I crave ambient hip hop!!!!!!!

[naturaljax]

Seriously, does anyone know a lot about stuff like this, calm, no lyrics, warm keys, piano, strings, type of hip hop instrumentals?

I've always got Nujabes on constant rotation, not to mention MF Doom's "Metal Fingers Presents: Special Herbs" collections

So, does anyone else know any stuff that would be worth checking out?

Here's a few examples of what I mean if you really don't know what I'm talking about

MF-Doom - Saffron

Nujabes - Aruarian Dance

[gimmegimme]

Ninja Tune?

[keagan]

you might dig some burial. or non 4/4 dubstep.

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[doczein]

jay electronica?

[naturaljax]

are those artists you guys just named or genres or what?

Keagan I'm pretty sure you just named genres, correct? haha, do you have any artists you think I might want to check out?

[keagan]

Dubstep= genre

Burial= artist on hyperdub.

hyperdub= label.

ninja tune= label.

shit is rinsed though, don't get to into it.

[naturaljax]

okay well.... MF Doom and Nujabes' shit isn't bad, in fact that shit is amazing, from what you just posted, it sounds like... somewhat similar, but I really like that the stuff I was talking about has a distinct hip hop feel to it, you know?

[VuONG]

you should check out the

beastie boys newest album - the mix up

great stuff right there. nice and funky

also you should check out some random breakbeats, the stuff is golden

ill post some more later

[notesee]

Check out stuff by DJ Krush .. he's a Japanese DJ, produced some good instrumental albums. My favorite LP from him is Krush.

Also you might dig the Dust album by DJ Muggs, even though it's not as upbeat as Krush's stuff.

[keagan]

blockhead?

he is on ninja tune.

I can listen to any of the stuff you posted- putfile is blocked, so I am just guessing.

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[naturaljax]

I heard the new Beastie album was a letdown, not so? I guess I'll check it out. And yeah my friends are b-boys so they're always playing random cuts from that haha, but they never know the artist or anything.

keagan - yeah, I'm familiar with a lot of Blockhead stuff, but I haven't listened to him in such a long time, I will now, thanks! I wish his song 'Dinner With Blockhead' was more than just 45 seconds or whatever. Recently I think his stuff has kind of been going downhill, though, which sucks

[gimmegimme]

Others on NT label

-coldcut

-funky porcini

-amon tobin

-dj food

-kid koala

-herbaliser

and so on.

[VuONG]

well it sounds nothing like the old beastie boys, its all intrumentals, very funky, louge music almost. I liked it, it was more or less the beastie boys experimental music

[syddhartha]

yesterdays new quintet

kid koala

sound directions

chrome children instrumental albums

dudley perkins, aloe blacc, dabrye instrumentals

[keagan]

Mophono- I Cry, maybe? definitely more along the lines of that nujabes stuff or whatever.

Have you looked into triphop?

If not, start with portishead's self titled.

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[mellowfellow]

I think what you are into is more like downtempo/Chill out. This type of music you usually hear in trendy boutiques, lounges, cafe, hotels, restaurants, ect.

I recommend some older stuffs

all the stuff that you into, you can find it in kid loco, dj cam. ect the lazy hip hop beats, orchestra, turntable scratches, jazzy piano, sampled voices/vocals.

Kid Loco: A grand Love Story

DJ CAM: Substances

Since you liked nujabes. Check out CYNE. They did a few vocals tracks on nujabes album.

Labels beside ninjatunes.

DJ KICKS series from !K7

Anticon. Alias/DJ mayonaise

Also, Diplo: Florida album is mostly instrumental hip hop.

Deltron 3030: Instrumental

[naturaljax]

this Kid Loco shit is awesome, +rep for you sir

[fadingblue]

does blockhead fit this?

its allright but not something you can listen to most of the time imo

[jilla82]

Some of Diplo's stuff is like that

[wEstSidE]

SERIOUSLY/???

yeha don't listen to pussy stuf like this it'll make you retarded. if you insist..COLDCUT has some JAMS

[aziz]

nicolay.........................

[alf]

Dunno about 'ambient hiphop'... but....

Boards of Canada perhaps... (too mainstream?)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SWte9J3nm28

Quantic might be more like what you're looking for...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HPAPFn9jKBE

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WLbFfA6lEIE

Bonobo also...?

I like Proem a lot, it can be a bit more abstract.. fastforward about 2min in to get a feel for it.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=mmEpy6Vgg3M

Arovane is similar

Jaga Jazzist? not ambient, or necessarily hiphop...but try it? haha

whateveverr

[habia]

We Are Monster by Isolee and Kosi Comes Around by DJ Koze are both amazing. The Koze album in particular I love.

Ninja Tune is a cool label, as is Komakt, the label Koze is on.

Jaga Jazzist was mentioned. Maybe not exactly what you are looking for, but their best album, I think, What We Must, is excellent.

Good luck finding more of what you like.

[poshpol]

No doubt in my mind you should look into a group called "Handsome Boy Modelling School" Enjoooooooooooy

[palaceman]

With the exception of 80s act Basehead and Blackalicious I just can't get into non-traditional hip hop. I tried. I checked out Edan, Anti Pop Consortium, MC Paul Barman, Kool Keith. Didn't like it.

Give me Jay-Z, Young Dro, and Lil' Wayne over COLLEGE RAP any day. No offense. I wanted to like it but was surprised to find that I find the gangsta rap better NOT because of the lyrics but the producers in the background twiddling the knobs for these guys.

I think they have more money to find the very best and (with the exception of P Diddy and Kanye) these guys don't mind taking the money and staying out of the spot light. ALTHOUGH, YOU WILL LOVE 'PETESTRUMENTALS' BY PETE ROCK very ambient and acid jazzy without being 'artier-than-thou'. Actually, that last sentence is probably the short version of my response. I mean it. That is one of those albums that any time you put it on SOMEONE says, "Who's this?"

[Larry Bird]

dj food- had this great song with clips from style wars...

would you consider some of Tortoise's songs in that genre?....

dont know much.

[thelion1856]

the new 2007 release from ATB (disc 2).

ATB - Trilogy (Disc Two)

[wEstSidE]

With the exception of 80s act Basehead and Blackalicious I just can't get into non-traditional hip hop. I tried. I checked out Edan, Anti Pop Consortium, MC Paul Barman, Kool Keith. Didn't like it.

Give me Jay-Z, Young Dro, and Lil' Wayne over COLLEGE RAP any day. No offense. I wanted to like it but was surprised to find that I find the gangsta rap better NOT because of the lyrics but the producers in the background twiddling the knobs for these guys.

I think they have more money to find the very best and (with the exception of P Diddy and Kanye) these guys don't mind taking the money and staying out of the spot light. ALTHOUGH, YOU WILL LOVE 'PETESTRUMENTALS' BY PETE ROCK very ambient and acid jazzy without being 'artier-than-thou'. Actually, that last sentence is probably the short version of my response. I mean it. That is one of those albums that any time you put it on SOMEONE says, "Who's this?"

GO AWAY.

.

[JohnnyRed]

Edan, Kool Keith. Didn't like it.

You are a fucking idiot. Kool Keith would bust your melon for calling him "College Rap."

[jayrock]

yesterdays new quintet

kid koala

sound directions

chrome children instrumental albums

dudley perkins, aloe blacc, dabrye instrumentals

this is good. listen to this.

also,

dj abilities

viktor vaughn (mf doom alias)

peanut butter wolf

madlib (brainchild behind yesterday's new quintet)

jay dilla