The Evolution of Abstract Hip-Hop: A Historical Overview
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Dive deep into the mesmerizing world of abstract hip-hop with Rhyme Report! From its underground roots in the late '80s to its modern-day global acclaim, we explore the intricate journey of one of hip-hop's most enigmatic subgenres. Covering Ultramagnetic MC's, Kool Keith, Ced Gee, Organized Konfusion, Freestyle Fellowship, The Pharcyde, Company Flow, Busdriver, Aesop Rock, MF DOOM, Cannibal Ox, Deltron 3030, Quasimoto, Madvillain, Madlib, billy woods, Shabazz Palaces, Earl Sweatshirt, R.A.P. Ferreira and Open Mike Eagle. Discover the pioneers, classic albums, and groundbreaking moments that shaped abstract hip-hop. Whether you're a seasoned hip-hop head or just curious about its multifaceted history, this overview is a must-watch! 🔥
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Great overview! You pretty much nailed it and mentioned all the key artists in this sub-genre of Hip Hop! Honorable mention goes to artists like Saafir, De La Soul, & Digable Planets, Camp Lo, Mystik Journeymen, Zion I, Planet Asia, A Tribe Called Quest, UMC's, & The Dream Warriors.
Glad to see Busdriver mentioned, ive always loved his song Imaginary Places, both lyrically and the production, you wouldn't think scratching over Beethoven could sound good until you hear it.
Busdriver always keeps the listener on their toes, and with a one-of-a-kind cadence. Definitely one of my faves.
Aesop Rock is the goat. Truly the Shakespeare of our times.
rhyme report is such a great name for a channel. ive been a rhyme inspector since 92 and im certified, cant wait to come back to this channel and peep the tech
Kool Keith. One of the best rappers of all time. If you haven't already then please at least treat yourself to a leisurely listen of Dr.Octagonecologyst, Sex Styles and Dr.Dooom.
Cool Keith the original black Elvis
dude, his new album is so dope too. I was really impressed.
Real. When I first heard "Doomsday", I legit thought it was a robot for Keith. Blue Flowers had been stuck in my head for years due to playin' Grind Session w/ my mates bk in day. Come time now, I'm here still spinnin' those classics alongside newer stuff like Gasoline an' lovin' it. Still my fave sub-genre of hip-hop alongside conscious stuff like Killah Priest and Eyedea.
...that bein' said, as a splatterpunk writer I still love my horrorcore. inb4jugg, I'm about Dollrot so miss me w/ that shi-
@@KnjazNazrath if you liked grind session. theres a game called session skate sim. its a 00s era skate sim.
BOBBY ANALOG
1992's Beastie Boys - Pass The Mic introduced experimental hip hop beats to the masses...making it easier for mainstream audiences to digest further down the line
You forgot Camp Lo "Uptown Saturday Night", Wu Tang "Forever", Ghostface "Ironman" and "Supreme Clientele", and De La Soul "3 Feet High and Rising". There's many more but you did a good job with this video.
wtf, this is not abstract hh
@@deenorectah
Why not?
Ras G, Moor Mother, Pink Siifu, Love how expansive this genre is. Good video.
Glad you enjoyed it
OOHHHHH RAS🔥🔥🔥
Rise In Power Ras G
... it's been called abstract for a minute. Definitely infinite let us not forget Eyedea
Thanks for the feedback on this video. I don't claim to be an expert on Abstract Hip Hip. I'm just a fan that wants to learn more and build a Hip Hop community. I know I missed many key artists and I mispronounced Aesop Rock, it was an honest mistake. I didn't mean to disrespect the legends name.
I cannot live without this genre. Great video 👏🏻
Same for sure
It’s a real shame that De La Soul was not mentioned in this. They are one of the pioneers of abstract flows and rhymes along with Kool Keith.
Crazy you didnt mention the work of Ade Hakim and Standing on the Corner, as well as MIKE, who were the inspiration for Some Rap Songs. Their influence is understated bc they were earls sound before earl had that sound if you get what i mean. Also Ramellzee and Basquiat started abstract hip hop back in the early early 80s w Beat Bop. Good vid but there was definitely stuff that you shouldve mentioned
Thank you for the info. I don't claim to know everything about Abstract Hip Hip. I'm still learning as I go along. I definitely missed a lot of important artists in the genre
nice, you talked about Anticon. I remember that era, the Infesticons, Mike Ladd, Cannibal Ox, etc.
