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50 Years Of Hip-Hop!

Started by Ricky, Aug 11, 2023, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. Ricky
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    Ricky

    Aug 11, 2023
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    50 years of Hip-Hop! 50 years! Only Res is older than Hip-Hop, but that's not the point... The thing that got all of us together is half century old already. From the dirty parks of New York to #1 hits on Billboard every year. We are Hip-Hop.

    What Hip-Hop means to YOU?

    To me? Everything. A hope when days were bad, fun when I needed it, friends - real life and online - but online is a part of real life anyways, so what's the difference? I got all my friends because of Hip-Hop. Passion, hobby, love. That's what this culture gave to my life. My Durag boyz, Cool Cats, EmSXN, Off Topic etc etc etc.

    Hip-Hop got us together. There's no other reason we're here together.

    @OffTopic BS @DuragSZN @COTIgang @CreativeSXN



    We became something out of nothing!
     
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  2. David26
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    Aug 11, 2023
    Third verse of sing for the moment by Eminem. That’s hip hop to me.
     
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  3. Ricky
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    Ricky

    Aug 11, 2023
    Facts. Powerful verse, one of my favorites too! Eminem had this thing, last verse of his iconic songs always was the best one... like a reward for listener to sticking with him for 3 verses lol
     
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  4. Wreckless
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    Wreckless

    Aug 11, 2023
    Hiphop means the world to me. Growing up on the battle rap scene in detroit as a white kid wasn't easy for me. But I feel like I may finally be getting the respect I deserve.
     
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    jankland In My Cringe Arc.

    Aug 11, 2023
    Hip-hop actually helped branch me out to more genres, made me listen to full albums more, and made me appreciate and listen more to mixing, writing, delivery, cadence etc for all genres.

    Without hip-hop I would be much less annoying when it comes to all forms of music.
     
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    Tech N9ne. Hopsin.
     
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    AceVentura Always got an ace up my sleeve.

    Aug 12, 2023
    What a incredible thread you put together here for Hip hop. Salute bro!
    Subwoofers brought me to hip hop. Bass I chased but before all that Slim Shady Lp cassette tape I had it and dubbed the tape to have my own copy. Than was given the actual copy after hours of trying to get that cassette perfect. Hip hop is my light and soul.
     
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  8. Michael Myers
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    I obviously listened to rap songs on the radio, but when I was 16 or 17 I heard Wayne and Jay's song 'Mr Carter' somewhere on youtube. That song made me check out their albums (downloading on frostwire lmao) and dig deeper into rap music. Started out with the one's that were 'hot' at that time, and then went back to older albums. Soon rap became and still is my favorite genre.

    It's not that I know every classic album from the 70's or some s---, h--- no. But just like trap music now, a lot of music in other era's sounded similar to eachother too.

     
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    AceVentura Always got an ace up my sleeve.

    Aug 12, 2023
    Theatre of the mind. Great album! Eminem was supposed to be on this album or Ludaversal. I always wanted a Em & Luda collab.
     
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  10. gdot
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    Aug 20, 2023
    I relate a lot to what you said Ricky.

    Hip hop is everything to me. It gave me a place in life when I really didn’t have one. I was always changing schools as a kid, moving from city to city, state to state. Couldn’t maintain a steady group of friends. My parents were never together, I bounced between families a lot. I was always looked at as a problem child. My step dad used to lock me in my room at night, all I had was a radio. That’s when I really fell in love with hip hop, music was all I had.

    I picked up the pen myself around 11 or 12. It gave me an identity. It was a way for me to break the ice with people and make friends going into high school. I made friends online as well that I’ve met in person and made music with, traveled to different states to do shows. I’ve been in amazing situations and terrible ones. I had a gun pulled on me in Richmond Virginia at age 18 ( i was pretty far from home lol) opening up for Mike Jones and Slick Rick (2 different shows, same week and venue).

    My life would not be the same AT ALL without hip hop til this day and I am so thankful for it.



    ignore the s-----y video haha but this is a song I made 11-12 years ago. Also this was a time when i rapped over tagged beats because I couldn’t afford to buy them lmao. Hip hop has been always been my motivation to keep pushin.

    I know I’m late and maybe this post is TMI but still… HAPPY BIRTHDAY HIP HOP
     
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  11. Ricky
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    Aug 20, 2023
    Wow, that's the post I expected to see itt, amazing...

    Man, you're the goat
     
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    gdot

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    likewise brother!
     
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    Inanna I’m not the one..

    Aug 20, 2023
    To me, everything. 50 years of amazingness! Amen
     
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    It's the first music that really struck a chord with me for whatever reason and it hasn't been dethroned as my favorite genre since.
     
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  15. Ricky
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    Aug 22, 2023
    facts, hopefully all of us are alive to Hip-Hop 100th birthday!
     
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    We're prisoners of it, once you wet your feet in the Hip-Hop river you're in forever
     
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    Inanna I’m not the one..

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    Fo Sho!
     
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    Ordinary Joel Happiness begins when selfishness ends

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    Hip-hop was and still represents a genre that can evoke strong emotional responses from me and just resonates with my soul. The storytelling, the rhythm, the many creative branches that I have had the privilege of stumbling upon, and the community that I have been able to find are just a few reasons why it means so much to me.
     
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    Same man, same!
     
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    Inanna I’m not the one..

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