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You know, I did kinda like big krits album, but didn't felt he lived up to the hype I had heard. I'm just not much for southern rappers in general. I think a big part is a lot of the slang words they use make them sound like some of the dumbest people in the world (slim thug potentially comes in first on the ignorance front.)

Slab, grill, grippin grain, etc, shouldn't ever be uttered by another southern rapper again, then more of them might get taken seriously. Well that and probably lay off the lean. Oh and dj screws style should have died when he did.

I've been listening to Skyzoo's new album "A Dream Deferred", Lupe Fiasco's new album, and the new public enemy album a lot. As well as the newest nas album, and anything by the black opera.

Screw & Chop is pretty much a sub-genre. I can see how it would be a regional thing though. Also, the slang used is pretty common language down here, which is why you'll hear it more from the Houston scene.

Boogahz wrote:Big Krit feat. Slim Thug & LiL Keke - Me & My Old School

Nice.

Spoonie Gee & The Treacherous Three - The New Rap Language

This gets really slick as it goes on.

I remember songs like this and Juice Crew - The Symphony as all-star tracks that rarely seem to come up anymore due to the number of collabs that seem to be nothing special.

Best hip hop concert ever last night! Public enemy, schooly d, leaders of the new school, wise intelligent from the poor righteous teachers, x clan, and a few I'm forgetting. Chuck d hosted tge show and talked with everyone after they performed. It was amazing to see all those groups live, I suggest going to see the hip hop gods tour if you're a hip hop fan. Theyve got a few more shows with the current lineup, then there are going to be multiple subsequent tours with other people in addition to public enemy.

xclan was fun back in the day. I remember buying Africa medallions with a Puerto Rican friend after watching them for the first time at a music festival in Austin.

Hahaha! He had his daughter performing on stage with him for the show.

This scene makes me think of this thread!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKlDBi0cyIA

Has Hip-Hop been found guilty yet? If so off with its head!

A statistical analysis of what rappers actually say about the police:

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Lyrics about law enforcement, for example, frequently portrayed cops as predators exercising an illegitimate power. Imprisonment, likewise, was blamed for weakening familial and community relationships and described a modern method of oppression.



Their analysis refutes the idea that hip-hop performers are embracing negative stereotypes of African American men in order to sell albums. Instead, it suggests that the genre retains the politicized messages that it was born with.

[...]

This is what hip-hop looks like.

Get used to disappointment.

That link is nothing but

Considering that he doesn't eat the flesh of animals.. He's going to outlive all of you!

he can't outlive us, because the concept of life is man-made too!

Boogahz wrote:he can't outlive us, because the concept of life is man-made too!

A conspiracy against the undead?

Those sociologists seem to have taken something seemingly obvious and drawn backwards conclusions from it.

Lil Buck, the dancer in the YouTube video, was on Colbert Thursday.

A documentary chronicling Lil Buck's visit to China can be seen here.