vainandy said:

I've been listening to Two Live Crew.

vainandy said:

Is the funk alive?

Hell no. It's "live" but it's not "a-live". If it were, I wouldn't be bitchin'. Shitney hit it with her car in 1985 and shit hop finished it up by running over it with a bull dozer.
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vainandy said:

So NO ONE's kept the funk alive since then?

Only Prince. Jamiroquai has some decent stuff too, especially since 2001. In the mid 1990s Cameo, War, and The Barkays had some decent funk that received little or no airplay. Unfortunately, Cameo and The Barkays had to end up selling out to the shit hop sound and still got little or no airplay. Serves them right.

There may be some more but, if there is, it is so far underground you will never find it. It's rediculous to have to look for funk anyway. Back in the day, it came to you. There should still be an outlet for it but the dead ass media is more interested in promoting boring cheap shit.

The feeling of Old School hip hop really needs to come back in a big way.

Groups like:

De La Soul
Public Enemy
KRS One
Leaders of the New School

to name a few....

I'm sure if you put on the albums from any of these artists (late 80's early 90's) you'll get the feeling that something is definately missing from todays music...originality, honesty, funk and a lil' something more.

It all just got stale, corporate and soft once "pop" became an huge market again.

vainandy said:

Replace Mos Def, MF Doom, Common, The Roots, and J Dilla for the artists you mentioned, and replace "hip-hop" for "funk" and you have my answer for hip-hop. Again, I know you believe that hip-hop died in the early 80's, but that's my

BlaqueKnight said:

I really dig Immortal Technic. What is KRS-one up 2?

Conventional hiphop has died,
The mainstream was conventional,
Basically what hip hop turned into around the 97 -05, era is dying,
the souless slush,
Now new hip hop, or alternative hip hop is coming out,
the beats are becoming more complex, you can detect more influences from Cool and Swing era Jazz, you can thank q-tip and mosdef for that,
so this is a new hybrid rap,
the son of old hip hop, which is dead, and the grand son of old school,
so basically what the son is doing now, is taking off and what granddaddy did,
so is hip hop dead, yes
but it will always burst aknew, into a new form,
shedding its former skin for a newer more complex skin,
thats all music that grows,

BlaqueKnight said:

Monche's Internal Affairs album was pretty tight. I've heard an NYOil freestyle that was on point. Little Brother's Minstrel Show is strong.

vainandy said:

throwdat throwdat 'd'

karmatornado said:

Music is like people, if want to meet positive people then you seek out positive people, saying all hip hop or any music genre is bad is like saying one group of people are bad, open minded folks will seek out the good in anything

I don't do clean versions, which is what "Throw The D" is. My version is the X-Rated 12 Inch version called "Throw The Dick".....

Cause I wanna give you ALL of this....
Good, long, big black greasy dick.
Dick, dick....dick, dick.....dick, dick.


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vainandy said:

Eminem is dead,what happened to his corpse?

CalhounSq said:

What'chall think of Lyrics Born?

NuPwr319 said:

Awesome! I like that old Latryx CD, "I Changed My Mind", and his 2003 solo (Later That Day) material.

Lyrics Born has a hype live performance!

You gotta give props to Slum Village, Del the Funkee Homosapien, Camp Lo, and many others too!

CinisterCee said:

wow i havent heard that in yrs! in particular quickening/the-wreckoning

NuPwr319 said:

I don't care for him. Decent lyricist, don't like his delivery. The Blastmaster had the best verse on his whole last album.

He's overrated, but that's my

hip hop ain't dead, it's just deeper underground

now listening to:


jay love japan

lofimofo said: