Do you like hip-hop?

[deftonesfan867]

Now I would appreciate no hip-hop sucks mantra in here please. I don't normally care for hip-hop, but some of it is really worth listening too, or otherwise is different enough that I enjoy it.

So if you like hip-hop, what are your favorite artist of said genre?

Fort Minor

ICP

TWiZTiD

NWA

Tech N9ne

Cypress Hill

Bone TNH

Dark Lotus

Edited July 4, 2006 by deftonesfan867

[ocnblu]

Diana Ross & The Supremes

Aretha Franklin

Smokey & The Miracles

You mean like that?

[trinacriabob]

Is Motown hip-hop? Define hip hop.

[ocnblu]

Chain of Fools is such a great song. Turn it UP!

[daves87rs]

Hmmm...

Pretty much anything from the sugar hill gang to a few current ones..(yeah, I listen to everything... )

Though I do like a bunch from the early 90s....

[deftonesfan867]

Is Motown hip-hop?  Define hip hop.

Wow, this thread answers that question, not to many around here like any hip-hop

Hip-hop = Rap

[Flybrian]

Motown is not hip-hop because Motown is good.

I appreciate alot of rap songs today for their rhythm and beat; they just sound good. However, there's absolutely no art in 95% of what's popular today as there was with Grandmaster Flash, et al. I think Jay-Z's 99 Problems was the last of these I've heard.

[trinacriabob]

Wow, this thread answers that question, not to many around here like any hip-hop  

Hip-hop = Rap

No. No can do. Do you like jazz?

[DetroitNut90]

Hip-hop? Nah...not my style. It's ok up to a point, but after a while, I need to hear something else.

Rock/alternative is more to my liking.

[mustang84]

I'm not really into hip hop, although I can appreciate some Run DMC and NWA's "Straight Outta Compton." The rest...ehh...

[trinacriabob]

"Straight Outta Compton." 

Hey, that's where Venus and Serena Williams are from!

You suppose they could turn into rappers after hanging up the racquets?

[Olds Guy]

OK, I do. I have been listening to rap since the 80s. It has been cyclical as far as quality goes. I like a lot of the old school stuff, and some new stuff. Mostly since the 90s though artists rarely interest me more than one song or CD. There are exceptions to that.

I just picked up the new Ice Cube CD and like it very much. Laugh Now Cry Later cracks me up. I only wish that most of the people listening to it would realize the fact that Cube is making fun of the lifestyle he is rapping about, not endorsing it.

[the_yellow_dart]

Motown is not hip-hop because Motown is good.

I appreciate alot of rap songs today for their rhythm and beat; they just sound good. However, there's absolutely no art in 95% of what's popular today as there was with Grandmaster Flash, et al. I think Jay-Z's 99 Problems was the last of these I've heard.

99 Problems is a great song.

I like both of Kanye West's albums as well. I wish Method Man would come out with something new. Missy Elliot also gets props for being so unique.