Graycap23 said:

my thoughts exactly

Graycap23 said:

2 each own as always , but rap contains rhyme-rhyhtm called "flow" .
Hence the Last Poets , Gil Scott Heron and even Dr Funkensten ( Chocolate City ) started to rhyme themselves in the 70's .
No offence , but rhytmically talking seems still to have to lick it's wounds from being attacked or misunderstood .
The gang & ghetto-wars seem to have thrown some salt in the game , cause the early rap-scene was more focussed on music while still social & economical problems were presented by some ( The Message / Public Enemy / etc. )

Anyone with a sense of rhythm can rap
as opposed to playing an intrument and creating the funk

Dewrede said:

Yeah , in some sense , but the creativity to rhyme in freestyle ( improvise ) WITHOUT have written any lyrics before is very underestimated , as is the way of how one picks up the vibe to get a certain flow .

I agree freestyling isn't easy

Dewrede said:

I disagree! Even some people with a sense of rhythm can't rap worth a damn.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

really? i didn't know that.

Stax said:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=j3WE0fM70X4

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FxvzYv3O7R4

I thought he was family-related to Charlie Wilson from the Gap Band .

100MPH said:

i'm always learning something new around here. cool links, btw.

vainandy said:

Exactly.

snoop's a long long way from being the most imaginative, diverse or technically accomplished rapper out there but he's definitely got that natural sense of funk about him

I'm not overly familiar with Snoop's music, but before he started recording music with live instruments he used to go the traditional "G-Funk" way of sampling old P-Funk records and miscellaneous, right? I seriously can't stand that shit.

squiddyren said:

most of that stuff was not samples, it was a replay with a live band. Most of the time the only thing synthetic were the drums.

funk would be the mother of hip hop anyway. as disco and dance music is to house and techno

TonyVanDam said:

really ?
who ?

Dewrede said:

Prince

FuNkeNsteiN said:

FuNkeNsteiN said:

I like his rapping in Face Down

FuNkeNsteiN said:

....and Fergie!

We can all agre with exception of Violet the Organ Grinder and irrestiable B**ch Prince needs not to rap ever. Though those 2 are really not rapping more so than talkin in rhythm.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

hes not related to Bootsy, he is the nephew of Charlie wilson of the Gap Band..

Finess said:

He is NOT blood related to Charlie.

Finess said:

Funny. I remember reading somewhere that he is Snoop's uncle. Ah well...
[Edited 9/5/06 11:20am]

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Please. Uncle is a slang term. They are NOT blood related.

Graycap23 said:

Yea yea, but I remember reading somewhere that he really was Snoop's uncle

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Don't believe everything u read.

Graycap23 said:

Well, I don't. I just happened to believe this one

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Cool. It NOT true though.

Graycap23 said:

Ok ok, I got you the first time. Chill, buddy

FuNkeNsteiN said:

It's all good.....