Hip Hop Bands?

BigCat8 · Post by **BigCat8** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:09 am

Obviously, we've got the most notorious one in The Roots, but what other hip hop bands are worth listening to?

Thoughts on...
-Stetsasonic?
-Heiruspecs?
-Any others?

Anyone else familiar with The Blend (Minneapolis-based)? Thoughts on them?

PopeyeJones · Post by **PopeyeJones** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:35 am

Hiphop bands were kind of like horrorcore. They were a not horrible (yet still somewhat misguided) idea that would have caught on by the mid to late 90s if there was anything there. More so than anything, the death knell of anybody giving a wild fuck about hiphop bands was brought upon by three plagues: horrible rapping, sloppy instrumentation, and unshowered white people.

Renessis · Post by **Renessis** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:20 am

To Popeye's post.

Funnily enough I just did a show with some cats last weekend..I wouldn't consider us a band however.
I rocked my turntables, MPC60, and MPC2000xl, plus mic duties on two songs.
We have a guitarist, and an emcee besides myself.
The guitarist also sings(quite well).
And our emcee is(IMO) pretty dope.

I'd say it's more towards a portisheadish / gnarls sound than a "hiphop band".

Meh.

christian from austin · Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:32 am

peep Legion from L.A. they did a bunch of stuff for rifleman/ cve project blowed chu chu etc. they are the band that played on chaos cu de tat (old CVE album).
I always wanted to hear material from Scarface's metal band. Anybody know anything more about that scarface endeavor?

PopeyeJones · Post by **PopeyeJones** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:46 am

christian from austin wrote:peep Legion from L.A. they did a bunch of stuff for rifleman/ cve project blowed chu chu etc. they are the band that played on chaos cu de tat (old CVE album).
I always wanted to hear material from Scarface's metal band. Anybody know anything more about that scarface endeavor?

your name sounds like an indy rock band's name. evangelical indy rock band's name maybe, but an indy rock band's name. That's it.

Monotonous · Post by **Monotonous** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:52 am

christian from austin wrote:peep Legion from L.A. they did a bunch of stuff for rifleman/ cve project blowed chu chu etc. they are the band that played on chaos cu de tat (old CVE album).
I always wanted to hear material from Scarface's metal band. Anybody know anything more about that scarface endeavor?

They did the very last song on Scarface's My Homies (Part One) from circa 1998...shit was aight...dont know anything else about that

anybody remember Fuzzbubble?? i think it was...it was gonna be a rock band on Bad Boy Records...i think their only contribution was a "Its All About the Benjamins" rock remix...they did a video for that shit too...was aight

still illiterate · Post by **still illiterate** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:55 am

My buddy did a show with the blend a few months back. I had to leave a few minutes into their set. not because I had to do something else, but because I couldn't stand any more of their douchebaggery.

christian from austin · Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:06 am

PopeyeJones wrote:
your name sounds like an indy rock band's name. evangelical indy rock band's name maybe, but an indy rock band's name. That's it.

funny. you're right.
yeah, i figured i should just put my real name and hometwn on here
so people would know who it is when I speak.
Austin is that kind of city, you can find out about anybody,
just by asking around.
The whole world's getting smaller for that matter.

damn- now I wish I wouldve came up with a snazzy handle like popeyejones.

FURY · Post by **FURY** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:31 am

Wore this tape out back in the 90's

PopeyeJones · Post by **PopeyeJones** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:46 am

christian from austin wrote: damn- now I wish I wouldve came up with a snazzy handle like popeyejones.

slow down. there is all of us and then there is ChewbaccaUncircumcised. that's it.

Brother J. Fury wrote:
Wore this tape out back in the 90's

Forgot about that. Good call.

Dunnnnleavy · Post by **Dunnnnleavy** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:26 am

Monotonous wrote:
anybody remember Fuzzbubble?? i think it was...it was gonna be a rock band on Bad Boy Records...i think their only contribution was a "Its All About the Benjamins" rock remix...they did a video for that shit too...was aight

i believe the former Replacements bassist (or guitarist?) was in there, which is kinda weird.

reevolution · Post by **reevolution** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:40 am

Stone Mecca (L.A.)

