Hey amat

[CutMeMick]

CFH,
Just thought I'd throw my 2 cents in... I'm not sure what you have or what you've listened to but here are some of my fav. must have Hip-Hop/Rap albums.
I could list you all the "popular" ones like Snoops - Doggystyle or 2 Pacs All Eyez On me.. But I want to list some different stuff.


Hip Hop:
Like Water For Chocolate - Common
Blackstar - Blackstar
Reflection Eternal - Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek
Deltron 3030 - Deltron

Rap:
36 Chambers - Wu Tang
Liquid Swords - GZA
The Infamous - Mobb Deep
Only Built For Cuban Linx - Raekwon

I'll try and check them out, thanks Mick. I love 36 Chambers, I have that album. It reminds me of high-school, I used to listen to it in my French classes with my buddies walkman (yes walkman).

This might be a stupid question, but what's the difference between rap and hip-hop?

Well CFH, I'm almost certain there is no definitive answer.
Some might say it's about the artist, some say it's about the albums.
Some say it's about beats, some say it's about lyrics.

For me it's a mixture of couple of things...
Artist like Afrika Bambaataa, Common, MosDef, Telib Kweli, J5, Slum Village, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, The Last Poets, KRS One and so on and so on are Hip Hop. The instrumentals/Beats in the songs are different from Rap. Hip Hops influence is more from Jazz/R&B with messages and metaphors in the lyrics with thoughts and passages that expand your thoughts and take you to places.

Rap on the other hand to me is Artist like 2 Pac, Biggie, Big L, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, Mobb Deep, Ice Cube, X-Zibit, DMX and on and on.
The instrumentals/Beats are not as jazz/R&B derived as in Hip Hop. The beats are harder meaning they've got a more "hardcore" beat like you can feel the intensity. The lyrics are more about street, violence, drugs, money, bitches & hoes. Not so much metaphors and passages.

As with anything else time has changed lot's of this. You also have Gangsta Rap which Ice-T does... He's also done just Rap.
Then you have Hip-Hop/R&B which The Fugees did...

[CFH]

Interesting, that's sorta what I've always figured, but I wasn't sure if there was a hard and fast definition of it.

Ever listen to the Latryx?

[CutMeMick]

Interesting, that's sorta what I've always figured, but I wasn't sure if there was a hard and fast definition of it.

Ever listen to the Latryx?

Yeah, they've got some crazy beats...
I can't say I've listened to them a lot but I know I've def. heard "Say That"
I can't remember the name of the other song but both of them are flowing at the same time different things...

[CFH]

Interesting, that's sorta what I've always figured, but I wasn't sure if there was a hard and fast definition of it.

Ever listen to the Latryx?

Yeah, they've got some crazy beats...
I can't say I've listened to them a lot but I know I've def. heard "Say That"
I can't remember the name of the other song but both of them are flowing at the same time different things...

Check out Lady Don't Tek No, it's my favorite song of theirs. I posted it in the What are you listening to... thread.

[CutMeMick]

Interesting, that's sorta what I've always figured, but I wasn't sure if there was a hard and fast definition of it.

Ever listen to the Latryx?

Yeah, they've got some crazy beats...
I can't say I've listened to them a lot but I know I've def. heard "Say That"
I can't remember the name of the other song but both of them are flowing at the same time different things...

Check out Lady Don't Tek No, it's my favorite song of theirs. I posted it in the What are you listening to... thread.

Yeah I was listening to that song when you posted it, it's what reminded me of "Say That"...