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offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-11-08 07:13 [#00940916]
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i got a brilliant hip hop album today - the thing is its in
french, and yeah, i dont speak french, i only catch a word
here and there hehe
but i bought some other french hip hop releases before and i
dont really mind the language issue - i just like the laid
back style of french hip hopers

how important are the lyrics to you?


 

offline Aphexisatwin from your mom's room (United States) on 2003-11-08 07:19 [#00940919]
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for hip hop.... ? very


 

offline uzim on 2003-11-08 07:22 [#00940923]
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i'd like to understand the japanese lyrics for Noriko
Tujiko's "Hard Ni Sasete" album... they're all included in
the "booklet" (tray cards actually) but all in japanese...


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-11-08 07:25 [#00940926]
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sometimes i cant even understand domestic rappers...


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2003-11-08 07:27 [#00940928]
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The feral rappers are even worse!


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-11-08 07:28 [#00940929]
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btw, this french album is half vocal tracks and half
instrumental
great stuff!

ghislain poirier - conflits


 

offline nacmat on 2003-11-08 07:31 [#00940930]
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I never worry about the lirics in blackalicious (for
example) I just enjoy how it sounds


 

offline nacmat on 2003-11-08 07:34 [#00940931]
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correction:

I dont mean to say I odnt care... its just that I odnt
understnad that english but still I enjoy it


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-11-08 07:36 [#00940933]
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i know what you mean...but you can often find lyrics on the
internet and that makes it a bit easier
but as i dont speak french it doesnt help much if i have the
lyrics infront of me hehe


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-11-08 07:37 [#00940934]
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but as you said, i love how it sounds and thats good enogh
for me as well :)


 

offline uzim on 2003-11-08 07:39 [#00940937]
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do you have a link with those lyrics?

if it's not too long i can try to translate maybe...


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-11-08 07:47 [#00940946]
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i doubt i could find that...it was recently released and i'd
have to search in french to get any results i think

thanks for the offer though!


 

offline telephasics from miami (United States) on 2003-11-08 20:50 [#00941700]
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well, i love aesop rock and frequently find myself
completely lost when it comes to understanding him but
whatever...hes still fresh.


 

offline _user from rostov-on-don (Russia) on 2003-11-08 21:32 [#00941727]
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the whole album's in french?


 

offline Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2003-11-08 21:34 [#00941730]
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when it comes to lyrics, i usually like to hear lyrics that
mean something - but if the music is wonderful enough, they
could speak Martian for all I care as long as I enjoyed it.
:D

Music is the universal language. The dialect that breaks all
barriers.


 

offline _user from rostov-on-don (Russia) on 2003-11-08 21:38 [#00941735]
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i have funy hip-hop compilation... there's one french
track, one austrian track (called languagr barriers) and
there're teams from australia, israel, japan, portugal,
greece.......


 

offline Oddioblender from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2003-11-08 21:39 [#00941738]
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that sounds groovy and unique. :D


 

offline _user from rostov-on-don (Russia) on 2003-11-08 21:42 [#00941741]
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yaeh......greak hip-hop's groovy ^_^


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-11-09 06:50 [#00941937]
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here's an idea - music labels could start putting short
files with lyrics on cd's (perhaps even with translation
into english), that would be pretty helpfull :)


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-11-09 07:03 [#00941942]
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sometimes imporrtant sometimes not, sometimes i could not
carre less what they arre saying if it sounds bloody good.


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2003-11-09 07:09 [#00941945]
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my point is tolstoyed, if you arre enjoying the album
without knowing what is being said then therre's no prroblem
you don't need to know what is being said.

if you did know you might like the album morre... orr less.


 

offline Ganymede from Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius on 2003-11-09 12:14 [#00942378]
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I find that I can enjoy albums without understanding all the
lyrics (if they're in another language). It just makes me
want to study those languages though, in order to increase
my enjoyment.


 

offline danbrusca from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-09 12:41 [#00942408]
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I would rather have French lyrics I don't understand than
English ones I do, but which are crap.


 

offline danbrusca from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-09 12:41 [#00942411]
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Hebrew rap rocks.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2003-11-09 12:44 [#00942419]
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so most of us think about the same about this...but really,
lyrics is probably the most important element in rap/hip
hop...

i'll continue buying french rappers tho :)


 

offline Ganymede from Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius on 2003-11-09 22:39 [#00943189]
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Good point -- there have been times I've been a little
disappointed when I've gotten around to translating lyrics
only to find that they're not that deep -- should have left
them mysterious in their native tongue.


 

offline _user from rostov-on-don (Russia) on 2003-11-09 23:05 [#00943214]
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when i started to listen ae, boc etc [almost] everything
became just a sound (no more, no less) for me.... so i
don't care much about lyrics (i actually don't care about
anything).....though sometimes lyrics can be interesting


 

offline _user from rostov-on-don (Russia) on 2003-11-09 23:13 [#00943219]
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here's one of my favourite songs
i don't know what language of the song, but i like it


 


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