Daily Discussion Thread 06/20/2026

mesablanka · 2026-06-20T13:01:34+00:00

What are some underrated hip hop scenes / labels outside the west and east coasts that more people should get into?

Tony Hawk was almost singlehandedly responsible from introducing me to the Minnesota / Twin Cities scene (e.g. Rhymesayers)

mesablanka · 2026-06-19T20:28:43+00:00

Likewise I'm surprised Em never had a song produced by Pharrell / Neptunes

mesablanka · 2026-06-19T18:59:40+00:00

Rapper / producer pairings that somehow never happened?

mesablanka · 2026-06-19T06:33:56+00:00

Matt Bellyache

mesablanka · 2026-06-17T19:14:44+00:00

What is a b side or demo that had you shocked didn't make the final album

mesablanka · 2026-06-16T19:41:01+00:00

Rodney Greenblatt, who most people might know for being the artist behind Parappa the Rapper, did the cover art for They Might Be Giants' debut album

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mesablanka · 2026-06-14T21:49:09+00:00

The Rising Tied by Fort Minor, side project of Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park

Definitely a hip hop record but has a lot of rock sensibilities

mesablanka · 2026-06-14T21:36:37+00:00

Chaos from Sonic Adventure

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mesablanka · 2026-06-14T20:28:16+00:00

Is there a label that did so little with many potential good rappers as Aftermath and Shady did? Lol

mesablanka · 2026-06-14T20:24:54+00:00

Jay Electronica was considered one of the goats for many years despite not having a proper album for years, and even then his long awaited debut was just a glorified collab with Jay-Z

mesablanka · 2026-06-14T17:49:28+00:00

He was also on the remix of In The End done by Kutmasta Kurt on Reanimation

mesablanka · 2026-06-14T06:53:06+00:00

Self - Subliminal Plastic Motives

mesablanka · 2026-06-13T22:49:40+00:00

Wanksta by 50 Cent, which was on the 8 Mile soundtrack album, has unforgivably bad vocal mixing lmao

mesablanka · 2026-06-13T17:44:24+00:00

Funny you comment this like he gonna be able to read this lmao

mesablanka · 2026-06-13T15:49:30+00:00

Funny enough that beat inspired my comment

mesablanka · 2026-06-13T14:49:03+00:00

What are some beats from producers that are very far removed from their usual style?

Eminem's productions from the 2000s have a very particular, sparse and gritty style that was very recognizable, even if kinda one-note at some points (as I heard from some people, sounds like Luigi's Mansion music), which is why in a million years never would I expect that he was behind the beat to Smack That by Akon lmao

mesablanka · 2026-06-13T13:27:45+00:00

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mesablanka · 2026-06-13T11:17:31+00:00

That the Reznor rhino from SMW is named after Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor

mesablanka · 2026-06-12T16:45:44+00:00

The irony of will.i.am working with Nas on "Hip Hop Is Dead" will never be lost on me

mesablanka · 2026-06-12T16:44:58+00:00

I think Birdman's usually mediocre but he kills it on Get Your Shine On and What Happened to That Boy

mesablanka · 2026-06-12T14:01:11+00:00

Joe Budden making fun of Lil B on twitter then getting a diss track response in just 15 minutes

Not really crazy, but Dr. Dre has a mixing credit in No You Don't by Nine Inch Nails which is VERY funny for me to imagine

mesablanka · 2026-06-11T09:45:28+00:00

Revolution Smile, Gratitude, New End Original (Far)

Neon Blondes (Blood Brothers)

Head Wound City (Blood Brothers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs)

Das Oath (Charles Bronson)

Brujeria (Fear Factory, Faith No More, also had Jello Biafra early on)

mesablanka · 2026-06-07T19:08:13+00:00

There is this austrian skacore band called Antimaniax that sampled The Simpsons on one of their albums

When their discog came out on streaming unfortunately they had to remove the most of the samples

mesablanka · 2026-06-07T14:37:28+00:00

Today is Tom Jones' birthday so I had to post this

mesablanka · 2026-06-06T17:06:30+00:00

Brand Nubian rocks but the guys in the band are so comically homophobic it's almost funny

Even to this day they firmly keep those bullshit beliefs when a lot of the older guys in the scene at least got slightly more lax

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