LaFace on Jul 3, 2008 6:06:58 GMT -5
Now that we have the youtube feature, I think I might post more in here.
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Hiphop:
A really heart-felt song here.
Nas & Quan - Just a moment (2004)
Nas is one of the greatest artists hiphop has ever seen, period. His ability to capture emotion and continually write about meaningful moments in life whilst still being able to maintain success with a mainstream audience for over a decade puts him down as an incredibly influential rapper. Quan is like his protege in this song.
This is some great writing;
Can we please have a moment for children, who got raped or murdered, or trapped in the system, never knew their father, never learned to dream, but were guided by drug dealers, killers and crack fiends, For single mothers, forced to play Mum & Dad, busting her ass, to give her kid sh*t she never had
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R&B:
I have to represent some good dance r&b here (a lot of it is crap, especially some of the stuff coming out in the last couple of years), because I usually am representing the slower more soulful jams.
112 - Dance wit me (2001)
Just a classic contemporary r&b dance track from Diddy's Bad Boy empire. 112 were possible contemporary r&b biggest group act (not including the New Jack Swing era, nor r&b/soul nor the old school)
"If you're sexy and you know it, clap your hands!"
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Thoughts?
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Post by LaFace on Sept 26, 2008 22:06:39 GMT -5
James Brown was the MAN
One of the greatest songs by the Godfather of Soul, "It's a man's man's man's world"
Usher, who James Brown proclaimed as the Godson, performing the same song last year. Mary J Blige then comes out and they also give tribute to Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder, by performing, 'Respect' and 'Do I do' respsectively.
Of course, the original is always the best, but that was a damn good tribute. They both killed it!
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Post by swinger on Sept 27, 2008 0:03:41 GMT -5
OK, here's a pair.
Hip Hop: Audio Two - I Don't Care
R & B: Sam Cooke - When I Fall in Love
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Post by 2bob on Oct 30, 2008 5:23:21 GMT -5
^lol i like that 112 song but i always used to mainly wait for the main Hook - IF U SEXY AND U KNO IT CLAP UR HANDS *CLAPS* haha de.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox6n5NO-lxY - puff daddy badboy family performance at 1995 source awards part 1 including puff daddy, craig mack and faith evans. haha gotta love that flava in ya ear, i like faith shes a good singer but she wasnt really a good preformer back then de.youtube.com/watch?v=nA84wTRU2lk&feature=related - puff daddy badboy performance at 1995 source awards part 2 including puff daddy dancing around like a fool, B.I.G POPPA, Total, junior mafia, lil kim
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Post by LaFace on May 28, 2009 5:59:13 GMT -5
Thought I'd bump this thread for the open-minded, even though it might just result in me posting to myself. HiphopArtist: Eminem Song: Rock bottom (1999) Lyrics: www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/eminem/rockbottom.htmlForget the Eminem that the 12 year olds like, this is the REAL eminem. This song contains some of the best writing that I've seen in any genre. The rhyming that he is able to incorporate with his flow into each bar of the song is ridiculous, and at the same time he is able to articulate himself and the actions of others so well when it comes to the topic of the song, using analogy and imagery mixed with the techniques of internal rhyming and multi-syllabic rhyming. My favourite parts of his writing in the song (listen to the song whilst you read them): I feel like I'm walking a tight rope, without a circus net I'm popping percocets, I'm a nervous wreck I deserve respect; but I work a sweat for this worthless check Bout to burst this tech, at somebody to reverse this debt- The first line's analogy and the amount of rhyming he uses here just oozes of talent. I like how he writes it in first person as well.And my daughter's down to her last diaper That's got my ass hyper I pray that god answers, maybe I'll ask nicer- Serious punchline.Money will brainwash you and leave your ass mindless Snakes slither in the grass spineless- The last line = quality.When you feel you have had it up to here Cause you mad enough to scream but you sad enough to tear- Simply great song-writing using contrasting emotion.And yesterday went by so quick it seems like it was just today My daughter wants to throw the ball but I'm too stressed to play Live half my life and throw the rest away- Realism at its finest.I'm running up on someone's lawns with guns drawn- In itself, one might not think it's a good line, but put it in context - to end the song on this note is smart in the way that it explains why some people do the things that they do after hitting, 'rock bottom'. Again, a dose of reality, and nothing to do with advocacy.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R&BArtist: Marvin Gaye Song: What's going on (live performance, 1973) Lyrics: www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/marvin_gaye/whats_going_on.htmlThis song shouldn't need any explanation. Quite simply, one of the greatest songs in history, by one of the greatest artists in history. I don't really know where to begin with this song. I guess it marked the moment in Gaye's career where he didn't care about the artistic direction that MoTown wanted many of its artists to head in, and instead just spoke directly from his soul because that's all he wanted to do. The song is Gaye's perspective on the troubles of the world from the position of him having sat back and observed such things of his time. Influenced by the Vietnam War and the death of fellow artist Tammi Terrell, the song is political, social and soul-seeking, all at once. His vocals are quality as you'd expect of Marvin Gaye, but it's not just the quality of them, its their arrangement (as well as that of the melody) that was rare for its time. Gaye also timely writes the song in an interpersonal manner, directly reaching out, pleading even, to the audience. In the above video, the 40 or so seconds after 3:50 send chills down my spine, when the music breaks down and Gaye is ad-libbing. The world is better for having his music. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anyway, some of you may be cringing at how much I analyse the music but that's cool. There are also times where I genuinely sit back and enjoy music that doesn't have as much substance, but when I hear music like this, it just makes me want to share my thoughts on the songs with others, even if no one gives a shinola
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Post by thesa on Jun 2, 2009 18:34:07 GMT -5
RZA -- build strong (digital bullet, 2001) www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SGX1sRKYP4A lot of things upset me as my soul rejects me enemy of self physically enslaved by the luxuries of this world so I behave like a man inside the grave who's life is lost I want the promised gold but can't afford the cost or could I, I know the prescribed laws any effect is a result of the cause of lies and delusions to myself I have lied burning inside wanting to open wide and scream the name of the supreme but I'm trapped in this world love the lyrics and emotions of that song
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Post by stray on Jun 2, 2009 18:36:19 GMT -5
RZA and GZA are just... Well I love em both. Hey did you ever see that Chapelle episode where they had race wars or something, and people were voting in reps for each race like a contest. Like blacks would pick Michael Jordan and whites would pick someone. The Asians picked RZA. lmao
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Post by Groink on Jun 2, 2009 23:36:39 GMT -5
Didn't the whites pick Condoleeza Rice or Colin Powell? I remember that episode.
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Post by stray on Jun 3, 2009 23:04:43 GMT -5
yep yep that's it. ---- Follow the LeaderRakim is the GOAT. He breathes rhymes. Literally. Dude doesn't take a breath.
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Post by thesa on Jun 4, 2009 10:25:02 GMT -5
RZA and GZA are just... Well I love em both. Hey did you ever see that Chapelle episode where they had race wars or something, and people were voting in reps for each race like a contest. Like blacks would pick Michael Jordan and whites would pick someone. The Asians picked RZA. lmao just watched it. Very funny indeed
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Post by jenbrook on Jun 6, 2009 4:02:41 GMT -5
Might be my favourite song. ever.
RIP lisa left-eye lopes
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Post by LaFace on Jun 6, 2009 4:57:41 GMT -5
Stray - if you've listened to Liquid Swords, what do you think of it? A lot of people put it in the same league as Illmatic, which to me is a massive call, as Illmatic is 40 minutes of the purest hiphop you will ever hear, and just captures NYC hiphop of that era to a tee. I haven't listened to Liquid Swords but have listened to a number of GZA songs and know that he's a strong rapper (you'd have to be if you're in the Clan), just never took the time out to listen to more of him.
J Brook, wot up? - I must say that I am impressed, as I don't know many girls (if any), that like or have even heard of those artists. Tick for your taste, good stuff. If you want to check out more Zion I, have a listen to, 'bad lands', and, 'trains and planes'.
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Post by jenbrook on Jun 6, 2009 6:52:14 GMT -5
C'mon guys lets get this thread bumpin! Hey LaFace, thought you were going to be posting a new song every week huh.. huh? We need someone to rep the female MCs!
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Post by stray on Jun 6, 2009 9:10:10 GMT -5
Stray - if you've listened to Liquid Swords, what do you think of it? A lot of people put it in the same league as Illmatic, which to me is a massive call, as Illmatic is 40 minutes of the purest hiphop you will ever hear, and just captures NYC hiphop of that era to a tee. I haven't listened to Liquid Swords but have listened to a number of GZA songs and know that he's a strong rapper (you'd have to be if you're in the Clan), just never took the time out to listen to more of him. J Brook, wot up? - I must say that I am impressed, as I don't know many girls (if any), that like or have even heard of those artists. Tick for your taste, good stuff. If you want to check out more Zion I, have a listen to, 'bad lands', and, 'trains and planes'. Nas is cool and all, but personally, I think Liquid Swords is much better. They're also completely different though. Nas speaks about more down to earth things.. Not that say GZA doesn't have a message, but he's just a pure battle MC...y'know, like his message is more about himself..? There is commentary in a way like Nas, but he's indirect and cryptic. It's also a themed album just like everything Wu-Tang.. except with a bunch of snippets from samurai films like the Lone Wolf and Cub series instead of Shaw flicks. Nor are the beats accessible in the same way as Nas.. RZA is making all of the music, and it's sort of minimalist.. It captures NYC, but everything about it makes it feel like an album to jam out to with your headphones on, walking alone in the city in winter... Something like that! Oh, and just listen to that track above again and find the lyrics... You'll see why he's called the Genius. No one comes up with sh*t like him. " Cause niggaz styles are old like Mark 5 sneakers Lyrics are weak, like clock radio speakers"
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