Alright help a brother out! (Hip-Hop Questions?)

[wwharton]

Re: Alright help a brother out! (Hip-Hop Questions?)

Sorry Jmood. You really could have just said

"Talib is VASTLY overrated.....in my opinion"

Saying anyone in any field or profession is overrated is always an opinion. There is no case in which calling someone overrated is fact.

[jmood88]

Re: Alright help a brother out! (Hip-Hop Questions?)

Sorry Jmood. You really could have just said

"Talib is VASTLY overrated.....in my opinion"

I don't need to say in my opinion really. What makes him great anyway?

[jmood88]

Re: Alright help a brother out! (Hip-Hop Questions?)

The instrumentals on the album "Ear Drum" catered to it and it was overall a great album. His mixtape with Madlib was pretty poor though because he sounded awkward on most of the beats.

Ear Drum was really good and I was surprised.

[SageInfinite]

Re: Alright help a brother out! (Hip-Hop Questions?)

I know that your first inclination is to not download someone's music from this board because they may not be a "real" artist of sorts... but seriously... download b.a.sick's album... he replied to you in this thread. His album is nice.

Co-Sign.

[loccdogg26]

Re: Alright help a brother out! (Hip-Hop Questions?)

I found a box set of The Roots called "Do This Well". It has songs from their early days and original and remix versions of some of their album cuts.

[SageInfinite]

Re: Alright help a brother out! (Hip-Hop Questions?)

Yeah Sage, I peeped you fellas earlier today ya'll dudes are niice, how in the hell do ya'll get all those plays!?!?!?

Ppreciate you stoppin by and checking us out. Ya music is tight fam .

[3rdAnswer]

Re: Alright help a brother out! (Hip-Hop Questions?)

I don't need to say in my opinion really. What makes him great anyway?

Subject matter
Wordplay
Rhyme scheme

I'll give you examples if you'd like...I'm not gonna waste my time if you aren't gonna look at it though.

[pennstlbu]

Re: Alright help a brother out! (Hip-Hop Questions?)

<b>Tech N9ne</b>

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<b>Big Krizz Kaliko</b>

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<b>Kutt Calhoun</b>

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[wwharton]

Re: Alright help a brother out! (Hip-Hop Questions?)

Subject matter
Wordplay
Rhyme scheme

I'll give you examples if you'd like...I'm not gonna waste my time if you aren't gonna look at it though.

in jmood's defense, you've been gettin a bit more up in arms about this than him, lol. post what you got, we're all discussing here. as i mentioned, i'm not as hard on him as jmood but i tend to agree and am curious to what you're thinking also. personally, "subject matter" isn't enough to make anyone good. i don't think that should even be listed. what he has to say is great, especially in today's rap world, but it's only worth mentioning if everything else is in order so that's icing on the cake. you'll have to explain the difference between "word play" and "rhyme scheme". do you mean timing or something?

again, far from garbage but far from GOAT also and a lot put him closer to GOAT than he deserves.

[jmood88]

Re: Alright help a brother out! (Hip-Hop Questions?)

Subject matter
Wordplay
Rhyme scheme

I'll give you examples if you'd like...I'm not gonna waste my time if you aren't gonna look at it though.

Show examples if you want. I don't know why you're so offended though.

[3rdAnswer]

Re: Alright help a brother out! (Hip-Hop Questions?)

in jmood's defense, you've been gettin a bit more up in arms about this than him, lol. post what you got, we're all discussing here. as i mentioned, i'm not as hard on him as jmood but i tend to agree and am curious to what you're thinking also. personally, "subject matter" isn't enough to make anyone good. i don't think that should even be listed. what he has to say is great, especially in today's rap world, but it's only worth mentioning if everything else is in order so that's icing on the cake. you'll have to explain the difference between "word play" and "rhyme scheme". do you mean timing or something?

again, far from garbage but far from GOAT also and a lot put him closer to GOAT than he deserves.

Nobody puts him that close to being GOAT, first of all.

Second of all, I'm defending Kwe so hard because he's one of my favorites...his album with Hi-Tek basically got me through middle school without killing myself.

Word play includes clever similes and metaphors...rhyme scheme is how you structure your writing, essentially.

I'll give you some of my favorite lines by him..

"Kweli -- spruce to the tree, Bruce to the Lee
the real emcee, that your favorite rapper used to be

One by one I knock 'em out like Schoolly D - my rhymes is eulogy
A flea could move a tree, before ya think ya movin me
I black and blue emcees - actin new to me, get smacked stupidly
That lack skills, like the black community lack unity (uh)
Still my rhymes heard like Ali DePhrase
Step off the stage to shouts of "Kweli boomayyay!!""

You get replaced in this game, by Kweli

Place the face with the name
These cats drink champagne and toast to death and pain
Like slaves on a ship talking about who got the flyest chain"



Like thoughts out the back of my mind
Going back in some time
Like when you used to cut and had to go to the back of the line
Look back and you find
Tracks that make you relax and recline
Now cats rap about packing a nine
When they lacking divine
Inspiration
Running out of topics of conversation
Well I drop it in the pocket because rocking's my occupation

[jmood88]

Re: Alright help a brother out! (Hip-Hop Questions?)

Nobody puts him that close to being GOAT, first of all.

There actually are people who do, which is why I think that he's so overrated.

[The 24th Letter]

Re: Alright help a brother out! (Hip-Hop Questions?)

im sure somebbody thinks Fabo of D4L is the GOAT too lol

[SageInfinite]

Re: Alright help a brother out! (Hip-Hop Questions?)

im sure somebbody thinks Fabo of D4L is the GOAT too lol

[wwharton]

Re: Alright help a brother out! (Hip-Hop Questions?)

There actually are people who do, which is why I think that he's so overrated.

exactly... like jmood this isn't the first time I've had this discussion so you can't think everyone thinks like you, 3rdAnswer... or more importantly, that everyone that doesn't is attacking you or something. you're pretty heated about the thought that he may be overrated. I don't really get why.

Anyway, he's got some great tracks which will prove he's got some great flows and lines. Hell, he's even got some garbage tracks with some great lines. No one is saying he has no skill or place in the game at all. Overrated is like grading on a curve... you have to define the curve if you want to say that it's not true. Even now, we have no idea where you place him since you don't think he's the "GOAT" but generally speaking, from people I've talked to, I think he's overrated. It's possible I don't think he's any better than you think he is as doubtful as that may be.

Overrated does not equal bad.