JeffersonSteelflex

2y

Yeah it’s alternative hip hop so it counts in my book lmao

babylon sherm

2y

Happy Birthday Hip Hop!!!! The greatest genre and mode of musical expression, the evolutionary step forward from poetry, the art form that most effectively collapses barriers of identity and differences in the human experience, jazz renewed, the engine which accelerates literary and verbal progress, the great cultural export of our lifetimes that out-rivals cinema and sport, the tool capable of commenting on it’s own distorted commodification, the perfect form that has only begun to explore it’s own power, portal to joy, relief from strained and stressful existence, facilitator of escape, catharsis funneled from one mind to your own, symbolic notifier across every strata of the caste system, encyclopedia of lived experience, decoder ring of contemporary culture, monument to Black expression so vast and wide in its depth that corporations who seek to sell you access to it amount to a single toll booth in front of the ocean. You will never die!!!!!

babylon sherm

2y

Happy Birthday Hip Hop!!!! The greatest genre and mode of musical expression, the evolutionary step forward from poetry, the art form that most effectively collapses barriers of identity and differences in the human experience, jazz renewed, the engine which accelerates literary and verbal progress, the great cultural export of our lifetimes that out-rivals cinema and sport, the tool capable of commenting on it’s own distorted commodification, the perfect form that has only begun to explore it’s own power, portal to joy, relief from strained and stressful existence, facilitator of escape, catharsis funneled from one mind to your own, symbolic notifier across every strata of the caste system, encyclopedia of lived experience, decoder ring of contemporary culture, monument to Black expression so vast and wide in its depth that corporations who seek to sell you access to it amount to a single toll booth in front of the ocean. You will never die!!!!!

MrIndigo96

2y

you def a writer. what publication you work for?

math fifty

2y

ive always considered in search of to be a funk rock album instead of rap

hell tracks like provider and bobby james aren’t even rap theyre more jazz-funk

WRU

2y

one of my earliest memory of hip hop is watching this music program where they'd ask random people on the street to recognize famous musicians, actors, etc. one of those famous people was Tupac. I remember knowing him and his 'story' from an incredibly young age without even listening to the music properly. but still somehow I just knew it was him whenever a track would come in. I think that my first-ever rap album proper was 50 cent's discography on 2 cds. there would be a ton of mixtapes on there and my dad would play them in his car. not that he was even into rap like that in his 40s, but I do remember us almost bonding over 50 even tho we would never go super deep into that. my schoolmates would be head over heels for 50 and game and Eminem of course; there would be a small shop selling durags and fake g unit clothes and f***ing chains and we'd spend so much time there for my generation this was the first time there was an aesthetic so strong coming from a musician and the genre. games such as gta san andreas and getting up would only contribute to that further

OP tagged me in this thread a while ago but I couldn't get around to writing anything here. as I tried to I had to start over multiple times and draft multiple things out because I realize now that my memories are a huge mess when it comes to hip hop. for me this is like trying to describe and contextualize your entire life event by event. I would do everything with hip hop in the background over the years. I would dive in and out of the genre musically, I would learn about the history and read all types of things about people who made it, I would participate and live hip hop with my friends and strangers, id laugh and cry and get into trouble over it. at this point I dont think theres one recognizable enough hip hop project that I aint listened to

it is an omnipresent fact of life for me and a lot of people all over the world, and I'm truly glad that it is

Soul05

2y

Happy birthday to the greatest genre to ever exists on this earth. Changed my life and I don't know where I would be without it

Aquilla

2y

For sure. One of their artists you probably heard being name dropped on the forum, MONDAY NIGHT. He has the most upside imo but the others are pretty dope too. They're based in New York and Chicago. Some of their songs that have been on my playlist:

babylon sherm

2y

Happy Birthday Hip Hop!!!! The greatest genre and mode of musical expression, the evolutionary step forward from poetry, the art form that most effectively collapses barriers of identity and differences in the human experience, jazz renewed, the engine which accelerates literary and verbal progress, the great cultural export of our lifetimes that out-rivals cinema and sport, the tool capable of commenting on it’s own distorted commodification, the perfect form that has only begun to explore it’s own power, portal to joy, relief from strained and stressful existence, facilitator of escape, catharsis funneled from one mind to your own, symbolic notifier across every strata of the caste system, encyclopedia of lived experience, decoder ring of contemporary culture, monument to Black expression so vast and wide in its depth that corporations who seek to sell you access to it amount to a single toll booth in front of the ocean. You will never die!!!!!

Vox

2y

This might be my favorite post in here so far, thank you so much for taking the time to write this

Reading about how much effort you put into this made me smile, I hope I didn't pressure you or anything

babylon sherm

2y

Happy Birthday Hip Hop!!!! The greatest genre and mode of musical expression, the evolutionary step forward from poetry, the art form that most effectively collapses barriers of identity and differences in the human experience, jazz renewed, the engine which accelerates literary and verbal progress, the great cultural export of our lifetimes that out-rivals cinema and sport, the tool capable of commenting on it’s own distorted commodification, the perfect form that has only begun to explore it’s own power, portal to joy, relief from strained and stressful existence, facilitator of escape, catharsis funneled from one mind to your own, symbolic notifier across every strata of the caste system, encyclopedia of lived experience, decoder ring of contemporary culture, monument to Black expression so vast and wide in its depth that corporations who seek to sell you access to it amount to a single toll booth in front of the ocean. You will never die!!!!!

airric

2y

Going through my favorite albums of all time today in celebration, starting with the GOAT

airric

2y

Going through my favorite albums of all time today in celebration, starting with the GOAT

Vox

2y

What are people's favorite posse cuts?