Rap Artists Whose CDs Are Better as Instrumentals?

Big_StacksBig_Stacks "I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
edited December 2007 in Strut Central
Hey,There are some rap artists I've bought over the years primarily for the beats. I was curious which artists you'd like better if the vocals were erased from the LP/CD. For me it would be:-Lords of the Underground (never liked them as MCs).-Souls of Mischief (they wear on me after a while, voices/styles-related).-The Pharcyde (to an extent, especially Imani).-Artifacts (a little, I never liked them as MCs, but the beats ).-Group Home (at least, erase Malachi's vocals).-The Beastie Boys (from "Ill Communication" onward their vocals became filler).-Originoo Gun Clappaz (O.G.C.; I only liked Starang Wondah as an MC).Peace,Big Stacks from Kakalak
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  • Most of the emcess Dj Premier produced tracks for IMHO.
    Big Shug
    Group Home
    NYG'z
    Afu-ra
    jeru

  • that ohmega watts "watts happening" comes with an extra disc that is all instrumentals of the vocal album, I think instrumental version is much better because most the vocals sound like clutter over his production.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts


    I wish these dudes had instramental versions of The Platform and Expansion Team.

    Sometimes they tend to babble a bit when it comes to the mic.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Most of the emcess Dj Premier produced tracks for IMHO.
    Big Shug
    Group Home
    NYG'z
    Afu-ra
    jeru

    Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal?

  • shitzrshitzr 648 Posts
    king sun
    missy
    fat joe

    and i think i'll take it there and say...

    gangstarr
    a.t.c.q.
    pete rock & cl smooth

    side note: it's not wack by any means, but i wish there was an instrumental version of scarface's "the untouchable"

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    a.t.c.q.
    pete rock & cl smooth


    Better as Instrumentals or would like to have an Instrumental version?

  • shitzrshitzr 648 Posts
    a.t.c.q.
    pete rock & cl smooth


    Better as Instrumentals or would like to have an Instrumental version?

    better as instrumentals. sorry.


  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    a.t.c.q.
    pete rock & cl smooth


    Better as Instrumentals or would like to have an Instrumental version?

    better as instrumentals. sorry.





    BAN.

  • BsidesBsides 4,244 Posts
    a.t.c.q.
    pete rock & cl smooth


    Better as Instrumentals or would like to have an Instrumental version?

    better as instrumentals. sorry.





    BAN.

    yeah wtf? Id say pretty much any rapper ever signed with timbaland.

  • a.t.c.q.
    pete rock & cl smooth


    Better as Instrumentals or would like to have an Instrumental version?

    better as instrumentals. sorry.


    i don't think i've ever heard anyone complain about Q-Tip or CL. ATCQ and Pete & CL are two groups i compare other MCs too. they're up on a pedestal in my mind. what MCs are you into then?

  • Big_StacksBig_Stacks "I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
    a.t.c.q.
    pete rock & cl smooth


    Better as Instrumentals or would like to have an Instrumental version?

    better as instrumentals. sorry.


    Classic material!!!

    Peace,

    Big Stacks from Kakalak

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    a.t.c.q.
    pete rock & cl smooth
    Better as Instrumentals or would like to have an Instrumental version?
    better as instrumentals. sorry.

    Listen to cats and rough rats war under the window
    When the ghetto forts flarey, never was a tom and jerry
    Livin aint cheap, my survival is deep
    In this part of town where the city never sleep
    A barney miller roller, you can bet the cars stolen
    Or static with your bm, only when you see them
    Speakin on your babys mom, a best for the drama
    Always tryin to make a movie, little stark-ravin looney
    Stressin it, but you know the ghetto keep ya busy
    A place that when I die it would never even miss me
    Crack phials in the aisles as one pimp smiles
    Dope piles workin hookers by the miles
    But still my pops got three jobs to stable
    A family household and food on the table
    So as we pray for all our souls to keep
    Somebodys on the project roof, ready to leap
    I want to stop the pain or the bad situation
    But backwards wisdom I cant afford to give em
    Self savior is much braver with the conscious behavior
    Designed in the ghettos of the mind[/b]

    or

    Here comes the rugged one, plus the way I flip it
    I collect the loot and then I knock the boots
    A smooth dark lover, prefer to be called the chocolate lover
    cause I can do wonders under cover
    Im dip-dip-dope, I rhyme like riz-ope
    I cleanse like soap, cause its the great black hope
    Stay away from the penile, I can rock the senile
    Hons alway wave cause Im slick like lunile
    Pete rock on the boot knock, on the boot knock
    Plus the way that I flow...blood clot
    Yo, my styles cock-diesel and I can do the hustle
    Niggaz know the time, I dont have to flex a muscle
    Im not the type to fake it, I wouldnt try to take it
    Tie your girl to the back of my jeep butt-naked
    Slide her monkey ass down the hill
    So if you dont want beef, money, chill for petes sake[/b]

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    If the papes come yo yo I won't riff
    I just sit down and get, me a spliff
    With mines I was born, a child of the corn
    Molecules of the land they uplift
    Levels is straight, in fact they're rectified
    Adrenaline now is crazy multiplied
    Four and four is eight, the fraction makes the plate
    I make sure the Tribe is innnnnnnn..
    With the quickness you bare the witness
    Flexin and pumpin with the fitness
    Movin it - UHH, doin it - UHH
    Those who oppose must hit the ??s-list??
    Doin it and doin it with the whole frame
    Look what's in the mind and not, in the brain
    On this you can quote, we on a diffy note
    Quest for the future, 'stead of the fame
    One ninety-one brothers grabbin they thingies
    Forgot the name; oh, equivalent to Jimmy
    Slip a little bit, you think I have to quit
    Ali Shaheed Muhammad, with the singy-singy
    Slammin with a slammy you front, on the case
    Right or left nut Ali, plays the ace
    Do what you do, flam for a crew
    Bonita Applebum blows smoke in Sha's face
    Slang for the ?? I must, if ya have
    Dribble hops out giggle yo proper term is laugh
    Brothers who are snakes, I label them as fakes
    Instincts to Travel up the hood path, c'mon[/b]

  • shitzrshitzr 648 Posts
    a.t.c.q.
    pete rock & cl smooth


    Better as Instrumentals or would like to have an Instrumental version?

    better as instrumentals. sorry.





