Anyone actually listen to lyrics these days?

[RedE46Bimmer]

Good songs I listened to on the way home from work

Dilated Peoples - The Platform

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycu8gi3iFWg

Brother Ali - Walking Away <-- I LOVE this song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzMvdFKDriM

Brother Ali - Uncle Sam Goddamn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO18F4aKGzQ

[Jersh]

Here are only a few of my favorites, there are more but these are only a few that i could think of right now.
Big L
De La Soul
The Pharcyde
Hieroglyphics
Pitch Black

[Walnuts]

I've been listening to a lot of p.o.s recently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JHbUuWzVNE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OpHJUJIrpU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPCcf4XNeOg

[RLB]

Old school Hip Hop is really where it's at.

Tribe Called Quest
De La Soul
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Fu-Schnickens

Just to name a few. If i had to name some good shit from present times I'd have to go with

Aesop Rock
Atmosphere
Asimov aka The Alias Bros. aka The AB's
The Sound Providers (Pretty much anyone who raps over their beats.)
Brother Ali
Blueprint
Murs
Eyedea & Abilities

Come to think of it, there is a good amount of good shit out today. lol

[PHAS3D]

shit I think I already posted all the old hip hop shit i listen to in the random thread a while back... Immortal tech, binary star, Masta Ace, Big L, Gangstarr, Pitch Black, AOTP, Jedi Mind Tricks, Zion I, 7L, Esoteric, Ghostface Killah, Mobb Deeb, Common and Bilal, GZA, Nas, Jaydee... There's a few.

[BreakMyWallet]

See, to me the one exception on that list is Bone Thugs. I just never got into them and the beats were IMO not Hip Hop like beats. Theye were west coast like beats of that era.

Thats the good thing about real Hip Hop. You have people from both sides of the states and even in the middle that have that sound. Not like Rap where its easy to tell the west from the east and the south which just sucks anyway.

I have to say the same about Eminem from any year ( I always ***** him even when he was a skinny nerd ) and IMO anything after Nas Is Like is when he fell off.

Thirsten Howell is a good one. A lot like Jedi mind.

yeah i feel you. i just cant get over how creative they are. bringing harmony in with rap is intense at times. i love that. you need to listen to faces of death though. fucking pretty nuts! the plots, story lines, lyrics, are pretty dark, though insane. and E1999 will always be one of my favorite cd's ever

plus anyone that can do what krayzie does at 1:40ish deserves respect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQV3mlJcPVY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px7m-3002Fo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF1EBDf76kc

[Tman]

This is probably my favorite song right now. This is my defination of hip-hop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd_W_x3nclY

Yesss definitely one of the best. The greatest hip hop song of all time to me is 93 til' infinity by the souls of mischief. but you guys have some legit lists!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mt3vZHDiM8

I gotta put The Grouch as my favorite, but I think Talib Kweli is probably who I think I would call the best, but that's an opinion thing. I can tell you I don't even have the radio hooked up in my car, it's all mp3 player, the radio makes me embarrassed, it doesn't exactly inspire creativity and thought anymore.

[JohnnyVillan]

haha, man i can remember when you couldn't even google kid cudi.

i had a hell of a time trying to find his shit to download.

Fuck that I knew Cudi when he worked at the Bape store in NYC. I bought some tees and crews from him a few years back. Cool cat.

Anyways, as far as hip-hop goes:

MF DOOM
Beastie Boys
Scha Dara Parr
That one Waka Flocka song cause it makes me lol hard. I love driving through white neighborhoods BLARING that shit.

I'm currently jamming lots of New Jack Swing and R&B tho. Bobby Brown and The Deele and shit.

[BreakMyWallet]

ah souls of mischief. good addition right there

[Tman]

Anyone listen to fivedeez?? They're probably one of my favorite groups, or 3582, has some fivedeez members in it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqZ_gF7gW2Y fivedeez-sextraterrestrial good shit there!
I want to do this to everything played on the radio... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miyVM...os=DoqDJNnph8w

[RedE46Bimmer]

Ah good one Sean, I forgot about Gang Starr.

[AccordKnight]

Hieroglyphics
Immortal tech
Dr. Octagon
The Roots

Theres more but to tired to try and thing about them, kinda suprised I only saw one other person with Hieroglyphics on there list I dont know if many have heard them outside cali, I dont know any others that have in colorado but they are amazing defently something I like listening to when you just relaxen.

[Lux]

yeah i feel you. i just cant get over how creative they are. bringing harmony in with rap is intense at times. i love that. you need to listen to faces of death though. fucking pretty nuts! the plots, story lines, lyrics, are pretty dark, though insane. and E1999 will always be one of my favorite cd's ever

plus anyone that can do what krayzie does at 1:40ish deserves respect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQV3mlJcPVY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px7m-3002Fo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF1EBDf76kc

Yeah, IDK. Some of the songs on that album have that old school/ early 90's vibe but a lot still sound like it could be off of the Boys In The Hood sdk. I never liked the micro machine man kinda flow either but I guess thats personal preference. I just really **** Bone Thugs. Its probably, out of all the types of music I dislike of any genre, what I **** the most



Black Sheep:
http://dai.ly/9RQmJt

Lords Of The Underground:
http://dai.ly/d0KSM9

Pete Rock and Cl Smooth:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Radc2p-3Kg8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiOcVWQY2bc

And this!

I Got A Love. Hard to find the original version for a while there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCZVM...eature=related

Those who like darker Hip Hop: Jeru The Damaja! <--- = The shit!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBQDW...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usy19A1Yo60&feature=fvw


I think DJ Premier is all thats left of the Old School and keeping it real at teh same time

I almost lost all <3 for anything new once Guru passed away.

And who can honestly say they still listen to this?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LLN5...eature=related

[BreakMyWallet]

all good dude! personal preference for sure man. i had a point in my life where for like 1 year straight i listened to literally nothing but bone thugs

[BreakMyWallet]

oh shit CROOKLYN! thats some shit right there