I've played guitar since I was 15, and played in a number of bands,metal, grgunge, poppy bubblegum shit, oldies, etc. But I've always had a soft spot for hip hop. I was bumping 'Pac, Snoop, Biggie, fucken WU-TANG (its for the children!)
I'm a huge fan of the battle scene, guys like Rone, Madness and of course The Saurus. Believe it or not, there is a thriving hip-hop culture in Australia. It's not for everyone (some find the accent gimmicky, but I reckon if you rap in anything but your normal voice, your not being real). Obviously too, there's a massive difference in lyrical content. Although having said that, there is an emerging "gutter rap" movement. From what I've heard, they're kinda hard [BadWord]. Drug dealers and stabby and shit. Check Kerser if your interested.

Check it: Pegz


And one a bit different;


Everone loves Hilltop Hoods. They're pioneers in the scene;


TZU. Cool video, an a bit different. They're a full band with an MC.
[video:youtube]http://youtu.be/NUtpCz1fzUM[/video]

Drapht; my mum listens to this song. Thats how mainstream some artists have become.


There's way too many awesome rappers to link.
360 made it pretty big in the battle scene for a while. Justice took out Scribble Jam a few years back. It's a Got Beef event (an Australian battle league). It's a 20 minute battle (overtime in the alley next to the venue) but it's fucken classic.

Fuck. I've forgotten how to embed youtube vids. Any help?

EDIT: thedudeabides, you're a fucken ledge mate. Thanks heaps. Seven fucken years and I still couldn't figure it out.

Take the "s" out of https

My Nephew thinks anything Kevin Gates says is gold. There was 2 or 3 of his songs I liked but that was it. Lil Boosie is ok, but I just can't get too deep into his stuff either. He's lucky he ain't still sitting in Angola for real after that murder crap.

Also forgot Public Enemy, they were big here as well.

Good youtube series about true hip hop history. DJ Kay Slay interviews pioneers of the culture.

First episode was with Kool DJ Red Alert



there are 7 episodes so far

Uggg rap. Please kill me.

Ok I hunted down and paid for a dub tape of me so horny when I was like 11 or 12. Back in the old days. First rap song a lot of white kids heard was probably the theme song from fresh prince?

And the metal band anthrax did that bring the noise song with public enemy which many metal fans will never forgive them.

I admit there is some early 90's stuff that's kinda cool, when they actually used instruments or at least ripped off old tracks that were written on real instruments. Oh excuse me, sampled. Pfffff learn to play or fuck off.

Me so horny
Mind playing tricks on me
How do u want it
California love
Naughty by nature
Mama said knock you out
Today was a good day
Deeper shade of soul

Ice t the girl tried to kill me--you guys remember that one?

Even though I didn't like most of it the old stuff (90's) is god like compared to this shot today. Kind of like how some metal got so hardcore it's not even really music anymore.

Isn't there a George Clinton and p funk album that is the most sampled album in the history of hip hop? The one with atomic dog maybe?

I remember seeing Menace II Society and that house party scene in the beginning I was like guys! There's this cool song in the background, someone covered that fucking snoop dog song but made it cool! Lol

Rest in Peace to The Educated Rapper from UTFO

Does Toni Basel do hip hop dancer she is 73 now and still teaches today believe it or not. She was also an actress played a prostitute in the movie easy rider and even had a hit song.

You can see her dance on YouTube it looks like hip hop to me and she was doing it before the 70s.

I remember that song. RIP.

She's 73 wth? Your half Italian and you write her name as Basel lol just busting you basanagol This is what I read on wiki:

Basil is one of the seven original Lockers, the street dance group considered "the group that changed the face of dance." She is recognized as a seminal influence in bringing street dance to the attention of the American public.

Prodigy dead at 42.

This is a tough one, Prodigy was one of my favorites. Read his autobiography and everything, guess that sickle cell got to him.

RIP to a legend.

Rollin,

yeah shocking to find out. Guy had a separate career as an author post g-unit. He had a prison cook book come out recently, the autobio and a few novels out.

Thought he had tackled and figured out how to deal with Sickle Cell.

He made peace and took a picture with Keith Murray a few years back.

Yeah it was good to see P make peace with a lot of people he got into friction with over the years like Capone and Noreaga, Havoc, etc. A lot of people weren't happy that he wrote that book, but I won't lie I enjoyed it a lot. I still wonder if it was really Ashanti that leaked those ballet photos of P to Jay-Z back in the day.

Rollin,

the new drink champs episode is a tribute to Prodigy, so it's interesting that you mentioned Nore in your last post. I didn't know that they made peace.

Podcast opens with a weird story that had Nore being in the same city,Las Vegas, that Mobb Deep was touring in the night P passed. Nore wasn't supposed to be in LV that night....and he happened to take the stage with the act that followed Mobb on the set list.

Not only did Ashanti provide the pictures, but I still have the XXL magazine where the interviewer gave Mobb Deep that info.

I can't put up the link because of the language, but there is a HILARIOUS video of Prodigy and Lakey the Kid telling their own versions of the chain snatching incident.

The MJ pics weren't bad compared to some of the other pictures.