Music search: Hip-hop.

[icarus]

I'm looking for some very aggressively sexy hip-hop. Something faster, more firey and intense than 50 Cent's "Candy Shop."

The lyrics don't need to be overtly (or even covertly) sexual, I just need a fairly hot rhythm. The fight songs these 18-year-olds picked for kickboxing were perfect, but I've no idea what they were. There was this one, sitz-spitz... hell if I know.

Any ideas?

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[simmysim.livejournal.com]

These are all more aggressive than sexual, but I think you might like them? Here's a sample of some of Andrew WK's, which I love (http://www.mediafire.com/?0ymexjhsmkz), and will have more of if you like it. And then, oh, Lose Control (http://www.mediafire.com/?90fcmod4mit) by Missy Elliot is always good. And of course, Fight Music (http://www.mediafire.com/?dlivtbjm9to). Ludacris's Get Back (http://www.mediafire.com/?eo0tipu1mjf). What You Gon' Do (http://www.mediafire.com/?cmvd30mmyey), I love. Girl Fight (http://www.mediafire.com/?jsmjm9ubsda) and Shake That Ass (http://www.mediafire.com/?yd4vc2znxkw) are both more sexual, but a little slower. AND OF COURSE, Snap Yo Fingas (http://www.mediafire.com/?i2et0yfxycf). :D If these fit I'll probably have some more to recommend. AND these are also old-ish ones so probably not what you heard. If you could remember just a lyric or two of the specific one you want I could probably hook you up.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Ready To Die is a bit bouncy for what I'm looking for. The beat of Lose Control is perfect but I think a female vocalist is not what I need. This is for a guy who's showing off to get a woman's attention.

Loved Girl Fight, that's in the ballpark. Get Back is too repetitive for me. I love Snap Yo Fingas for two minutes then get tired of it.

I love Shake That Ass. Rhythm's just right, too. Doesn't quite fit but it's getting there.

[droolfangrrl.livejournal.com]

Black eyed peas

Pump it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDfKCzMuLMc

Let's Get Is Started http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzG_p1z8YSQ

And not what you're looking for but so worth seeing at least once
Don't Phunk With My Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-OcdWL31AQ

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I *love* the Black Eyed Peas. And the connection of Pump It to Pulp Fiction is great. I've listened to Pump It several times through now.

The video Don't Phunk With My Heart is hilarious. They don't take themselves too seriously, do they?

[droolfangrrl.livejournal.com]

They're at least willing to take risks. And will.i.am is a hoot as Voodoo Thurston.

[whatifisaidno.livejournal.com]

BattleFlag - Lo Fidelity Allstars and Pigeonhed. I can send it later, but I'm on my way out the door right now. There's another song that I liked a couple years ago, but I can't remember the title.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I've got it, and yeah, I like that one.

[telepresence.livejournal.com]

The "clean" version of David Banner's "Play" might be worth a listen, it's not much faster than Candy Shop but I think it's more insistent (the "dirty" version is...well, really fricking dirty).

That new-ish Timbaland song Elevator?

[telepresence.livejournal.com]

Actually, speaking of Timbaland, there's also "Throw It On Me".

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

The "clean" version of David Banner's "Play" might be worth a listen, it's not much faster than Candy Shop but I think it's more insistent (the "dirty" version is...well, really fricking dirty).

LOL. You're right about that. And the dirty version's much better.

That new-ish Timbaland song Elevator?

Elevator's okay, I love it till it gets to one section that kills it for me. Throw It On Me's great.

[sage-theory.livejournal.com]

Ludacris - Stand Up

Timbaland - The Way I Are (f/ Keri Hilson)

Sean Paul - Temperature

Sean Paul - We Be Burnin'

Tupac f/ Dr. Dre - California Love (old school, no?)

Rihanna - Pon de Replay


Yes, yes, my hip hop repetoire is weak, I know.

[stentoriansista.livejournal.com]

Okay, it's notsomuch new, but NERD's She Wants to Move (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXC3h95PtDY) has a most excellent backbeat, and lots of guitar for a hip hop song, and is pretty fast. Also, I lurve Pharell.

Also old but hot: Ice Cube U Can Do It (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKxrNz8x4Z4). I mean, c'mon, ICE CUBE.

