Absolutely. And don't forget Gza. I think in general some of the members took better to solo albums, where as some of the ones we're mentioning did their best work as part of the larger squad. Which is of course the idea of the Wu; to form like Voltron (and to not acknowledge the w in sword is silent).
Speaking of GZA and sWords...where is Liquid Swords 2???? Maybe in 2015, at which point I hope GZA gets back some of the spotlight. A bit of a teaser: https://medium.com/cuepoint/gza-speaks-the-lost-art-of-lyricism-ee84510e7268
I finally bought a copy of Hell Hath No Fury...and I loved the spare backing tracks The Neptunes made for the album (their finest album length work for me now)...even the "Drop It Like It's Hot"-style track on "Mr. Me Too" worked fine:
With My Dark Twisted Fantasies Kanye West kickstarted that fresh everything goes as long as it sounds good on the track appeal, that brought us to the superb quality of todays Rap/Hip Hop. Each month you find enough good records no matter what yu are looking for - from Gangsta Rap to Conscous, jazzy to pop. If you like something more underground check out Czarface - Every Hero Needs a Villain, Belly - Up For Days, DJ Vadim & Sena - Grow Slow, Myka 9 & Faktor - Famous Time Travel among many others.
I recently discovered an EPMD album I had missed when it came out - We Mean Business. It's very good stuff for an EPMD fan, Keith Murray and and Method Man make appearances.
Fairly big EPMD fan here and just like all of their albums there's some good songs (Roc Da Spot, Yo, Listen Up, Left 4 Dead) and some bad songs IMO. Nice to see them mentioned!
Around a month ago I saw EPMD at a small venue in the mountains of Colorado. Not only did I have a blast, but the others that I brought to the show, that had never heard of EPMD, had a blast, too. Erik and Parris still Making Dollars.
"Flashing Lights" "Roc Boys" "Sure Shot" and "Get Ur Freak On" received some nice quotes there: thanks for sharing
Just purchased the Champion EP and have enjoyed "Heads Down" the most so far...thanks for the heads up!
Not really. I would consider Erykah Badu more R&B with mixture of soul. I'm sure there are some elements inspired from Hip-Hop but I would not classify it as Hip-Hop. The Japanese song you posted is more on the Bjork side and definitely not Hip-Hop. Seemed more experimental stuff than actual Hip-Hop.
Must be nice having the power to decide what fits into this genre. And it's a good thing hip-hop can never be experimental. God forbid someone might actually come up with something new, right? And yeah, you're still wrong.
