Author Topic: Rawkus Records 97-2002 Appreciation Thread (Read 259 times)

TraceOneInfinite · « **on:** October 21, 2008, 12:14:14 AM »

Show some love ya'll. Real hip-hop, lyricism, consciousness, give props where props is due!

If you doubt their greatness a short listen to their radio station over at Underground Hip-Hop.com will quickly make you a believer...

http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/audio/radio/radio.asp?Channel=Rawkus

white Boy · « **Reply #1 on:** October 21, 2008, 05:32:45 AM »

# 1998: Black Star - Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star
# 1999: Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
# 1999: Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
# 2000: Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Train of Thought
# 2000: Big L - The Big Picture
# 2001: Hi-Tek - Hi-Teknology
# 2002: Talib Kweli - Quality
# 2004: Talib Kweli - The Beautiful Struggle

good shit

Birdie · « **Reply #2 on:** October 21, 2008, 07:20:59 AM »

Quote from: white Boy on October 21, 2008, 05:32:45 AM

# 1998: Black Star - Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star
# 1999: Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
# 1999: Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
# 2000: Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Train of Thought
# 2000: Big L - The Big Picture
# 2001: Hi-Tek - Hi-Teknology
# 2002: Talib Kweli - Quality
# 2004: Talib Kweli - The Beautiful Struggle

good shit

The best shit

. A lot of classics in the list.

RingMan · « **Reply #3 on:** October 21, 2008, 09:53:43 AM »

Rawkus was the shit back in the days, nowadays only Blue Scholars and Marco Polo are capable of doing good album, since Panacea and Kidz In The Hall left

TraceOneInfinite · « **Reply #4 on:** October 21, 2008, 10:23:33 AM »

Quote from: RingMan on October 21, 2008, 09:53:43 AM

Rawkus was the shit back in the days, nowadays only Blue Scholars and Marco Polo are capable of doing good album, since Panacea and Kidz In The Hall left

Ya.. I mean.. people don't realize all the artists they really had on that label, and all the music that came out of it... I mean even Eminem released his first Everlast diss as a 12' vinyl on Rawkus

BIG D O · « **Reply #5 on:** October 21, 2008, 01:24:43 PM »

Rawkus used to be my favorite label man.....

from Black Star, DJ Spinna, Shabaam Sahdeeq, The High and Mighty, Pharoahe Monch.....they were always droppin ill shit...

TraceOneInfinite · « **Reply #6 on:** October 21, 2008, 01:57:02 PM »

Quote from: BIG D O on October 21, 2008, 01:24:43 PM

Rawkus used to be my favorite label man.....

from Black Star, DJ Spinna, Shabaam Sahdeeq, The High and Mighty, Pharoahe Monch.....they were always droppin ill shit...

They had a standard, and everything they dropped was Quality

DOPE, GUNS AND RELIGION · « **Reply #7 on:** October 22, 2008, 04:33:54 AM »

Quote from: white Boy on October 21, 2008, 05:32:45 AM

# 1998: Black Star - Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star
# 1999: Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
# 1999: Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
# 2000: Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Train of Thought
# 2000: Big L - The Big Picture
# 2001: Hi-Tek - Hi-Teknology
# 2002: Talib Kweli - Quality
# 2004: Talib Kweli - The Beautiful Struggle

good shit

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