Also, this isn't exactly what you're looking for here I think, but I've always thought of RRFB's Ain't Nothin' Wrong with That (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5CALmf7ziQ) as a total John song. Fast, somewhere between rock and hip hop, lots of guitars and backbeat...

Anyway, I also fully support Ludacris, "Money Maker" (also with Pharell, yay!) and "Southern Hospitality" are pretty hot, and he's on Get Buck in Here" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVtaUkrmhlk&feature=related) which makes me happy.

[skipmcgee.livejournal.com]

Oh man. Where do I begin.

Do you like 50 Cent's style only? There are lots of songs out in the Low (http://profile.imeem.com/HWLvifu/music/A2uN8a1v/flo_rida_ft_tpain_get_low/) style, but some people don't like that as much (it's not as polished as a 50 Cent or a Snoop Dogg, which reminds me, Sensual Seduction (http://youtube.com/watch?v=pKz-RXSeIYA) is my current fave, although it may be too mellow for what you're looking for).

Whine Up (http://profile.imeem.com/6ZWWw4O/music/DIF7Dbet/kat_deluna_featuring_elephant_man_whine_up/) from Kat DeLuna and Elephant Man is something I exercise to, but more reggae than rap. Tell Me (http://youtube.com/watch?v=rlU0qNPl35A) from Christina Aguilera and P.Diddy is great, the bass always gets me moving.

Hmm, I could definitely go on, but this is at least a place to start. If any of these pique your interest I can certainly recommend more in one vein.

Here's hoping all the links show up the way they're supposed to.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

What I'm looking for is a song for a scene where a guy is showing off to get a woman's attention. It doesn't have to be in the lyrics -- probably better if it isn't, actually -- but it definitely needs that quality.

Snoop is a little too smooth for that mood.

As for what I've liked (so far), even though I don't have a candidate for the song I need --

Pump It - Black Eyed Peas
Smack That Ass - Akon/Eminem
Candy Shop - 50 Cent
Play - David Banner (although, really, the dirty version is the best, lol)
Money Maker - Ludacris
Throw It On Me - Timbaland
Ain't Nothing Wrong With That - Robert Randolph
Girlfight - Brooke Valentine, Big Boi & Lil Jon
Hoodie - Lady Sovereign
White America - Eminem
8 Mile - Eminem
My Name Is - Eminem
BattleFlag - Low Fidelity
Gin & Juice - Snoop Dogg
Who The Fuck Is That - Dolla
Sugar (Gimme Some) - Trick Daddy
U Can Do It - Ice Cube

Sensual Seduction, yeah, way too mellow.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

No, I personally like the Low style, but the trick is to have enough variation that the beat doesn't kill it.

I like Tell Me. I'm usually not a big fan of female vocalists.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

That list is too varied to be genuinely helpful, isn't it? /wry

[skipmcgee.livejournal.com]

Hah, no that list is perfect, it's hard to rec when you're not sure what songs you already have/already heard and didn't like/ect (although I am surprised Eminem is on that list, or at least those particular songs *g*).

Jay-Z is definitely who pops to mind in the 'showing off for the ladies' category. Give it to me (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y5ci_iY3UPk) is older but it always makes me want to dance.

Oh, Ayo Technology (http://www.youtube.com/watch?p=C14E6814C0C4A4A5&index=10&feature=PlayList&v=YFbfxOdb9zk) from 50 Cent and Justin might hit close to the mark too. Don't know why I didn't think of that one earlier.

Busta Rhymes and T.I. too, with What you know (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D61mqcicqp8), Touch It (http://youtube.com/watch?v=c_DWMJc0_RQ), and Bring 'em out (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yA9YJxaY6Q).

Plus Redman and Methodman's Da Rockwilder (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ofFVDLb1wQ), I'm dancing as I'm typing *g*

E40 did Tell Me When to Go (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBRN2YLYzRU) which has some really repetitive lyrics but is fun to dance to and might fit what you're looking for too (are lyrics important to you, or are you more looking for a certain sound?)

Sorry, I feel like I'm asking too many questions and not giving enough recs - this is what happens when you have 1000-ish rap songs on your Itunes.