Pharcyde has to be my favorite group from the 90's, and as a 90's baby that's a hard choice. "Runnin'" is still one of my favorite songs of all time.
I don't even know where I heard it, but I know it was playing around me constantly as a kid and teen, and now is part of my life.
A Tribe Called Quest and Dilla too
You got most of it, a couple of artists here I didn't know about! Each one teach one, peace!
The fact that you gave Armand Hammer their flowers..........you have my subscription fine sirs.
jpeg mafia and death grips changed the way I view and hear music as a whole, The same way Kanye, Gorillaz, and Nujabes did when I was younger.
Beautiful video.
DR Oct!!!!!! Great video yo
Thank you!
Ace and DOOM my goats. Untouchable.
Awesome video! personally I’ve been getting into Mach Hommy lately he’s awesome
Thank you! I'm a fan of Mach Hommy too
Divine Styler, Godfather Don, De La Soul, Atoms Family ... the list goes on.
I like your videos man this channel is gonna go up
Thank you so much for the support! 🙏 It means a lot to hear positive feedback. Stay tuned for more content!
Glad to see the last pic of the video even tho no mention of his name: QUELLE CHRIS!!!!
Another Great Video. I'd also include the Ghostface - Supreme Clientele album as one of the Pioneers for more Main Stream releases. Also Andre 3000 needs a mention
I like the premise.... but it seems to me that most of the most fundamental abstract lyricists weren't even mentioned... What happened to Tribe? De La? UMC's? The guys who did "cool like that" ... If anything is abstract and fundamental, it's those guys.
... yeah i GUESS you could squeeze Kool Keith in there.
I agree. I should've at least mentioned Tribe or De La. They are the most influential groups. I'm a big fan of them too
Fav: woods for sure. But tons of AKAI SOLO, Elucid, Phiik & Lungs, Fatboi Sharif, Boldy James, Earl Sweatshirt, Mike, Pink Siifu…I could go on and on.
At first I was a little weirded out by the term abstract Hiphop because that is the actual real Hiphop but actually after thinking about it.... it’s good because we need to make a clear distinction between stuff now I think
Awesome and creative of how they made great
Great video man. Would love to see you make some longer form video essays. Keep it up.
Thank you. I'm planning on making more videos like this
Avant-garde is better way to describe this style of rap/hip-hop
Yeah, I have it listed as aVant-Hop on my Playlists
You need way more subs and views.
Thank you. That's the goal, I hope this channel will grow and to build a real Hip Hop community
Dope content. Great editing. Great story telling. I really enjoyed this
Thank you. I'm still new at this, so there's still room for improvement
pretty much all the good shit i grew up listening to in my teens.
Aesop is the lyrical goat. Change my mind.
good vid my g
Kool Keith is great, but you can't skip over Rammellzee, he kicked abstract shit on Beat Bop in '83.
Thank you for the info. I'm here to learn new things from you'll too
@@RhymeReport No problem bro. Each one teach one is what it's all about. Love that you're making videos like this, we need more of that on CZcams.
Was looking for this comment. Was literally the first abstract rap track ever, produced by Basquiat no less
Fire vid 🔥🔥🔥
I think this genre deservrd a longer video bcs it shows that u know, but 5 min is too short for such a big genre, specially since u miss to mention de la soul, Blackalicious, edan or eyedea
There could even be an hour long documentary on this. I could've done much more on this video. I'm still new at this, so I kept it as short as possible
@@RhymeReport yeah, no worries. Ur channel is dope; btw would love to see u talking in full abt blackalicious
@@dot.gnarly Thank you. I'll consider it in the future
Edan yall, the hidden gem. doesnt get more abstract that Promised Land off of Beauty and the Beat
Rap ferreira !!
Who got the best Spotify abstract hip-hop playlist?
MF DOOM, EARL SWEATSHIRT, ARMAND HAMMER
My favorite underground rappers are bus driver and earl sweatshirt are my favorite ones open mike and rap ferreira and abstract rude are my favorite ones
Um, I haven't watched yet...but it you failed to mention the eternal Rammellzee, I'm going to be hot.
is Deltron 3030 an abstract album when it has a clear story and narative? I always considered it a concept album
"concept" doesn't refer to the genre. Deltron is an abstract hip hop concept album, just like Thick as a Brick Is a prog rock concept album.
