The End of Hauls of Shame

[packs]

Originally Posted by bdk1976

I'm pretty sure "Pop Goes the Weasel" and "Gas Face" are considered crimes against humanity....not sure about the other stuff.

Brett

I have no support for Peter Nash but Third Base was hugely influential. MC Serch produced Illmatic, the best hip hop album of all time.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by packs

I have no support for Peter Nash but Third Base was hugely influential. MC Serch produced Illmatic, the best hip hop album of all time.

3rd Bass too.

[packs]

Good post.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by packs

I have no support for Peter Nash but Third Base was hugely influential. MC Serch produced Illmatic, the best hip hop album of all time.

Isn't that like saying someone made the best strip cards ever?

Steve B

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by steve B

Isn't that like saying someone made the best strip cards ever?

Steve B

+1

[packs]

Originally Posted by steve B

Isn't that like saying someone made the best strip cards ever?

Steve B

Illmatic is in my opinion the most influential hip hop album of all time. Whether you think that's a good thing or a bad thing is personal opinion, but it seems silly to dismiss something just because you don't like it. I don't like country music. That doesn't diminish Hank Williams or his contribution to it.

[Bpm0014]

Straight Outta Compton > Illmatic
D.O.C. No One Can Do It Better > Illmatic
early Eric B & Rakim or B.D.P. > Illmatic

hip hop was around (strong) for a solid 10 years before Illmatic, but back to the topic at hand...

[packs]

I'm a fan of Eric B and Rakim too but their music has little relevance to today's hip hop. Illmatic sounds like it could have come out yesterday and it's 23 years old. The only album I'd hold up next to it is 36 Chambers or Ready To Die.

Sorry, but we don't get to discuss hip hop very much and in a way (thanks to Peter Nash) it's on topic for a change.

[brianp-beme]

No offense (like a good defense), but let us stick to Mr. Nash's potential rap sheet.

Brian (oy vey, always one for a little word play)

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by packs

I'm a fan of Eric B and Rakim too but their music has little relevance to today's hip hop. Illmatic sounds like it could have come out yesterday and it's 23 years old. The only album I'd hold up next to it is 36 Chambers or Ready To Die.

Sorry, but we don't get to discuss hip hop very much and in a way (thanks to Peter Nash) it's on topic for a change.

Rakim is one of the, if not THE greatest rappers of all time. The music doesn't sound dated at all. You can play "Follow The Leader" or "Eric B Is President" in a club to this day, and the floor will be packed. As much as I don't consider rap to be "real music", I did like a lot of the early stuff.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by packs

Illmatic is in my opinion the most influential hip hop album of all time. Whether you think that's a good thing or a bad thing is personal opinion, but it seems silly to dismiss something just because you don't like it. I don't like country music. That doesn't diminish Hank Williams or his contribution to it.

That's why I had the winking face on there. I was sort of kidding.

Rap/hip hop really aren't my thing, but I've heard a few songs I like. More if you count Kid Rock and that pretty cool duet with Aerosmith.

I just don't have a very reverent way of looking at music, more goofy than anything. I annoyed my country fan friends by getting into their discussion of how much of the new stuff was still actually country and telling them "Taint country ifn it aint got a jug and washboard" Nope, not a huge country fan either - I've heard more of it that I like, but probably only because it's been around longer.

Steve B

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by steve B

That's why I had the winking face on there. I was sort of kidding.

Rap/hip hop really aren't my thing, but I've heard a few songs I like. More if you count Kid Rock and that pretty cool duet with Aerosmith.

I just don't have a very reverent way of looking at music, more goofy than anything. I annoyed my country fan friends by getting into their discussion of how much of the new stuff was still actually country and telling them "Taint country ifn it aint got a jug and washboard" Nope, not a huge country fan either - I've heard more of it that I like, but probably only because it's been around longer.

Steve B

Reminds me of a country song I used to hear a lot when I was a kid, by David Allen Coe called "You Never Even Call Me By My Name". It has this great bit of dialogue in the middle:


WELL, A FRIEND OF MINE NAMED STEVE GOODMAN WROTE THAT SONG AND HE TOLD ME IT WAS THE PERFECT COUNTRY & WESTERN SONG.

I WROTE HIM BACK A LETTER AND I TOLD HIM IT WAS NOT THE PERFECT COUNTRY & WESTERN SONG BECAUSE HE HADN'T SAID ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT MAMA, OR TRAINS, OR TRUCKS, OR PRISON, OR GETTIN' DRUNK.

WELL HE SAT DOWN AND WROTE ANOTHER VERSE TO THE SONG AND HE SENT IT TO ME, AND AFTER READING IT, I REALIZED THAT MY FRIEND HAD WRITTEN THE PERFECT COUNTRY & WESTERN SONG. AND I FELT OBLIGED TO INCLUDE IT ON THIS ALBUM. THE LAST VERSE GOES LIKE THIS HERE:

WELL, I WAS DRUNK THE DAY MY MOM GOT OUT OF PRISON AND I WENT TO PICK HER UP IN THE RAIN BUT BEFORE I COULD GET TO THE STATION IN MY PICKUP TRUCK SHE GOT RUNNED OVER BY A DAMNED OLD TRAIN

[steve B]

Now THAT"S country!

[conor912]

Originally Posted by packs

MC Serch produced Illmatic, the best hip hop album of all time.

Aren't you supposed to have your full name posted when giving an opinion?