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[[TNT] Sonic Goo]

There have been some complaints around here about the quality of most hiphop and r&b. So here's a thread to put your money where your mouth is and come up with something that's actually good.

 

To start with the good news: the Digable Planets are back together!

 

[CoachJason]

Elefant Traks

 

Underground Australian hip-hop label, no fake eminem accents here. You can listen to tracks from everything they've released by scrolling to the bottom and clicking "releases". You might not "get" them if you're from North America, but you should have a listen anyway.

 

Stand-out traks:

 

"Dasen" - The Herd

"Surry Hills Pickup" - The Herd

"77%" - An Elefant Never Forgets

"Burn Down the Parliament" - An Elefant Never Forgets

 

My personal favourite would have to be "Starship Troopers", which you can download from here

 

By the way, explicit language warning to the kiddies: if your mum doesn't like you listening to the c-word or the f-word, maybe you should check out the traks on the site when she isn't around

[Slngsht]

ooh ooh, digable planets ARE good! That was the day of good hip hop. Also Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth were good together.

[daybreak]

Some of my favorite hip-hop albums that are actually good...

 

Common-One Day It'll All Make Sense

 

Outkast-ATLiens, Aquemini

 

Jay-Z, DJ Dangermouse-The Grey Album

 

Digable Planets-Blowout Comb

 

A Tribe Called Quest-The Low End Theory

 

And my favorite of all...

 

The Pharcyde-Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde-pick that one up, you won't be sorry.

[Factor]

i dunno lets see:

 

Neptunes - Really nice beats

Outkast - who doesnt like them?

and a lot of older ppl...its gettin to fake now...its like...N'Sync rapping...its all turning to Pop instead of Hip-Hop...its lame

[[TNT] Sonic Goo]

Lots of hiphop there. But what about R&B? I thought Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite was quite good...

 

[Guest BritneySpears]

Madonna made an R&B album in 1995! And it was amazing! It went 3 times platinum in the US and was a worldwide succes! It's called Bedtime Stories. Madonna doesn't only make pop music!!!