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Title: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: C-clamp on October 23, 2005, 09:14:37 AM
what album would you give them?

For me it would either be The Chronic or Midnight Marauders depending on what other music the person likes, if there into aggressive stuff then obviously the Chronic, if they're mostly coming from a jazz/r&b background then Midnight Marauders

I know a lot of people would say Illmatic, but honestly I would never use it to get someone into rap.  Illmatic is an amazing album if your already a rap fan, but for someone who's never listened to rap before, it's not that appealing.

How about you guys?
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: ABN on October 23, 2005, 09:26:39 AM
iŽd give them Paid In Full or Death Certificate 8)
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: white Boy on October 23, 2005, 09:27:37 AM
all depends on wat their background of music before, but probly some atcq or if they got a rock background, some early rick rubin produced shit.
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: Kill on October 23, 2005, 09:34:42 AM
you got a point with Illmatic, but I donŽt see The Chronic as incredibly aggressive...some of it is, but depends on the song. If someone wanted to listen to hiphop for really aggressive stuff IŽd give them "Warriorz" or "Bacdafucup"...however, in general:

The Marshall Mathers LP, All Eyez On Me, Reasonable Doubt, The Score, Doggystyle, Life After Death, Wu-Tang Forever and a whole buncha others, tight albums that are easy to get into, have good production and a certain pop appeal

Mecca & The Soul Brother, The Low End Theory, De La Soul Is Dead, The Listening, J5 LP and other stuff that is smooth, well-done and not too aggressive if the person wasnŽt into hearing about guns, whips n bitches

The Chronic, We Come Strapped, Safe & Sound, ATLiens, Aquemini, The Fix etc for somebody looking for the really melodic stuff

but it all depends on the person...maybe somebody tryina get into hiphop would immidiately fall in love with cLOUDDEAD or Urban Thermo Dynamics and not care about Dr. Dre for a second...
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: Machiavelli on October 23, 2005, 09:35:50 AM
2001...That album got me into rap like big time, and I know alot of people who started to become rap fans after the album....
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: late night on October 23, 2005, 10:13:20 AM
i actually did this before a long time ago i let one of my homies (who listens to rock exclusivly),  borrow "the chronic" he said it was cool but i couldent get him to listen to more rap... my other homie who didnt listen to music at all i burnt him wutang 36 chambers and hes been a fan of n.y rap ever since....
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: E. J. Rizo on October 23, 2005, 10:30:22 AM
i actually did this before a long time ago i let one of my homies (who listens to rock exclusivly),  borrow "the chronic" he said it was cool but i couldent get him to listen to more rap... my other homie who didnt listen to music at all i burnt him wutang 36 chambers and hes been a fan of n.y rap ever since....
Fuckin traider you supposed to get them into westcoast rap homie.... ;)
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: Kassem on October 23, 2005, 10:42:33 AM
i listened to marshall mathers lp when i was 11.then heared by mistake 2pac changes that shit got me hooked.i started hearing his greatest hits.while reading pac bio i heared about dre so i heared nwa----fuck tha police.so i am 16 in egypt with no west coast influence but i heared everything from king t to mc eiht.shit nobody in this country knows wat the fuck am listening to
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: Bramsterdam (see ya) on October 23, 2005, 11:02:22 AM
I'd use some Jurassic 5 material or maybe Dilated
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: late night on October 23, 2005, 02:52:37 PM
i actually did this before a long time ago i let one of my homies (who listens to rock exclusivly),  borrow "the chronic" he said it was cool but i couldent get him to listen to more rap... my other homie who didnt listen to music at all i burnt him wutang 36 chambers and hes been a fan of n.y rap ever since....
Fuckin traider you supposed to get them into westcoast rap homie.... ;)

lol im sure that foo will come around... :laugh:
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: GangstaBoogy on October 23, 2005, 03:20:44 PM
"Doggystyle" should do it for anyone
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Post by: Paul on October 23, 2005, 03:49:07 PM
id go 4 rythm al ism, simply cause there is a song that will appeal to everyone on it. great all round masterpiece 8)

others blueprint, doggystyle, all eyes on me, black sunday
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: Juronimo on October 23, 2005, 04:21:58 PM
DJ Quik

