Hip Hop Music

[Ninja Spirit]

There was a series of mixtapes about a couple years back called "Game Over" which sampled video game tunes to make beats.

[ParanoiaDragon]

I have both of them, I think there's only 2?  There's some cool songs on them, but, most of them, I can't hear a single game sample on.  The 2nd one has a cool Kid Icarus beat on it.  Most of the rhyming though on both is a little more towards the shallow side of rap IMHO.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Forgot to mention, if you see or hear the word Project Blowed associated with any Emcee, DJ, group, graph artist, etc.  You can pretty much expect them to be tight.  Project Blowed is a place in LA across from Lamert Park, where alot Emcee's start out, & ones that started there still rhyme there.  Originally, they started at a place called the Good Life Cafe.  Groups like Freestyle Fellowship, Dilated Peoples, Pharcyde, etc. started there, & eventually moved over to Project Blowed, when the Good Life went out of business(or whatever happened, I can't remember).  Go here: http://www.projectblowed.com/

[Ninja Spirit]

About the Game Over Mixtapes, here's a couple more I'd point out....

>"Punchout" - it's Piston Honda's intro music but tuned down at almost an octave

>"Hellbound" - one of the tunes from Soul Caliber 1

[ParanoiaDragon]

Punchout I alreay figured out, but the Soul Calibur missed me, I can't think of the last time I played that game, & even then, I might be mistaking it for a different game I played.

[esteban]

Forgot to mention, if you see or hear the word Project Blowed associated with any Emcee, DJ, group, graph artist, etc.  You can pretty much expect them to be tight.  Project Blowed is a place in LA across from Lamert Park, where alot Emcee's start out, & ones that started there still rhyme there.  Originally, they started at a place called the Good Life Cafe.  Groups like Freestyle Fellowship, Dilated Peoples, Pharcyde, etc. started there, & eventually moved over to Project Blowed, when the Good Life went out of business(or whatever happened, I can't remember).  Go here: http://www.projectblowed.com/

I don't anything about the music scene you mentioned, but there was (is? I haven't worked in LA for 3-4 years) a "Cafe del Soul" (yes, Soul, not "Sol") near Lamert Park that was a very kool vegetarian/vegan/political co-op type of place that had music/poetry most nights. I usually ate there for lunch, though, and only saw a few bands play there (local LA acts... "Jupiter's  Disciples" was probably the best band I saw -- politically aware "asian"-american hip-hop with some great lyrics).

[ParanoiaDragon]

If I remember correctly, that place you speak of, is right next door, or maybe a few doors down from Project Blowed.  The name sound familliar, & I think I've gone in there for a Sobe or something.  I know that there's been shows at PB, as well as right around the corner from there, in some other place, kinda in the back of the building.  But it's been years, I haven't had any time to go to shows in awhile, other then maybe occasionally at The Basement in Van Nuys, where I usually see the same people I saw at Project Blowed.


Hmm, Cafe del Soul does sound REALLY familiar, though.  Maybe it's not next door, I can't remember.  Man it's been ages.  Actually, I basically stopped going there, when pretty much every show was only on thursday nights, I have both a Bible study every thursday for an hour, plus I work for a few hours after that at our night job, plus with work the next morning.....heh, there's no way I could ever make that.  I think I tried once, but failed, it just wasn't gonna work out.

Jupiter's Disciples, wierd, I haven't heard of them...not that I've heard of everybody, but if they've been around awhile, it seems like I would've heard of them by now.  I'll have to check around.

Oh, & for anybody looking into anything Project Blowed related, DJ Z-Trip's album is a good example of mostly (but not all)PB Emcee's & some nice production, not to mention both conscious rhymes & fun, like the one with Murs & Supernatural rhyming about all the old cartoons of the 80's & cereal!  There's clips here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007ZEP1S/qid=1126692141/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-6892842-4050221?v=glance&s=music

[Ninja Spirit]

BUMP

At that YTMND website I did something neat. Made a series of them totally about rap samples. I had alot of fun making these. I found the sound clips off a French hip hop site.

http://ktr1.ytmnd.com/
http://ktr2.ytmnd.com/
http://ktr3.ytmnd.com/
http://ktr4.ytmnd.com/
http://ktr5.ytmnd.com/
http://ktr6.ytmnd.com/
http://ktr7.ytmnd.com/
http://ktr8.ytmnd.com/
http://ktr9.ytmnd.com/

[Michael Helgeson]

Rap wise,I only listened to 2Live Crew.I dont anymore,but its funny that all this comes up.2Live Crew comes to play at Arkansas alot every year,esp at frat parties.
I listen to classical,Doors,Blondie,KMFDM,NIN,Ministry,and a littl ebit of other stuff.About any of the rock of today is crappy whine stuff.The new  Nervana I guess.
Korn,I saw live,sucked,after seeing how they suck live,I stopped listening to them.
I used to heavy listen to White Zombie/Rob Zombie,but these days his stuff has turned sour as well.I mean Jesus,doing covers of Ramones songs?
Totally weak.

[Michael Helgeson]

King of New York btw,really great movie,has a wonderful 80ies rap movie soundtrack,if you guys care to hunt it down.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Personally, when it comes to people performing live, I don't always expect them to be doing their best.  I've seen guys who've struggled thru their performances while being sick with a cold/flu/etc.  I guess it depends, I mean, me, I don't know if I could handle performing in front of a crowd, I'm a studio person, that's where I work my art.  But at the same time, there's guys that "need" a studio, in that, they themselves can't sing, or they need special effects to make whatever instrument sound right, etc.  So, I guess there is some reasons to not like a group if they suck live.

[Keranu]

Michael, I love King of New York! Great movie.

[Michael Helgeson]

On the nite I saw Korn play,it was a Korn/Zombie tour concert,back in 99.
Zombie was great live.Korn was just lame.
NIN played here back in 95-96,cant remember which year exactly,but Trent had the flu,played 9 songs sick as a a dog,but still smoked Korn.
Although Im hearing these days NIN is sucking live too,but for a different reason.The music is fine,but the band just gets on stage and plays,then leaves.Doesnt act like there is a audience of any kind out there.Nothing doen to make the concert special.
I know it may sound lame,stupid idea,but to me,every concert should be played like it could be the last.Some fans are new ones,go to see these acts,and get turned off right away because of this "one"crappy concert they saw of the band,while the rest could have been great on the tour.
But as for Korn,I heard they sucked live at every concert.
But hey,they sucked before even being Korn....Anyone remember L.A.P.D.? It was Korn if I remember right.
Sucked.

[FM-77]

Oh yeah, I love hip hop.  
www.degrade.se (listen to the intro!)

[Ninja Spirit]

http://www.hiphopgame.com/audios/skillz05rapup.ram
This is pretty funny. Mad Skillz is the best, he's telling the truth though, not to mention he's from Richmond.