TOP 10 Best MC's for our people right
now!!!! Updated and Expanded Version |
| In no particular order and with current or fairly recent projects all of these folks are on myspace!!! check em out!! support the music and the message and the mission!! If you got links for shows, interviews get at these folks!! and we need a top #10 list of Black Women Queens of Hip-Hop!!! Wanna change the game?!?!? Support the Positive. Abort the Negative. you can check out all these folks and more at http://www.hip-hop4blackunity.org plug, plug Holla Black! TOP 10 Best MC's for our people right now!!!! with bonuses!!! (in no particular order) 1. Wise Intelligent (Poor Righteous Teachers) a) NEW RELEASE "The Talented Timothy Taylor" http://www.myspace.com/wiseintelligent Once again Wise has come thru with one of the hottest lyrical displays in a long while... Joints to check: Another chance @ life... Ganja Smugglin... A Genocide... Police Can Do... Still Black... b) Blessed Be The Poor - The Unmixed Tape http://www.myspace.com/wiseintelligent lyrics, lyrics, lyrics Wise goes back and forth from a collection of material over the last few years, moving in and out of Hip-Hop and Spoken Word Poetry with West Indian overtones with ease. Joints to check: Mr. Rocket Launcher... Globe Holders... Niggaz Iz... Rock The Vote... Can't Afford 2 Luv Her... Somebody Told A Lie... 2. XCLAN Return From Mecca http://www.myspace.com/xclanmusic an updated funkin lesson... ridiculously sick!!! Straight from the rip, this album hits your chest with deep resonating bass and funk, combined with the booming voice of Bro. J who has not missed a lyrical step since "Grand Verbalizer"... my ear drums were like "Aaaaaaah Vanglorious" Joints to check: Aragorn.... Voodoo... Why U Doin That... Prison... Americans... Brother, Brother... Space People... Speak The Truth 3. NYOIL Hood Treason http://www.myspace.com/nyoil all around hip-hop album with revolutionary tendencies This joint reminds me of a combination of the 2nd PE album plus the 1st Nas album... not that NYOIL sounds like either one, but his album gave me the combined feeling I got from listening to those two. Revolution and Hip-Hop thrown in Blender on the rocks over hot beats. This dude had youtube on smash from his 'y'all should all get lynched' song over 6,000 hits in 48hrs and banned!!! Joints to check: Hip-Hop ya don't stop... HoodTREASON... Self- Destrukkktion... Y'all Should All Get Lynched... You're a Queen... What up my Wigga Wigger 4. UMI (from Dead Prez) A Race Against Time http://www.myspace.com/umisworld a mix of everything south north funk hop soul and RBG Many of you already know UMI as the DJ from dead prez and on his own with the POW, this project is different... all UMI all the time. Umi explores all sides of his musical talents and influences in this. The CD is a melting pot of Black Music North South and all points between. Joints to check: Young World... When Mama Cries... Home is... Fuc a Stereotype... the Souljah... State 2 State 5. A-Alikes I Eat U Eat http://www.myspace.com/aalikes revolutionary but gangsta These dudes remind me of what Mobb Deep could be like if they were conscious. The A-Alikes are another group out of the dead prez, RBG, Peoples Army camp and if you like edgy music this is the jump off. A-Alikes go hard on beats with a back and forth duo flow like all the great 2 man groups, RUN-DMC, EPMD, etc. Joints to check: We Hungry... 'Til We Free... They Wanna Murder Me... What's Your Politic?... Share... Child of the Street... Heaven on Earth 6. dead prez pick any of the material + side projects http://www.myspace.com/m1rbg http://www.myspace.com/sticman-deadprez you already know what it is A group like dead prez is pretty much standard at this point, by now you have seen the performances & the videos, maybe even saw the BET Starz Special or you have heard them on 101 mixtapes (their own and others) or you've peeped the collaborations with other like minded artists most notably Tupac's camp The Outlawz. Name your pleasure at this point, pick any of the material you are bound to find and of course if you don't have it get the 1st dead prez album... classic! 7. Public Enemy A New Whirl Odor ReBirth of a Nation http://www.myspace.com/publicenemy the latest from the legends... like the good ole' days Public Enemy maybe the most important Hip-Hop group of all time. Chuck D. possesses one of the most distinct voices and unorthodox flows in Hip-Hop and lately PE has been even more experimental with their sound infusing more live band rock and turntabilism while still not forgetting to butter the bread. These last 2 albums (A New Whirl Odor and the Rebirth of a Nation produced by Paris/Guerillafunk) from PE in my mind have recharged the group and is the most reminiscent of the PE we know and love. Once again with PE as the benchmark of Revolutionary Hip-Hop you can pretty much just pick anything out of their discography and be satisfied. Definitely get the 1st 3 albums and check these most recent ones. 8. Paris Sonic Jihad http://www.myspace.com/guerrillaparis the Hip-Hop panther and CEO, I call him Suge Right Paris has been consistently delivering the good word for over a decade, broadcasting loud and proud from the West Coast. Paris' Panther tendencies are symbolic in a region that birthed both "Niggas With Attitudes" and the original Black Panther Party. So to me he lies somewhere in between the two. Fuck the Police has become Fuck Bush, in other words the lyrics have more depth and content and Paris has made a name for himself with a clean sound and outspoken uncompromising lyrics. As a businessman Paris is laying it down having produced projects for legends Public Enemy, MC Ren, Kam and laying the ground for the next gen. T-Kash, UNO The Prophet, Truth Universal http://www.guerillafunk.com Joints to check: Field Nigga Boogie... Spilt Milk... Tear Shit Up... Ain't No Love... Evil... Agents of Repression.. What Would You Do? 9. Black Thought from the Roots http://www.myspace.com/blackthought if his solo shit ever comes out your head will explode OK this is a hard one because no one has really heard his solo joints. There are rumors of a solo project, but like BigFoot no one can bring me a body, some hair or some dookie. I had the fortune of being in a session when the man himself was recording, so I know it exists! All I can tell you is this... Black Thought may be the nicest MC since Rakim. I can't see anyone seeing him except maybe Wise Intelligent or Talib (on a good day) For this entry I have no current data other than to say this brother puts words together... well. Write letters, make Black Thought release his project!!! 10. and still..... Rakim just on general principle alone The God MC is still just ridiculous... His flow is untouched and unmatched and I still after all these years say the same thing... Rakim is so ill no one knows how to produce for him, promote him, market him, so he is in a messed up position. Best in the game and can't get in the game. No matter if its Dre, Premiere it just won't seem to work. Well, If this number hits tonight, me and Rakim is both on!!! AND..... Tied for the #11 spot Talib, Mos Def, Common stuff been getting a little too flowery for my tastes lately, but they get the benefit of the doubt... *love to Mos Def for Katrina clap and the Tall Israeli comment boo on 16 blocks and the black doctor movie... *love to Talib for lie alot boo for getting slapped and being at 50's house... love for not slapping back *love to Common for Assata boo on pink kufis and leather vests with no shirt on http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/images/artist/c/common/az_official/281x211.jpg and I will add myself to the damn list too!!! UNO The Prophet aka Nat Turner Devil Burner http://www.myspace.com/unotheprophet Strictly Conscious Revolutionary Pro-Black Bangers HOLLA BLACK PEACE Hip-Hop 4 Black Unity http://www.hip-hop4blackunity.org join the message board! |
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