If you had a friend who wants to get into hip hop...

Started by Bojack, Jan 21, 2016, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. Bojack
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    Which albums would you recommend to him if you had to pick from this decade only?


    I guess I would say
    Gutter Water
    IDLSIDGO
    GKMC
    Oxymoron

    Thats what comes to my mind rn at least :emoji_smirk:
     
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    K9l Colder than a polar bear's toenails

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    Covert Coup
    Pilot Talk III
    Summertime '06
     
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  3. Immy
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    GKMC
    MBDTF
    Recovery < if white
    NWTS
    Rodeo
     
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    If I had a friend who wanted to get into the genre, I'd start her off with s--- from the 80's and 90's tbh.
    But OT,
    GKMC
    Summertime '06
    Maybe Tha Carter 3
     
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    Stay Trippy
    Capital Punishment
    BetterOffDead
    Barter 6
    Monster
    Rodeo
    Midnight Marauders
    Trap Musik
    Ridin' Dirty
    Teflon Don
    Drought 3
     
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  6. Bojack
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    Ι know but I wanted to avoid the most obvious answers like chronic and stuff :ohno:
     
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    Lil Squeed French Montana Stan

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    Rodeo
    Days Before Rodeo
     
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    Probably GKMC or something. I wouldn't want to throw them with weird experimental stuff like Young Thug or Kanye. GKMC is good and accessible
     
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  9. Sav Stanfield
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    from this decade only:

    My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
    Teflon Don - Rick Ross
    LiveLoveASAP - ASAP Rocky
    Watch the Throne - Kanye West & Jay-Z
    Take Care - Drake
    good kid m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar
    Yeezus - Kanye West
    My Krazy Life - YG
    Tha Tour, Pt. 1 - Rich g---
    Monster - Future
    To p---- A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
    If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late
    Dirty Sprite II - Future
     
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  10. Drax99
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    Both pre TPAB kendrick albums are easily accessible I guess.
    Pinata pretty good rapping with nice beats, and a straight forward enough album for them to get.
    Flockaveli (the epitome and essence of trap)
    --- for the experimental off the wall album
    Pilot Talk (just because)
    Apollo Brown (token instrumental album, but it's rly gud)

    and yeah that should do it, rest they can find out themselves. And if I know their taste more than I can rec more specific s---
     
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    It ALWAYS depends on what they are already in to
    If they listen to s--- like Hardcore and Metal, i wouldnt tell them to listen to TPAB or some s---
     
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  12. Malvo
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    take care
    to p---- a butterfly
    so far gone
     
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    undun
    tpab
    old
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  14. JAKEMCCNASTY
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    it depends

    if they're familiar with the sound then:

    the money store
    to p---- a butterfly
    yeezus
    how I got over
    skelethon

    if they know nothing about hip hop then some accessible albums such as mbdtf, wtt
     
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    Lyricism:

    -Food & LIquor
    -The Cool

    Trap:

    Flockaveli

    Artistry:

    My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
    To p---- A Butterfly

    Accessibility:

    any good mainstream album
     
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  16. thekillers005
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    some of the suggestions here are good but some of them on this page is uggh wtf you can up the ante a bit with the artists
    some old chamilionaire
    run the jewels
    mos def
    nas even the new album is pretty good
    slick rick
    mick jenkins if you want something new
    tde anything
    currensy if he likes that chill stoner vibe music with chill a--- beats
    AND MAX B man how can people forget him I highy suggest the max b french montana tape coke wave
    ...etc lots more that im too lazy to type up
     
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  17. Besky
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    This decade fam.. slick's last album was in 99 =p
     
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  18. Bojack
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    Hmm nice point but I think it depends on the mood..
    I mean even if they listen to metal or something
    maybe they turn to hip hop for a different thing.
    Thats why I would suggest any style of the last decade, from apollo brown to tde
     
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  19. mow
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    Jan 22, 2016
    Barter 6
    Beast Mode
    gkmc
    MBDTF
    Summertime '06
    Man on the moon 2
    Pinata
    MKL
    Run The Jewels 2
    Flockaveli
    etc
     
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