UPDATE: The 1st #NoRapHour Listening Session Happened, Here’s The Best Of Posted by Nathan S. on 02/13/13 | Filed under NoRapHour

Like this, but on Twitter

Last week I was on ye olde Twitter when I asked RefinedHype Nation for some music recommendations. What followed was the closest thing I've ever felt on the interwebs to hanging out with a homie and just sharing music for music's sake. In fact, it was so dope that I'm making it an official thing.

Here's the deal:

1) Starting at 4 EST/2 Central/1 Pacific today, jump on Twitter and send @RefinedHype a YouTube link to a dope song. Be sure to include #NoRapHour.

2) If you couldn't tell by the hashtag, don't send me rap. Old, new, rock, pop, gospel, Mongolian folk music, whatever, just not hip-hop. When I ask for rap recommendations I get drowned in rappers promoting their own shit. This isn't about promotion, buzz or hype, this is about music, and the best way to keep it just about music is to leave the rap bubble for an hour.

3) When the hour's up, I'll update this page with some of the best music recommendations.

Maybe this idea will crash and burn, maybe it will be fucking awesome. I don't know, I've never really seen it done before. But I'm going to give it a shot.

So start getting your #NoRapHour playlist ready and join RefinedHype at 4 EST today. You can also follow the #NoRapHour below, and hit the comment section with music if you prefer.

Let's do the damn thing....

UPDATE: Well, I'd say the first #NoRapHour went pretty fucking well. Thanks to everyone who submitted, and my apologies to anyone I didn't get a chance to respond to. It was a pretty solid hour of people throwing dope music my way.

You can check the entire feed below, as well as some of my favorite picks. Enjoy, and start getting your picks ready for next week.

Producers, get to sampling RT @thediggersunionSome Japanese funk you might likehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60pcNG5j4mM #NoRapHour

— Refined Hype (@refinedhype) February 13, 2013

You need this in your life RT @sidsriram Donny's rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Superwoman" youtube.com/watch?v=0x4KqN… … #NoRapHour

— Refined Hype (@refinedhype) February 13, 2013

If y'all dug that Pearl & The Beard, thank@venessarenee. She also put me onto Delta Rae youtu.be/bimam2j2gEg #NoRapHour

— Refined Hype (@refinedhype) February 13, 2013

@refinedhype RadioHead - Paranoid Android - youtube.com/watch?v=sPLEbA… #NORapHour

— Curtiss King (@CurtissKing) February 13, 2013

Gotta get up on my jazz... RT @eddieftw #noraphour youtube.com/watch?v=9w7_cY… … maurice brown - time tick tock aka dope ass jazz trumpet

— Refined Hype (@refinedhype) February 13, 2013

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