good hip hop

[Guest supernoob]

allsi know is

dizzeerascal aint nvr need 2 b on no song wit ugk

[RAISED BY WOLVES]

i saw jazzy jeff tonight. it was lacking, but skillz was mc'n and his mindless adlibs were entertaining. shoulda played nod factor though.

im excited for new nerd. also, buck 65s album comes out next tuesday and im really looking forward to that. i know hes probly not everyones flavour, but im a huge fan. im gonna go cop that percee album this week. anyone check out that kurious album i recommended? even if your a sucker and download everything, get it and throw some feedback. its seriously one of the best hip hop albums ever.

Sure, it's larger than yours

I'm a CENTAUR for Chrissakes!

I like to eat rice cakes and listen to classical music

I'm told passion is my specialty

But really I'm old-fashioned

WHAT!!?!?!?!?!?!!?!

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDD!!!!!!

[Guest DUM]

allsi know is

dizzeerascal aint nvr need 2 b on no song wit ugk

I like the song on his album but I've not even listened through the one on UGK's album. I like the UGK album more though.

[brightbill]

http://nahright.com/news/2007/10/25/camron-glitter/

New CAMRON! Best news to ever be released on the internet.

[un-]

lol @ that vid...

A New York Assemblyman has called on Universal Music Group to change the title of Nas’ upcoming album, Nigger or lose $84 million in investments.

As reported earlier, Nas announced his album’s controversial title at a concert two weeks ago, and the news was met with stern disapproval from Reverend Jesse Jackson and The NAACP (The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).

Despite the uproar caused by his announcement, Nas said he would not be changing the album’s title and claimed that his label Def Jam, a subsidiary of Universal, had not offered any resistance to the title.

According to The Brooklyn Paper, Fort Greene assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries has requested New York’s Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli ‘to withdraw the $84 million that the state pension fund has invested in Universal and its parent company, Vivendi’.

“[They are] profiting from a racial slur that has been used to dehumanize people of color for centuries,” said Jeffries. “It is time for Nas and other hip-hop artists to clean up their act and stop flooding the airwaves with the N-word.”

The Brooklyn Paper reports that a recent report showed that ‘the New York State Pension Fund has $2.8 billion invested in 16 major entertainment companies, including Time Warner and Disney. That number does not include the state’s investment in Vivendi.’

“It’s a staggering amount of money, which at least justifies a review of the appropriateness o f the content that is flooding the public,” said Jeffries, who formerly worked as an assistant general counsel at CBS and a lawyer at Viacom before he was elected last year.

A spokesperson for DiNapoli, who manages the pension fund, said that the comptroller “is concerned about this issue and is intending to contact [universal] and urge them to halt the release of the album.

Earlier this year, The New York City Council voted to ban the use of the word “nigger”.

“The [Council made] an important symbolic step, but I’m more interested in the substantive approach of reviewing the multi-billion-dollar investment that the New York State pension fund makes in the entertainment industry,” said Jeffries.

Universal did not repsond to a request for comment.

Nigger is slated for release on December 11th.

http://www.sixshot.com/news/8315/

[NESK]

Details Emerge From Lupe Fiasco's "The Cool"

A recent Atlantic Records press release revealed some new details on Lupe Fiasco's sophomore effort, The Cool. An excerpt fromt he press releases reads as follows:

Fiasco has returned with his second offering, Lupe Fiasco's The Cool. A largely conceptual tour-de-force, the album's title is inspired by a standout track from Fiasco's debut, a hustler-turned-zombie epic also called "The Cool." This time around, Fiasco introduces three new characters - Michael Young History (The Cool before his death), The Game (a male personification of a hustler's damaging influences), and The Streets (a female embodiment of an urban area's corrupt allure).

The potent sense of thematic execution comes across perfectly on "The Coolest," a highlight of Lupe Fiasco's The Cool that serves as a prelude to the earlier track, "The Cool." Detailing Michael Young History's fall from glory to tragedy at the hands of his lover, The Streets, Fiasco employs his unique brand of imagery: "If the rain stops and everything's dry / She would cry so I could drink the tears from her eye."

Elsewhere, Fiasco strays away from his characters to comment on his own rise to fame, an issue that clearly causes discomfort. Look no further than the first single, "Superstar," produced by Fiasco's closest collaborator, Soundtrakk, and beaming with poignant unease: "A fresh, cool young Lu / Trying to cash his microphone check, 2, 1, 2 / Wanna believe my own hype, but it's too untrue / The world brought me to my knees, what have you brung you?"

Primarily produced by Soundtrakk, and also featuring contributions from a diverse array of atypical instrumentalists (including Fall Out Boy's Patrick Stump), Lupe Fiasco's The Cool is evidence that Fiasco is anything but average. Rather than follow up a monumental '06 year - capped by his three Grammy nods, four BET Hip Hop Award nominations, and recognition as GQ's "Breakout Man of the Year," amongst other accolades - with an obvious attempt to further crossover, the young wordsmith has crafted a dense, dark, and atmospheric examination of life's pleasures. Whether negative or positive, what people consider to be "cool" ultimately dominates their every move, and Fiasco is completely aware of this.

[NESK]

also, i know some ehads here will be pumped to hear about this. dels album, the 11th hour (yes the one he was working on for the past 27 years, it seems) is coming out on def jux in like a month. also in def jux news, company flow reunited for a performance last week. there is possibility of them recording together in the near future. will come back with youtube links for coflo.

update: VIDEO!!!!

