CAN'T GET ENUFF OF THAT FUNKY STUFF! :)
People who got real love for the hip-hop culture! :) & Intelligent, creative people with good taste ;)
Talib Kweli f/ Will.I.Am - Hot Thing/In The Mood
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hezekiah ft bilal looking up
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Lords of the Underground - Chief Rocka
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Common- The People
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KRS 1 MARLEY HIP HOP LIVES
You still wonder whats my fav type of music?
--------------- HIP-HOP (on the 1st place!)
Althought lately I’ve been listening to lots of FUNK, Soul, R&B and Jazzy stuff.. but it depends on the mood.
Basically I fell in love with the Hip-Hop when I was 12 and since then I feel something very special about that music & culture. It still gives me that special feeling.. it makes my heart jump.. u know.. it’s a feeling I just can’t explain..
I wanna mention a few names to pay respect to the artists that I’ve been listening all these years.
Lets start with the DJs (cuz after all thanks to them Hip-Hop is worldwide today)
Grandmaster Flash, Kool Herc, Jazzy Jeff, Premier, X-Ecusioners, Q-Bert, Babu, Honda, Shadow, Lord Jazz, Lord Finesse, Peanut Butter Wolf (the last show I saw life..amazing!), DJ Format, Dj Skill, Dj Light (He is My DJ!).. and many others.
Big respect to the producers who create dope beats: Premier, Pete Rock, Large Pro, Lord Finesse, Buckwild, Showbiz, K-Def, RZA, Prince Paul, J-Rawlz, Cadence, Easy Moe Bee, Kno, No I.D., Insight, Rjd2 .. and many more..
I wanna say a big "THANK YOU" also to the MCs:
D.I.T.C (“it’s the number 1 crew in the area†& in my heart :)), I love all their members’ albums! Especially Showbiz & AG (Showing all these corny muthaf*ckaz what Hip-Hop's supposed to sound like!), I love Lords Of The Undaground (cuz they made me so funky!), also Boot Camp Clik (Black Moon, OGC.. all of them), Wu-Tang (especially my fav member - Ghostface), EPMD (classic!), The Roots (I dream to see them live..mmm), Jurassic 5, Rakim (lengend), Big Daddy Kane (amazing MC), Nas, Big L (the most valuable poet on the M.I.C.), Kool G Rap, KRS One, Masta Ace (now this is my favourite!), EMC, Main Source, A.D.O.R., Kool Moe Dee, Edo G. (I love Boston’s hip-hop!), Akrobatik, Raw Produce (I love their jazzy flavor), 7L & Eso, The Demigodz, Insight, Mr.Lif, Krumbsnatcha, Big Shug, Gangstarr, Freddie Foxx, Pete Rock & C.L.Smooth (their sound makes my heart melt), Blackalicious (Make me feel that way..), also Dilated Peoples, Jeru The Damaja, Common, Wu-Syndicate, All Natural, Original Flavor, Ras Kass, Special Ed, The U.N., UMCs, Cunninlynguists, Dilated Peoples, One Self, Illegal, Jamal, Immortal Technique, 2 Pac, Notorious B.I.G, The Nonce, J-live, Aloe Blacc and Asheru, Real Live, Cali Agends, Del the Funky Homosapien, Bush Babes, Brand Nubian, Mad Skillz, Craig G, The Arsonists, K-Otix, Digable Planets, Hieroglyphics, People Under The Stairs, Count Bass D, Concrete Click, O.U.O, Supastition, Smooth the Hustler, Mos Def, Das EFX, Sadat X, A Tribe Called Quest (back in the days when I was a teenager..mmm), Binary Star, Zion I, Biz Markie, Nine, Jamal, Aceyalone, Freestyle Fellowship, Mobb Deep, Cormega, DL Incognito, The Pharcyde, The Fugees, De La Soul, Blahzay Blahzay, Capital D, Mr.Complex, Dutchmassive, Lone Catalysts, Visionaries, Cesar Comanche, Urban Thermo Dynamics, Gutter Snypes, Blackalicious, Non Phixion, The Living Legends, Mic Geronimo, Kurious, Jemini The Gifted One, Scientifik, 10 Bass T, Blackface, Chubb Rock, Intelligent Hoodlum, Brother Ali, Downtown Science, KMD, MF Doom, MF Grimm, MOOD, Molemen recs, Milkbone, Joell Ortiz, The Good People, Ugly Duckling, Down South, Juice, Juggaknots, Boogiemonsters, Zombi Squad, Dave Ghetto, Hezikiah, Black Milk…
Big Respect to Sifu Versus from Greece & all the great artists from Europe!
Lets not forget the ladies on the mic: Lady Of Rage, Heather B, Queen Latifah, Bahamadia, Jean Grae, Queen Pen, Sha Rock, MC Lyte, Monie Love, Apani, Yarah Bravo, Mystic, Roxanne Shante, Nonchalant, The Boss, Yo Yo & others.. I simply love their style! Keep it real, ladies!
Lately I listen to lots of Funk & SOUL and I think I need to pay respect to some of legends: Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Maceo Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Lyn Collins, Kenni Burke, Luther Vandross, Diana Ross, El Debarge, The Dramatics, Sister Sledge, The originals, Louis Armstrong, Isaac Hayes, Ray Charles, Marlena Shaw, Spanky Wilson…. also I have my fav RnB artists like Jodeci, Keith Sweat, Brian McKnight, Alicia Keys, Leela James, Mary J Blige, AYO, Joy Denalane, Next, Jagged edge, Jesse Powell, Joe, 112, SWV, Aaliyah (RIP), Az Yet, Aaron Hall... and many more..
Also last but not least I admire people like James Brown, Kyle Jason, Mace Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Donalrd Byrd, Roy Ayers, Stanly Clark & manh more for the beautiful music they do.. mmm i think that's it for now :)Here's some more dope stuff I'd like to share with you:
http://www.wholetrain.com/ :) some of my favs: Brown Sugar, Freshest Kids, Rhyme & Reason, Scratch, Freestyle - the art of rhyme.. etc.
I dont watch much TV, but I DO love listening to radio! Most of the time i listen to WEFUNK radio, which you can find .. @ http://wefunkradio.com/ - dope music for my soul! :) Also I like listening to FATRAT radio @ http://fatratradio.com/ :) I also recommend: www.smoothbeats.com
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