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- kolbygoodman, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19So just because you have this twisted stereotypical perception of rap, of Hip Hop, music, you are not even going to sample some of the greatest song writes of the last 20 years? Not every country music artist is a hick from Texas, not every pop diva is a young blond sex-pot, not every classical artist wears a neatly pressed tux, and not every hip hop artist is a street thug "strapped" with a "gat"...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Theres nothing wrong with rap as music. There's everything wrong with mainstream rappers.
- stinkypyper, on 10/12/2007, -10/+24This is Digg man. One of those songs better be about Kevin Rose, Atheism, or Apple Computers.
- haggie, on 10/12/2007, -8/+18if i want to hear uneducated black people talking *****, i would ride the bus.
- Smarnash, on 10/12/2007, -8/+16Rap music promotes violence and rudeness to ho's.
- n8r0n, on 10/12/2007, -6/+14Word.
- TjLAXattack, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9if you stopped reading after "rap" here's what you missed...
" Songs You Need To Hear Right Now (with Downloads)" - djpm05, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9It won't load, but I hope they have "A Tribe Called Quest" on there.
- CornStarch, on 10/12/2007, -7/+12Music is music, if people like you had their way we'd still be listening to nothing but classical music. Not that there's anything wrong with classical, but I couldn't live without my system of a down.
- redog, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6To do that you would first need to get a bitch, keep dreaming geek.
- TheCount, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8If you talk anything like you type, then people are probably hinting at your mental retardation. You should see a doctor.
- unicornhunter, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9That's b/c Jurassic 5 is corny :)
- imag, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10Just put the entire Lupe Fiasco album on there.
- unicornhunter, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8Those take me back. I use to have most of em' on a cassette recorded from the local college radio station, but the quality was crap and I lost the tapes. can't wait to hear 40-50.
- billycuts, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5You seem to be confused. Hiphop is culture, rap is an element of this culture. Your use of terms such as "civilized" and "degenerates" shows your ethnocentricity and lack of understanding of hiphop culture.
I'd like to see this list, unfortunately the site is down. - subtle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4You think you're suffering -- apparently I NEED to hear them RIGHT NOW. Oh noes. What am I to do? I'm going to have to content myself with sitting in my favorites.
- idonthack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"I just listedned to them and people say I sound Motherasteriskasteriskasterisking different? is this shasteriskasterisk right?"
- TjLAXattack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I just wish every single artist would be a young blonde sexpot. Is that too much to ask?
- CornStarch, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6I didn't see any Jurassic 5 there so it's obviously not a complete list.
- hkid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Sad ignorant racists.
Rap has a lot of negative and ignorant *****, but that is because of the major label system and which aspects of rap labels decide to glorify.
White people buy most rap CDs that are sold, so what does that say?
People can't look past 50 Cent and Lil Wayne and see that maybe there is more than what is being shown?
Are you the same people that believed George Bush and support(ed) the Iraq War?
This sites comments grow increasingly stupid. - aantix, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Eric B and Rakim's "Microphone Fiend" is an absolute classic. Rakim's lyrical delivery was well ahead of it's time.
- Fluxx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3For those of you going "ugh....Rap is all about blunts, 40s, trucks, and bitches," I'll sum up the difference between "rap" (mainstream) and "hip-hop" (underground, independent rap).
Rap is about consumerism, cash, drugs, and girls -- hip hop is apologetic for it. - channelx, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6Well said, you don't the rest of us crapping on whatever style of music you are into. If you "stopped reading after rap" then why did you take the time to post a comment about it? If you don't like it, you don't have to read it, bury it and move on to something else.
Also, would it really hurt for dig to expand of something outside of Apple, atheism, or the usual things you see on here? - subtle, on 10/12/2007, -5/+61. Hold up, these are tracks? For realz? Gen-u-wine tracks? This is a great start.
2. One after another? You mean they don't all try and jump on a brother at the same time? ***** is getting better and better.
3. I will sit in my favorites for years? This is the clincher. Only just last week someone was trying to evict me from my favorites. Now I dont's need to worries no more.
Hell, I ain't even going to bother clicking on the link ... I've got all the good news I can handle in the description. - lysdexia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Rap causes societal degenerates?
So, for example, Bush listens to Rap, yes?
The labels and the genres are limitations that music lovers don't need or want. From Public Enemy to the Sex Pistols - Rolling Stones to Velvet Underground - Marvin Gaye to Iggy Pop - DJ Shadow to Pere Ubu and so on and so forth - open your heart and be uplifted by the sonic creations of musicians from everywhere. - OhWord, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2It should be back up shortly.