They were Del's band on The Late Show w/ Jimmy Kimmel a few months back, GZA's band for the Cali Liquid Swords shows, and are going to be RZA's band for the upcoming Bobby Digital album release tour (Out in stores 7.1.08). Here's the tourdates:

Tue-Jun 10, 08 Houston TX Warehouse Live
Wed-Jun 11, 08 Austin TX Emos
Thu-Jun 12, 08 Dallas TX Palladium Ballroom
Sat-Jun 14, 08 Denver CO Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
Sun-Jun 15, 08 Salt Lake City UT Urban Lounge
Tue-Jun 17, 08 Tucson AZ Rialto Theater
Wed-Jun 18, 08 Phoenix AZ The Brickhouse Theater
Fri-Jun 20, 08 Los Angeles CA Henry Fonda Theater
Sat-Jun 21, 08 San Francisco CA 1015
Mon-Jun 23, 08 Portland OR Hawthorne Theater
Tue-Jun 24, 08 Seattle WA Showbox at the Market
Wed-Jun 25, 08 Vancouver BC Richards On Richards
Fri-Jun 27, 08 Calgary AB Sled Island Music Festival
Mon-Jun 30, 08 Minneapolis MN First Avenue
Tue-Jul 1, 08 Chicago IL House Of Blues
Wed-Jul 2, 08 Pontiac MI Crofoot Ballroom
Fri-Jul 4, 08 Ottawa ON New Capital Music Hall
Sat-Jul 5, 08 New York NY Webster Hall
Mon-Jul 7 08 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
Tue-Jul 8 08 Washington, DC 9:30 Club

Cha-cha-cha.

Lyrical Gymnastics · Post by **Lyrical Gymnastics** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:28 am

ya'll forgot Connie Price And The Keystones.

BigCat8 · Post by **BigCat8** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 6:52 am

still illiterate wrote:My buddy did a show with the blend a few months back. I had to leave a few minutes into their set. not because I had to do something else, but because I couldn't stand any more of their douchebaggery.

Really? I've heard a lot of good things about their live show. They've also been cool with me in all kinds of dealings, and I dig the stuff I've heard from them. Still, I haven't seen them live, so I don't know if the live show sends douche chills or not.

Oh... Nouveau Riche. Nice little free EP a while back. Nikki Jean, Dice Raw... can't really go wrong there.

ape9 · Post by **ape9** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:55 am

check out this band TOCA... Hip Hop, Jazz, Hardcore metal, Salsa, indie rock,ect...all in one... stuff is dope... the whole band is made up of rappers..

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:44 am

dujeous is pretty fresh

antwonskee · Post by **antwonskee** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:19 pm

Check out The Flobots. It might just be the white man in me trying to break free but I really dig 'em. Kinda RATMish but more rapping and interesting flows.

blessingindisguise · Post by **blessingindisguise** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:44 pm

Check out The Flobots. It might just be the white man in me trying to break free but I really dig 'em. Kinda RATMish but more rapping and interesting flows.

I'm check out them other bands I haven't heard of. Flobots got some wack flows, weak deliveries, and corny cadences. The only thing they got is interesting lyrics. Even their messages are kinda trite.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:53 pm

Word to Toca and Dujeous.

Also.....Panacea

well technically, its the procuder K-Murdock and the emcee Raw Poetic but they're backed up by the live band RPM

and there's Crown City Rockers

that Rashaan Ahamad album is dope

Captin Planit · Post by **Captin Planit** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:59 pm

reevolution wrote:Stone Mecca (L.A.)

First CD I've purchased in about 9 months. They're crazy.

PopeyeJones · Post by **PopeyeJones** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:24 pm

blessingindisguise wrote: Flobots got some wack flows, weak deliveries, and corny cadences. The only thing they got is interesting lyrics. Even their messages are kinda trite.

cosign

the brow · Post by **the brow** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 12:49 am

Hip Hop Bands?

Not a good look unless you go to community college in California.

blessingindisguise · Post by **blessingindisguise** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:01 am

myspace.com/panaceanmusic
myspace.com/dujeous

The show details:

Saturday, June 7th:
DUJEOUS
PANACEA
@ Crash Mansion
199 Bowery (at Spring St.)
Doors: 9 pm
Panacea: 9:30 pm
Dujeous: 10:30 pm
Cover: $10

Conscious · Post by **Conscious** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:55 am

Game Rebellion... But I'm kinda iffy on calling them a Hiphop band