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

WRU

2y

oh no its good stuff brother, I appreciate it I really didnt know which angle to take here so I figured random memories will do just fine

some other things I remembered just now: learning about dead prez's hip hop through 50 sampling it for his (apparently) Diddy diss. once again I was super young but loved the sample. amazing song and I loved it forever. I still pick out random 50 joints from my head trying to find it on YouTube and those will be songs with 2k views and whatnot lol

one other memory is me being at a hospital when I was 12 with this older guy. he was friends with at the time unknown rapper who blew the F*** up in my area and is now doing tours around the country and everything. but the reason I remembered that is bc this guy gave me a cd with some music and there were two songs that I would listen to non f***ing stop. song names? Ms Jackson and Shook Ones pt. 2 of course

WRU

2y

two amazing rap albums from the 70s and 80s. one is an acquired taste and probably more of a proto rap album, the other is a massive inspiration for DOOM and you'll hear a ton of samples and quotes from it in his music. just wanted to highlight these since I heard them for the first time recently and its a good time to shine some light on the classics

Dorian

2y

This rap s*** is the best s***.

A Mad Ass Nigga

2y

Ngl for a while I was on some “real” hip hop s*** (not that rap god type s*** lol) from the time g unit was really falling off popularity wise until the time I discovered chief keef. Him being from Chicago and us being in the same age group I wanted him to win. His music was raw and you could hear that hunger in him. He wasn’t lyrical but his sound made up for it. Even after Finally Rich he continued to impress me and he’s one of the goats to me. I love how he put on a generation of other Chicago rappers and now there’s a new generation able to eat because of the foot work him and his peers did over a decade ago.

Elric

2y

Yeah sorry meant to get back to you was just on vacation then getting back into the swing of work. Will respond this weekend.

009

2y

Got me into more underground s*** at a young age

Chris M

2y

keep this thread sticked til the end of the year

Vox

2y

I agree

Imma ask about that tomorrow

Vox

2y

@slapfiend

Seeing your run of songs reminded me of one of my favorite threads of yours and ever

https://ktt2.com/classic-florida-rap-youtube-page-is-a-goldmine-32493507

Literally can just pick songs at random and it's a very high chance they'll be fireb

Chris M

2y

keep this thread sticked til the end of the year

Vox

2y

Dawg you gotta talk to the higher ups because this gotten taken down with a swiftness

Vox

2y

Too late because its already got unstickied