non-gangsta rap?

Hey I'm not a fan of rap, but I think I might be if I found the right stuff. Does anyone know any groups that aren't all about sex and violence? Maybe with more complex background music, maybe with funny lyrics, maybe political or something?

 

Immortal Technique is an incredible rapper. He's very political...but extremely hardcore at the same time.

Id recommend for you:

Brother Ali (recently became my favorite rapper)
atmosphere
and Mos Def

 

KRS-one... probably one of the smartest mc's out there... and i agree with EnterTheFarside... Brother Ali is fuckin awesome... he's actually the only rapper i listen to anymore... along with a little Eyedea and Abilities

 

check tha ones posted above... Rakim is good too

Also I know he's probably tha epitome of gansta rap but... you should check some Tupac. He's definately one of the most political rappers there has ever been. If you listen to some of his rhymes you'll understand, all of his jams are not gangsta....​

Come listen to my truest thoughts, my truest feelings​

All my peers doing years beyond drug dealing​

How many caskets can we witness​

Before we see it's hard to live this life without God, ​

So we must ask forgiveness​

Unconditional Love​

Can't a brother get a little peace? ​

It's war on the streets and the war in the Middle East ​

Instead of war on poverty they got a war on drugs ​

So the police can bother me ​

Changes​

You know it makes me unhappy ​

When brothas make babies, ​

And leave a young mother to be a pappy​

And since we all came from a woman​

Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman ​

I wonder why we take from our women ​

Why we rape our women, do we hate our women? ​

I think it's time to kill for our women ​

Time to heal our women, be real to our women ​

Keep Ya Head Up​

How could it be?​

Through the misery that came to pass​

The hard times make a true friend afraid to ask, for currency​

But you could run to me when you need me, I'll never leave ​

I just needed someone to believe in, as you can see ​

Until the End of Time​

There's no need for you to fear me​

If you take the time to hear me, maybe you can learn to cheer me​

It ain't about black or white 'cause we're human​

I hope we see the light before it's ruined​

Ghetto Gospel​

 

eyedea

 

What sort of music do you usually listen to?

 

Jurassic 5 and A Tribe Called Quest.

 

Oldies, classic rock, and really random other stuff. Top 5 bands (in no particular order): The Kinks, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Aquabats, Devo.

 

Dead Prez

 

sounds like you need >>QUASIMOTO<< in your life

 

Clokworx - microchips cd- the dopest cd this year

 

Word.

From "Propaganda":

You can’t fool all the people all of the time
But if you fool the right ones, then the rest will fall behind
Tell me who’s got control of your mind? your world view?
Is it the news or the movie you’re taking your girl to? (uh)
Know what I’m sayin cause uncle sam got a plan
If you examine what they tellin us then you will understand
What they plantin in the seeds of the next generation
Feeding our children miseducation
No one knows if there’s ufo’s or any life on mars
Or what they do when they up in the stars
Because I don’t believe a word of what the president said
He filling our head with lies got us hypnotised
When he be speaking in cold words about crime and poverty
Drugs, welfare, prisons, guns and robbery
It really means us, there’s no excuse for the slander
But what’s good for the goose, is still good for the gander

 

talib kweli, mos def,common, Sum kanye, az, mike jones, paul wall, and k-os <kinda pop

 

European rap. Is good.

 

Ok, so I've discovered a couple groups for example. I've like Arrested Development for awhile, and recently found A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, Black Sheep, and a couple others that I think are the same type that I haven't listened to yet. Those are Beatnuts, Monie Love, Common, and Leaders of the New School.

 

I"d recommend The Voice (www.statikent.com) is really good as well as politically or socially oriented.

Also, another "gangsta" rapper that is worth looking into is Nas. His style borders poetry, and a lot of his music goes deeper than it suggests at first listen.

 

Living legends , Common Market, Murs , Slug, awallone,Brother ali,Sage francis


This is music about building comminity. Policical rap. counciouse rap about the world we live in . Not commerical bitches and hoes and stabbing on the block.

s

 

Blackalicious - they rap about chemistry. And the alphabet.

 

all those guys the other guys said wer wack dude- heres what you want - abstract backpack-book of the dead or afu ra-body of the life force or all natural -second nature or bronze nazareth or wisemen - wisemen approaching or sound providers or sometin

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pIjH50bOJ4

watch this, all of it, if you don't like that then rap (gangsta or non-gangsta) is not right for you

if you liked that, here is something else from them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx5aVI2zsFE

oh yea, they group is called Blackstar and it is made up of Mos Def and Talib Kweli