Those are my all time faves, I guess. 2Pac was a straight up poet. My mom listened to a lot of Biggie and Lauryn Hill as a kid, but I got into 2Pac on my own.
I also like(d) Ice Cube, Common, Eminem's early music. Dr Dre gets credit especially for Eminem and Snoop. I don't listen to much new stuff, but Kendrick Lamar seems to be the best rapper of this era. His music is insanely creative and complex.
I remember my when I was a little kid and Eminem was first becoming a thing, my mom was obsessed with him. She was in the kitchen washing the dishes and had some music channel (maybe MTV) playing in the living room. "The Real Slim Shady" comes on and I remember my mom loved it so much, she stopped the dishes and ran into the living room to find out who the artist was. She was floored when she saw it was a white guy. For the next couple weeks she was so fascinated and would tell her friends, "have you heard 'The Real Slim Shady?' I couldn't believe that was a white boy rapping!" and, "You gotta listen to this boy!" and blah blah blah. He hasn't had a song I really liked since like 2010, but he has a few hits that I love enough to almost bump him up to the first tier.
Kid Rock is a joke, he doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Jay-Z or Nas (who aren't even my faves but are hip-hop royalty), or any of the people I previously mentioned and he gave up rap a while ago anyway. He has become so irrelevant I've met people who actually thought he's been dead for a while.
2Pac was the best poet. Eminem has the best skillz and his 'dis' is unbeatable. Lauryn Hill was a top notch diva AND rapper. And yeah Kendrick is the best of all the new school. His style and poetry is smooth. Also Ice Cube proved that he was the 'brains' of NWA while Dre was the 'soul' (and Easy E was the 'voice').
Yes, Sirlapdancealot. My current tagline is inspired by his short poem about the rose that grew from concrete.
I think a lot of people have a prejudice towards rappers and think all of the hardcore rappers are worthless thugs. I'm sure very few people knew that before 2Pac was a star, he went to Baltimore School For the Arts and studied poetry, jazz, acting, and even ballet. He was in Shakespeare plays and played the Mouse King in a ballet of The Nutcracker. Like he said, his "mama didn't raise no fool."
He was actually a good actor, too. He co-starred with Tim Roth in Gridlock'd, which got pretty good reviews. He showed a lot of potential as an actor, but the acting career was obviously cut short because he was murdered.
I can't believe that Papi hasn't brought up his BFF from down in Miami, Pitbull. After watching the following video, everyone on this site should be a fan of Pitbull :
Warrior15 I forgot about him. His 'Dont stop the party' is one of my favorite vacation songs ever. The second I arrive in my Vegas hotel room in about a month that'll be the first song I play.
Kanye West is the most innovative, honest, and courageous rapper of all time. His music has only gotten better with each album. He's a much greater producer than rapper, but even based purely off his raps he's still a genius. "Bound 2" is my favorite love song of all time. "Power" is still the coolest, most epic rap song I have ever heard. "Famous" captures the Zeitgeist of America in the 21st Century. "Lift Yourself" is Hip Hop Dadaism. He has yet to make a bad album, in my opinion.
MC Hammer is definitely a rapper, and underrated. People gave him trash for sampling Rick James, when sampling is so key to hip-hop. Vanilla Ice is a legitimate rapper too, and was about as good as most radio rappers of his time.
At this point anybody with lil anything in their name should just quit. Lil xan, lil yachty, lil pump, lil uzi vert, lil b, lil debbie is some of the worst garbage ive ever heard. Worse than country even. Lil wayne was dope before the autotune shit.
I like Rick Ross' rhyming and his deep thick voice goes well with his rapping (until recently I didn't know he grew up in a suburb of Miami called Carol City)
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Not a definitive list, but off the top of my head:
Rakim
www.youtube.com
Guru from Gang Starr
www.youtube.com
Big L
www.youtube.com
Kanye West
www.youtube.com
Riff Raff
www.youtube.com
Lil Xan
www.youtube.com
Baby E
www.youtube.com
Rae Sremmurd
www.youtube.com
Ice Cube
www.youtube.com
SchoolBoy Q
www.youtube.com
POLICEMAN
www.youtube.com
YG
www.youtube.com
Yo Gotti
www.youtube.com
And others....
