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Originally Posted by 1moretroubadour
Hi welcome to the site although I'm pretty new myself!
What a detailed intro! How are you enjoying the Olympics so far??
I'm gonna check out all 5 of those artists so thanks for posting them. Here's one for you: what's one song you'd really love everyone in the world to hear, at least once?
And Wii, huh? What's your favourite game?
And if that wasn't enough questions, what do you think of the state of hip hop today? Just wanna see what kind of a thinker you are  |
The Olympics is great, I thought the opening ceremony was really well done and very British! I've been enjoying events such as table tennis and the swimming, I'm surprised swimming isn't a big betting sport like horse racing as it's similarly exciting to watch.
I've no idea what one song I'd want everyone to hear, but Below The Heavens by Blu & Exile is one hip hop record I think everyone should listen to, and it's a good example of how you can make modern hip hop sound relevant. Linking with your other question, regarding the state of hip hop today, I think the scene is alive and well although there are fewer classic albums around now of course. The mainstream hip hop scene is effectively pop songs with raps, and it's not really what I listen to anyway. It does annoy me when artists such as Flo-rida and Kanye West are representing what many people think is hip hop, when their work is equally influenced by dance music. Of course music evolves but hip hop in the traditional sense has been overlooked for a while now. The downfall of creative artists such as Busta Rhymes and Fat Joe is evidence of this, whereby all the features on their latest albums are R&B/pop singers and dance DJs.
So for the most part I listen to the older stuff, along with underground artists that are keeping the "hip hop" sound alive such as Torae, Reks and the older rappers like O.C. and Bumpy Knuckles.
As for my favourite Wii game, I really enjoyed Rayman Origins although I'm playing through Resident Evil 4 for the millionth time and it never stops being fun. Though technically it's a Gamecube game. I've yet to play the Mario Galaxy titles yet though but I suspect they may be my new favourites.