Here are some choice excerpts that didn't make it into the live discussion:
The Ladies of Hip-Hop:
Rhome,
You don't have to add any lady rapper into the fold. Roxanne Shante, Latifah and Monie Love were wack. MC Lyte is the first true lady MC. But now ... these women rappers might as well be strippers with versatile tongue action ... oops ... I mean with the ability to rap.
Merritt Island, FL: I agree with Rockville, MD! You are ducking serious questions that relate to the negative impact rap has had on Black America. Do you lack the intellectual capacity to adress such issues because you limited to mixing CDs and drinking Krystal like the rest of the degenerates you glorify? Man up son and address the serious issues!!!
dave in toronto: did Terminator X (Public Enemy) really bog off to operate an Ostrich farm? and do you think Flavor Flav should bury his head in the dirt like an Ostrich?
wheres the outrage?
Stylus - 7:51 PM
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mr. west, Mr. West, MR. WEST!!!
Delonte, that is...
-yup, i'm talking about "Greenbelt to Celtic-Green" Mr. West
(the one that kinda looks like the Green Goblin)
say wassup D!
This cat is bonafide bugged out. quote GOAT status if he keeps dropping gems like this:
-"Bugs Bunny is the smoothest dude I ever met. You know, he be chillin', like it just be a normal day and he-- it be cold just like how it is in Boston and he just want to dive in the ground, pop up, and he be like, 'oh man, this ain't Albuquerque.' That's got to be the tightest life, you just hop underneath the ground and go! No traffic, no Mass Pike, no tolls, no lights, no taking Yankees hats off-- just underneath the ground...BAM...carrots...Albuquerque. It might seem crazy to you, but it's just a different way of expressing myself. I think it's kind of freaky."
Valentine's day? D. West got you covered
click here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=cornetta/060214
yup, Delonte West- remember the name
(and big ups to strange dudes that play pro sports)
naturalaw-dp - 12:28 AM
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2.17.2006
Delonte, that is...
-yup, i'm talking about "Greenbelt to Celtic-Green" Mr. West
(the one that kinda looks like the Green Goblin)
say wassup D!
This cat is bonafide bugged out. quote GOAT status if he keeps dropping gems like this:
-"Bugs Bunny is the smoothest dude I ever met. You know, he be chillin', like it just be a normal day and he-- it be cold just like how it is in Boston and he just want to dive in the ground, pop up, and he be like, 'oh man, this ain't Albuquerque.' That's got to be the tightest life, you just hop underneath the ground and go! No traffic, no Mass Pike, no tolls, no lights, no taking Yankees hats off-- just underneath the ground...BAM...carrots...Albuquerque. It might seem crazy to you, but it's just a different way of expressing myself. I think it's kind of freaky."
Valentine's day? D. West got you covered
click here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=cornetta/060214
yup, Delonte West- remember the name
(and big ups to strange dudes that play pro sports)
naturalaw-dp - 12:28 AM
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2.17.2006
We've lost another legend.
descanse en la paz... y bailar!!
Stylus - 1:00 PM
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2.10.2006
Before the cult status and the ease of internet downloads I used to trade tapes by snail mail with cats I would talk to on Usenet (word to rec.music.hip-hop) just to get material by this amazing new group called Slum Village from Detroit.
We'd heard stories of his battles with kidney problems (even rocking the stage of the Jazz Cafe in a wheelchair) but that doesn't blunt the impact of the news.
Dude was making beats from his hospital bed.
No wonder the discography is so crucial.
Such an immense loss.
Stylus - 5:32 PM
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descanse en la paz... y bailar!!
Stylus - 1:00 PM
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2.10.2006
Before the cult status and the ease of internet downloads I used to trade tapes by snail mail with cats I would talk to on Usenet (word to rec.music.hip-hop) just to get material by this amazing new group called Slum Village from Detroit.
We'd heard stories of his battles with kidney problems (even rocking the stage of the Jazz Cafe in a wheelchair) but that doesn't blunt the impact of the news.
Dude was making beats from his hospital bed.
Working both from his home studio and while hospitalized – from a portable sound system including turntable, samplers, and small boxes of vinyl brought in and out from visitors – Dilla continued making music at his usual non-stop pace, circulating beats to MCs, and coming up with the foundation of what would become "Donuts".
No wonder the discography is so crucial.
Such an immense loss.
Stylus - 5:32 PM
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Like many hip-hop fanatics in '91, Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde sizzled my neurons when it first hit my brain. 15 years later it can still hold my rapt attention over repeated end to end listens. Energy, concepts, humor, the interplay between the four distinctive mc's.... AND THE BEATS!!
Cats had been mixing sample based production with live instrumentation already but no one had done it as seamlessly as J-Swift. I literally couldn't believe what I was hearing at the time and I can still dissect the album for new discoveries as my level of understanding slowly catches up to what was achieved sonically on that record.
The Pharcyde came out the gate with a hip-hop classic and then released a slept-on but inspired follow-up featuring eventual beat legend J-Dilla. J-Swift was nowhere to be found by this point. He produced the debut for the Jazzyfatnastees (featuring his sister Mercedes) on Tommy Boy Records but it was never released and only exists as legend and in the possession of a handful of fortunate industry insiders. He was involved with The Wascalz and did some stuff for former member Buc Fifty but the promise of J Swift's career foretold on that magical first Pharcyde record was never realized.
The Pharcyde eventually imploded under the familiar pressures of bad business situations, creative conflict and personal turmoil. Fatlip shared the pitiful details in a short film by Spike Jonze. He gave a frank testimony about how his drug abuse factored prominently into it all but J Swift's story was apparently uglier and is coming to light in a big way.
1 More Hit
Crack addiction. Homelessness. Damn.
It's always the brilliant ones who flame out in the most spectacular ways. Word to Sly Stone.
See why I always get nervous when Pic hits the sauce a little hard?
Stylus - 1:33 PM
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...Can't remember all the witticisms, advice, info and foolishness? Peep the archives...
Cats had been mixing sample based production with live instrumentation already but no one had done it as seamlessly as J-Swift. I literally couldn't believe what I was hearing at the time and I can still dissect the album for new discoveries as my level of understanding slowly catches up to what was achieved sonically on that record.
The Pharcyde came out the gate with a hip-hop classic and then released a slept-on but inspired follow-up featuring eventual beat legend J-Dilla. J-Swift was nowhere to be found by this point. He produced the debut for the Jazzyfatnastees (featuring his sister Mercedes) on Tommy Boy Records but it was never released and only exists as legend and in the possession of a handful of fortunate industry insiders. He was involved with The Wascalz and did some stuff for former member Buc Fifty but the promise of J Swift's career foretold on that magical first Pharcyde record was never realized.
The Pharcyde eventually imploded under the familiar pressures of bad business situations, creative conflict and personal turmoil. Fatlip shared the pitiful details in a short film by Spike Jonze. He gave a frank testimony about how his drug abuse factored prominently into it all but J Swift's story was apparently uglier and is coming to light in a big way.
1 More Hit
Crack addiction. Homelessness. Damn.
It's always the brilliant ones who flame out in the most spectacular ways. Word to Sly Stone.
See why I always get nervous when Pic hits the sauce a little hard?
Stylus - 1:33 PM
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...Can't remember all the witticisms, advice, info and foolishness? Peep the archives...