I agree that 90% of "live hip-hop bands" are completely wack, but back in 88 or 89 I saw Schoolly D play twice backed by a punk band called Scram (I believe) and that shit was the truth. Thr problem IMO isn't that the concept is bad, but that the bands are just too genteel to play with the energy that a live hip-hop show should have. Of course it's really easy to go too far, as MOP proved beyond any doubt last year.
Quote:/font1h,121b,121There's one in every city... possibly three or four ... People in every city, especially college kids, LOVE these groups.b,121b,121b,121h,121
font class="post"1b,121Argh, don't remind me. Aside from the entire show being boring in general, this is why I stopped going to hip hop shows in college. Always had one of these atrocities opening. And, since it was in santa cruz, they were almost always white dudes with dreads (I think that was what qualified you as a "live" hip hop group there - had to have at least one white dude with dreads, preferably blonde), awful. b,121img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hi.gif" alt="" 21
Wow.. What a hilarious thread. b,121b,121I'm glad I'm not the only one who hates hip hop bands.b,121b,121I thought it was just me. I'm constantly trying to tell promoters that my band has NOTHING to do with hip hop.b,121b,121But, I also hate Live hip hop shows, Always have.b,121b,121- spidey
It's all about a group's material. If a band comes out with well-written, clever songs, tight musicians, and good MC's, I'm not going to get mad. I don't hate these groups on principal. b,121b,121The reason Outkast's and Common's shows with live bands are dope is because the MC and the material is good. b,121b,121Most of these live bands think that just because they have lots of people on stage making noise that their songwriting game doesn't have to be tight. b,121b,121Unfortunately, Granola Chad and Hemp Becky are all too happy to simply have a band "jamming" onstage and don't realize that the shit is weaksauce. It's just a spectacle for them.
Quote:/font1h,121b,121Since this thread was created I've done a tour with Pharoahe Monch backed by a href="http://www.myspace.com/orgonemusic" target="_blank"1THIS BAND and I've done a Redman and a Brand Nubian tour backed by a href="http://www.myspace.com/conniepricethekeystones" target="_blank"1THIS BAND. b,121b,121h,121
font class="post"1b,121b,121DOPE! I also enjoyed the Rhythm Roots All-Stars w/ Ghostface!!
Quote:/font1h,121b,121/font1Quote:/font1h,121b,121Since this thread was created I've done a tour with Pharoahe Monch backed by a href="http://www.myspace.com/orgonemusic" target="_blank"1THIS BAND and I've done a Redman and a Brand Nubian tour backed by a href="http://www.myspace.com/conniepricethekeystones" target="_blank"1THIS BAND. b,121b,121h,121
font class="post"1b,121b,121DOPE! I also enjoyed the Rhythm Roots All-Stars w/ Ghostface!! b,121b,121h,121font class="post"1b,121>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rapper x (Bass + Drums + Keyboard)
"FLAMINGO CANTINA: M.O.P. backed by CONNIE PRICE and the KEYSTONES feat. MC PERCEE P"b,121b,121 img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/melt.gif" alt="" 21b,121b,121I need to hear this!
I saw the Dakah Hip-Hop Orchestra a couple of months back for free. Stuff like "7 Minutes Of Funk" and "Inside You" with a 50-piece horn and string section is all well and good, but everything "hip-hop" about it aside from UBB sample staples being played screwed it all up. There even was a part when one of the obnoxious "YEAH! WHAT!" hypemen threw his pimp cane across the stage and mockingly sang "GOOOOOOOOOdd Bless UHHHHHHH-muuuuurica!!!" during one of the guys lousy spoken word conspiracy theory rap.
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