[vichka.livejournal.com]

Quad City DJs :)

[fractalreality.livejournal.com]

When I spoke to the boy last night I asked him for good hip-hop.
He gave me the last things he'd listened to:

Janet Jackson - All Nite (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNAT6nUky8c)
Black Eyed Peas - Dum Diddly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_IM_M07l2E&fe)
Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsRWpK4pf90)
Miss Elliott - For My People (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g6Uayvejsg)

And then anything by 69 Boyz, Outkast - he also said to check out UK stuff like Liberty X and Sugababes, but they might be too slow and poppy for what you want.

[viggorlijah.livejournal.com]

http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article11080703.aspx

saw this and thought immediately of you!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

This writer's behind the times. This is what people were before NBC's broadcast of the U.S. Nationals.

Then the Nationals got a staggering market share -- because NBC played it during prime time. Now we know the problem. ABC was showing figure skating at two in the afternoon, and it was highly truncated, so you really only saw the top four skaters. The contract was with ABC and ESPN, by the way.

Any ESPN was even worse. Although they showed many, many competitions, again, they only showed the top four skaters. So you didn't get a sense for the competition, you just saw the same few people, skating the same programs, over and over again.

Also, ESPN missed the boat. While the women's competition hasn't been very exciting over the last couple of years, there's been a lot of action in the men's skating. But ESPN, while they drenched the airwaves with dull interviews with Kimmie Meissner, only showed half the men's programs. For example, at last year's Worlds they either showed a skater's long program but not their short, or vice versa, with the exception of the guy who finished first.

This was very frustrating. Skating fans had to hit the internet for illegal downloads of skating broadcasts from foreign countries to see the whole competition.

As far as the scandals are concerned, this writer is talking out of his ass. The highest ratings figure skating has ever received has been during periods of scandal -- the 2002 Olympics ratings were off the chart, and the best ratings figure skating ever had was during the whole Nancy Kerrigan/Tanya Harding scandal. That was the high point that spurred ESPN to show every skating competition.

Skating fans have always been nationalistic and the "unfair marks from the Russian judge," etc., have been a source of gleeful gossip for decades. Dick Button, the main commentator for ABC figure skating, felt that people don't understand the new judging system and preferred the old simple 1-6 rating.

The new judging system has nothing whatsoever to do with "making skating programs more interesting." It doesn't do that at all. It rewards technical points for things that skating fans, unless they're experts, don't even notice. Meissner is getting downgraded on her jumps because she's been taking off from the wrong edge of her skates -- doing a "flutz" instead of a Lutz, a "lip" instead of a flip. I've been studying figure skating assiduously for the last two years, and man, I still can't tell which edge a skater is taking off from without a close-up and slo-mo.

As for the "inferior skater" taking off the gold for their performance in figures... man. Where do I begin? First, the figures ended in 1991. That was nearly 20 years ago. Second, the figures were something where the judges couldn't cheat. The way figures were measured -- they went out onto the ice and looked at the "trace," the line carved by the skater's skate. The trace don't lie. By removing figures from the competition, well, figure skating's judging became more subjective. Figures rewarded the best technical skaters regardless of their abilities as performers.

As far as Evan Lysacek's "lackluster" short program at Nationals... the writer obviously wasn't there. Lysacek is one of those skaters that you have to see in person. He pulled the fans out of their seats in a way that had nothing whatsoever to do with his status as this or that champion. It was a passionate performance. He also got high marks for the things that fans couldn't catch: his technical performance on his spins and footwork, etc. There's so much wrong with what this writer is saying here, and I've got to go to work, but -- jesus.

[viggorlijah.livejournal.com]

I saw ice-skating! scandal! and thought of Out of Bounds. My understanding beyond that is just that it involves sequins. And Baldes of Fury.

You totally should post this comment as a post! I have no clue about ice-skating, but it's fascinating learning about it from someone as passionate as you.

[bruinsfan.livejournal.com]

What do you think of "Tao of the Machine" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxLbKYCL2aM) by The Roots & BT? (If nothing else, it'd ensure that the judges would still be hearing John's song in their heads throughout the competition. Unless someone danced to "It's a Small World," anyway.)

How about "Cowboy" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRi9958ddMM) by Eve & Fatboy Slim?

I'll confess a yearning to see John skate to something by Electric Six (http://www.electricsix.com/music.php), past a row of judges with their mouths dropped open.

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Lyrics aren't allowed in competition, so of course this is music for stuff where there are no judges.

I'm liking Tao of the Machine so far....