Artist That Got You Into Hip Hop
 

I'm just curious, what particular artist or song got you guys into Hip Hop? It will be interesting to see some of the generation variations.

For me it was Touch The Sky by Kanye West that lead into further digging into the beautiful genre of Hip Hop. But then again I was born late 90's

Eminem. Guy was all over everywhere. Brilliant rapper, made some fantastic albums.

Freestyle Fellowship made me look at hip hop from less of an ignorant point of view, then Aesop Rock sucked me down the rabbit hole.

Not Boom Bip & Doseone? I can't remember what stage you were when I told you to listen to them.

First 3 hiphop cassettes at age 6: Kid N Play, Tag Team, and Kriss Kross.

I got into underground hiphop around 2004 when a friend introduced me to Aesop Rock and JMT. From there napster led me to Binary Star and Eyedea. After that I went wild finding everything I could.

I slept on your rec for a little while.

The first rappers I heard and liked were Will Smith & Coolio.

When man dropped Miami >>>

uhhh

-my sister

-Coolio

-Snoop dogg

-Prodigy

pretty much a lot of stuff from like 93-95 is when I got started

Probably one of the 90's synth style hip hop songs.

Alright so this is the first time I've heard this song in like 10 years, and it sounds much less impressive than I remember it being, it's almost annoying...
Also a little funny.

There were singles here and there that I would listen to that came way before DMX but to actually listen to a full length hip hop album it was definitely his first album.

DMX N Biggie def got me into rap, even tho I was rlly raised 'round West Coast $hit,

Eminem 1999-2002 was fucking sick.

This is from before 1999.



Eminem - Biterphobia (Best Quality) (rare, unreleased) - YouTube

Me with the first two hip-hop CD's I owned. So, what got me into hip-hop, I guess.

http://s30.postimg.org/6ejov7nv5/140713_174314.jpg

Kind of a generic answer but people usually get into a big band before they hit the indie stuff...so Public Enemy

Bone Thugs N Harmony
2pac
Biggie

On second thought, it wasn't Aes that helped FF pull me under, it was Death Grips. I came into Aesop after asking for suggestions in the Rap & Hip Hop Thread.

my first rap album (and first album in general) was by jay-z (vol 2). it was confiscated by my mom within a few days of obtaining it. from then on i learned to hide my music. my next album was eminem's sslp, which was a godsend for 11 year old white boys nationwide.

Krsone, but before that i thought all rap was like it was the radio. I was like 14 haha. But as soon as I heard him it lead me to A tribe called Quest, Wu tang and others made me love hip hop before then I had no idea how much good hip hop was out therw.

I think this was probably the first tune to catch my interest...


The Clash - The Magnificent Seven - YouTube

Followed by this...


Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious 5 - White Lines - YouTube

It's probably Eminem for me

back in 1984 i had a break dancing mix tape with this song on it....had no clue what this song was about but loved it

but then in 1986 i heard these guys



and they are one of a few bands that i have loved for their entire career

when Beastie Boys and Run DMC came through Reno in 1987 i convinced my mom to take me....to this day i still take shit from her for this

watching that video makes me wonder how in the hell Ad Rock married Kathleen Hanna :)

Mainstream hip hop has occasional gems that I occasionally fall in love with, but Tyler the Creator and his crazy talks with his therapist saved me from being a casual listener and made me really fall in love with the genre.

Along with Sugarhill and Schooldaddy, i'd have to give it up to compilation hip hop stuff from the early 80's. I used to break dance and it was huge in So-Cal. We used to hit competitions with about 1000 heads present. I always love Run DMC but {Its Time} by Soul was the first to really make me take notice.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...71667212,d.cGE

Actually I realise that MMLP was my first rap record (got it at 13-14). My friend got the explicit version on a cassette and I still love it to this day. It was his best record. Lately I've been repeating Rap God over and over. Christian I'm trying to get into his more recent records. I'm going to take some time and then I'll tell you if I think differently about the new stuff.

At first I was like OMG no with him but now I love his records. My favourite album is definitely Wolf but Goblin had it's merits too.

Things nobody has ever said: I don't like The Beastie Boys.

in my opinion this is them at their lowest....and this would be my favorite album that year :)

Hello Nasty had some jams. I'd take that any day of the week over Hot Sauce Committee Part 2. That album was atrocious.

:eek:

slander

It's libel my friend.

They were a way better punk band then they ever were hip hoppers,

Sincerely Kim Kardashian

Both are not very nice.

I actually don't like the Beastie Boys aside from a few songs. Not joking. Same goes for Cypress Hill..

/meh

I love this song tbh.

As a kid, it was hip-hop on the radio, and then a couple of years later I fell out of it. However I'd say Public Enemy, Shabazz Palaces, and The Roots got me into the hip-hop I listen to today.

Oh I forgot, Cyprus Hill! :love:

Fur Q was probably the first hip-hop artist I got into. Despite the controversy I'd say "Uzi Lover" was one of the songs of my generation.

artist that got me into hip hop
 

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To be honest I'm not a fan of the Beastie Boys, their music just does nothing for me. But I do like Cypress Hill, especially the Spanish versions of their albums.