VOCODER HIP HOP

california love?

i thot that was autotune or something.

No way, man, that's vocoder king Roger Troutman from Zapp doin alla dat!

MORE BOUNCE TO THE OUNCE

jon, it's not quite hip hop, but you really can't do any wrong with the first couple of Zapp or Roger albums. they are fukking great

also:

Zapp
Zapp: (Warner Bros 1980)
* "More Bounce to the Ounce"
A Lighter Shade of Brown's "Bouncin"
Above the Law's "Return of the Real S--t"
Bobby Demo's "Ounce Rap"
Bloods & Crip's "Shuda Been. . ."
Boss's "I'm Comin to Getcha"
Breeze's "LA Posse"
Brotha Lynch Hung's "Had 2 Gat Ya"
Candyman's "Oneninehundredskytalk"
Compton's Most Wanted's "Growin' up in the 'Hood"
Compton's Most Wanted's "Hit the Floor"
Coolio's "County Line"
Daddy-O's "Brooklyn Bounce"
DJ Quik's "Way 2 Fonky"
Digital Underground's "Shake and Bake"
Digital Underground's "Sons of the P"
EPMD's "You Gots to Chill"
EPMD's "You Gots to Chill '97"
Heavy D's "More Bounce to the Ounce"
Ice Cube's "Jackin' for Beats"
Ice Cube's "Look Who's Burnin'"
Ice Cube's "What Can I Do?"
Insane Clown Posse's "Dog Beats"
Kris Kross's "Shame"
Low Profile's "Pay Ya Dues"
Masta Ace's "Slaughtahouse"
MC Breed's "No Future in Yo' Frontin'"
Notorious BIG's "Going Back to Cali"
Paperboy's "The Nine Yards"
Professor X's "What's up G?"
Professor X's "Close the Crackhouse"
Public Enemy's "Anti-N----r Machine"
Public Enemy's "1 Million Bottlebags"
Redman's "So Ruff"
Rodney O & Joe Cooley's "Get Down with the Lyrical Strangla"
Rodney O & Joe Cooley's "U Don't Hear Me Tho'"
Rodney O & Joe Cooley's "Wake up New York"
Ron C's "?"
South Central Cartel's "Ya Getz Clowned"
Shante's "Trick or Treat"
Snoop Dogg's "Snoop Bounce"
South Central Cartel's "Servin' 'em Heat"
South Central Cartel's "Had to Be Loced"
Spanish Fly's "Kill 4 Thrillz"
Threat's "24-7"
Threat's "The Dogs are Loose"
YGD's "Going Back to Cali"
Volume 10's "Pistolgrip Pump"
WC & the Maad Circle's "U Don't Work, U Don't Eat"
Wu-Tang Clan's "Method Man"
X-Clan's "Heed the Words of a Brother"
X-Clan's "Xodus"
* "Be Alright"
Big Daddy Kane's "Prince of Darkness"
Da Brat ft Krayzie Bone's "Let's All Get High"
H-Town's "Knockin' the Boots"
Keith Murray's "Danger"
Poor Righteous Teachers's "Shakyila"
South Central Cartel's "U Gotta Deal Wit Dis"
Tupac's "Keep Ya Head Up"
Yo-Yo's "So Funky"
* "Coming Home"
Professor Griff's "Jail Sale"

Zapp II: (Warner Bros 1982)
* "Dance Floor"
Beastie Boys's "Hey Ladies"
Compton's Most Wanted's "I Don't Dance"
DJ Master T's "Wind Me Up"
EPMD's "Chill"
Erick Sermon's "Stay Real"
Erick Sermon's "Safe Sex"
Fu-Schnickens's "Breakdown"
Jungle Brothers's "U Make Me Sweat"
Keith Murray's "Danger"
Redman's "Blow Your Mind"
South Central Cartel's "South Central. . ."
Threat's "Sucka Free"
Tupac & Snoop Dogg's "Wanted Dead or Alive"
Armand Van Helden's "Ultrafunkula"
* "Doo Wa Ditty"
Compton's Most Wanted's "Hit the Floor"
Everlast's "Never Missin' a Beat"
Kid Sensation's "Seatown Ballers"
Paperboy's "Ditty"
* "Playin Kinda Ruff"
Redman's "Time 4 Sum Aksion"

