Hey GAF, Iam in my 30s and I think I like hip-hop now and that suprises me. And its exciting! And now I need some advice to find my kind of music in this genre.
I never really cared for Hip-Hop but ocasionally i would nod along with some oldschool (90s/00s) tracks at a friends place. Some times there would be a nice hiphhop track on an otherwise different Album, but Hip-Hop never clicked with me.
I enjoyed
dan le sac vs. scroobious pips first album for the sick beats and quirky and sincere rhymes. But the artist that recently drove me to the gene is
RJD2. I love his work (maybe not The Third Hand tha much) and after listening to
deadringer and
more is than isn't quite a lot. Also
The Colossus. Nice tunes. Great oldschool samples, but mostly instrumentals. But since I really dig RJD2 I started to get the whole picture, researched his bio, read a reddit AMA, listened to his discography. I learned that I really, really like his style. And I learned that he more or less represents the instrumental side to a lot of great Hip-Hop. I love his collaboration with
Blueprint as
Soul Posiition. I love his new album with
STS and I like his remixes. I fucking dig it! Oh shit and his mix of
5 left in the clip - so goo! And now I want to find similar artists.
One album I already found for me is
DangerDooms
The Mouse and the Mask. I love the whole thing. It is so groovy. Everyone listening to is kind of enjoys himself - if he really listens or not. Damn - what a great LP! And now I want to avoid listening to this, until I am sick of it. I need moar!
But I cannot really find stuff. Dooms other work is a bit too harsh for me. I like some tracks on Danger Mouses Ghetto Pop Life but overall the album is something I will skip through.
Can you recommend some great albums to me that hit my fancy for great instrumental tracks with rhythm and soul/funk-samples? Stuff that works great as an album to put on when friends are around or to listen to alone and concentrated. Also, since I am not a native englsh speaker too much of a dialect mght be an issue. Doom is borderline mumbling. But I love his voice!
Thanks for reading all that. As a reward, have an old kitten-meme!