Ask Me About A Rapper w/Alaska

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:14 pm

Guun wrote:despot

despot is dope. i think he has a ton of potential, he has a really good voice, nice cadence and flow and a really quick wit. unfortunately there just isnt a ton of material out to fully judge, but i am really excited for his album to drop once he finishes. what the fuck despot finish already so we can hear that shit.

Crooked S · Post by **Crooked S** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:52 am

Inspectah Deck

nobs · Post by **nobs** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:50 am

J-Zone?

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:54 am

Crooked S wrote:Inspectah Deck

Deck is best in small dose or as part of a group. he has a great voice, memorable lines, good style and technically skilled, but something about him for more than a verse just bores me to no end...he is very much like starange wonder. i used to think they would make a great group but now i dont know if that would work out so well.

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:55 am

nobs wrote:J-Zone?

he should stick to producing. i liked some of his early work but it was mostly al shid and huggy bear that i was feeling. jay is a one trick pony, some good lines here and there but over all it comes across kinda corny and his voice annoys me.

chump change · Post by **chump change** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:59 am

devin tha dude?

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:31 pm

chump change wrote:devin tha dude?

did devin earlier

he has his moments. i dont really get him for the most part.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:28 pm

Malik B

Posdnous

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:44 pm

Hakim

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:52 pm

Philaflava wrote:Malik B

Posdnous

malik b is dope but he cant really fuck with thought, he is like an underground rapper version of black thought has a lot of the same qualities just not as good or interesting.

Posdnous - i used to love pos he was abstract, stylish, clever, had sick flow, and a killer beard. but as the last few dela albums dropped i started liking him less and liking dave a lot more.

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:54 pm

Roy Johnson wrote:Hakim

is he albino dude from channel live? if so he sucks

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:58 pm

J-Live

Little Brother

Reggie · Post by **Reggie** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:59 pm

Pumpkinhead

Jean Grae

Supernatural

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:01 pm

Philaflava wrote:J-Live

Little Brother

J-Live - The only song i really know from j-live is the one he performs live where he scratchs the beat and raps at the same time. that shit was fresh. outside of that i havent really checked much j-live. i havent heard great things either.

little brother - they are ok. i think everyone is capable there, but i really do not like people going with throw back sounds. i think thats one of the biggest problems in rap music today. much bigger than wack shit like soldier boy or papoose. if i wanted to hear music from that era i will listen to music from that era.

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:04 pm

Reggie wrote:Pumpkinhead

Jean Grae

Supernatural

Pumpkinhead - Pumpkinhead is hit or miss for me. I find him at his best when he goes away from the grain stylistically. He has strong flow, good word play, and a killer voice...unfortunately he doesnt always use it.

Jean Grae - im not a fan.

Supernatural - is good freestyler but thats it.

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:04 pm

ALASKA wrote:
Roy Johnson wrote:Hakim
is he albino dude from channel live? if so he sucks

Down Goes The Devil is pretty much the song of our generation, though, much like the Beach Boys Surfin' USA for people that came up in the mid-60s.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:05 pm

ALASKA wrote:
Philaflava wrote:J-Live

Little Brother

J-Live - The only song i really know from j-live is the one he performs live where he scratchs the beat and raps at the same time. that shit was fresh. outside of that i havent really checked much j-live. i havent heard great things either.

little brother - they are ok. i think everyone is capable there, but i really do not like people going with throw back sounds. i think thats one of the biggest problems in rap music today. much bigger than wack shit like soldier boy or papoose. if i wanted to hear music from that era i will listen to music from that era.

BEEF! We got BEEF here.

Alaska vs. J-Live & Little Brother SPREAD THE WORD...

Reggie · Post by **Reggie** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:07 pm

ALASKA wrote:
Reggie wrote:Pumpkinhead

Jean Grae

Supernatural
Pumpkinhead - Pumpkinhead is hit or miss for me. I find him at his best when he goes away from the grain stylistically. He has strong flow, good word play, and a killer voice...unfortunately he doesnt always use it.

However, his head is about as big as a pumpkin. You've got to give him some points for truth in advertising.

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:09 pm

Roy Johnson wrote:
ALASKA wrote:
Roy Johnson wrote:Hakim
is he albino dude from channel live? if so he sucks
Down Goes The Devil is pretty much the song of our generation, though, much like the Beach Boys Surfin' USA for people that came up in the mid-60s.

hahaha. i remember having such high expectations for that record....and damn it sucked

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:10 pm

Philaflava wrote:
ALASKA wrote:
Philaflava wrote:J-Live

Little Brother

J-Live - The only song i really know from j-live is the one he performs live where he scratchs the beat and raps at the same time. that shit was fresh. outside of that i havent really checked much j-live. i havent heard great things either.

little brother - they are ok. i think everyone is capable there, but i really do not like people going with throw back sounds. i think thats one of the biggest problems in rap music today. much bigger than wack shit like soldier boy or papoose. if i wanted to hear music from that era i will listen to music from that era.