I thought maybe it was all the traffic too but my host actually screwed something up with billing. I just sent them an email explaining their mistake so it should all be taken care of soon. - absinthemind, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2damn, looks like digg killed it before we got Thursday or Friday's posting...
"This account has been suspended. Either the domain has been overused, or the reseller ran out of resources."
oh well, at least I got 1-30 - FearNLoathing, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5I'm hoping there's some:
J Dilla
MF DOOM
Madlib
Gang Starr - absinthemind, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1ohword, thanks for posting the update - in the meantime, do you have any links to the ZIP files for 31-40 and 41-50 or will we have to wait till the site is back up?
- madm0nk, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5I'm gonna create an new music style, it's a cross between country and rap, it will be called ..... crap.
- groundctrl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1i think the other 40 are in other blog posts that follow this one.
- lithuin, on 10/12/2007, -11/+11Do any of these tell me how to slap my bitch up?
Because I need to know. - cma3, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2@thenik
"People are confusing "rap" and hip hop. Rap is the kind of music that causes our society to become degenerates. Hip hop, however, usually has more relaxed or civilized subject matter, and is normally actually good to listen to."
actually you are confusing rap and hip hop and know not what you speak of. - OhWord, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0sorry absinthe,
i didnt see your comment till just now.
the site's back up. all the zip files are linked. plus one mega-zip file with all 51 tracks.
plus a new collection of 20 great rarities.
enjoy. - KyjL, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Where's Mos Def?
Better have him later on. - gb506, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4@
"Not every country music artist is a hick from Texas, not every pop diva is a young blond sex-pot, not every classical artist wears a neatly pressed tux, and not every hip hop artist is a street thug "strapped" with a "gat"..."
Yeah, but how many country and/or pop singers do you see pumped full of bullets by a rival "artist"? Rap is culturally corrosive and retarded. - aldomatic, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4those bring back memories
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1not that great
- ACoolie, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3He only posted ten of them for some reason. Download link also.
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Buck a shot at your cold, calculating Ipod and type up some disparaging comments for all of those half-stepping bloggers who do nothing more than post download links for random rap albums without any clarifying contextual commentary whatsoever. Especially those would-be audio terrorists who upload entire albums as if it’s something to do then try to extort reader commentary by threatening to pick up their toys and exit the proverbial sandbox. Our musical heritage deserves better treatment than ebay commodification and weirdo collector-ism.
The rap world is littered with neglected gems, and the OhWord.com squadron, along with Noz from Cocaine Blunts and Robbie from Unkut, stay forever on the hunt. This entire week we bring you our collective sense of the diamonds in the rough you need to hear … right now, at the rate of ten songs a day.
Forget about assigning meaningless and arbitrary superlative values and listening to some shut-in’s notion of an “ol’ skool megamix” consisting of “Scenario,” “Full Clip” and “Mad Izm” on continuous loop. Eff what you heard, the songs on our list are just plain incredible:
Download All Ten Songs As A .zip File
1. Pete Rock & Large Professor – “The Rap World” (High School High Soundtrack, Atlantic, 1996)
Talk about your dream team – this soundtrack winner showcases a superb Johnny “Guitar” Watson flip that in retrospect serves as a swan-song to the kind of music that Pete and Xtra-P had been making for the previous five years – laid-back stream-of-consciousness wordplay over a vibed-out SP1200 platter. It was good while it lasted, huh? – Robbie Ettelson (Unkut.com)
2. Guru ft Kai Bee & Lil Dap – “The Way it Iz” (Priority, 1997)
A forgotten gem from the Rhyme & Reason soundtrack, “The Way it Iz” is a traditional rap protest song that mournfully recounts the harshness of ghetto life. Over a thick fog of filtered bass and recontextualised pan flutes, the emcees recount their existence with tinges of regret caught in between love of the rap life and hatred of the poverty that birthed it. Guru dominates the track with his trademark monotone but his higher pitched accomplices rep for a younger generation still upholding the codes of the street. Though not produced by DJ Premier, the track exemplifies Gangstarr’s mix of grim seriousness and roughneck appeal. – Sacha Orenstein (OhWord.com)
3. Queen Mutha Rage – “Slipping Into Darkness” (Cardiac, 1991)
As a card-carrying member of the X-Clan-helmed BlackWatch Movement, Queen Mutha Rage’s 1991 effort Vainglorious Law was sadly lost in the fray of rap’s short-lived Afro-centric epoch. It’s a shame because the LP’s opener “Slipping Into Darkness” features a fascinating flip of Bob James’ “Nautilus,” and Queen Mutha Rage cleverly phrases her politically charged rhymes while gently manipulating her arresting yet feminine voice to correspond perfectly to the ghostly loop. Don’t sleep, sissies. – R.H.S. (OhWord.com)