Gotta love Slick Rick
Presently, it's a tie with Kevin Gates and Rick Ross.
If we want to go old school, I'm also a fan of Master P, 2Pac, and DMX.
Favorite rapper: XXXTentacion
Why: He's dead.
Kid Rock - Why ? Because he wants " to open up an escort service for all the right reasons " .
DMX, Jim Jones, Run DMC, Ja Rule, Lil Wayne, Bobby Shmurda,
Fu Schnickens
And for the same reason Warrior mentioned him - Kid Rock! I’m still unsure what all the right reasons are - but that is a great line!
LOL @ Jack
Tracy Lauren Marrow
Eminem
Dayyum Jack you took the words right out of my mouth;)
Silent Bob youtu.be
2Pac
Biggie
Lauryn Hill
Snoop Dogg (early music)
Those are my all time faves, I guess. 2Pac was a straight up poet. My mom listened to a lot of Biggie and Lauryn Hill as a kid, but I got into 2Pac on my own.
I also like(d) Ice Cube, Common, Eminem's early music. Dr Dre gets credit especially for Eminem and Snoop. I don't listen to much new stuff, but Kendrick Lamar seems to be the best rapper of this era. His music is insanely creative and complex.
I remember my when I was a little kid and Eminem was first becoming a thing, my mom was obsessed with him. She was in the kitchen washing the dishes and had some music channel (maybe MTV) playing in the living room. "The Real Slim Shady" comes on and I remember my mom loved it so much, she stopped the dishes and ran into the living room to find out who the artist was. She was floored when she saw it was a white guy. For the next couple weeks she was so fascinated and would tell her friends, "have you heard 'The Real Slim Shady?' I couldn't believe that was a white boy rapping!" and, "You gotta listen to this boy!" and blah blah blah. He hasn't had a song I really liked since like 2010, but he has a few hits that I love enough to almost bump him up to the first tier.
Kid Rock is a joke, he doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Jay-Z or Nas (who aren't even my faves but are hip-hop royalty), or any of the people I previously mentioned and he gave up rap a while ago anyway. He has become so irrelevant I've met people who actually thought he's been dead for a while.
^ Amen Nina!
2Pac was the best poet. Eminem has the best skillz and his 'dis' is unbeatable. Lauryn Hill was a top notch diva AND rapper. And yeah Kendrick is the best of all the new school. His style and poetry is smooth. Also Ice Cube proved that he was the 'brains' of NWA while Dre was the 'soul' (and Easy E was the 'voice').
I just bought a bunch of Wu-Tang Clan recently and forgot how good they were too. Quite possibly the best rap 'band' ever.
2Pac
www.youtube.com
Ice T
www.youtube.com
RA the Rugged Man
www.youtube.com
Canibus
www.youtube.com
Spank Rock
www.youtube.com
A$AP Rocky
www.youtube.com
Schoolboy Q
www.youtube.com
AZ
www.youtube.com
Westside COnnection
www.youtube.com
Luniz
www.youtube.com
Kid Frost
www.youtube.com
Mr Criminal
www.youtube.com
"2Pac was the best poet."
Yes, Sirlapdancealot. My current tagline is inspired by his short poem about the rose that grew from concrete.
I think a lot of people have a prejudice towards rappers and think all of the hardcore rappers are worthless thugs. I'm sure very few people knew that before 2Pac was a star, he went to Baltimore School For the Arts and studied poetry, jazz, acting, and even ballet. He was in Shakespeare plays and played the Mouse King in a ballet of The Nutcracker. Like he said, his "mama didn't raise no fool."
He was actually a good actor, too. He co-starred with Tim Roth in Gridlock'd, which got pretty good reviews. He showed a lot of potential as an actor, but the acting career was obviously cut short because he was murdered.
He was a very talented man.
