Brain Empty, Ears Open - Your suggestions, please

[Hitch]

Hi everyone,

This a bit embarrassing...but we're all in this together, so why not? I'd like to pick your expert brains, if I may. I've been into mostly classical music and rock, but I recently started to make my own awful music using music software and it's caused my ears to prick up at electronica/dance/funk/hip hop and the like. However, I own just the one hip hop album, and that was a complementary De La Soul cover disc that came with a magazine. That's how much I know about this stuff. Finished laughing yet?

Could you please recommend three albums that you think fit the following categories? I am a complete newbie to funk and hip hop so don't worry about suggesting stuff that you think might be too obvious. Anyway, the categories:

1. IMAGINATIVE SAMPLING
2. BLOCK-CRUSHING BEATS
3. CATCHY AND FUNKY (properly funky, not house music funky )

Just three picks, please, or this thread will go haywire. If you think my categories are awful, say so and I'll change them. This thread might be helpful to newbies like me - and maybe even the old hands among you might get a tip or two.

Why three picks? Hey, it's the magic number...

 

[bknot1]

checkout Dr. Dre's Chronic album...and checkout ...let me do some searhing..im drawin a blank right now

 

[Hitch]

bknot1, thanks for the suggestion. One out of three ain't bad.

I looked up Dr. Dre's Chronic album but there are three versions: the original, the "enhanced" and the instrumental. Which one do you recommend?

 

[gullyjewelz]

if all u waNT IS to get a true vibe of musical creations then the instrumental will do u fine. the lyrics on each song will give u a true feel of how various em cees approach those tracks , , ,
i say also get . . .
BDP - either criminal minded or EDUTAINMENT i think both of those are SEMINAL HIP HOP PIECES . . .

 

[BillyBo]

I havent listened to his whole album, ever, but when you say "Block crushing" the first thing i think of is Bone Crusher.

 

[bknot1]

I havent listened to his whole album, ever, but when you say "Block crushing" the first thing i think of is Bone Crusher.

LOL that almost make me choke on my drink..to funny..


for Block Crushing beats i say listen to..

David Banner- Mississippi- The Album
or look for the hard to find Crooked Lettaz- Grey Skies Album
or if that dont work listen to anything Three Six Mafia Dropped...almost forgot about them..

and any BDP Album

Funky, I say George Clinton or Roger and the Zapp band

 

[gullyjewelz]

Bone Crusher? I Dont Mean Any Harm - But Gaahhhhhhddd Dizzy Dammm!!

Im Still Like . . . Bone Crusher? 4real?

 

[Hitch]

BDP is Boogie Down Productions, yes? Thanks again for the suggestions.

"Block-Crushing Beats" is a stupid category name, I know; I should have just said something like, erm, "loud and solid". Yup, watch me flounder in the shallow pools of hip hop.