Hip-Hop Thread

Hensmon

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May just be my language bias but any hip-hop that's not in English just sounds so poor to me with its flow. It's like the English language is built for hip-hop and others are unnatural and inflexible when it comes to rhythm/delivery. Even UK English can struggle sometimes, with everyone using similar intonations in order to force a flow to work. The French language is maybe the only one that occasionally has moments, but even then, not that good....

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Daysleeper

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May just be my language bias but any hip-hop that's not in English just sounds so poor to me with its flow. It's like the English language is built for hip-hop and others are unnatural and inflexible when it comes to rhythm/delivery. Even UK English can struggle sometimes, with everyone using similar intonations in order to force a flow to work. The French language is maybe the only one that occasionally has moments, but even then, not that good....

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Maybe. Prolly a bit of a biased statement. But sure english (american english) is def the classic and most natural fit, but other languages can also be interesting. Gives it a different flair.
 

Archon

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May just be my language bias but any hip-hop that's not in English just sounds so poor to me with its flow. It's like the English language is built for hip-hop and others are unnatural and inflexible when it comes to rhythm/delivery. Even UK English can struggle sometimes, with everyone using similar intonations in order to force a flow to work. The French language is maybe the only one that occasionally has moments, but even then, not that good....
Maybe it's because you just don't understand the language? German, French, Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian, all great for me (although I don't understand French or German either)!
 

Hensmon

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Maybe it's because you just don't understand the language

Doesn't help not knowing the language and missing out on the clever word play/intellectual component for sure, but It's the flow, rhythm, delivery etc that I find never works outside of English. Would happily be proven wrong.


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