What made you fall in love with Hip Hop?
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Spuntastic
cinephile/beatmaker
Back in the days on university, a very good friend of mine showed me this track on a sunny day. That was my first introduction to instrumental hiphop and I instantly fell in love with it.
After listening to Dexters "The Jazz Files" I decided to make beats myself
DiggyKratez
Newbie
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this album came out when i was 9, so i have a very different experience with hiphop then most of u seasoned cats aha. embarassed to say I didnt know who tribe called quest was till i was 15. but it was the first hiphop album that me and my brother bought (not including lil bowwow or 50 cent) when heard this song i knew i wanted to make beats. from that day every time i got my hands on an apple computer id make something on garage band. anyways college dropout and speciffically this song made me wanna make beats.
Craftmaster
ILLIEN
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BASS
thedreampolice
A backwards poet writes inverse.
For me it was the depth of lyrical poetry possible mixed with how sampling paid homage to culture. I fell in with hip hop around 9 I would guess.
Chrono
polyphonically beyond me
ill o.g.
Battle Points: 5
For me it was my older brother Bobby's tape collection. I found a breakdancing tape "Nucleus" and I would put it into a flat tape-player and stick it under my pillow and play "Jam On It" over and over again. Until I fell asleep. Then later it was those tapes that he would make when he went back to NY for family that he recorded from the radio. I went to Japan at 15 and that cemented it.. my connection to America and myself.. hiphop is my culture.
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Chrono
polyphonically beyond me
ill o.g.
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My favorite line: Superman came up to me and said you rock so naturally... I can't remember the rest.
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TagYourBeats
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I'd heard rap and liked some of it, but the track that really made me sit up and say I FUCKING LOVE THIS was:
Forgot About Dre
I just loved the strings, the bass, Dre and Em doing their thing...I bought 2001, and What's The Difference got me hooked right in. By the time Next Episode came on, it was game over.
Forgot About Dre
I just loved the strings, the bass, Dre and Em doing their thing...I bought 2001, and What's The Difference got me hooked right in. By the time Next Episode came on, it was game over.
MitchHolmes
ILLIEN
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OscarStormborn
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it was 2004, middle of the night, i was high and kanye west's school spirit was on the radio. I was like "WTF IS THIS?" I got the CD the next day and been hooked up relgiously eversince. After that I got into some heavier stuff but it was Kanye who got me into hip hop. (BTW Ima see Kanye live next wedensday for the first time, gonna be the best day of my life)
CasinoCosta
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I fell in love with Hip Hop when I was in the 6th grade and only in Toronto from Jamaica for 4 years, the Fugee's came out with The Score and I have been in love and addicted since. if you have never listened to that album, it's a true classic and you should take some time to check it out, also if you have a chance, please feel free to check out my music and tell me what you think: http://www.gangyow.com/#!my-music/cx7z
Same here. My mom wouldn't let me buy unedited albums back then LOL... Being from Louisiana, when I got a lil older, I was into anything/everything from No Limit and Cash Money. Master P - Ghetto D and Juvenile - 400 Degrees were probably the some of the first albums I owned.
wrightboy
Formally Finnigan
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Battle Points: 7
funny, i got this das efx album because i was too young and the record store wouldn't sell me tupac's album (2pacalypse now). i had to get this older chick to buy me the latest 2 live crew album at the time (growing up in miami, you HAD to have 2 live crew!) LOL.My mom was hesitant to buy me Das EFX's new tape for Christmas. She said they looked scary:
