RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Tue Apr 5, 2005 9:04 pm

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scribe SUCKS

RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Wed Apr 6, 2005 2:29 pm

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the checks!!!

RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Wed Apr 6, 2005 2:50 pm

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There ain't nothing wrong with Scribe or hip hop in general. The amount of people in these forums that hate on NZ's hip hop industry is pathetic... it's where, and what, it is because it's got wide market appeal and is catchy – and there are all these wanna be 12 – 2o something boys out there that like the whole gangsta style. Just because it hasn’t got screechy guitar, screaming vocals and so on, doesn’t mean it’s crap.

How you can say Salmanella Dub is crap is beyond me too. The band has continued to produce good song after good song, lovely dub, good D’n’B, again catchy, melodic and their lead singer has an amazing voice.

Every genre has its place and it just strikes me that this forum, and this is a gross generalization but, I feel, a warranted one, seems to be largely narrow minded when it comes to appreciating other genres of music, particularly those they believe are "lesser" because someone's not playing a guitar.

Broaden your minds

RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Wed Apr 6, 2005 4:19 pm

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OBNOXIA!!!

RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Wed Apr 6, 2005 4:26 pm

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Shihad, The Mint Chicks, Pussy Glitch, The D4, The Datsuns...
These are the bands that are either doing new shit or doing classic shit bloody well, and they know how to put on a show. None of this Nesian Mystik or Scwibe b/s.

RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Thu Apr 7, 2005 8:10 am

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Well, I know who will be next big thing.... The Exiles.
These cats are wicked! Made up of dudes from Eye TV, Semi Lemon Cola, Che Fu's band.... harmonies for africa and basically the shiz...... got a new single and a vid comin soon apparantly. Find these guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xx

RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:54 am

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8ft sativa are awesome
also subtract are lookin pretty strong now theyre just starting to push their music into public atention they are promising

RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 3:05 pm

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Blend, I totally hear what you're saying aye, its like theres two sides, those for hip hop, rap and r&b, and those for metal, rock and punk. Its sad, since theres so many other genres aswell. Also the fact that people think they're better because of what they listen to.

Anyway, some of my favourite NZ artists are; Evermore, Salmonella Dub, Pluto, The Datsuns, P. Money and Fur Patrol.

RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 5:13 pm

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blindspot iz the best band 4 shore

RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:04 pm

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steriogram,the D4,foamy ed, the bleeders and .... yeah thats about it, for 4million people thats pretty good....

RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:09 am

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i listen to all styles its just that i havnt heard anything good out of new zealand hip hop really
i mean songs like swing and the incridible and new zealand hip hop and stop drop and roll
its nonsence written by very untalented and unintelligible people
from what ive heard nz hip hop is for children its a mokery a joke.
perhaps if you disagree you can prove me wrong with some underground hip hop instead of this mainstream crap
bring meaning back to hip hop and i may listen

RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:39 pm

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i dont think ive ever heard meaningful hip hop in my life

RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:54 am

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Aesop Rock. though not a NZ artist.... Maybe it's not meaningful to you because you don't relate to that lifestyle, which is very understandable. I don't really relate either, and I don't listen to much hip hop, it's not my thing... but you can find good and meaningful music in ANY genre if you're willing to wade through the garbage for a while.

RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:31 pm

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not necessarily, some music *coughs*hip hop*coughs* doesnt really have any meaning at all. its just to dance to or they just listen to the music not to the lyrics. why bother writing good lyrics if people dont even listen to them?

RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 2:41 pm

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what about rage against the machne?

RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 7:40 pm

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There's nothing to be said here, the people in this forum just like to argue for the sake of boredom.

RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:06 pm

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hahaha.

ah yeah about the hiphop thing... i agree that there can be meaning in hiphop, it's just been taken out and replaced by materialism and sex and all that. but i definitly think there are some underground hiphop artists that have something worth saying. plus i think the thing with hiphop artists is alot of them did come from the ghetto and places like that. and now they have made something of themselves and they want to show it. i dont agree with what the sing about and i HATE the way they turn women into objects but i can see why they do it.

and yeah i think ppl argue on here outa boredom but how boring would a forum be where their were no arguements. i,for one, enjoyed that heated arguement about johnny and the robba or whatever.

RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:32 pm

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True, it does make for fun reading. Carry on!

And that's what I was trying to say about the hip hop, the commercial stuff can be god awful, but you can find some good stuff that has positive lyrics. Believe it or not there ARE some rappers who can rhyme more words than TRIGGA and NIGGA.

RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:05 am

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rage against the machine isnt 100% hip hop i guess, or maybe that's the only decent hip hop band, because its an ACTUAL band, as in, the people do play the instruments and write music

RE: Who is NZ hottest Artist?
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:42 am

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Try listening to Kayne West for meaningful hip hop... there are a few "I got where I am cause I strived" sorta songs, but he actually does a good job of explaining hip hops materialistic mentality and why he feels he's got to don labels and bling watches to go down to the dairy.

And as for meaningful hip hop... to all these ex-gangstas, rapping about their cursed life and how they've now made it big, well it is meaningful to them. Shit I'd be talking all about my bizness if I was once in the ghetto and was now driving a flash bentley and drinking top shelf liquor. Wouldn't you?

Why doesn't turn the target on people like Sum 41, Yellowcard and all those punk by numbers bands... what do they sing about again?