I am not a big rap fan but on the recommendation of a friend I checked out Cam'ron's album Purple Haze, and have enjoyed it. My favorite song on it is probably "Down and Out."
Has there ever been a song with such flagrantly, flamingly homosexual lyrics that was actually this damn good? <a class="postlink" href="http://hulkshare.com/f9rubimg73p5" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://hulkshare.com/f9rubimg73p5</a> (Audio quality on the Youtube vid sucks)
This is soooo not the stuff I normally listen to, but I CAN appreciate good rap. Might not go over real well with the feminazis of the world, but it is a pretty good "fuck you" song.
Sorry for being a youtube whore. This song is criminally unknown. Edit Just remembered that Phish does a cover of this song, so it probably isn't as unknown as I thought. Stupid Phish, I used to really like jam bands... now they kind of make me angry.
A friend has been exposing me to a bunch of new bands recently. Most of it is awesome melodic death metal, but he mentioned a really unusual concept album with the most unique sound I have ever heard; According to Wikipedia, "Ayreon's music is characterized by the use of traditional instruments in rock music (guitars, bass guitar, drums, synthesizers, electric organs) mixed with instruments more native to folk and classical music (i.e. mandolins, violins, violas, celli, flutes, sitars and didgeridoo)." Well then.