Best non-american hiphop

rockypoppy2

rockypoppy2

wtf?
thought it would be nice to hear what you lot think is great and good in the world of non-american hip-hop, album recommendations would be nice

to get things rolling, im really feeling;

X-Plastaz - Maasai Hip Hop (tanzania)

france;
IAM - L'ecole du micro d'argent (france)
LIM - double violence urbaine
Fonky Family - Si dieu veut
113 - Les princes de la rue
anything by assassin
ROHFF - la fierte des notres


brasil;
Faccao Central - Versos Sangrentos (brasil)
MV Bill - Traficando Informacoes
Racionais MC's - Nada como um dia apos o outro, Raio-X do brasil
Verbo Pesado - Sem Prostitucao de Ideias
Manifesto - Fe no bem


uk;
taskforce - music from the corner
the three lowkey mixtapes
manage - live in protest
anything by skinnyman (esp dj mentat - when i gave my heart to you)


as you can see thats a bit limited to the three countries i can more or less understand whats going on, but i did really enjoy the X-plastaz album - so fire away

a little starter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music#World_hip_hop
 
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mistersloane

heavy heavy monster sound
Slightly old now but both are meant to have imminent new work out

South Africa : Pitch Black Afro

Tha Hymphatic Thabs.



Pitch Black is kinda Busta Rhymesy and Thabs is just from another planet altogether and has to be heard to be believed, I can up some if anyone wants to hear it.
 
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mistersloane

heavy heavy monster sound
Here's three tracks by Thabs from his second album, Perfect Times.

i was : tha Hymphatic thabs (i_was.mp3): http://www.divshare.com/download/636947-19e

perfect times : tha Hymphatic thabs (perfect_times.mp3): http://www.divshare.com/download/636948-090

enigmatic : tha Hymphatic thabs (enigmatic.mp3): http://www.divshare.com/download/636949-7f5


I think he's the bollocks, if you like it please let him know at his myspace :

www.myspace.com/120956026

cos I know when I went on africanhiphop.com asking about him, people wilded out that I heard of him in London, and I'm sure he'd appreciate it. He comes out of the abstract spoken word scene over in Cape Town / Joburg.

Some Pitch Black Afro to come, just waitin for it to upload.
 
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mistersloane

heavy heavy monster sound
and three by Pitch Black Afro from album 'Styling Gel',


Pitch_Black_Afro.mp3: http://www.divshare.com/download/637092-485
Stimela___feat._Bravo__.mp3: http://www.divshare.com/download/637093-046
Pidipidi___Feat._Bravo__Bhodlo.za__Azol__.mp3: http://www.divshare.com/download/637094-637

it's kinda like the South African 'Chronic' or something, was totally huge over there, produced by DJ Cleo, who's the equivalent of Dr. Dre I guess, he's a musical beast, and a nice bloke to boot. People who like Thabs hate him lol, underground vs overground wars.
 
luka

luka

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HIJACK-HORNS OF JHERICO
this album is amazing. you need to hear this. incredible beats. incredible. one of the best hiphop albums ever/

DEMON BOYZ
demon boyz are too much. much better mcs than hijack. much much better. i love demon boyz.

KLASNEKOFF.
'its murdah' especially.
 
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ripley

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Tactics said:
on this list

TTC from France are good
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I was thinking of mentioning them.

But while their beats are amazing, many of their lyrics are unbelievably awful. At least in translation (I do also like their flow, they make the words sound good, but the meaning... ugh.....)
 
STN

STN

sou'wester
I think the Demon Boyz stuff is being reissued - I keep seeing stickers to that effect around London, at any rate.

I liked that IAM LP (l'ecole...) and thought that World According to RZA thing was not bad (never bothered to follow up on any of the names from it though). Rate all the Mudfam and Skinnyman stuff and also have a lot of time for Braintax. I liked some of the earlier New Flesh stuff too.

Anyone ever heard the hip hop record that Jah Shaka produced? I haven't. I'd like to though.
 
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crackerjack

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I think the Demon Boyz stuff is being reissued - I keep seeing stickers to that effect around London, at any rate.
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They're reissuing Recognition. i'd like to say it still sounded great, but such is the paranoia that even an album 20 years old now gets sent out with drops all over it. Ho hum.

Can't believe no one has mentioned Roots Manuva here.
 
rockypoppy2

rockypoppy2

wtf?
will definately check these reccomendations when i get some time!! if anyone wants some help getting into the brazilian hip-hop scene let me know!
 
matt b

matt b

Indexing all opinion
off the top of my head:
lewis parker- 'masquerades & silhouettes' lp
p brothers- the 12" i've got is ace
the early ronin & big dada 12"s , tho the latter includes US stuff
 
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stelfox

Beast of Burden
TTC are kind of stupid and throughly disgusting if you speak/understand french well enough. i sort of like them because of this but they'renot really that interesting. i'm interested to hear more about proper french rap from the banlieus though. it's something i know very little about.
 
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zhao

there are no accidents
just heard this album by Swiss (I think?) group Red Astaire. very nice. latin brass samples, old school vibe with new-school production, solid through out. includes great version of Pump Up the Volume....
 
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crackerjack

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zhao said:
just heard this album by Swiss (I think?) group Red Astaire. very nice. latin brass samples, old school vibe with new-school production, solid through out. includes great version of Pump Up the Volume....
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Swedish.

Check out his bootleg mixes of Badu and D'Angelo. They're unbelievable.
 
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