Hip Hop
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the hip hop music genre, used interchangeably with rap.
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American Recordings 1995 CD Sampler (The Comix Zone Bonus CD)
It’s time to rock out with your comic out! Let’s spin the ‘American Recordings 1995 CD Sampler,’ most famous for its inclusion with North American copies of the Sega Genesis game, ‘Comix Zone.’ (read more)
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OutKast – “ATLiens” (1996)
Didn’t expect this to be such a big step back from ’Aquemini.’ There’s little on ‘ATLiens’ to anticipate that genre-splitting landmark. (read more)
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Cannibal Ox – “Blade of the Ronin”
Even the most well-written critique of Blade of the Ronin struggles to escape the desperate fan dream of The Cold Vein Part 2. Every aspect of Blade of the Ronin that sways a little right, everyone says it was wrong of it to do so, and that it should’ve stayed on the left. From my… (read more)
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Kendrick Lamar – “To Pimp a Butterfly” (2015)
I’ll throw out that I’m not particularly into hip hop. Still, I’m personally tired of hip hop epics of misunderstood cult heroes from a relentlessly bleak hood life. That’s not to say it’s illegitimate or not a story worth telling—just that I feel like I’ve heard it before. A cringe white boi I may be,… (read more)
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Lupe Fiasco – “Tetsuo & Youth” (2015)
The more I listen to Tetsuo & Youth, the more convinced I am that it’s a modern hip hop masterpiece. I don’t give a shit if Lupe Fiasco isn’t “cool” anymore—but I suspect hip hop listeners at large do. Fiasco uses his youthful, irreverent persona to his greatest advantage yet, and a frequently innocent, childlike… (read more)
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Shoji Meguro – “Persona 3: Original Soundtrack”
Shoji Meguro is possibly the greatest video game composer of all time, and Persona 3 is one of his greatest works. Put two and two together… Meguro blends a variety of modern pop, electronic, and hip hop music, flourishing it with even more genres such as nu jazz, blues, and classical music to make a… (read more)