I'm not particularly thrilled having to use 'hip-hop' as the topic... But it'll do. This is about rap tho. Please list your top 10 rap artists/rappers. They don't need to be in order. No, vanilla ice doesn't count.
In no particular order: (and sorry if i cant keep it at ten, damn) Immortal technique 2pac Eminem Big L Big Pun Nas Slug (from atmosphere) Black Thought (the roots) Dj Quik Method Man Scarface Common Ice cube Artists who almost make it: Jay-Z Xzibit Snoop Dogg Ludacris Techn9ne Twista Didnt add many underground artists. Cant remember many more right now.
Eminem Slim Shady B-Rabbit Marshall Mathers Lmfao jk Eminem Crooked I Kendrick Lamar Macklemore Royce da 5' 9" Tech N9ne Jay-Z Joe Budden Hopsin I know I'd put PAC in there somewhere but I haven't listened to him enough to firmly decide . Same with biggie.
@[member="pokesmot247"] A immortal fan? Nice! I shouldn't have missed that one. Dude can rip freestyles that blow your brains out. @[member="Soulus_Ronin"] Seeing tech 9 and hopsin is also cool.. Hop shoulda been on a long time ago if the whole thing with eazy he's wife didn't go down the way it did. Look... I mentioned yall's names lmao Well em smashed budden so...
My ten in no particular order. Slug (Atmosphere) Tupac Lupe Fiasco GZA Big L Eminem NAS 50 Cent on the album "Guess who's back?" Biggie Smalls Mos Def
Em smashed budden? How and when? And Tech and Hop where one of first rappers I started listening to to get a feel for underground scene. And hopsin is a prime example of artists who get passed up because of the mindset of The masses.
Atmosphere kinda sorta got too popular I think.. And then got mackle-jacked, (the act of having macklemore steal your style) but he had some gems. Gza.. Fuck yeah. Mos def.. Yes. And Talib kwali too
I left mos def and lupe fiasco off the list....shouldnt have because they got amazing flows...but i agree dude!
I thought they were supposed to battle and budden backed out.. I could be wrong tho! He did talk some shit on him back in the early d-12 stuff tho.. Just can't think of it.. That reminds me.. Jay-z got eaten alive on blueprint 2 - renegade trying to have em on a song for popularity lmao.
Well hell, if were gonna go underground, we gotta bring up some greats Hope you dont mind some videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBwhKC2pvWg&feature=youtube_gdata_player Specifically vinnie paz Aesop rock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEBGCOCxLgA&feature=youtube_gdata_player Papoose http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM9eo6pKvlQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player Ahmad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-33P6EFgEc&feature=youtube_gdata_player Lupe fiasco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XIuitrUYPo&feature=youtube_gdata_player To name a few
Whose style has Macklemore stolen? Honestly, I think dude has been one of the most original rappers out there all around with style, delivery and content. Dude is just really well rounded IMO not just another Eminem wannabe Like MGK, he took his own path and went with it and I respect that.
Ehhh I guess. I don't discredit Jay-Z for being outperformed on his own track, that happens pretty much with anyone who raps with Eminem, he's rapped with: Lil Wayne, T.I, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Kanye,Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z, Nas, Busta Rhymes, and others I forget and has outperformed every single one of them. The only people I think that have been on a track with Em and could actually light a candle were Royce da 5' 9" and Crooked I. I think Tech N9ne could prolly keep up with Em too but simply in delivery
Im not going to lie, I haven't listened to enough of the dudes work to say I don't like him. He just sounds very similar to slug to me.
@[member="tallglassesofmilk"] Never heard Atmosphere. I gotta check all these dudes out: Immortal Technique Atmosphere T.I Etc Funny thing is, I'm part of a rap battle forum (or was, I went inactive like 1 year ago or so)and I don't ever remember talking this much about just rap as a genre, different artists and stuff
Rap and hip hop culture are the new rock and roll. Kanye says some intelligent things here and there lol. I think we all have our favorites but @[member="llllllllll"] made some good points about the numbers. T.I. has a ton of features. He's sold plenty of records. He's made some seriously successful albums. I think there is a top ten and he ain't in it. Neither is kanye west. Neither is 50. They're like mids... Or the shelf just below top.
Lmfao we've been talking about music so long I forgot we were on a weed forum and almost didn't get that last reference. Honestly, I think the same way with T.I, I haven't heard enough from him to Solidify but for me he's above average. I'd put him Above 50 prolly below Kanye West. Kanye pulls some shit from time to time. (You can skip from HERE: You know who else is like that? Fucken Drake. Everytime I'm like ahh this song's alright I've heard better, he drops this one line and I'm like where the fk did that come from. For instance, he had this song Pound Cake with Jay Z and through the song Drake just has this really mellow flow that gets you relaxed but it makes it hard for him to stand out y'know? But then at the end he's like "You know it's real when you are who you think you are" and I don't know I think maybes I was high or some shit but he has these singular profound lines that get me that keep him somewhat relevant in my eyes. Rant over lol To HERE) Back to the point, I always thought it was abullshit angle to judge someone based on the records they've sold. Lil Wayne is living proof that that's not a sure fire correlation.