The Rap & Hip-Hop Recommendation Thread

Freebase Dali · 05-14-2010, 06:25 PM

I've been thinking about producing some more hip-hop, but this time with slow, grungy IDM beats and Dubstep style basses and atmos and with Aesop-Rock type lyrics... just something odd I've been tossing around for the past few days. I'm not sure if there's something like that out there already, but if any of you know any artists already putting that kind of thing out, I'd like to put some ear on that.

jackhammer · 05-14-2010, 06:47 PM

Benga has the type of beats you are after but Kode 9 may be more suited. It may not be perfect as the vocals are very lazy, almost drawl like. However the beats might give you some pointers.

Benga:

Kode 9:

You could also try the artists The Bug and Milanese.

Freebase Dali · 05-14-2010, 06:58 PM

Thanks! Yea the Benga track is sort of what I'm thinking in terms of the atmosphere, but the beats themselves would be a bit more hardcore. Around the same BPM, but twisted up, a little distorted, compressed and punchy.
Probably more like what I usually produce for beats, but suited for flowing to.

Ultimately I'm thinking of a mix of styles.. IDM/Dubstep/Electronica/Grunge/HipHop and even a little Indie thrown in there. All crammed into each song differently over the course of an album.
I want to write a full album, as all I've ever done is single releases of various genres since 2004 and it sucks not to have something coherent as a single entity after all that time. I really want to have an idea worked out before I go into it, so that's what the recommendation is for really.

I'll check out the other two artists as well.
If you or anyone else has anything to add that might give me some inspiration or ideas to take note of, let 'em rip.

Thanks!

Sparky · 05-14-2010, 08:48 PM

Going for an aesop rock type flow might be kinda tricky. But then again I don't know your music that well. You could spit hot fire.

Freebase Dali · 05-14-2010, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matious

Going for an aesop rock type flow might be kinda tricky. But then again I don't know your music that well. You could spit hot fire.

I don't have a problem writing and spitting that style. I'm more concerned about the music itself and how I want to present it. I'm tired of the same old formula and I want to do something that contains elements I like but in an unnatural way.

maraca2020 · 05-16-2010, 04:42 PM

thanks for all of the responses. Anything a little more Eminem - ish (more gritty, a little more diverse beat) than ATCQ and the rest?

maraca2020 · 05-18-2010, 01:42 PM

not sure if this isn't getting some love because its stuck at top^^

CharliTuna · 05-24-2010, 04:57 AM

Hello!

Im recently just dow in the old-school hip-hop scene and i cant feed my appetite for it with my own knowledge of it, so guide me in the old-school hip-hop world.

CT

LoathsomePete · 05-24-2010, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MDietrich

Hey guys I'm looking for some good female rappers along the lines of these ones I like:

Yo-Yo
Jean Grae
Lauryn Hill
Queen Latifah
MC Lyte
Bahamadia
Mystic
Monie Love
Salt N Pepa
Digable Planets/Ladybug Mecca

I'm not looking for Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, Remy Ma, Nicki Minaj type stuff.

Male rappers are fine too as long as they have the sort of lyrics these people have, thoughtful conscious lyrics about different issues, less about bragging/violence. I love the sensitivity of Digable Planets. Thanks in advance.

You should definitely check out Dessa from the Doomtree collective out in Minneapolis. She put out her debut LP earlier this year called A Badly Broken Code and it is absolutely fantastic. Great lyrics, great vocals, and great delivery.

Jester · 05-25-2010, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MDietrich

Hey guys I'm looking for some good female rappers along the lines of these ones I like:

Yo-Yo
Jean Grae
Lauryn Hill
Queen Latifah
MC Lyte
Bahamadia
Mystic
Monie Love
Salt N Pepa
Digable Planets/Ladybug Mecca

I'm not looking for Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, Remy Ma, Nicki Minaj type stuff.

Male rappers are fine too as long as they have the sort of lyrics these people have, thoughtful conscious lyrics about different issues, less about bragging/violence. I love the sensitivity of Digable Planets. Thanks in advance.

Yeah, check out Dessa, but get her False Hopes EP. A full length album of Dessa gets boring.

One of my favorite female rappers:

05-14-2010, 06:47 PM	#32 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Benga has the type of beats you are after but Kode 9 may be more suited. It may not be perfect as the vocals are very lazy, almost drawl like. However the beats might give you some pointers. Benga: Kode 9: You could also try the artists The Bug and Milanese. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

05-16-2010, 04:42 PM	#36 (permalink)
maraca2020 Groupie Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 18	thanks for all of the responses. Anything a little more Eminem - ish (more gritty, a little more diverse beat) than ATCQ and the rest? Last edited by maraca2020; 05-17-2010 at 08:26 PM.

05-24-2010, 04:57 AM	#38 (permalink)
CharliTuna Groupie Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1	OldSchool Hip-hop Hello! Im recently just dow in the old-school hip-hop scene and i cant feed my appetite for it with my own knowledge of it, so guide me in the old-school hip-hop world. CT

05-14-2010, 06:25 PM	#31 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	I've been thinking about producing some more hip-hop, but this time with slow, grungy IDM beats and Dubstep style basses and atmos and with Aesop-Rock type lyrics... just something odd I've been tossing around for the past few days. I'm not sure if there's something like that out there already, but if any of you know any artists already putting that kind of thing out, I'd like to put some ear on that.

05-14-2010, 06:58 PM	#33 (permalink)
Freebase Dali Partying on the inside Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5,584	Thanks! Yea the Benga track is sort of what I'm thinking in terms of the atmosphere, but the beats themselves would be a bit more hardcore. Around the same BPM, but twisted up, a little distorted, compressed and punchy. Probably more like what I usually produce for beats, but suited for flowing to. Ultimately I'm thinking of a mix of styles.. IDM/Dubstep/Electronica/Grunge/HipHop and even a little Indie thrown in there. All crammed into each song differently over the course of an album. I want to write a full album, as all I've ever done is single releases of various genres since 2004 and it sucks not to have something coherent as a single entity after all that time. I really want to have an idea worked out before I go into it, so that's what the recommendation is for really. I'll check out the other two artists as well. If you or anyone else has anything to add that might give me some inspiration or ideas to take note of, let 'em rip. Thanks!

05-14-2010, 08:48 PM	#34 (permalink)
Sparky not really Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,223	Going for an aesop rock type flow might be kinda tricky. But then again I don't know your music that well. You could spit hot fire.

05-18-2010, 01:42 PM	#37 (permalink)
maraca2020 Groupie Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 18	not sure if this isn't getting some love because its stuck at top^^