Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Wednesday Music, It's HIP HOP!


I hope you'v already caught up with the fact that it's time fore K. Hammers wednesday music! Due to the shortage of time i have at the moment this will be a short post, nevertheless there'll still be a showcase of some badass beats.
Last week we took the time to get to know some nice lyrics that has been inspirational to us here at POP. This time were going to head on over to the rhythm part of music. And i can't think of anything better then some chill hip hop beats to do just that.
Hip Hop has it's roots in New York were it started out in the late 70s. It soon became a world wide cultural movement that since then has dominated big parts of the music industry, especially in the US. In it's simplest way its all about expressing yourself thru music and poetry.

Song: "99.9 Pacent"
Artist: Jeru The Damaja
Album: Heroz4Hire (1999)
Other information: This man grew up with the more famous guys from Gang Starr but nevertheless his talent hasn't gone by unnoticed. The beats are darker but still soulful and the lyrics are - just as for Gang Starr - filled with confidence.



Song: "They Reminisce Over You"
Artist: Pete Rock
Album: Mecca And The Soul Brother (1992)
Other information: This man has truly been able to fuse jazz and hip hop in one of the most comprehensive ways. And this song just makes you stop what ever your doing.


Song: "Volcano - Four Tet Remix"
Artist: Anti-Pop Consortium
Album: Volcano - EP (2009)
Other information: The intro to this remix is kind of long just so you know. It might get irritating once you'v herd the song a couple of times but both the beat and the bands linguistic ability brings this song truly up there (within the field of experimental hip hop)!


Song: Movements
Artist: Roots Manuva
Album: Brand New Second Hand (1999)
Other information: London based rapper who makes some of the best dub to be found!


Song: "Astronomy (8th Light)"
Artist: Black Star
Album: Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (2002)
Other information: This duo just gave out one album but have still continued to collaborate with one another even after that. There golden just one-by-one so together its nothing less than magical. In other words the album -not just the song - is a must-have!



Bonus material:
Atmosphere – "Sunshine": This song returns once age on my summer playlist!
Prop Dylan – "Can You Imagine": Prop Dylan gets to represent Sweden this time. Im not that familiar with all of this music but this song got to me.
Hieroglyphics – "Throw It In Ya Grill": Most of these guys material isn't represented on Spotify unfortunately. This song still rocks but if your able to get your hands on for example "You never know" or "Make Your Move" there even better.

3 comments:

  1. really goood shit doggie!! made my day!

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  2. k fed! det var bra gjort men min dag blev inte gjord.

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