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Some cool ? there, it's fun to read what people were saying about hip hop in the early 90s.
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Ahhh usenet. those were the good old days.
LOL at some of this ? ..._Return of the Boom Bap_ by KRS-ONE
I just bought this album or should I say CD. And as soon as I get the chance it is going right back to the store from where I bought it.
I liked KRS's last two albums Edutainment and Sex and Violence. Those two albums were all dat. But this one makes me think he should have stuck with BDP.
Peace out
Field
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Props for this ? .
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man props to the t/s.... this is some funny/crazy ? ..... i kept clicking on older looking for crazy ? ... there was one saying how the chronic tour got cancelled in chicago cause of snoops arraignment lol....
another one was asking when the wu were dropping their album.... one guy answered o so i take it youve hears protect yo neck and the new classic method man....
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good drop......
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"A nasty...nasty...NASTY rumor that's been floating around
everyone been telling me that Rakim is preparing to sign with No Limit...this is too too outrageous for me...but if he's gonna go to No Limit, and NOT
switch his style up just for marketing, then I'm all for it " Jun 11 1999 -
On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, The Cypher wrote:
> Ras Kass vs. Rakim * ? , In the face of the heat that Rass is catching for his album, I doesn't seem like it's too bright to vote for him. *I still *like* Rass Kass better than Rakim. *Even though Rakim is probably technically better, Rass wins on " swagger factor" -
dec8 1995
Ol ? Bastard Just totaly disrepected the whole Wu once again.
Just the other night at club Esso( A NY Hotspot) The whole Wu was
performing. AS usual ol ? got ? and started beef with some kids
from Lefrak city, Queens. He started a fight in the audience, then he got
back on stage performed half a song, then ran around on stage and kicked
over RZA's turntables. What a stupid Bastard!
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This is a classic thread yo. Like a time capsule
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http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.hip-hop/browse_thread/thread/6e51665ad33c66c4/8afbaa9e27a93201?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=Mobb+Deep#8afbaa9e27a93201
talking about Drop a Gem on Em by Mobb Deep coming out before Pac's death. Pac stans think it came out after his death. -
Who [would] win in a fight between Keith Murray & Redman v/s Mobb Deep...lyrically
and physically. Mobb Deep has some phat lyrics, but so does Keith & Redman.
Mobb Deep are two skinny *****s and Redman is a big ***** & Keith is somewhat
bigger than both of them.
What do you say?
Ah, that's way too easy. Red and Keith would spank the ? out of Mobb
Deep lyrically, and then when the Mobb jumps them out of jealousy, Redman
will beat their ? himself while Keith Murray smokes a blunt while
reading a thesauraus. -
dec8 1995
Ol ? Bastard Just totaly disrepected the whole Wu once again.
Just the other night at club Esso( A NY Hotspot) The whole Wu was
performing. AS usual ol ? got ? and started beef with some kids
from Lefrak city, Queens. He started a fight in the audience, then he got
back on stage performed half a song, then ran around on stage and kicked
over RZA's turntables. What a stupid Bastard!
Meka-Don
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So what's the word on the Jay-Z album? I saw it in the stores, and
it's got to have -the- wackest cover since "Dogg Food". He's thinkin
he's some kinda mafioso, makes me laugh... "Ain't no..." was good the
first 500 times I heard it, now it's boring. Foxxy Brown, even tho
she does the same mafia style, still makes up for Jay-Z's ? lyrics
by twisting it on a female perspective, which I like. I looked at the
album in stores, and I noticed, no "Dead Presidents" That has got to
have one of my favorite beats of all time. Maybe I missed it (only
took a quick glance) but is it on there? So, anybody who has this
record, is it any good? I'm espically looking for bumpin beats to
make up for Jay-Z's ? lyrics (which he does about half the time). -
Did this phony ? Nas really say he took five shots? If he did, Nas
must think he is Tupac.
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This thread freaks me out. ? looks so weird. I dont even know ? used the internet/forums like that back then.
LOL @ "Snoop's new single goin' rollin down the streets"...
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i think that what people need to consider is that snoop is just straight
flowin'. i'm not sayin' that he has mad mad rhymin' skills, but he can flow.
like he says, when he raps it's like he's just talkin', and that's probably why
he uses the same lines in multiple songs. it probably took him like five
minutes to write that ****. the problem is that he doesn't take the time to
revise his ****. he just writes it and it's like that's it. i think he should
be more creative with his lyrics, though. on the production tip, i'll admit
that the funk thing is gettin' tired. after hearin sooooo many people bitin'
dre's style he ought to realize that he either needs to make his **** 100 times
better than the biters' or innovate a whole new style. anyway, i think "what's
my name"is an o.k. song and the video is kinda corny but fun. peace. -
While for most artsits, 400,000 in the first week is a great number, in
Jay Zs case, it is horrible. Layor Cohen, CEO of Def Jam records was on the
record several times stateing that Vol 3 would sell more than a million
copies in its first week. Def Jam spent millions of dollars promoting Vol 3,
and the build up lasted for months hyping its release. Obviously, it didnt
really work. DMX was somwhat more sucessful, but he in part was helped by a
hit single. In the case of both of these acts, these albums will probably be
their last sucessful releases as their material is getting tired out. Things
really do change in the space of a year. -
But yeah i remember ? used to diss the ? outta Jay-Z. Even down the line in 1996-2001 he used to get dissed ALOT in magazines by fans when they used to print comments. Everything ? say about Jay-Z now they said back then too.
