Favourite BAnd/Group

scuba steve

Whats is/what was your favourite band/group/whatever else you could call them in the hip-hop/rap genre?? Sorry in advance if I left some out, and I put in G-Unit and Boyz in The Hood incase some people prefer them to the rest so no people saying "what the f*ck are they in there for?" please, cheers

Orizio

Wu-Tang followed by The Roots.

I'm going to guess this doesn't include duo's btw?

ubu

Beastie Boys

Yea, you left a lot out, lets see, A Tribe Called Quest, Jurassic 5, Blackalicious, De La Soul, Gang Starr, Jedi Mind Tricks, Dilated Peoples, Lifesavas, Little Brother, Mobb Deep(before they joined G-Unit), The Perceptionists, Outkast, The Roots, Run DMC, The Coup, BDP, Dead Prez, EricB & Rakim, Handsome Boy Modelling School.....you cant put up a poll when there are so many options, you can ask the question and invite discussion but putting up a poll like that is only gonna provoke flaming.

big syke

Public Enemy

who are boyz in the hood

scuba steve

Ruff Ryders

Ya i missed alot, i was gonna put Mobb Deep in, but said id jus leave it as G-Unit. Completely forgot bout Outkast, Run Dmc, Jurassic 5, Tribe called Quest, Blackstreet, Gang Starr, The Roots etc

scuba steve

Ruff Ryders

big syke wrote:

who are boyz in the hood

Theyre a new ish group made from Diddy. Young Jeezy is in it, havent really made it over this side of the world yet. Theyre first single was "Dem Boyz", was good song, i liked it, but there were rumours that 1or 2 of the members decided to split from the group, so I dont know whats happening with them at the minute

Makaveli

A Tribe Called Quest

Added The Roots, Tribe, De La, J5, Beasties and Cypress Hill.
A lot of the acts ubu listed are duos so I left them out.
The poll is still missing loads though, The Pharcyde, Freestyle Fellowship, Souls of Mischief, Swollen Members, Ugly Duckling, Tha Liks, Slum Village, Smut Peddlers, Anti-Pop Consortium, People Under The Stairs, Gravediggaz, Onyx, Hieroglyphics, Non Phixion, Living Legends, Leaders of the New School, Brand Nubian, Company Flow, Ultramagnetic MCs and the list goes on.

Voted for The Roots.

chiller

Westside Connection

Nwa 4ever Jay.

Orizio

So duos as well then.

So its Outkast(3 classics),followed very closely by the Wu(2 classics,without counting the solos)and Mobb Deep(2 classics again,but a pretty incredible catalogue),then the roots and tribe.

Sprecial mention to Sunz of Man,been listening to Freedom of Speech a lot lately,absolutely classic for 14 tracks.

Royale with Cheese

Why aren't Goldie Lookin Chain on there? They're dope. You knows it clart

scuba steve

Ruff Ryders

Dr J wrote:

Why aren't Goldie Lookin Chain on there? They're dope. You knows it clart

cause "Guns dont kill people, rappers do!!! "

David19

The Roots

Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' Wit!

Stompbox

Westside Connection

Guess who I chose for!

scuba steve

Ruff Ryders

Nwa??

Seaneh

Beastie Boys

My personal fave's would be De la soul, Jurassic 5 and A Tribe called Quest.

Misumi

Public Enemy without a doubt

Makaveli

A Tribe Called Quest

Completely forgot about PE.
Will add them to the poll instead of Cypress Hill.

Misumi

sound

scuba steve

Ruff Ryders

Good thinking, forgot about them too

Cannibal Ox

Public Enemy

um...Beasties. Wu second, Roots third.

Orizio

David19 wrote:

Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' Wit!

Its true,but the Wu's albums as a group were never really good enough.Mind you every time I here Clan In Da Front...:D

Kristok

Boyz in The Hood

Group albums never work out too well on their own some of them are great, ghost face for instance.

Makaveli

A Tribe Called Quest

True, other than 36 Chambers, the group efforts have been somewhat mediocre but as said more than made up for by some of the solo releases.
Liquid Swords, Ironman, OBFCL, and Uncontrolled Substance being my pick of the bunch.

spacecoyote

A Tribe Called Quest

must say i'm embarassed by that poll. G-Unit pickin up 23%. its a f**kin disgrace. what kind of "Hip-Hop" fans are voting for that crap. I lose more faith in irish hip-hop fans every day. Definitely roots, de la, PE, dilated peoples, tribe and early outkast. again early wu-tang was pretty hot. No mention for Boogie Down Productions, Organized Confusion, Leaders of the New School, hieroglyphics and slum village though???

Orizio

So many votes for NWA and G-Unit is disgraceful,but I'm not sure why your suprised.

Sunz of Man are another group,last album Freedom of Speech was a literal classic.

spacecoyote

A Tribe Called Quest

Not surprised by it at all, just embarassed. But hey, what can you do about it? All these heads go to see a 50 cent gig and think they are real G.s. Masta Ace played with Punch & Words as support a couple years ago. That was some real hip-hop. it was hip-hop music, not a SHOW. i think the thread should be modified, dump G-Unit out of the list as an option. Only real criticism I can bring for NWA is that, along with tupac, etc, they've resulted in hundreds of rubbish copycat artists

Makaveli

A Tribe Called Quest

Start your own thread so.
Scuba Steve started this one, he wanted G-Unit on it so they're there.
From The Roots down were all added by me afterwards but you can't have a poll with 50 options on it now can you?