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He definitely has more musical skills than DJ Quik & RZA. They can only play keyboard synths/workstations & drum machines.

[Edited 12/24/12 19:53pm]

This cat is a musician

Alot of rappers can't say that

Nice work. Conscious too. Loved that he put the dancing vid in too. Great find, tA.

TonyVanDam said:

He definitely has more musical skills than DJ Quik & RZA. They can only play keyboard synths/workstations & drum machines.

[Edited 12/24/12 19:53pm]

Don't know about Quik, Quik can play it all I belive.

Quik plays drums, guitar and bass, where y'all been? lol

what counts are the results, and the results of qj quik and rza blow this dude out of the water sorry...

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Don't forget Pharrell, Pete Rock and a few others.

There are definitely more rap musicians than people think and Pharrell when he does instrumentation is usually on some rock-type shit but he still counts.

I have to argue that people like DJ Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash, while not rappers, contributed to instrumentation as far as rap music is concerned. People sometimes don't think rap acts or producers can be musicians but there have been exceptions. I think Shock G's a musician too.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Oh yeah, Shock is a dope musician. Flavor Flav also too (yeah boi!)

Ah yeah I forgot Flav can play drums, piano and (I believe) bass. I think it's said he played instruments on Public Enemy's albums.

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What he's doing is cool. But he'll never make it big doing that dated conscious hip hop he's doing. Now days, this isn't allowed.....Talent & wisdom, that is. So, in all honesty, I could care less if my favorite rappers could do that or not. But I applaud his efforts nonetheless.....

The guy's not just an average keyboard player. There is a difference between being able to play an instrument and being able to play it on that level.

Timmy84 said:

Quik plays drums, guitar and bass, where y'all been? lol

I've never seen Quik play guitar or bass, that's why.

TonyVanDam said:

Timmy84 said:

Quik plays drums, guitar and bass, where y'all been? lol

I've never seen Quik play guitar or bass, that's why.

You're too busy watching Griff videos so I see why.

Timmy84 said:

TonyVanDam said:

I've never seen Quik play guitar or bass, that's why.

You're too busy watching Griff videos so I see why.

TonyVanDam said:

Timmy84 said:

Quik plays drums, guitar and bass, where y'all been? lol

I've never seen Quik play guitar or bass, that's why.

I saw him play a little piano once, only a very short clip and nothing great. I think he can play guitar and bass, but I think Robert Bacon does most of that on his tracks. I think DJ Quik did usually play his own synths though.

Having said that, the guys music is amazing, and he mixing, masters and records that shit to perfection. I would really like to him hear play instruments more though.

Timmy84 said:

TonyVanDam said:

I've never seen Quik play guitar or bass, that's why.

You're too busy watching Griff videos so I see why.

Talk black to me!

They sure can. Fatback could do all that and even more. It just took a lot more of them to do it.

vainandy said:

They sure can. Fatback could do all that and even more. It just took a lot more of them to do it.

Fatback was a (funk) band that did the live music and rap thing years before The Roots did.

Tittypants said:

What he's doing is cool. But he'll never make it big doing that dated conscious hip hop he's doing. Now days, this isn't allowed.....Talent & wisdom, that is. So, in all honesty, I could care less if my favorite rappers could do that or not. But I applaud his efforts nonetheless.....

Consciousness is NEVER a trend, regardless of how popular it is. It's not a lucrative "gimmick" so those who ARE, its typically who they REALLY are. He might not go PLATINUM with it but he can earn an honest living aka Lupe, Common, The Roots, the former Mos Def, Nas, etc. even if he has to parlay into other media to do it. At the end of the day a clear conscience and responsible use of one's gift is better than all of Rick Ross' and Kanye's "ill gotten" iced out jewelry put together

TonyVanDam said:

vainandy said:

They sure can. Fatback could do all that and even more. It just took a lot more of them to do it.

Fatback was a (funk) band that did the live music and rap thing years before The Roots did.

Stetsasonic and the Beastie Boys were straight rap, unlike Fatback. Some of the early groups had a band playing on their songs too like the Sugarhill Records house band or Orange Krush. Jam Master Jay played a little too.

All these people naming all these rappers that play instruments, I wonder if anybody can mention the last album the rapper played all these alleged instruments ex. Pharell

The dude in the video is VERY talented and Im feeling his style, I wish we had more music like this out now

mjscarousal said:

All these people naming all these rappers that play instruments, I wonder if anybody can mention the last album the rapper played all these alleged instruments

The Beastie Boys released this all instrumental album in 2007.