googed Posted August 18, 2011 at 07:03 PM Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 at 07:03 PM I need recommendations for the Chinese rap genre. As someone who learned English as a second language, rap played a big aspect in my ability to understand, and speak English fluently. Moreover, Chinese is a tonal language and a lot of tonal information is lost when you listen to Chinese pop music; rap doesn't have this problem (at least not in my native tonal language). I've been listening to xihapark.com lately but a lot of their artists are Western hip-hop artists. If anyone can make a mixtape recommendation of the most influential Chinese rap artists, say, of the past decade, I'd be really grateful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaoJian Posted August 19, 2011 at 12:26 AM Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 at 12:26 AM I think RAP is not very popular in China, although it has been developing for many years here. I'm a Chinese, in my view, maybe Chinese pronunciation is not quite suitable for this music style, comparing to English word,Chinese character are almost short in pronunciation,so it is hard to lengthen one word in Chinese sentence; plus, unlike English, Chinese language contain 4 kind of tone, so it is harder to express one sentence in a musical rhythm and tune. For your question, I would like to introduce several artists in China. 1. 潘玮柏(pan1 wei3 bo2)Wilber Pan - I think he is one of most famous XiHa artist in China, sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkDSElc2Zus 2. one favorite rap I collect - <北京土著>Beijinger， because I'm a Beijing local, I can say this song is shown with classical beijing dialect， specially 儿话音 er, you also can hear Peking opera background music here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVHxLA-6ACw&feature=related 3. 李小龙(li3 xiao3 long2) http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/iTeDGKFbaho/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creamyhorror Posted August 19, 2011 at 04:23 AM Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 at 04:23 AM I think Mandarin rap often loses the tones too. (But the small amount of rap I hear is mostly from Jay Chou...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
googed Posted August 19, 2011 at 01:00 PM Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 at 01:00 PM LaoJian, thanks, I'll check them out. Creamyhorror, Jay Chou doesn't even need to sing to lose his tones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feihong Posted August 19, 2011 at 03:48 PM Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 at 03:48 PM If Jay Chou were to gargle while singing, he would not be less intelligible. Also, he is mostly a crooner, not so much a rapper. I think Mandarin language hip hop is mostly a wasteland, but I don't follow it so much so maybe it's changed recently. You could try checking out MC HotDog. There is also 铁竹堂. I only have one of their songs, but it's not bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovelanguage Posted August 22, 2011 at 05:32 AM Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 at 05:32 AM I like Rap Music and found it quite useful to learn the language. For mandarin, I would reckon to try the band from Taiwan called S.H.E, can start from this one: Zhong Guo Ren You may google search: zhong guo ren pinyin which it will have pinyin and English translation Hope you would like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiuyan Posted September 1, 2011 at 11:46 AM Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 at 11:46 AM Namewee (明志) is a Malaysia rapper that is pretty good. His lyrics are generally a little more "meaningful" than some rappers, but he tends to rap a lot about Malaysian topics which may not interest you. Here is a sample on youtube Uranu$ (天王星) is a rapper (group) from Guangdong, but most of their music is in Mandarin. The quality of the music is okay, but as you can probably guess from the name the lyrics tend to be very standard/vapid money and girls type stuff. Here is an okay song OneTwoFree (自由發揮) is not quite a rap group, but their music style is very spoken word. Here is a sample http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iggD8_iMOf4&feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiaoxiaocao Posted September 1, 2011 at 12:40 PM Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 at 12:40 PM Check out - 中国说唱兄弟 they got some good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members chrisinewong Posted September 3, 2011 at 04:43 AM New Members Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 at 04:43 AM Check out MC Jin. He is champion of international rap contest. His raps is very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benignant Posted January 10, 2012 at 12:40 PM Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 at 12:40 PM Hey, just checked Mc jin and it's pretty nice but he is from hong kong and sings on cantonese ) songs really weird.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BertR Posted January 10, 2012 at 02:28 PM Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 at 02:28 PM This is a rap song that is (relatively) easy to understand and most tones seem to be respected: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benignant Posted January 11, 2012 at 06:05 AM Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 at 06:05 AM http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzA0MzM3OTAw.html check this out guys it's really nice one. mc jin again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariafuschino Posted May 30, 2012 at 09:19 PM Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 at 09:19 PM In my opinion, Soft Lipa is really good. I really like his album called Winter Sweet, he has more of a mellow feel to his music but he is a good rapper. It's like laid back rap, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoff Posted May 31, 2012 at 02:54 AM Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 at 02:54 AM 爽子 has a grittier style than Soft Lippa. The below isn't particularly gritty, but IMHO one of his best. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKTG8f1fzQo&nomobile=1 - 挂念 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonInvestigator Posted July 18, 2012 at 06:19 PM Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 at 06:19 PM Get yourself down to the Stadium area in Beijing,theres as much rap as you can eat if you search the clubs..the DJ`s are very friendly !! Dont hesitate to ask them for advice..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
马M Posted September 3, 2020 at 10:40 PM Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 at 10:40 PM I've just found this thread. Namewee is one of my favourite artists! I listen to him daily. I love almost all of his songs, they are so catchy, and I like how he can sing in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Malay, Thai, and Japanese! I'm not into his early rap songs as much, though. Anybody else here still listen to Namewee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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