I've gotten friends who don't even lock rap music but love DJ Quik's music. I'd recommend Rhythmalism. The musical feel of the album is easy on the ears for non hip hop heads.
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: Lincoln on October 23, 2005, 04:38:14 PM
I would introduce them to Run-DMC, The Beastie Boys, Eric B & Rakim, Public Enemy, Mos Def and DJ Quik. That's the only artists I listen to regularly anymore really.
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Post by: ωεεźγ ғ on October 23, 2005, 04:39:54 PM
I was a rap fan before '2001'  ;D
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: late night on October 23, 2005, 05:00:16 PM
I would introduce them to Run-DMC, The Beastie Boys, Eric B & Rakim, Public Enemy, Mos Def and DJ Quik. That's the only artists I listen to regularly anymore really.

a little bit off topic, but damn homie how the fuck did u get over 2000 negative karma... :o.
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: Lincoln on October 23, 2005, 05:13:45 PM
I would introduce them to Run-DMC, The Beastie Boys, Eric B & Rakim, Public Enemy, Mos Def and DJ Quik. That's the only artists I listen to regularly anymore really.

a little bit off topic, but damn homie how the fuck did u get over 2000 negative karma... :o.

Asking the wrong guy man. Ask the haters.
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: herpes on October 23, 2005, 05:26:38 PM
depends on the person and what type of hip hop your trying to get to them

if you want to introduce to just pure hip hop then something like illmatic
if you want to introduce them to some party stuff something like doggystyle or legal drug money
if you want to introduce them to a more mature sound something like midnight maurauders or common...

your best bet is to give them a little bit of everything
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: BizzyR.I.P. on October 23, 2005, 05:35:24 PM
Depends on what they like. If they listen to laid back/stoner music then  E. 1999 Eternal. If they're interested in the lyrics then  Me Against the World. If they like great production then  Safe+Sound, Rythm-al-ism, or The Chronic. If they aren't easily affended and just like great music then Death Certifacte.
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: BizzyR.I.P. on October 23, 2005, 05:43:58 PM
I would introduce them to Run-DMC, The Beastie Boys, Eric B & Rakim, Public Enemy, Mos Def and DJ Quik. That's the only artists I listen to regularly anymore really.

a little bit off topic, but damn homie how the fuck did u get over 2000 negative karma... :o.

Asking the wrong guy man. Ask the haters.
LMAO
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: J Bananas on October 23, 2005, 06:02:37 PM
heres what i did for someone.

start em off with something not to lyrical, but lots of technique and good beats. eg. Bone Thugs.
Next, something with good beats and a little substance, but not necessarily the best technique. eg. DJ Quik. Then drop the classics on em, Illmatic, Reasonable Doubt, the ones that everybody wanna hear. After that, they'll probably be into hip hop enough that they can make their own decsions on what they wanna listen to.
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Post by: $do11a biLL$ on October 23, 2005, 07:20:24 PM
black album, chronic 2001, and the documentary would be pretty good because they are pretty easy albums to understand.
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: BigBDrugStores on October 24, 2005, 06:56:23 AM
lil wayne -tha carter
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: JMan on October 24, 2005, 07:09:17 AM
2001...That album got me into rap like big time, and I know alot of people who started to become rap fans after the album....

yup same here, when i stood up and took notice of tha west  8)
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: Throwback on October 24, 2005, 02:04:25 PM
some atmosphere, simply because thats almost the only hiphop i like.
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Post by: white Boy on October 24, 2005, 02:11:40 PM
also i think the blueprint or reasonable, ill add those, i think jay z is a really easy rapper to like.
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: Teddy Roosevelt on October 24, 2005, 03:12:43 PM
2001...That album got me into rap like big time, and I know alot of people who started to become rap fans after the album....
I barely listened to rap until my uncle bought me this record when I was 13. After that i coundln't get enough rap. So definatly 2001.
I'd also go with doggystyle, some dj quik. Game's shit is easy to listen to. Same with Jay Z. After that id definatly turn them to illmatic like C-clamp said. And straight outta compton
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: Kill on October 24, 2005, 03:20:31 PM
I would introduce them to Run-DMC, The Beastie Boys, Eric B & Rakim, Public Enemy, Mos Def and DJ Quik. That's the only artists I listen to regularly anymore really.

a little bit off topic, but damn homie how the fuck did u get over 2000 negative karma... :o.

