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Staffist [TotalFark] 2008-12-25 06:52:50 PM  
Nope.

 
Walker [TotalFark] 2008-12-25 08:36:04 PM  
No.

 
Rev. Skarekroe [TotalFark] 2008-12-25 08:45:45 PM  
Yes.

I mean, no.

 
Lionel Mandrake [TotalFark] 2008-12-25 08:55:39 PM  
Nein.

 
Red Fist Of Harmony [TotalFark] 2008-12-25 08:58:18 PM  
Yes, I do.

/don't call it a comeback

 
SpeshilEdjukashin [TotalFark] 2008-12-25 09:25:36 PM  
No.

 
nacker 2008-12-25 09:48:44 PM  
not really

 
Walkenstein 2008-12-25 10:29:47 PM  
I grew up listening to a very eclectic variety of music from the age of 3. I was also heavily interested in advanced concepts of thought, science and the metaphysical from the age of 6 or so.

"hip hop" was one of the genres I listened to throughout the 80's, and while there were plenty of "artists" and "groups" that lacked talent in the genre during that era, to deny there was any talent to be found= brain problem on your part


I've found that nearly everyone that enjoys 4 or more genres of music tend to be more intellectually advanced and/or are far more interesting than those that don't.

 
Glitchwerks 2008-12-25 10:31:41 PM  
Actually, hip hop is still cool.

It's just that I prefer this more now.

 
Ace Frehley's Ghost 2008-12-25 10:37:43 PM  
Before white kids started listening to it?

/damn white kids, they ruin everything

 
PumpUpDaFark 2008-12-25 10:38:07 PM  
Yes, I remember:

Dr. Dre - Ain't Nothing But A G Thang (new window)

 
redface 2008-12-25 10:45:40 PM  
Staffist
Walker
Rev. Skarekroe
Lionel Mandrake

bmxroots.com

Think ya'll don't no shiat.
/link it
//drop it
//beat box it.

 
CheddarPants [TotalFark] 2008-12-25 10:51:01 PM  
The woman dancing in the video is Darlene Ortiz. You can see her looking at my ass in this photo.

photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net

 
PumpUpDaFark 2008-12-25 10:53:30 PM  
J-Roc, baby, know what I'm saying?.....

Trailer Park Life (new window)

 
PumpUpDaFark 2008-12-25 10:57:18 PM  
...keepin' it the fark real...

The Microphone Assassin (new window)

 
Bhags 2008-12-25 11:23:12 PM  
Popular amongst certain segments of the population? Absolutely!

Cool? errr......maybe not so much.

 
KelvinTheClown 2008-12-25 11:33:28 PM  
It's Christmas time
In Hollis, Queens.

 
afghanwhiggle 2008-12-25 11:45:45 PM  
Remember when submitter at least tried to keep up with the times?

 
siva 2008-12-25 11:50:49 PM  
I like the song but the bass line and the refrain are both awful. I was a little too young and ignorant to enjoy hip hop at the time, but I gotta say I'm impressed by Ice T. Seems kinda lame that he's on Law and Order now.

 
SpeshilEdjukashin [TotalFark] 2008-12-25 11:56:50 PM  
Funny how the paid subscribers were all like "Uh, no..." when this headline was submitted, and then when it went to the free page, everyone was like "Heeeeeeellllllll, yeahs!"

/No, that's not what I was tryin' to say...
//Or is it?

 
iron_city_ap 2008-12-26 12:15:34 AM  
I remember when rap had something to say and stories to tell.

 
carmody 2008-12-26 12:23:49 AM  
Yep.

 
ablank 2008-12-26 12:27:25 AM  
I don't think this ever aired on MTV did it? ICE-T on MTV? Really?

Maybe late at night or something...

Anyway, yes, Ice-T was my favorite rapper (well, and the Fresh Prince... yeah sorry).

 
ablank 2008-12-26 12:30:03 AM  
... Also, sampling Curtis Mayfield is pretty great.