That's why i kept saying Jay-Z didn't get that love until 2003 when he got with Beyonce and become more succesful and decided to "retire". -
Originally Posted by Dusse
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Newsgroups: alt.rap
From: b...@suntan.vid.ilstu.edu (Wild Bill)
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1993 02:25:45 GMT
Local: Mon, Oct 11 1993 10:25 pm
Subject: Websters -> Rap is NOT music
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The one aspect of rap listeners that I could never figure out
is why they so doggedly insist that rap is a form of music.
NO ONE can convince me that rap is music. There is no functional
merit to it whatsoever, except maybe for a catharsis of frustrated
would-be musicians. As proof, see Webster's Ninth collegiate
dictionary:
rap n. 1. a sharp blow or knock ; slang, criminal charge or prison
sentence. 2. to talk freely and frankly.
The very word implies that rap is only talk set to mindless drum
beat, and cannot be classified as music. Beastie Boys or no, rap
does not qualify as music because it does not satisfy the requirements
for a piece of musical composition. You can't just call it music
because there happens to be a constantly repetitive, all-too-often
unoriginal musical phrase in it, which often consists of only one
note. And they call this *music*!
To say that rap is music is like saying that the WWF is a valid
competitive sport! Any yutz who can't wrestle can just gain 300 pounds
and get into the WWF, same as anyone with a modicum of rhythm and
an obnoxious voice can rap, even though they are almost-but-not-
entirely devoid of talent.
Hell, it doesn't matter, rap is going the "disco route" in a year or
so anyway, and we won't have to endure it for another 15 years when it
makes one of those unwarranted and improbable comebacks, not unlike
bell bottoms and Meat Loaf. The rest of us will be able to relax when
rap is dead, Dead, D-E-A-D!
Bill.
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Bill Travis
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i think that what people need to consider is that snoop is just straight
flowin'. i'm not sayin' that he has mad mad rhymin' skills, but he can flow.
like he says, when he raps it's like he's just talkin', and that's probably why
he uses the same lines in multiple songs. it probably took him like five
minutes to write that ****. the problem is that he doesn't take the time to
revise his ****. he just writes it and it's like that's it. i think he should
be more creative with his lyrics, though. on the production tip, i'll admit
that the funk thing is gettin' tired. after hearin sooooo many people bitin'
dre's style he ought to realize that he either needs to make his **** 100 times
better than the biters' or innovate a whole new style. anyway, i think "what's
my name"is an o.k. song and the video is kinda corny but fun. peace.
Snoop didn't even write. Snoop flows, and then he might jot it down. But Snoop always freestyled. Maybe not on joints like Murder Was The Case but other songs. Snoop is a natural off the dome. -
Butta Peacan
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From: "Butta Peacan" <b...@bellsouth.net>
Date: 1998/07/31
Subject: Re: cam'ron
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Cam'ron is the newest cat in the i got money i drink champange with
everything craze, it seems as time goes on commercialism in hip hop gets
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You see? The ? ? say about the game just comes and goes in cycles...
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Mic Geronimo: Masta IC b/w Time to Build
It's been out for a while, but the Buckwild production on Masta IC still makes it a great listen. Mic Geronimo still reminds me of Nas, but he can hold his own (how 'bout him, AZ and Nas do a record together?). The B-side was slept on heavily, but wa ke up...peep the lyrics by JZ who's about to blow up, according to my man Matt Africa, on Payday records. (BLUNT) M.I.:87BPM, T.T.B.:96BPM -
Dont wanna click the link so how do i find these posts? What do i do?
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Oct 15 1993
is Common Sense putting out a new album anytime soon?
While I didn't like their album when I first got it... there are a few
genuinely good tracks on it. They didn't get much play on MTV (They
should have released something other than Breaker 1/9 as their second
single though...) though.... A Penny for Your Thoughts and Soul By
The Pound are pretty good...
Feb 21 1994
Has anyone heard of a group called Common Sense
Just wondering if anyone had heard of a hip-hop group (out of Chicago, I
think) called Common Sense, and if they have, what they think of them. Any
info would be appreciated.
Feb 22 1994
Common Sense isn't bad. When I first bought their tape a
few years ago I thought it was total ? , but after awhile it
grew on me. That album was very underrated. Are they coming
out with some new stuff?
