Tom & J Christopher... Elvis too....

Erick Sermon... Relentless.... defiantly worth a look..

and for those into Welsh HipHop (I use this term loosely)... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xv-2XYOtgCg

Two songs was a very tough call but here are mine;

Take it with me - Tom Waits
Trouble - Cat Stevens

Of course this is merely what I could decide on out of my current iPod listing and neither track comes from my favourite albums which I've probably covered in your other recommend some music thread. Plus it varies hugely depending on my mood.

Funny, I have always liked the quote...

"Guns don't kill people, people with mustaches do!"

Here is a link to a guy selling the shirt, classic

http://www.ebay.ph/viItem?ItemId=190131874835

What other british hip hop can you recommend, I know I just heard some dude from France the other day (name escapes me) but it wasn't half bad.

Elvis?!?!?!?

I hope you mean Costello. :D

LOL, I think he meant "...Elvis too..." to include me as one of the peeps who might be interested his suggestion.

Seeing as my name on this board is Fat Elvis...I guess it'd be easy to conclude I'm an Elvis fan.

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Howdy! Surely yo’ jest. Why, that would be Elvis “Dearland” Perkins, famous nephew of that silver-screen diplomat daughter Marisa Berenson. ;)

Ain’t never heard of them other two.

RIGHT!

this weekend I am gonna go on a shopping spree on iTunes and buy a number of tracks from each persons suggestions.... I will report back with the findings!

Photek

if you like groove metal, you will love the sword, man that album rocks the casbah

Today's two

Lozenge of Love - Radiohead
Warpigs - Black Sabbath

I know I already mentioned stevie wonder but holy #%@)#)$*!!!!!

I never knew he could play drums

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4SCZv7...elated&search=

Seriously this is sick

cool!.... thats a very old clip eh!

On the music note.... TOM... can I recommend you buy a track...?... You may already have heard it..... BUT... go on to iTunes and buy "Arctic Monkeys, I bet you look good on the dance floor"... and then turn the volume up loud.

If you don't like it I will post you a pint of ale as way of an apology.

hmmnn... if you want something a bit rough... take a look at Dizzy Rascal, 'fix up look sharp'

all though its not strictly HipHop... check out 'The Streets'... he's kinda the UK answer to Eminem... 'turn the page' 'has it come to this' & 'could be well in' are worth a look.

Kano is alright.... check out 'nite nite' produced by the same guy as above.


thats not a very representative look at UK HipHop... but it gets almost no coverage in the UK... unless you go out of your way to search it out. Have you ever discovered 'Drum & Bass'?... its kinda a urban digital extension of Jazz... kinda :) ..... if your gonna check out any track of mine... look out for 'Star Chasers' by '4Hero'... truly amazing British Music... a bit like Jill Scott... but 10 years before she arrived on the scene.

ALSO.....

Kings Of Leon... great band...

just bought.... 'Freya' by 'The Sword'... sounds good... need to give it a full listen in the car on the way to werk.

I have the arctic monkey's album already, I think Articstones recommended to me in a previous thread. Good album, nice solid rock n roll.

Who is the French Hip Hop guy who is blowing up now? I can't think of his name but I have heard his song from people and I think on a few youtube videos.

Okay I had to scour both the interwebs and my memory but I found the youtube video I was referring to. The first song which is just beats is RJD2, a DJ from the US, but when the MC starts rapping a little after two minutes in, is the french artist I am talking about. I don't speak french, so I have no idea what is going on, but it doesn't sound half bad. I just hope the lyrics aren't about eating cheese and drinking wine, lol jk

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aYRmnUGBVCw

They drop the RJD2 beat a few times in the song too. The video is actually pretty sweet, some russian dude doing all kinds of crazy freestyle walking.

Btw I prefer the underground independent label music over anything main stream so feel free to drop the Indy artist from Europe.

okay... I dont know if some of my other music is too odd for most tastes.. but here goes..

Check out:
Going Gets Tough Tough by Groovrider... nasty drum n bass
roygbiv by Boards of Canada (actually Scottish)... very melancholy
Appaloosa Travelling by LTJ Bukem... pots and pans beats
Hotel Costes 4 by Stephane Pompunac (album)
Cold Cut, Let us Play (album) the first album made entirely of samples

awesome going to scour the interwebs later on, but now I have to do the dishes:mad: Girl is coming over tonight so I can't look like a total slob.

http://www.last.fm/user/MovingSprite

Mostly techno stuff, but I listen to almost anything.

Magic drumming!
 

For great drumming, check out Planet Drum!

It’s group of world-class percussionists gathered by that ol’ Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart. Their first album, same name, received a World Music Grammy in 1991 and remained at Billboard’s no. 1 spot for 26 weeks for the same category.

Mickey Hart has also written a number of well-received books on drumming, which I haven’t gotten around to reading. With another group hw founded, the Rhythm Devils, Hart recorded the soundtrack for Apocalypse Now.

If you’re really into percussion, check out Gamelan music. A friend of mine once described this traditional music of Indonesia in the following way: "Imagine a warehouse full of musicians and instruments, playing all the music that has ever existed. At the same time!"
By the way, you can hear Gamelan music in the soundtrack of Battlestar Galactica, especially in the later episodes.

On a different note entirely, check out Steve Reich’s "Music for 18 Musicians". Talk about suggestive trance music!

You could try Pandora (.com), it's a free online radio that plays songs similar to ones you like. You sign up, tell it the name of a artist/song that you like, and it will make a 'station' which plays similar ones. I don't think there is a limit to the number of 'stations' that you can make.
I really like it, as it's a great way to discover new music.

GREAT FIND!.... thats seriously good... I am listening now.