Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

[JODYE]

Idk, I can dig it.

Obviously it's not for everyone, but people have to get out of this thinking that people that rap, can only make rap music.

[Caveman24]

Quote: Originally Posted by 13

Idk, I can dig it. Obviously it's not for everyone, but people have to get out of this thinking that people that rap, can only make rap music.

I enjoy the singing rappers has been singing on hooks for years(50 Cent,Ja Rule). It's just Drake can't sing he sits on the same melodies every time. Here's an example of a Drake singing verse "Oh baby where you going Ooooooh Wooooo Hoooooo Yeah Yeah oh yeah"

[BlueNGold]

Quote: Originally Posted by 13

Idk, I can dig it. Obviously it's not for everyone, but people have to get out of this thinking that people that rap, can only make rap music.

I agree with this.

I feel like if this was released by a traditional R&B artist or a non-rapper then it wouldn't get a negative reaction. I think the same could be said for something like Kanye's 808s & Heartbreak as well, but because we label them as "rappers", then it's almost like they have to be held to only one sound or style of music, which I kind of disagree with.

Obviously older heads won't accept that line of thinking and I get that, but like it or not that's just how things have changed these days. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, I don't really know, but I can respect artists attempting to branch out and try different things.

[Fly3]

Quote: Originally Posted by DamnYanks2

ICP ****ing tools man.

Speaking of ICP, Danny Brown destroyed them on their own track.

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[DukeC]

Quote: Originally Posted by 13

Idk, I can dig it. Obviously it's not for everyone, but people have to get out of this thinking that people that rap, can only make rap music.

That had absolutely nothing to do with it. I just wasn't feeling the song hence the gif summed up my feelings perfectly.

Quote: Originally Posted by BlueNGold

I agree with this. I feel like if this was released by a traditional R&B artist or a non-rapper then it wouldn't get a negative reaction. I think the same could be said for something like Kanye's 808s & Heartbreak as well, but because we label them as "rappers", then it's almost like they have to be held to only one sound or style of music, which I kind of disagree with. Obviously older heads won't accept that line of thinking and I get that, but like it or not that's just how things have changed these days. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, I don't really know, but I can respect artists attempting to branch out and try different things.

No. The song was meh. The beat had nothing going for it. Had nothing to do with Drake singing on it.

Also, since when can we not dislike a song simply because we felt the song sucked?

Why are we making everyone out to have an agenda against said artist? That's tiring to say the least.

[JODYE]

Wasn't pointing to anyone in particular, in fact it was more a general response to Blue putting that disclaimer and me thinking knowing that people would hate on it because it's a pop song. I mean would we need to put a disclaimer on a song where Trey Songz was rapping? No probably not.

If that's why you don't like it, then that's fine with me. I couldn't care less.

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I enjoy the singing rappers has been singing on hooks for years(50 Cent,Ja Rule). It's just Drake can't sing he sits on the same melodies every time. Here's an example of a Drake singing verse "Oh baby where you going Ooooooh Wooooo Hoooooo Yeah Yeah oh yeah"

Singing and Harmonizing are two very different things.

[AndreTheTruth]

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[Reaman]

Quote: Originally Posted by DieHardYankee26

So for some reason I still haven't heard Collared Greens by Q and Kendrick. I just never listened to it. So I figured I might as well go ahead and buy it, because I for sure am gonna buy Oxymoron. But Q still hasn't given a tracklist for Oxymoron and it's not available for pre-order so if I buy it now I'd have to buy the single and then I wouldn't be able to get the credit for already paying for that song when I go buy the album. So now I have to wait for Q to give a tracklist, and that could be the day before the album comes out at this point, as we still don't know when the album is even coming out. Blown.

I feel you on this and wanting to support the artist but I would just try my best to wait it out a bit so you can spend your money at one time wisely. Sometimes I get excited and jump the gun and start buying things but just use your best judgement.