[jpgm]

not sure if this has been mentioned here yet....

but peanut butter wolf presents 2k8 b-ball zombie war is pretty fucking solid.

01. SUPREME TEAM (MADLIB & KARRIEM RIGGINS) - See (Suite)

02. MED - Break It Down

03. GUILTY SIMPSON - Make It Fast

04. J DILLA feat. Q-TIP & TALIB KWELI - Lightworking

05. PERCEE P feat. J.ROCC - Legendary Lyricist Pt. 2

06. J.ROCC - Super Sound

07. MADLIB - The Wigflip

08. J DILLA feat. MF DOOM & GUILTY SIMPSON - Mash’s Revenge

09. OH NO - Action (Rap Version)

10. BEAT KONDUCTA - Trouble

11. QUASIMOTO - Hydrant Game (Jaylib Remix)

12. ALOE BLACC - Find A Way

13. DAM-FUNK - Sidewayz

14. BARON ZEN - Electronic (Koushik Remix)

15. JAMES PANTS - Ka$h (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix)

16. NIKO & DJ BABU - Now You Know

17. KOUSHIK - Basketball Beat

18. ARABIAN PRINCE - Professor X Saga

19. JONATHON BROWN - Bass Creator’s Groove

20. CX KIDTRONIK feat. TCHAKA DIALLO - Big Girl, Skinny Girl

[soundbomber]

My current rotation. Don't sleep!

http://www.5th-dimension.info/forum/viewtopic.php?p=43108#43108

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also, i know some ehads here will be pumped to hear about this. dels album, the 11th hour (yes the one he was working on for the past 27 years, it seems) is coming out on def jux in like a month. also in def jux news, company flow reunited for a performance last week. there is possibility of them recording together in the near future. will come back with youtube links for coflo.

update: VIDEO!!!!

That's good to hear...Devin The Dude is on tour with him right now too..

And that 'Lightworking' song is pretty nice...

[NESK]

My current rotation. Don't sleep!

http://www.5th-dimension.info/forum/viewtopic.php?p=43108#43108

i hope you checked out the binary star album the guy above you posted.

[soundbomber]

I've had the Binary Star discography for years now.

One Be Lo throws shows here on a regular basis.

[NESK]

i heard silla showed up to some recent shows of ones and that there was buzz of them recording new shit together. that would be nice considering how wack his stuff has been without one.

[esoteric]

I've had the Binary Star discography for years now.

One Be Lo throws shows here on a regular basis.

I've been listnening to their stuff for the past 4-5 years. A shame they broke up, but One Be Lo does indeed hold it down.

That Stonesthrow album is a must cop I must say.

[Guest DUM]

I'll more than likely enjoy Lupe's new album...but as a personality he puts me off. I remember when he used to post on HB. Posting his mixtapes and just seeming pretty cool.

[un-]

The new Jay is better than I expected...American Dreamin' is fucking nice.

[NESK]

is that out?

ima check it when it comes out. if you got a link to a rip of it, pm me.

[soundbomber]

Just put up some classics.

http://www.5th-dimension.info/forum/viewtopic.php?p=43169&highlight=#43169

[NESK]

those are some gems that youre posting over there. you should just post a few tracks though, as to encourage kids to acutally buy the albums. youre offering up some true school b boy starter kit for kids whose whole involvement with the culture probly exists online. not hatin, just sayin.

[Guest DUM]

Anyone know of any new Cool Calm Pete? Or when to expect some?

[NESK]

i think i heard his next lp is on defjux, but they are milking the el p/aesop releases right now. theyll probly put out del next, then pete. i gotta dig up lost and see what ive forgotten. what was his crew? babbletron? they were aight.

[Guest DUM]

Yeah, I found about him awhile ago and showed my friend. He got really into Babbletron and shit, I haven't really tried any of that out. But I really like Lost.

So, maybe I'll check for the old Babbletron stuff for now.

[NESK]

spacetek banana clip was my joint for, like, 5 minutes.

[Egpt]

i love Kenna's new single:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN-ysBuRVQA

will check out the rest of the album later today

[Arcane]

And that 'Lightworking' song is pretty nice...

Hell nah! Q-Tip totally ruins that shit, embarrassing is what it is! That beat was one of the best on Donuts and compared to that this track is nothing short of crap. I fucking hate Q-Tip for spitting such a weak verse on it.

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Hell nah! Q-Tip totally ruins that shit, embarrassing is what it is! That beat was one of the best on Donuts and compared to that this track is nothing short of crap. I fucking hate Q-Tip for spitting such a weak verse on it.

Agree to disagree, fuck it...

[superdupersang]

mos def suprised me as i was only familiar with his lisping acting.

but good hiphop.

heard a guy called journalist from Pandora.

cant find any torrents. any one know where to look?

[NESK]

what did mos suprise you with? true magic? i been sleepin on that joint cause the lack of cover art.

[the owl]

just put this in another thread too, but a friend just put me on to this Lex Records set on Viva Radio...pretty fresh...

http://www.viva-radio.com/index.php?contributor=114

some weird Madlib and Doom tracks and a Gescom remix of Kid Acne i've never heard.

the archived sets of this show look pretty good too...

[FAM0US.]

Anyone else think that Fabolous is dope? Some of his stuff from a few years ago was much better of course, but I still think he stays fresh.

Now onto a few of the other people I listen to;

One Be Lo aka One Man Army (Binary Star)

Time Machine

Murs

Jurassic 5

K-OS