 
SuperCatBarf [TotalFark] 2008-12-26 12:31:11 AM  
The first time I saw Ice-T was on Night Flight. I don't quite remember if there was an interview or what, but I remember it was Ice-T with Afrika Islam, and I wasn't sure at the time if it was real or parody.

 
TSE 2008-12-26 12:39:25 AM  
Old people are funny. Especially the ones who aren't actually old.

 
liberalish 2008-12-26 12:58:01 AM  
yousmellysmellycack: submitter: Remember when hip-hop used to be cool?

I still have no idea what delineates hip-hop from rap. I cannot work on subby's problem until I get myself straight.


Intellectuals listen to hip hop.
"Others" listen to rap.

 
iron_city_ap 2008-12-26 01:13:35 AM  
Also, THIS (new NSFMFW window) is what I woke up with this morning....

 
ZombieStreetCred 2008-12-26 01:16:32 AM  
Yo, yo, yo. Remember this ass kicking classic? Link (new window)

 
Millzners 2008-12-26 01:27:52 AM  
The bass and drum samples, and vocal production (not to mention the vocal flow and style) are nearly identical to Ice Ice Baby.

/Curtis Mayfield is still awesome.

 
browntimmy 2008-12-26 02:35:10 AM  
It was cool in the sense that hair metal used to be cool. I just wish it wouldn't take as long to die off.

 
seabass242 2008-12-26 04:47:21 AM  
I used to listen to this album WAY too much.

Public Enemy were still the greatest. (old school)
Wu-Tang and side projects are the greatest. (Liquid Swords ftw)

 
Hilarity_N_Sues [TotalFark] 2008-12-26 10:39:54 AM  
ZombieStreetCred: Yo, yo, yo. Remember this ass kicking classic? Link (new window)

Aww, that vid was great. Chip's flow was unearthly.

 
mjones73 2008-12-26 11:20:49 AM  
Couldn't find a video for it but you can still hear the song, I prefer this when it comes to Ice-T.

Link (new window)

 
Teddy Hopper 2008-12-26 02:41:31 PM  
Yo EMD
Yo whats up man?
There goes that girl they call Roxanne (new window)

Not saying it hasnt been cool before or since, but this is the first that I remember.

Now explain to me really what doctors must do.

 
John Buck 41 2008-12-26 04:06:07 PM  
No.

 
Cross of Iron 2008-12-26 04:40:12 PM  
How about M.I.A.?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcT69Bfpbto

 
Gangway Fathead 2008-12-26 06:12:31 PM  
Yes. Yes I do.

 
dLeathal 2008-12-26 08:48:58 PM  
NEWS FLASH!!!

Hip-Hop is NOTTT (new window) dead, and was NEVERRR (new window) dead.

You were just looking in the wrong places.
/Thank me later

 
rufus g 2008-12-26 09:28:33 PM  
afghanwhiggle: Remember when submitter at least tried to keep up with the times?

Doom and Madvilliany bumped my interest in rap/hiphop back to Wu-Tang levels

I'm wicked pretentious though
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/04/12/040412crmu_music

 
mjones73 2008-12-26 10:28:53 PM  
DangerDoom is cool as hell too, MF Doom and Dangermouse together doing an Adult Swim themed album.

 
rekoil [TotalFark] 2008-12-27 08:45:13 PM  

 
wmdkitty 2008-12-28 01:30:54 AM  
Hip-Hop==Rap==ABSOLUTE, UTTER SHIAT.

 
Aracnix 2008-12-28 05:57:40 PM  
Just because we were forced to listen to it all the time doesn't mean we thought it was cool.

 
g-booby 2008-12-28 08:07:05 PM  
Takin your disses and
dissin y'all right back.
Dissin the Cypress Hill
crew, like we ain't shiat.
You little taco stand rapper,
eat a bowl of dick up.
Then you got my man over here, you can
eat a bowl of dick up
Anybody got beef around the way, yo
EAT A BOWL OF DICK UP!! GEEEYEAH!!

/circa 1993
// Did Cypress Hill create the EABOD meme??

 
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