Best Hip Hop in 2003
 

looking for some more good hip hop to listen to. not looking for any particular categories, just something that people think is worth either paying for or taking the time to download.

i'll go ahead and put a few of my favorites of this past year:
Little Brother - The Listening: All the hype around 9th Wonder is much deserved. Don't forget Phonte and Big Pooh though. Almost like Black Star but more playful, less serious.
Soul Position - 8 Million Stories: RJD2 is God. Blueprint's nice too, though he comes off a bit nasaly on a few tracks. 'Share This' is terrific, easily the album's best.
Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below: This one's probably been covered several times over so I'm just gonna say, TLB beats Speaker, though it's close.
Science Fiction - Walls Don't Exist: Bought it recently and it's pretty good, deserves a few more listens. Instrumental hip hop is blowing up and Science Fiction is up there (below RJ and Shadow though)

anyways, post some of your favs from the past year

Aesop Rock - Bazooka Tooth

i could never get into aesop rock that much. he's got some great early stuff (daylight and how to be... come to mind) but other than that, production is too bizarre and i don't like his rhymes that much. 1135 is a good song, i like lif better than him though

Buck 65 - Talkin' Honky Blues

Take the time to at least check out the tracks 'Protest' and 'Wicked and Wierd'.

Aesop Rock and Prefuse73 DEFINETLY

I'd like to add Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner on top of that

Atmosphere - Se7en's Travels
Jay Z - The Black Album
Jedi Mind Tricks - Visions of Gandhi
OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Those are some albums that I thought were worthy of being some of the best rap in 2003.

I'm definitely gonna get that Prefuse73. Though right now, I'm leaning toward the Cunninlynguists album more so. I've heard a lot about Dizzee Rascal but i'm not sure what he's like. Can anyone fill me in?

I second Buck 65- talking honkey blues
Also Atmosphere - seven's travels

Another vote for atmosphere

OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Outkast
and
Killer Mike. (I love that album)

another vote for the Outkast album... it may not be anything incredibly thought provoking or especially ground breaking, but those boys know how to make some damn good party music... ain't nothin' like a *good* pop song

ps... and you just can't go wrong with a song that has the line "shake it like a polaroid!" oooooh yes.

Dizzee Rascal is a cross between UK garage and hip hop; its basically rap over Garage beats with an East London attitude.

Buck 65's album was nice this year

Plus Sage and Joey Beats dropped a great record

Outkast out out another classic

Jedi Mind Tricks came out with a great record

Fiddy blew up

Neptunes - Clones: Has alot of different artist on it even some rock but im sure you'll like.

you guys need to check out lyrics born. this guy is really good. he did a live show on www.kexp.org and he brought the house down. very underrated artist.

mrb

seattle reprazent =P

KEXP is the best radio station. ever.

i've liked all of lyrics born's stuff off of the blackalicious albums, but i heard that "later that day" doesn't quite compare. something about superfluous singing. but i guess i'll go find some tracks from him, and dizzee rascal. thanks. also, if you follow the quannum (sp?) crew, any thoughts on the lifesavas "spirit in stone" album? loved the single hellohihey and their appearance at the end of one of the tracks of "blazing arrow" was impressive.

Try sizzla he's like a rapper reggae really cool

Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below gets my vote.

best hip hop of 2003...
Outkast
Talib Kweli
Aesop Rock
Mr. Lif
Lyrics Born
Atmosphere
Non Prophets

outkast - speakerboxxx/ the love below

jazz liberators - what's real?

50 cent - get rich or die tryin'

two words...Ying Yang!!!:D:D

Outkast - Speakerboxx

Awesome album...


This is a link to Lyrics Born

btw, i think talib kweli and mr lif both dropped in 2002. unless you mean the sleepy heads cd by lif, which really wasn't a full length. though i wouldn't mind seeing new albums by both. i phantom is great and while quality wasn't as good as i hoped (not up to blackstar or reflection eternal standards), was still great

Outkast
Aesop Rock
K-Os
Wyclef
Prefuse 73

50 cent - get rich or die tryin
G Unit - Beg for mercy
Fabolous - street dreams
Ludacris - chicken & beer

Not really into much Hip Hop and haven't really heard anything I particularly like since 50 Cents album.. but..

DJ Green Lantern Invasion Part 2 is very good in my opinion..

not into hiphop at all, really, but Missy Elliot is hiphop/rap and I like her.

this is rap, not hip hop.

OMG THANK YOU!!!!

I was just shaking my head at some of these. I'm sorry, but it irks me that people don't know the difference. SERIOUSLY! I wasn't going to say anything, but I'm glad you did!

As for me, I'd have to say, even though I don't like him as a person... as a producer, song writer, and artist, he's amazing...

Tha R'uh; Kels; The Pied-Piper....

Robert "R." Kelly himself.

Come on, with hits like Ignition, Ignition remix, Snake, Step In The Name of Love, Thoia Thoing, and all 50 of the collabo's he had with artists, it's clear that R. Kelly un-doubtedly succeeded with managing to get back on the public's good side by releasing tracks that people love to groove to. His ass is a chester, but his music is the shit.

please, could you explain what the difference is?

yeah, i don't quite get it either. as to my understanding, rap's the same thing as hip hop music. of course, hip hop also encompasses other stuff, like djing, breakdancing, and graffiti. if someone could explain what the difference is, it'd be much appreciated

Nobody: Pacific Drift

When you think of the term 'rap', think 'radio'. When you think 'hip hop', think 'not much of it on radio'. I recommend for all you hiphop heads (who don't already know about it), check out hiphopsite.com.

BTW: sorry for the double post TFP'ers

Aesop Rock

hands down

I've always counted Outkast as rap....

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