It's June 05, 2024, 01:28:08 AM
Dre-Day hooked me up with this album today;T-K.A.S.H. Turf War Syndromehttp://www.amazon.com/Turf-War-Syndrome-T-K-S-H/dp/B000EJ9NZ0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1206836302&sr=1-1Only listened to the album a couple of times,but I like what I heard so far.Check this track out,it features Boots Riley from The Coup. Dope shit!!!16 American Nightmare Long Version (Feat The Coup).mp3http://www.mediafire.com/?xaigcyew3gh
Chad brought up the Jacka and the Mob Figaz, who have a lot of gangsta songs,but especially Jacka and Fed-Ex have a different way of rapping about it, and a lot of references to being Muslim and spiritual.
The Team has a few gangsta lines and a lot of club songs and stuff, but they had a different sound going that has some nice appeal.
Frontline is also pretty nice, their last album "Lock & Left" had no promotion or buzz, but it was pretty solid.
Andre Nickatina have an alternative vibe to his music
I didn't see Chace Infinite mentioned, another L.A. cat who is nice on the mic.
Have bumped this album for the last couple of days;Visionaries - Pangaea Mear WCA did the cover Must say the beats is banging,the whole Technicali click is dope.
And I definitely agree about there being plenty of garbage alternative rap and all that,but I was just trying to make it relate to this topic.
I think Rob Lo's beats are incredibly underrated,and would like to see him work more with some other sounds outside of the Mob Figaz just to get more variety and exposure.I think Fed-X is really talented too, he sounds like he puts so much effort into his rhymes and has a nice style.
Also, I don't think this was mentioned, but the Prophets of Rage, and especially, Rico Pabon.Sometimes he rhymes in Spanish which really isn't my thing, but he has some good music.I actually found out about him at a concert through my college music class, so that was really cool.I'll try to up something in a little bit, but check him out because he is talented and has a cool sound.
I used to fuck with a lot of "backpacker" west coast shit but eventually, i just got tired of it.The only artist's i still fuck with are the hiero crew(specifically del, even though his new shit was whack), scarub, murs, and luckyiam, 2 mex (he's really hit or miss though).I just don't feel a lot of it because it gets so abstract and corny that it almost doesn't even resemble hip hop anymore.Like they try and mix in too much bullshit, and lyrically, their later stuff gets as redundant as most gangster rap.They lose that hard edge that hardcore hip hop is supposed to have.