BEEF! We got BEEF here.

Alaska vs. J-Live & Little Brother SPREAD THE WORD...

AWAE · Post by **AWAE** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:53 pm

percee p

illmas · Post by **illmas** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:02 am

its a shame that the "great" ALASKA doest even know half of the MCs we have posted. but rather comments on rappers like soulja boi.......

WISE INTELLECT???

Tan · Post by **Tan** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:29 am

Jin

Masta Killa

Foxy Brown

Ma$e

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:15 am

AWAE wrote:percee p

I think P missed his time. He has an insane flow, clever word play, good voice, nice style...but its very early 90s. Whenever i hear one of his new songs i always wonder who it is and how i missed out on this gem in 93 when i used to go to the wiz in yonkers and buy everything that dropped that week. then i realize its percy and i wish he got picked up when he should have.

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:22 am

illmas wrote:its a shame that the "great" ALASKA doest even know half of the MCs we have posted. but rather comments on rappers like soulja boi.......

WISE INTELLECT???

yeah its tragic.

as for wise intelligence i thought PRT was really dope. I used to love them back in the YO MTV Raps days. He had a unique style, good message songs, fresh beats, was really perfect for that era. I have never heard any of his solo shit.

now as for why i dont listen to a lot of the guys that were mentioned - once i started rapping seriously i pretty much stopped listening to anyone who wasnt one of my friends/collaboraters or making a more mainstream of music. I listened to my friends because they inspired me creatively and the mainstream guys because i liked to study them stylistically. the rest of the guys kinda just fell into the middle ground of either being really fresh and i would start writing like them and as fun as it was to write a verse like tash or black thought it wasnt my voice so i avoided them for the most part; or just a bunch of dudes that were really into 'real hiphop' which i find to be one of the most boring and cliche things you can be about. Like rock dudes that were totally into 'rockin' are fucking hacks, so are the dudes that are saving the culture and keeping it real and thats why only fucking retards like AC or eastern block europeans still listen to that crap

-Bruce- · Post by **-Bruce-** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:25 am

Perc' is one of my favourite emcees but I agree he should have released an album in the early 90s with production from godfather don, showbiz, buckwild and diamond d..

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:35 am

Tan wrote:Jin

Masta Killa

Foxy Brown

Ma$e

Jin - everything you need to know about jin you can see in this documentary

I cant fucking stand him. he is everything that has been wrong with hip hop for the past 10 years or so wrapped up in one person. his style is corny and contrived, his whole image is a front, he picked up a phony accent, and has a shit work ethic as you will see in that video when him and his boys show up to a show in cornell where they were gonna open for nas about 6 hours late and get pissed when they cant perform like they were wronged in some way. everything about him is a front. even his song speak chinese....the dude is fucking korean. ive met him a few times selling his cd at fat beats before he was on 106 & Park and with ruff ryders and he was a nice enough guy, but honestly fuck him as a rapper.

Masta Killer - He is ok. i dont really find him too exciting. i really liked his verse on glaciers of ice but i havent like much of him after that. he is like gza on tylonol pm.

Foxy Brown - terrible. has always sucked. a lot of these great women mcs from the 90s suck. they got by on the fact that they were a woman and sold sex but there was no depth to her mcing, plus she is an out of her mind intitled piece of shit. fuck her.

Ma$e - as much as i used to hate ma$e when he first dropped i have grown to really appreciate him. obviously not all of his songs are even slightly good, but if Im at a bar, club, or party and some of the classic ma$e songs come on a smile comes across my face, i know all the words and i definitely start dancing. if a dude still has you dancing 10 years after the point he did something right.

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:36 am

-Bruce- wrote:Perc' is one of my favourite emcees but I agree he should have released an album in the early 90s with production from godfather don, showbiz, buckwild and diamond d..

he might not have made it huge but he would have locked himself into every rap fans heart much like OC and OK did.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:42 am

ALASKA wrote:
AWAE wrote:percee p
I think P missed his time. He has an insane flow, clever word play, good voice, nice style...but its very early 90s. Whenever i hear one of his new songs i always wonder who it is and how i missed out on this gem in 93 when i used to go to the wiz in yonkers and buy everything that dropped that week. then i realize its percy and i wish he got picked up when he should have.

Wait til ACTHEPD sees this.

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:46 am

-Bruce- wrote:Perc' is one of my favourite emcees but I agree he should have released an album in the early 90s with production from godfather don, showbiz, buckwild and diamond d..

In the early 90s, it would have been T-Ray of "Wrong Side Of The Tracks" fame. He produced "Lung Collapsing Lyrics", "Puttin' Heads To Bed", and "Now They Wanna See Me". I'll bet they got some shit in the vaults as well. There's no way that they weren't working on a full-length for Big Beat Records.

In the mid-90s, he made 6 songs with the Molemen (aside from "Keep The Fame"), but only one of them surfaced.