Zapp III: (Warner Bros 1983)
* "I Can Make You Dance"
Compton's Most Wanted's "I Don't Dance"
Das EFX's "Straight from da Sewer"
Erick Sermon's "The Ill S--t"
Natas's "Dance"
Redman's "Blow Your Mind"
Tupac's "I Get Around"
* "Heartbreaker"
Blackstreet's "Booti Call"
Detroits Most Wanted's "The Money is Made"
Fu-Schnickens's "Breakdown"
Heavy D's "Take Your Time"
KAM's "Neva Again"
L.B.C. Crew's "Beware of My Crew"
Public Enemy's "Monkey Off My Back"
Slum Village's "Give This N---a"
Threat's "Ass Out"

The New Zapp IV U: (Warner Bros 1985)
* "Computer Love"
Bloods & Crip's "Piru Love"
Celly Cell's "Going down Tonight"
Christion's "Your Love"
Click's "Scandalous"
Digital Underground's "Digital Lover"
Jodeci's "What about Us?"
Lootpack's "Speaker Smashin"
Mic Geronimo's "It's Real"
MOP's "To the Death"
Notorious BIG's "Me and My B---h (Live from Philly)"
Redman's "Blow Your Mind"
Tupac's "I Get Around"
Tupac's "Temptations"
Tupac ft Jewell, Dramacydal and Storm's "Thug Passion"
Zapp ft Roger's "Slow and Easy"

and:

Roger (Troutman)
The Many Facets of Roger: (Warner Bros 1981)
* "So Ruff, So Tuff"
Beastie Boys's "Hey Ladies"
Black by Demand's "All Rappers Give Up"
Breeze's "Watch the Hook"
Compton's Most Wanted's "Hit the Floor"
Domino's "Jam"
Ice Cube's "How to Survive in South Central"
Ice Cube's "My Summer Vacation"
Ice Cube's "What Can I Do?"
Maestro Fresh Wes's "Showing You"
Mistress & DJ Madame E's "Let it Go"
Rodney O & Joe Cooley's "Get Down with the Lyrical Strangla"
South Central Cartel's "South Central. . ."
Tupac ft Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman's "California Love"
Yo-Yo's "Mama Don't Take No Mess"
* "I Heard it Through the Grapevine"
Black Sheep's "Strobelite Honey"
Criminal Nation's "It's a Black Thing"
DJ Quik's "When You're a Gee"
Digital Underground's "Shake and Bake"
Keith Murray's "Bom Bom Zee"
Tupac's "Holla if You Hear Me"
X-Clan's "Funk Liberation"
* "Do it Roger" (Intro)
Ice Cube's "Givin' up the Nappy Dug Out"
Tam Tam's "Do it Tam Tam"
Tupac's "I Wonder if Heaven's Got a Ghetto"
Tupac's "Black Starry Night (Interlude)"

Unlimited!: (Reprise 1987)
* "I Want to Be Your Man"
Lil' Troy's "Where is the Love"

Bridging the Gap: (Warner Bros 1991)
* "You Should Be Mine"
EPMD's "Crossover"

ALSO:

RICARDO VILLALOBOS - EASY LEE

more bounce to the ounce is awesome.

i've been playing a lot of Zapp around the house lately and the lady always complains. she says it reminds her of her latina college roommate who would play the stuff incessantly

The last song Roger Troutman ever recorded on was Kool Keith's "Master of the Game", which happens to kick laden truckloads of ass.

Mantronix

i got a great remix of 'The Message' from a Terranova mix featuring Mongril and lots of garbled Speak & Spell style vox

richardo villalobos isn't Hip-Hop.