    BAN.



    i don't know. tip or phife never really impressed me as rappers.

    as for cl, back in the day he was alright. but now i just can't stand the styles he flipped. that goes for the majority of rappers who flipped the same style in the early 90's. and after hearing soul survivor, i thought that p.r. is the better rapper of the two.

    anyways, this is just one man's opinion.

    while i'm at it i might as well add stunts blunts & hip hop


  • akoako https://soundcloud.com/a-ko 3,419 Posts
    WOW. i was going to start this thread this morning. craaaaaaazy.

  • Big_StacksBig_Stacks "I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
    Hey Ako,

    Get outta my head, mane!!! Naw, seriously, what artists would you enjoy more if their CDs had no vocals?

    Peace,

    Big Stacks from Kakalak

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    while i'm at it i might as well add stunts blunts & hip hop

    So u reach fot the dub version of this album over the vocal version?


    Day three...

    I wake up after 8, a shower, then I take a shower
    See a tip from last night still left in the tray
    Some stick of boom music cause I found a fat L
    Nine times out of ten I used to start this way
    Then I study jewels and gems instead of Christianity hymns
    Then walk past him to see my man Marco Polo who works in sports stuff
    Your two shirts that's tough, a baldie that's rough
    Call up the Gods, slide to three main places
    We know a lot of faces so the romp game came work
    Do you think that I'm a jerk because on my face there's a smirk?
    Used to party to party rock from body to body
    But my nightly smokes are spent on the cool down low
    Rolling up dough and doing mad shows
    Not dealing with hoes because AIDS is a bitch
    In the nightime I get rich because kids pump the tape
    Uptown Bronx from the porch to the fire escape, and you don't stop
    So to my prehistoric days and dinosaur phase
    I was completely energized using Islamic rays
    I'm the royal highness, so clear your sinus
    Put your trust in the plus and conceal the minus
    Your head's unravelling, my force is of a javelin
    Your tounge is in a knot and you're babbling on
    To the pre test is the God human?
    Come from the darkness to where I'm looming
    The hardest working man, ever I see a land
    I got the power to devour what MC's withstan [/b]


  • DescryDescry 229 Posts
    with the usual...ogc, souls, lords of the underground, beastie, all of primo's minions, all of timbo's lackeys, lupe, atmosphere...uh...yeah.

    im happy the jaylib lp got released as instrumentals a few weeks after the first album dropped on vinyl. i like mad and dilla as artists, but the rhyming on that album is !


    a.t.c.q.
    pete rock & cl smooth


    Better as Instrumentals or would like to have an Instrumental version?

    better as instrumentals. sorry.





    BAN.



    i don't know. tip or phife never really impressed me as rappers.

    as for cl, back in the day he was alright. but now i just can't stand the styles he flipped. that goes for the majority of rappers who flipped the same style in the early 90's. and after hearing soul survivor, i thought that p.r. is the better rapper of the two.

    anyways, this is just one man's opinion.

    while i'm at it i might as well add stunts blunts & hip hop



    wow, first time i heard that as well.

  • shitzrshitzr 648 Posts
    i guess i don't like rap. audi5000g.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    i guess i don't like rap. audi5000g.

    U have the right to your opinion.......................



































  • izm707izm707 1,107 Posts
    Yea, ok, but sometimes, opinions are like asshole. They stink.

  • jaysusjaysus 787 Posts

    i don't know. tip or phife never really impressed me as rappers.

    ^^^^ Lupe Fiasco Revealed!!!1

  • akoako https://soundcloud.com/a-ko 3,419 Posts
    Hey Ako,

    Get outta my head, mane!!! Naw, seriously, what artists would you enjoy more if their CDs had no vocals?

    Peace,

    Big Stacks from Kakalak

    well, now that i think about it they werent IDENTICAL, but similar enough....my thread was gonna be "what rap albums would hold up as instrumentals"...which i think theres even less good answers too....


  • i don't know. tip or phife never really impressed me as rappers.

    ^^^^ Lupe Fiasco Revealed!!!1

    Case solved!

  • lets all compromise and say all rap should be intrumental.

  • akoako https://soundcloud.com/a-ko 3,419 Posts
    lets all compromise and say all rap should be intrumental.

    [color:red]Did you mean: [color:blue]instrumental

  • deejdeej 5,125 Posts
    not at all surprised to find soulstrut thread about rap that would be better if it wasn't rap

  • ostost Montreal 1,375 Posts
    WOWWW !! I can"t believe that Atribe called quest and Pete Rock & CL Smooh were mentioned that way......
    that feels like a punch in the gut .....
    There's is one group that I have always respected Highly when it comes to the beats is People under the stairs.... I would love to get a hold of all their instrumentals. Sorry guys , I know you're on this forum but I just couldn't not mention your beats.... I'm still waiting on part 2 of the stepfather insrumentals...

  • lets all compromise and say all rap should be intrumental.

    [color:red]Did you mean: [color:blue]instrumental

    ooops yes. Thanks

  • erewhonerewhon 1,123 Posts
    Chronic 2001 and Train of Thought come to mind.
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