Bands who have guitars and rappers
Not something I've explored much or thought about in the past to be honest, but listening to Rage Against The Machine on 6music today I reckon I like shit like this. What other bands exist/have existed?
Limp Bizkit was a weird phenomenon wasn't it? Those guys made some funny videos.
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georgiabeth this'd this
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Dog Eat Dog
Any excuse to post this really: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41KJCoydlEU
Ichor this'd this -
King Prawn
Probably regarded more as a ska-punk band, but most of the vocals count as rapping pretty much: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q7CycUkDQU
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There's even an unnecessary bit of DJ scratching in there, absolutely essential for this sort of early-00's thing
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20 years since self titled
and theyve got a re-release 'xx' on the cards
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Not saying that all these bands were bad
but weren't they just selling rap to white suburban kids who weren't ready to listen to hip-hop? Kinda lame.
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Mehodor this'd this
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Sacred cow, man.
you're allowed to like them, cos they did Paul's Boutique, and were good and shit.
Like any musical movement, some cream will rise to the top, but clumsy attempts to marry rock & rap were a largely unmemorable affair IMO.
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Yeah I like BB just fine.
Was just saying. They def fit into that 'selling rap to suburbia' mold. Fortunately they did a good job at it like you said.
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andystevio this'd this
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ha!
I'd forgotten about Clawfinger. Didn't their album have some dig at RATM in the sleeve notes, saying something like 'All sounds on this record were made by turntables, synthesisers and NO GUITARS'?
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I think my favouirte RATM song is probably this cover:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqWP1rsAMrw
Grant Nicholas really surprised me with his beefing up of Mark B and Blade too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odbfKeIdh-s
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Fo sho
Got no issue with good music, neither. For the record I like some Rage too. Just talking in general terms.
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Senser
Were perhaps the original?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFFtkCMMmmQ (blast from the fucking past!)
Unless you include Run DMC, or Beasties - which used samples rather than live guitars.
funkycow this'd this -
cos he's curious about this combination!
oh..........
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Hacktivist
Grime rappers and bomb-string djent metal - surprisingly good!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z5TvCxTT-Mand Jay-Z / Kanye cover here:
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You know, Limp Bizkit get a lot of shit,
but Wes Borland is in my top ten guitarists of all time. He was (is) completely out there.
Noblet this'd this -
not the original - RATM pre-dates them,
but they were great nonetheless
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forgot about this one:
Public Enemy/Anthrax:
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new kingdom were the best
Check out paradise don't come cheap
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Body Count (Ice T's band)
G Love & Special Sauce
...and of course those early Rick Rubin-produced albums by Run DMC & LL Cool J. Walk This Way & I Can't Live Without my Radio are stone cold classic rap/rock tunes.
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I was certainly aware of Senser before I was RATM
But they were a London band - used to go see them live around 90/91.
They probably came up with the same idea at the same time. -
Not sure about LL/Radio
It's all drum machine, 808 and scratching isn't it?
Good call on Body Count - definitely contemporary with RATM and Senser.
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Kind of like Elvis selling black music to white people and so on and so forth
until the whole topic collapses under its own tediousness.
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Bet no-one remember Hard Corps
Album was produced by Jam Master Jay - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls6haxiiDOg
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Yeah, I guess I don't really care what music is sold to who after all
I should have just said, 'most of that stuff was shite' and be done with it.
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H.E.D PE BROKE
what an album, stonking riffs
chris_81 this'd this -
Asian Dub Foundation
Rafi's Revenge is still a massive-sounding album
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tv on...
oh!
theShipment this'd this -
Having just given it a listen
you are correct. Guess I was confusing it with World Domination Enterprises' version. Which, by the way, I'm sure the OP will enjoy:
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pieces_of_reece this'd this
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Gotta get a cold beverage!
I need some leverage!
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Collapsed Lung?
EAT MY GOAL!
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Noblet this'd this
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Sidenote
Why are they playing Rage so much today on 6music? Had one headphone in all day so barely hear any of the chat before/after songs but have heard Rage 3 times on there today.