Hip Hop

Jonathan Y said:
Man, this new VMP rising artist is great!!!! Dua Saleh - Nur

I'm on track 3 on her bandcamp and WOW! Really awesome voice and some witty bars

duasaleh.bandcamp.com

Nūr, by Dua Saleh

5 track album
duasaleh.bandcamp.com duasaleh.bandcamp.com
Click to expand...

Sometimes I feel like VMP just looks for women hiphop artist to be "edgy" or something.

Luckily for us they have picked a few good ones :) and Im listening to this link u put up and its decent!
 

Dua Saleh 'Nūr' | Vinyl Me, Please

Nūr is Dua Saleh’s proper debut, and the first five tracks from their extensive vault with Psymun: it’s a spellbinding 20-minute ride that bends to its own impulses and bows to none of our expectations. The latter point’s made abundantly clear by early reactions to the work: overwhelmingly...
app.vinylmeplease.com app.vinylmeplease.com
 
Believer101 said:

Dua Saleh 'Nūr' | Vinyl Me, Please

Nūr is Dua Saleh’s proper debut, and the first five tracks from their extensive vault with Psymun: it’s a spellbinding 20-minute ride that bends to its own impulses and bows to none of our expectations. The latter point’s made abundantly clear by early reactions to the work: overwhelmingly...
app.vinylmeplease.com app.vinylmeplease.com
Click to expand...
READ SINNER, READ!!

Jonathan Y said:
Man, this new VMP rising artist is great!!!! Dua Saleh - Nur

I'm on track 3 on her bandcamp and WOW! Really awesome voice and some witty bars

duasaleh.bandcamp.com

Nūr, by Dua Saleh

5 track album
duasaleh.bandcamp.com duasaleh.bandcamp.com
Click to expand...
 
Jonathan Y said:
Rich, jazzy, and beautifully recorded you say?????

TPAB TPAB TPAB! To. Pimp. A. Butterfly.

View attachment 286
Click to expand...

TPAB is a hell of a record, but it's one that I appreciate more than love. Not anything to do with its quality, just...a little bit of that outsider thing, I guess. It's an album that makes me feel like an imposter for enjoying it.
 
kvetcha said:
I should have thought to talk about this in my original post:

a) I love the production. it's rich, jazzy and beautifully recorded.
b) I think their songwriting perspective as a group of experienced older guys is kind of fascinating. I find a lot of r&hh to be...not to sound too white, but kinda crass? or at least not of a worldview I easily identify with. ATCQ feel grown and introspective.
c) love the group dynamic, swapping verses, etc.
d) it's an album that feels weirdly welcoming to me, a cultural outsider. a lot of r&hh leaves me feeling a little alien.

While I appreciate a lot of rap from an artistic or technical perspective (Kendrick, De La Soul, Main Source, Mick Jenkins), for whatever reason this is one of only a few records in the genre I find myself wanting to return to repeatedly. But I'm always looking to broaden my horizons.
Click to expand...

I would check out One Day It'll All Make Sense by Common. I think it hits a lot of notes from what you mentioned there. No I.D. does a great job with the production, the subject matter is a little more heady/less crass than other examples. I'd say that its more rooted in a slightly dustier hip-hop aesthetic than the Tribe record and doesn't quite explore as far sonically, but still jazzy.

Another one to check for is Q-Tip's The Renaissance. He's in Tribe, so the subject matter really fits there and its also a lusher sounding record like the Tribe record is.
 
Computersnacks said:
I would check out One Day It'll All Make Sense by Common. I think it hits a lot of notes from what you mentioned there. No I.D. does a great job with the production, the subject matter is a little more heady/less crass than other examples. I'd say that its more rooted in a slightly dustier hip-hop aesthetic than the Tribe record and doesn't quite explore as far sonically, but still jazzy.

Another one to check for is Q-Tip's The Renaissance. He's in Tribe, so the subject matter really fits there and its also a lusher sounding record like the Tribe record is.
Click to expand...

Both added. Thank you!
 
kvetcha said:
I should have thought to talk about this in my original post:

a) I love the production. it's rich, jazzy and beautifully recorded.
b) I think their songwriting perspective as a group of experienced older guys is kind of fascinating. I find a lot of r&hh to be...not to sound too white, but kinda crass? or at least not of a worldview I easily identify with. ATCQ feel grown and introspective.
c) love the group dynamic, swapping verses, etc.
d) it's an album that feels weirdly welcoming to me, a cultural outsider. a lot of r&hh leaves me feeling a little alien.

While I appreciate a lot of rap from an artistic or technical perspective (Kendrick, De La Soul, Main Source, Mick Jenkins), for whatever reason this is one of only a few records in the genre I find myself wanting to return to repeatedly. But I'm always looking to broaden my horizons.
Click to expand...

I'm similar, in that many of the R&HH recommendations are NFM, but I'd suggest

Jurassic 5 / Jurassic 5
Guru / Jazzamatazz (either Vol 1 or 2)
Mos Def / Black on both Sides
Gang Starr / Step In the Arena
Black Star / Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
 
Tyler up y'all:
phramenma said:
Tyler, the Creator - Igor
www.golfwang.com

IGOR LIMITED SPECIAL EDITION VINYL PACK

www.golfwang.com www.golfwang.com
SPECIAL_VINYL__35637.1558022430.jpg
Click to expand...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top