Eminem youtu.be
BONE Thugs N Harmony youtu.be
Krayzie and Bizzy my favorites)
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Notorious BIG youtu.be
Busta Rhymes youtu.be
E-40 youtu.be
Jay-Z youtu.be
And dedicated to everyone on this board
Ice Cube youtu.be
2 Pac is my favorite of all-time. As far as right now, I’m really into XXXtentacion (not just because he’s dead).
I can't believe that Papi hasn't brought up his BFF from down in Miami, Pitbull. After watching the following video, everyone on this site should be a fan of Pitbull :
www.youtube.com
Warrior15 I forgot about him. His 'Dont stop the party' is one of my favorite vacation songs ever. The second I arrive in my Vegas hotel room in about a month that'll be the first song I play.
I really love kanye..but i like his attitude more. I have many other favorites as well
Chuck D from Public Enemy. Loved Run DMC and 2Pac. Much more into old school hip hop than today's stuff.
No love for Naughty by Nature?
^ I'm down with OPP!
@sirdance lot u like kanye attitude too?
@Nicole1994 I can't stand Kanye. He's a bonehead.
I loved Kanye when he was real. Then he married a Kardashian and went into the sunken place. Can't stand him now. Loved "College Dropout."
The Kardashians are nothing to be jealous about.
My favorite rapper? The one I can't hear or see !
My favorite rapper? Don't listen to that ridicolous crap! I use to think you was a goddess nicole 1994 till you asked a stupid question like that!
SirLDAlot - thank you! That was some good party music!
Vanilla Ice
The Beastie Boys
Exactly none of them.
I spoke too soon. This wrapper stands the test of time -
www.instagram.com
Lol surprised this wasnt done already
www.instagram.com
@countryman i thought u were cool.until u made that stupid comment.lol, seriously:)
I like the wrapper from a freshly printed stack of $100. dollar bills
@25 i like kanye better.
;)
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Geto Boys
www.youtube.com
Songs that feature Nate Dogg
www.youtube.com
Slim Jesus
www.youtube.com
Lil Peep
www.youtube.com
Lil Uzi Vert
www.youtube.com
Lil B
www.youtube.com
Rappin 4 Tay
www.youtube.com
Foesum
www.youtube.com
Mobb Deep
www.youtube.com
The Pack
www.youtube.com
@ NinaBambina
Kanye West is the most innovative, honest, and courageous rapper of all time. His music has only gotten better with each album. He's a much greater producer than rapper, but even based purely off his raps he's still a genius. "Bound 2" is my favorite love song of all time. "Power" is still the coolest, most epic rap song I have ever heard. "Famous" captures the Zeitgeist of America in the 21st Century. "Lift Yourself" is Hip Hop Dadaism. He has yet to make a bad album, in my opinion.
Kid Cudi
www.youtube.com
Tech N9ne
www.youtube.com
B.O.B.
www.youtube.com
Hopsin
www.youtube.com
Lil Debbie
www.youtube.com
Soul’d Out
youtu.be
KB
youtu.be
Buckwheat Groats
youtu.be
To be continued....
I didn't grow up with rap so can't say I have one - used to like MC Hammer back in the day but not sure if he's considered a rapper
MC Hammer is definitely a rapper, and underrated. People gave him trash for sampling Rick James, when sampling is so key to hip-hop. Vanilla Ice is a legitimate rapper too, and was about as good as most radio rappers of his time.
Echo you're all over the place. You fuckin serious with slim jesus, lil uzi vert and lil b? C'mon
Lil debbie is trash. Who are all these other fuckboys?
2-Live-Crew (dem boys were nasty)
Beastie Boys I would listen to ("Brass monkey brass monkey monkey")
I def liked Dr Dre's beats/producing (love the beat of "California Dreaming" and Snoop Dogg's "What's My Name")
At this point anybody with lil anything in their name should just quit. Lil xan, lil yachty, lil pump, lil uzi vert, lil b, lil debbie is some of the worst garbage ive ever heard. Worse than country even. Lil wayne was dope before the autotune shit.
im working on a mixtape
I like Rick Ross' rhyming and his deep thick voice goes well with his rapping (until recently I didn't know he grew up in a suburb of Miami called Carol City)
This is hard to answer.
New skool
A$AP Rocky
Schoolboy@
Kendrick Lamar
RA the Rugged Man
Old Skool
Nas
Rakim
Biggie
Big Pun
Tupac
Kurupt
Jay Z
AZ
Ice T
NWA
Dr Dre
early Snoop Dogg
Eazy E
DJ Quik