 :whistle:


























anyways, what I wanted to add is, The Blueprint (the Jay-Z one) is definitely a great album to get somebody into hiphop...poppy, but not watered down, melodic, brillantly produced and lyrically characteristic for the genre, but on a pretty good level
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: coola on October 24, 2005, 05:04:28 PM
cypress hill - black sunday

thats what got me into hip-hop...
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: Diabolical on October 24, 2005, 05:08:40 PM
If they are into death metal - Brotha Lynch Hung "Season Of Da Siccness"
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: Trauma-san on October 24, 2005, 09:57:18 PM
Outkast would be the easiest to get somebody into rap.  Nobody's going to NOT enjoy something like Aquemini. 
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: Trauma-san on October 24, 2005, 09:58:34 PM
I would introduce them to Run-DMC, The Beastie Boys, Eric B & Rakim, Public Enemy, Mos Def and DJ Quik. That's the only artists I listen to regularly anymore really.

a little bit off topic, but damn homie how the fuck did u get over 2000 negative karma... :o.

Asking the wrong guy man. Ask the haters.

That's fucked up, man.  Lincoln would be one of the only people on the forum who actually DOESN'T deserve to get 'dissed'. 
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: Trauma-san on October 24, 2005, 09:59:37 PM
black album, chronic 2001, and the documentary would be pretty good because they are pretty easy albums to understand.

Is there such a thing as a rap album that's NOT easy to understand? 
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: coola on October 24, 2005, 11:41:55 PM
black album, chronic 2001, and the documentary would be pretty good because they are pretty easy albums to understand.

Is there such a thing as a rap album that's NOT easy to understand? 

man i find myself listening to hip-hop with people, and i start laughin at a line or some shit (like a free record), and they dont even notice half the lyrics... dre's flow is real slow, and his voice is clear, i goto agree chronic 2001 is real easy to understand... plus you dont get distracted by the geniously simple beats, its easy listening..
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Post by: WestCoasta on October 25, 2005, 02:07:56 AM
a great DJ Quik album
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Post by: Bigg $amo on October 25, 2005, 02:33:09 PM
i'd go with doggystyle or me against the world
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: ac1386 on October 27, 2005, 07:36:13 AM
It's hard to say because it depends on the person. If he already has a bad idea of rap like alot of people do who dont like the commercial stuff, then youll really have to pick a good album. I do know that i started listening to hip hop only 5 years ago (I was 14). On the way to washington DC for our 8th grade trip this kid, who became like a brother to  me starting at this point, showed me doggystyle. I wasnt obsessed with hip hop from then on, but i was obsessed with that cd. I memorized the whole thing and as the years passed i realized how much i liked rap, and i havent bought an album that wasnt hip hop ever. I have burned a couple but they get almost no air time on my cd player.
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Post by: Mac 10 † on October 27, 2005, 07:39:57 AM
if you are honest with yourself you would HAVE to start them off with pop stuff, something they can relate and graudally build from

so in that case, the main one that comes to mind is eminem or 50 cent  ( unfortunately!!! )
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: coola on October 27, 2005, 10:11:12 AM
if you are honest with yourself you would HAVE to start them off with pop stuff, something they can relate and graudally build from

so in that case, the main one that comes to mind is eminem or 50 cent  ( unfortunately!!! )

50 - cent ? nah hell no... maybe slim shady, or marshal mathers... not so much eminem...

i think the best shit to start people on is pac, cube, dre, quik, warren, xzibit even jermaine dupri... not snoop doggy dogg coz that shit is real gangsta. i dont personally like over-board gangsta shit, although i like to hear sublte gangsta lines in the raps i listen to...
Title: Re: If you were trying to introduce someone to rap...........
Post by: Mac 10 † on October 27, 2005, 01:47:07 PM
if you are honest with yourself you would HAVE to start them off with pop stuff, something they can relate and graudally build from

so in that case, the main one that comes to mind is eminem or 50 cent  ( unfortunately!!! )

50 - cent ? nah hell no... maybe slim shady, or marshal mathers... not so much eminem...

i think the best shit to start people on is pac, cube, dre, quik, warren, xzibit even jermaine dupri... not snoop doggy dogg coz that shit is real gangsta. i dont personally like over-board gangsta shit, although i like to hear sublte gangsta lines in the raps i listen to...

yeh good thinking throw them in the deep-end, let me know how that goes  ::)
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Post by: Inspire / Moss on October 27, 2005, 07:40:23 PM
Eazy-Duz-It never failed me, but thats so oldschool now.  hmm, i'd prolly say not chronic, but chronic 2001, thats got something everyone will like on it in my opinion.