Fav RnB / Hip Hop songs of all time?
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If you like this one I'm sure there are other old school (1979-1985) rap & hip hop songs you'd enjoy. How about a little Whodini? I just copped this vinyl recently.The ONLY rap song I like is Rappers Delight by The Sugar Hill Gang.
All this Nigga this and nigga that, bust a cap in a cop, slap the bitch, skeet skeet lowlife gangsta shit is ... well! I do admire the rappers ability to rhyme and rap spontaneously but I can't get over the subject matter glorifying violence etc And the musical voices and music tracks are pretty flat, lame and nothing like the real black music of the 60's, 70's, 80's.
Now... pull your pants up and get off my lawn, punk!
Gang Starr is my favorite hip hop act of all time. And that Hard to Earn LP is their best. Its a masterful production. DJ Premier was in his bag. The track you posted is so dope three different beats for 3 different emcees. My favorite track from the album is this one
And this one perhaps?The ONLY rap song I like is Rappers Delight by The Sugar Hill Gang.
All this Nigga this and nigga that, bust a cap in a cop, slap the bitch, skeet skeet lowlife gangsta shit is ... well
Now... pull your pants up and get off my lawn, punk!
I was blown away when I heard it. First time I have heard this type of message from this genre of music.
RnB: All my life - KCI and Jojo, or Fortunate - Maxwell
Rap: Nas is like - Nas, or T.R.O.Y - Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Rap: Nas is like - Nas, or T.R.O.Y - Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Does Soul count? If so, nothing touches this.
Lyrics by Otis Redding, music by Steve Cropper (The Blues Bros). The song is semi-biographical, OR came from the Black Farm Belt of Southern Georgia.
Lyrics by Otis Redding, music by Steve Cropper (The Blues Bros). The song is semi-biographical, OR came from the Black Farm Belt of Southern Georgia.
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There are subtle differences between Soul and R&B...i cant put my figure on it to define those differences though......as anyone who visits the Black Music topic knows, I,m a huge fan of Otis Redding...and i have listened to countless songs of his.....this one is his most "pop" like song...imo enjoyable...but his catalogue includes a vast number of true Soul Songs...just my opinion
Stax Records of Memphis became the rival to Detroit's Motown. They called the coming together of Otis Redding, Booker T Jones and Steve Cropper as The Big Bang of R?B.Soul. Cropper did double duty as he was the guitar player in Booker T's MGs.
After Otis Redding passed away, Booker T made a concerted effort to push his introverted friend into the spotlight.
I look at R&B and soul as being synonymous. Soul for me is just a little more classical and emotion driven. An example of soul to me is "Midnight Train to Georgia" while an example of R&B would be "Rock the Boat".
That bass line still brings goosebumps to this day. Duran Durans' cover was brilliant.
inadvertent rivalry, maybe.....Motown kinda morphed into a Black sound that could appeal to mainstream whites using mostly black musicians and song writers...an ironically The Stax sound , for the most part stuck to a black audience while attracting white audience....the irony?...the Memphis /Stax musicians and song writers included so many white folks
Early southern hip hop was The Geto Boys (formerly known as The Ghetto Boys) from Houston TX. The 'Grip It! On That Other Level' was their breakout LP in 1989. They followed up with the classic LP 'We Can't Be Stopped' in 1991.
The samples used on Grip It! were amazing. James Brown of course. Curtis Mayfield. Ohio Players. Parliament. Even Pink Floyd. The selected track here "Seek and Destroy" sampled Lyn Collins and George McCrae.
The samples used on Grip It! were amazing. James Brown of course. Curtis Mayfield. Ohio Players. Parliament. Even Pink Floyd. The selected track here "Seek and Destroy" sampled Lyn Collins and George McCrae.
