Calling All Fans of Rap Music

[Brand J]

11 minutes ago, muppy said:

okay so you are hopeful for TBD posters to click subscribe. Yes of course I will help support a bills brother

 

best to you! You never know who is listening or who they are connected to.

 

The best connection to rap I have now (Dont laugh true story) my husband is a Donovans state prison Christian outreach volunteer with an Ministry outreach event called KAIROS

 

Suge Knight was a part of the event and I actually shook his hand in greeting at the closing ceremony.  He is a Big guy.  He was giving his testimony at one point. I was there. He says "hello my name is Suge and I had the world."

 

I'll never forget it.

 

You could tell he is revered not only by guards  but the other inmates. He has made it known NO waves of any kind in his direction he wants NO contact with anyone out of his "circle" which seems to be Christian brothers.

 

He ran over a guy and killed him. Not a nice guy. But a powerful guy. Incarcerated at Donovans state Prison on the border very close to Mexico

 

founder of death row records in prison. he might never get out.

 

 

Wow, yeah that’s a story. Suge is most definitely known for some crazy stuff, including hanging Vanilla Ice by his ankles of a tall building to get a cut of Ice Ice Baby. Everything he did was built on intimidation and tried to bully Bad Boy founder P Diddy back when he was Puff Daddy and only known for ad-libbing and dancing in videos. Who knew he’d turn out just as crazy? As they say, money doesn’t make you into a monster, it reveals who you really are, like gas on a pilot flame. And both deserve to be behind bars.

 

Yep, that’s the hope - that someone who knows someone sends an artist my track and they come to me wondering what else I got. And you best believe if/when I make it to the top the Bills will be well repped!

[BillsPride12]

42 minutes ago, muppy said:

okay so you are hopeful for TBD posters to click subscribe. Yes of course I will help support a bills brother

 

best to you! You never know who is listening or who they are connected to.

 

The best connection to rap I have now (Dont laugh true story) my husband is a Donovans state prison Christian outreach volunteer with an Ministry outreach event called KAIROS

 

Suge Knight was a part of the event and I actually shook his hand in greeting at the closing ceremony.  He is a Big guy.  He was giving his testimony at one point. I was there. He says "hello my name is Suge and I had the world."

 

I'll never forget it.

 

You could tell he is revered not only by guards  but the other inmates. He has made it known NO waves of any kind in his direction he wants NO contact with anyone out of his "circle" which seems to be Christian brothers.

 

He ran over a guy and killed him. Not a nice guy. But a powerful guy. Incarcerated at Donovans state Prison on the border very close to Mexico

 

founder of death row records in prison. he might never get out.

 

 

That's an absolutely wild story I didn't see coming lol

[Simon]

1 hour ago, Brand J said:

Almost like spoken word. I guess the rap genre was destined to emerge at some point.

It wasn’t B’s and ho’s when it began. It was about the struggle and life. Gangsta rap of the early 90s is what shaped it into what we know today. 

 

It was like rap and slam poetry both sort of evolved around a similar time from the same spoken word source.

I miss the earlier days when folks were more willing to work alongside live musicians; I feel like an important aspect has been lost since that has gone out of vogue. Shout out to @R. Rich for turning me on to a lot of this.

 

This was the peak of its artistic form, imo.

 

 

 

 

 

[Brand J]

4 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

It was like rap and slam poetry both sort of evolved around a similar time from the same spoken word source.

I miss the earlier days when folks were more willing to work alongside live musicians; I feel like an important aspect has been lost since that has gone out of vogue.

 

This was the peak of its artistic form, imo.

 

 

 

 

 

The Roots were very good. The song “What They Do” is a favorite of mine, as well as their collab with Erykah Badu “You Got Me.” I know ?uestlove and a few of the other band members are on one of those late night talk shows, so at least they’re still working. 
 

Never heard of Michael Franti and I thought I was well versed in music. A backing vocal in the Piece o Peace song sounds like Ice Cube’s “You Know How We Do It.” He probably sampled it. I love the groove and feel of Stay Human, but there’s something about Franti’s voice or delivery I don’t like. 
 

As for this era, I feel like Common exemplifies that sort of spoken word rap over live instruments. Actually, his heyday has probably passed, but yeah, there aren’t many in that style. You want a laugh? Look up Cochise “Tell Em.” Excellent, vibey beat with the most trash rapper butchering the track. That’s where we are today. And it sucks.

[muppy]

40 minutes ago, BillsPride12 said:

That's an absolutely wild story I didn't see coming lol

its pretty crazy. I was not expecting to meet him that day at all. when u attend a closing ceremony they can put you in any yard from B to C to E. He was in Yard B

[Simon]

32 minutes ago, Brand J said:

You want a laugh? Look up Cochise “Tell Em.” Excellent, vibey beat with the most trash rapper butchering the track. That’s where we are today. And it sucks.

 

You were not kidding; that actually hurt 

Here's a couple pieces from Spearhead & Franti with a different feel/delivery you might like better.

 

 

 

 

 

And a couple more oldschool guys that you might not have been lucky enough to be exposed to yet:

 

 

 

[Brand J]

47 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

You were not kidding; that actually hurt 

Here's a couple pieces from Spearhead & Franti with a different feel/delivery you might like better.

 

 

 

 

 

And a couple more oldschool guys that you might not have been lucky enough to be exposed to yet:

 

 

 

Still can’t get on board with Franti’s delivery/style. About a minute into Oh My God, I had to go and listen to the original song it sounds like he sampled from - EWF’s Devotion. One of my favorites from that group, but they had so many. Even though I’m not a Franti fan, he’s worlds better than Cochise 😂
 

I’m definitely not well schooled in Reggae, but I dig the vibes in both videos. Feels like I’ve heard Bitty Bong before. 

[Draconator]

15 hours ago, Brand J said:

Just created a new YouTube channel. One of my favorite tracks of Biggie is “Sky’s the Limit,” so I took a couple of his verses and combined it with a verse from Eminem, Bizzy Bone, and Nas. All set to an original beat I created. Took a lot of hours to put together. Would love to share it with you all, especially since YouTube isn’t giving the video any impressions: 

 

The Notorious B.I.G. - Sky’s the Limit (Brand J Mashup)

 

I welcome any and all feedback. And if you really dig it - like & subscribe - the engagement helps the algorithm know my content is worthy of impressions. Thanks!

Smooth video. Liked it. Nice job!