Todd Smith once wrote, > Big Dada's last comp 'Black Whole Styles' is a great intro into the more > unusual hiphop.
I love Black Whole Style, as much as I loved the original Soundbombing compilations and the first Lyricist's Lounge. But are those truly "experimental" hip hop, or just some real good, banging beats? I mean, Jurassic Five, or Dilated Peoples, or Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli and DJ HiTek), is truly great hip hop, but its not really "experimental" per say. Black Whole Styles fits that bill: Great hip hop, just like there is great rock or great techno, but it doesn't really bust any barriers, it doesn't dabble into dub, techno, drum-n'-bass or other electronic genres. The more I think about it, the more I think "experimental techno" doesn't really exist. At least good examples of it. You could always get some MC flowing over some ambient wash, but that'd really be just bastardizing two genres, not creating something unique. Apart from some guest appearances (like, Biz Markie on Towa Tei's Sound Museum, or the old Bristol outfit Earthling), I really can't remember anything good, or a whole EP or LP of anything worth listening to. If you got any suggestion, I'd like to hear them. (And, of course, I'm talking about real MCing with real skills, not mumbling, or some poor guy pressed into rhyming duty to make a track sound better...) Frank Pelletier [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Let them hate me, provided they fear me" - Atreus ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Trin on the Undernet, Saffron on Sorcery.net