4. Nas – “Amongst Kings” (White Label, 1999)
It’s easy to make fun of Nas in his ghetto prophet idiom, but here he gets it entirely right. The song contains some of the most engaging meditations and speculations on the experience of death found in any rap song. The melancholy beat’s changes are perfectly executed to mesh with some of Nas’ best imagery.–David (OhWord.com)
5. T.I.P. & Beanie Sigel – “2 Glock 9s” (Arista, 2000)
It’s appropriate that TI’s first major label appearance (Oh Word fact checkers?) from the surprisingly consistent Shaft Soundtrack would be next to the equally conflicted dope dealer Beanie Sigel, the self-proclaimed “Broad Street Bully.” Both artists leave their conscience at home, dropping verbal mean mugs over Parental Advisory’s David Porter/Biggie loop. – Noz (Cocaineblunts.com)
6. J-Live – “School’s In (Original Mix)” (Raw Shack, 1998)
Though best known in its remixed form from The Best Part, J-Live’s original “School’s In” stands superior, with producer Mark Ronson opting to bolster the echo-heavy track with dub influenced instrumentation and a catchy Asian melody. J-Live’s typically understated baritone turns into palpable fury on this track as he rips his various opponents, including covetous record execs, incompetent teachers and poor listeners, limb from limb. The fact that he’d become a high school teacher only a few years later is ironic but also understandable: after all he was already doing their job better than they were when he dropped science on the mic. – Sacha Orenstein (OhWord.com)
7. Fat Joe – “***** Is Real (Premier Remix)” (Relativity, 1994)
DJ Premier’s beat, melodious chiming notes propelled by crackly drums, gives a driving force to the song, where the bouncy jazz of the original seemed to disappear underneath Fat Joe’s confident narration. Fat Joe’s rhymes are not skillful, but they are so straightforward, delivered with such conviction, that their truth seems unassailable. Joe’s charisma smoothes the history of his young life into a continuous ascent. By the third verse, he is in a lofty position, able to give commanding advice to up-and-comers who may be tempted to fake moves like some punks. – David (OhWord.com)
8. Rakim – “Shades of Black” (Avatar Records 1995)
This brilliant cut appeared on the superb but ignored Pump Ya Fist compilation in 1995 during a long period of painfully sparse output from the God MC. The minimalist, punchy beat, courtesy of Easy Moe Bee, pulses and crackles with urgency, sounding like an homage to the great Paul C. In the course of ripping the track to pieces, Rakim recounts freedom fighters past and present, ponders the role of the individual in a collective struggle, and sermonizes a logical plan of righteous resistance. Blast this at full volume, preferably in a residential area. – R.H.S. (OhWord.com)
9. Stinky Dink The Rickety Raw – “One Track Mind” (East 11305, 1991)
Perhaps the most vicious go-go talker/mc hybrid the DC scene has ever produced. One Man, One Hundred Dollars and a… - Noz (Cocaineblunts.com)
10. Organized Konfusion – “Prisoners of War” (Hollywood BASIC, 1991)
Although their use of “The Mexican” pales in comparison to Ced Gee’s masterful take for the Technolo G single, Pharoahe Monche leaves no doubt as to why we’re still checking for him over fifteen years later. His second verse is undoubtably one of the greatest displays of lyrical dexterity ever committed to quarter inch tape. - Robbie Ettelson (Unkut.com) - secion8, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Bookmark and try again in a few hours.
- JohnnyHuh, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Darned Digg effect.......
- jarinudom, on 03/31/2008, -3/+2Hey those are not bad :)
Where are the other 30 :mad: - danggit, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Was going to type the same reply but billycuts beat me to hte punch; kudos m8.
I would have loved to get a hand on thsoe tracks too... - lysdexia, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1There are some truly great choons on that list.
- Sivvy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11) You don't share my taste in music.
2) You don't share my ability to subtract 10 from 50 correctly. - JuyLe, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1I remember the so-funny article about the rap covers !
- groundctrl, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1check out this mix:
http://www.inoveryourhead.net/show-109-hip-hop-set-5/ - TheNik, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5People are confusing "rap" and hip hop. Rap is the kind of music that causes our society to become degenerates. Hip hop, however, usually has more relaxed or civilized subject matter, and is normally actually good to listen to.
The article is dead, so I'm not sure if they appeared on it, but if you want some good Hip hop, check out Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Dilated Peoples, Common, Jurassic 5, and the like. - secion8, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5" and not every hip hop artist is a street thug "strapped" with a "gat"... "
But that is what they want you to believe! - 04TL, on 10/12/2007, -10/+8you stopped reading after 'rap' and felt the need to tell us that, why...?
...another unnecessary comment, just a different day... -
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