It's sci Fi themed so yes
If you like these guys, maybe you'd like what I'm putting out🤷♂️ lmk what you think
I freestyle over beats, very stream of consciousness, raw, and all heart.
Just starting my journey, so take a ride with me
Great Video! And I wonder that can I translate your work into other languages and repost to other websites? I will very appreciate if you can accept my request! Thank u for ur kindness!!
keith was so nasty on that sythetic subsitute drum loop damn
Aesop Rock! (Pronounced, Y-USS) ;)
If you’ve never hear Milo’s I Wish My Brother Rob Was Here please do. It’s really a phenomenally unpolished yet refined effort
It's one of my favorites from him
I make abstract hip hop. Great Video
Aesop Rock.
Dr Octagon
do we have a yt music playlist for this please?
I wonder if Das Racist also fits into this category. Their weird references to the poppest of pop culture to deeper philosophical cuts to drugged out personal reflection, often in the same line , seems like it makes them a solid referent.
Nujabes 🫶🏻
no flying lotus??
2:56 - It's Aesop Rock not Asap. There is a different mainstream rapper called A$AP Rocky.
Aesop is possibly the greatest lyricist in human history. Puts Shakespeare to shame.
My apologies. It was an honest mistake. I know those are two different rappers. I didn't mean to mispronounce his name. Aesop Rock is a legend and didn't mean to disrespect his name.
All good just putting it out there.@@RhymeReport
Where's Kool Keith
PREFUSE 73!
Just a lil tip its pronounced Aes-op not Asap when you're talking about Aesop Rock 😅
Really weird that you dont mention Lil B the Basedgod. But then again, most people dont know that he also has that in his repertoir. He dropped a jazzy abstract Hip Hop album just last year. In the early 10s he paved the way not only for todays main stream artists, but also for alot of underground, abstract, even horrorcore artists. I think of Cartier God, Psilo Sage for example. He even produced a track for Del the Funky Homosapien also last year. His alternative rap masterpiece "Age of Information" has to be one of this sub genres classics.
THANK YOU BASED GOD
Dont forget black kray
"Abstract hip-hop"? So y'all just be making up subgenres. That was just hip-hop when I was growing up. Jussayin
Hip hop has branched out into many subgenres over the years. I understand back then that it was all Hip Hop. I guess there's a broad definition of what's abstract and what's not
I've been hearing "Abstract Rapper" since '94. It's more of a style but I guess it could be a subgenre.
Empty-headed take.
Ty, everybody had to come with thier own niche & look or they was considered "biters". Unacceptable to mimick anyone else's style or cadence.
When it's very few people doing it, it's not really a subgenre yet. When those few inspire a whole musical shift, a subgenre branches out. What someone like billy woods does is completely different, sonically and theme-wise, to what A$AP Rocky does. Even if they're both hip hop really
anti pop consortium get about as abstract as it can get.
Underground
Doom and Ultra are considered abstract? What about the abstract?
also thats pronounced aesop...sop sounds like sock
..DE LA SOUL / Q-TIP aka "Mr.Abstract" birthed abstract-Hiphop Kool Keith was not doing abstract until after ultra magnatic.. I'll be fair.You had some facts but,the time-line was botched!
I agree with you. I should've added Native Tongues. Thanks for your feedback
Kool Keith was considered abstract back with Ultra. It was as apparent, but his rhyme style was considered unorthodox.
Do any of these artists actually consider themselves 'abstract hip hop'... because to me it's all just hip hop, fuck the whole need to label and define everything.
YOU FORGOT DELA SOUL A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
Where's busdriver
2:58
people just call anything actually good in hip hop "abstract". that's kind of ridiculous.
Much respect but fuck the categotize things, HH is HH
eee, you left out one of the legends, but he wouldn't g.a.f... i did learn of Milo's new ego so thats fair. r.eye.p Oliver Hart and Camu Tao
abstract hip-hop is a stupid/lazy/too broad to be meaningful label
Great video bro 🔥🔥
Thank you! Your positive feedback motivates me to keep going
1:30
Subaux_
Here in the UK we used to call this underground or backpacker hip hop....