What I'm looking for is Rap music like the track Accordion from Madvillainy.
I'm sorry, but I don't really like all the albums everyone has told me to listen... The only rap/hip hop music I like so far is Subtle and some Kanye West.
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Originally posted by Mathieu: What I'm looking for is Rap music like the track Accordion from Madvillainy.
Four-Tet did a great remix of that track, fyi. He did an EP of remixes frm the Madvillainy album. Good stuff.
Try out some Prefuse73, he's mostly instrumental, but about 1/3 of his stuff has an emcee. Try his mash up of the Books track, The Lemon of Pink, I believe it's called Pagina Dos. Good stuff.
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Mathieu, i suggest to listen to instrumental and expiremental hip-hop, because i'm a rock/indie rock/folk/electro fan, and i only listen to some "hip-hop" artists, like these ones:
Kid Koala cLOUDDEAD Themselves Subtle Hood (only "Cold house" is more hip-hop, but it's a damn good band overall)
You can't go wrong with these ones, especially if you like Subtle...and weird stuff...
So far I like : Prefuse 73 Kanye West Subtle Madvillain
I think what I'm looking for would be kind of an ambient rap record ( if that means something... ) and the best thing I found so far is Prefuse 73 ( thanks Il Mago ).
Originally posted by Mathieu: I think what I'm looking for would be kind of an ambient rap record ( if that means something... ) and the best thing I found so far is Prefuse 73 ( thanks Il Mago ).
the first that comes to mind when thinking "ambient hip hop" is Archive's Londinium. It's ambient cuz of the of trip-hop nature and it's hip hop because there's a rapper on half the songs
i'm wondering if you wouldn't actually be looking for something more like trip-hop. There's always Tricky (Maxinquaye is a definite classic)
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Ha, Mathieu, you're a challenging nut to crack. A fun nut, but a very challenging one too
At this point most of what comes to mind is listing more artists I think are similar to what you say you've liked, but I don't know how accurate I'll be. If you like Subtle and Prefuse 75 and the "ambient hiphop" feel I'd say cLOUDDEAD is where to go because it's ambient as hell and in the same collective as Prefuse/Subtle. If it's really for the ambient vibe it sounds like you might want to go more for trip-hop than indie-ish rap, like Massive Attack circa Mezzanine, early Sneaker Pimps, maybe Portishead. Or, toward the more DJ/producer based stuff instead of the MC focus, like RJD2 or DJ Shadow. If you liked Madvillain OK, especially Accordion, and not Quas as much, maybe it was far out helium rapping that didn't do it for you? The same guy, Madlib, was behind the production for both, and when he records under that name it's got a lot more of that laid back, ambient jazz texture to it without rapping.
The last thing I can think of has also been mentioned a few times, Deltron 3030. It wasn't the first thing that came to mind when I thought "indie rap" even though it kind of is...but the best way I can explain it, it's the only hiphop album that I've ever found beautiful the way I find non-hiphop music. That's owed a lot to the production, which doesn't sound very rap when you take Del (the rapper) out of it, like on the instrumentals.
I know it's all been said before and I have a deep feeling that none of this will be that helpful to you, but when you say you're sorry for not liking most of what we've suggested so far, all I can say is that I feel sorry we haven't hit the nail on the head yet. Not to speak for everyone else If we're just not sure I think you'd have to listen to a LOT more stuff to get/give us a better idea of what you like, and that would mean probably sifting through a lot of stuff you don't like. But I think I'm rambling. I really hope you find whatever it is you're looking for.
The term Ambient Hip Hop sounds like Trip-Hop to me.
I would highly suggest checking on Sneaker Pimps. Listen to the album 'Splinter'. It's a great album, and totally underappreciated. The vocals are not exactly HipHop, but the beats and the rhythems are definitely so.
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I'm starting to find some pretty good stuff thanks to all of you. So far, this is what I like quite a lot : Prefuse 73 Why? 13 & God Subtle cLOUDDEAD Hood ( Cold House )
These are the one I like less ( but still enjoy ) : Madvillain Kanye West
Can't find a lot of stuff on Themselves, I'd like to listen to them...
With relation to Trip-Hop, Tricky is the best. Maxinquaye is an almost perfect album.
Sure, he has one bonafide classic, but his stock took a dive after Angels with Dirty Faces; Blowback sent it into a freefall. Massive Attack, of which Tricky was a part, put out three albums in the 90s (along with a decent remix album) that rival Maxinquaye. Don't pass them up.
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Alright. That's my sign. I saw cLOUDDEAD - Ten, randomly hidden in a stack at the used bookstore yesterday. But I didn't know if I should get it or not. I'm going to have to go back tomorrow and pick it up.
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Well it seems we have the same rap tastes. Here are other albums you may like:
cLOUDDEAD - s/t Themselves - them, the no music (if you found nothing about that band on the net, buy their records you won't regret it......what did i say....you CAN'T regret it) Boom bip - blue eyed in the red room Busdriver - roadkill overcoat (it's not an awesome record but there are good moments)
Check the Anticon label for more instrumental hip-hop artists.
