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Originally Posted by Pedestrian
My problem is that hip hop's focus is on rhythm and lyrics, and I find that the music is rarely interesting enough to maintain my attention.
Ah, and racial/sexual slurs are very off-putting to me.
I think Demon Days is an amazing album, but that's about it (and I don't think it fully qualifies). Any suggestions for me?
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I'm big into production and I tend to focus more on that side of things instead of the actual lyrics like most hip hop fans, I go back to the lyrics after the second listen to find out what metaphors, message and stories are being told.
you might like artists that use a live band to back their rapping.
Along the lines of The Roots, Gym Class Heroes. There are more but those two are just off the top of my head.
You may also like the hip hop artists that use jazz as their music to rap over such as Jay Elecontronica , Nujabes, I think Jay Dilla has a few track as well.
As far as Demon Days being Hip Hop, it is to me but I have a very broad definition of what hip hop consists of while others are very picky about it.
I don't think it needs to be as picky as they make it out to be.