oh c'mon, you are scraping the dregs out there, this is all tired nyc stuff. lloyd banks? well duh, g-unit sucks harrrd, they always did. mims? fabolous? this is as mainstream as it gets, mims was #1 in the charts! hiphop fans don't listen to that stuff, pop music/mtv people do. down south is where the hot stuff is. and bay area ok ok. and bmore and detroit. oh yeah. and i don't mean for undergound hiphop fans, which usually means "college" hiphop. the southern hiphop sound seems to have been dominating for a few years now, but maybe that's just my perspective living in the south.
i certainly wouldnt call spank rock boring, and i think you're reallllly really hating if you do. black milk is carrying the torch for dilla, and he produced nametag's album, and nametag is suuper. lil uno and boo ski and the pack are doing that totally mental almost beatless stuff..crazy minimal 808 tracks, so so dope. and jjak hogan are my friends and unknown as yet, but are opening for beastie boys next tour and have an album coming on radioslave's rekids, of all places. and some other records in fine places too ;) they are a bit like spank rock mixed with outkast and other southern flavors. some of their stuff is really really techno. i like the new rza track on the radio too, classic wu style... -----Original Message----- >From: Cyclone Wehner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Jun 26, 2007 1:39 PM >To: Tristan Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: "Thomas D. Cox, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected] >Subject: Re: (313) Justice > >The US side isn't that inspiring at the moment, frankly - I mean >MIMS, Lloyd Banks, Fabolous - and the underground is about as boring! >The general view in the hip hop industry is that Americans would >never accept a non-American MC. Don't the Brits hate all their MCs? >The UK guys always complain about that when coming here! ;) > >On 26/06/2007, at 6:58 PM, Tristan Watkins wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas D. Cox, Jr." >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 3:57 AM >> Subject: [SPAM-LOW] Re: (313) Justice >> >> >> >>> On 6/25/07, Cyclone Wehner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Mehdi is more like Timbaland but open about his influences. He used >>>> to produce MC Solaar. >>>> >>> >>> i never really liked solaar either. to be honest, aside from a couple >>> of UK emcees, i find most non-american hiphop to just be missing >>> something. >>> >> >> >> I agree, although I really struggle with most British MCs too. It's >> kind of like asking a Papua New Guinean to yodel. That said, I've >> got some time for MC Solaar and a few other exceptions to the rule. >> >> Tristan >> ======= >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://www.phonopsia.co.uk >> >
