Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

[DukeC]

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Basura = Garbage

Wiz, Mac and Big Sean all have the same thing in common.

I find it funny that you said Mac Miller can rap but never really show it but then say Wiz never spit anything dope lol...That is subjective and I listen to all 3 about the same and can honestly say that they are pretty much the same with Big Sean being the superior...

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I've always felt that Wiz just comes out with consistently bad songs. Mac comes out with consistently below average songs (which is better than bad) and Big Sean is just "Meh". There's no denying Big Sean has talent. But he wants that money more than he wants to be respected....

In fact, most of the entire weed smokin party rappers are straight garbage. Coincidence? No, because they all wanna be commercial, and be hits on the radio. And we all know how the radio is....

I'm not telling you guys anything ya'll don't already know

[Reaman]

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YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HATE ME FOR THIS.

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[trobinson97]

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I'm actually surprised. Wonder if he wrote that himself.

[cubsfan203]

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I'm actually surprised. Wonder if he wrote that himself.

I don't think he's written any of his songs so I doubt it. Didn't he try to get in the BET Cypher with a verse written by Ludacris?

[BlueNGold]

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YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HATE ME FOR THIS.

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[justblaze09]

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NSFW

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From what I can tell, this didn't make Take Care. Lil Wayne isn't annoying for once.

[BlueNGold]

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Nicki Minaj in that Big Sean Dance (***) video.....

Ahem. Excuse me for a second.

[justblaze09]

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http://rapgenius.com/posts/Wale-the-...esis-of-j-cole

Read that this morning and it was interesting

[BlueNGold]

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http://rapgenius.com/posts/Wale-the-...esis-of-j-cole

Read that this morning and it was interesting

Being a J. Cole fan and not a Wale fan must be like thinking your identical twin is ugly. There really is no artistic distinction between them. Both are co-signed by Illumanti members of the highest degrees and craft conscious-esque rap songs with the same overarching message.

It was a pretty decent read. What I quoted from the article seemed stupid to me though.

The intro to the article has them comparing Wale and Cole's verses on Beautiful Bliss and how they were completely different from each other, yet because they're supposedly so similar you're basically dumb for liking one but not the other?

Personally I like one (take a guess), but the other I wouldn't even really consider myself a fan. Don't get me wrong, I've bumped Wale songs before and enjoy some of the music he puts out, but it's not like I go out of my way to search for his music or anything that a true Wale fan would do.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I wouldn't call anyone dumb but it would seem kind've "odd" to like one but not the other when they both are basically mirror images of each other except one is light skin and the other is dark skin.

The main benefactor from this whole “Light skin is good, dark skin is bad” situation has to be Drake. Drake is a very talented individual with a hook for crafting some of the best melodies this side of Michael Jackson and Berry Gordy. However, some of his songs walk the very thin line from “Crazy in love” to “Man, this guy is such a creeper”. In fact, they teeter on that border so well that you can’t imagine a dark skin rapper being able to pull off these songs. There’s no way that a rapper that looks like Ace Hood or Meek Mill would be able to pull off a song like “Marvin’s Room”. 50 Cent comes off as incredibly corny when he makes a song like “Best Friend” but Drake can make a “Fall For Your Type” and no one blinks an eye. It’s okay though, it’s cool for light skin rappers to constantly remind you “You don’t need no one else” like on “Sooner Than Later.”
How does this relate to the current question about J. Cole and Wale? It’s pretty simple, actually. J. Cole is viewed as a more relatable artist and a more talented, genuine artist and Wale is viewed as an arrogant, egotistical ******* who needed a major cosign from Rick Ross in order to succeed. Can anyone explain to me the difference in ideology between “I got a dollar and a dream” and “Ambition”? Both are about trying to realize your dreams in the face of adversity. But one rapper is shunned for being ambitious while the other is paraded as a symbol of hope for the everyday man. Both rap about the same material. Both have major rapper cosigns. Both are on major labels and were blowing up on the mixtape circuit. It just becomes a matter of subconscious perception, and it rubs people the wrong way for someone who looks like Wale to be screaming “I’m going to make it no matter what it takes”.

[Jukeman]

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I don't think he's written any of his songs so I doubt it. Didn't he try to get in the BET Cypher with a verse written by Ludacris?

LoL thats probably the verse that he's spitin

[Graphik]

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I wouldn't call anyone dumb but it would seem kind've "odd" to like one but not the other when they both are basically mirror images of each other except one is light skin and the other is dark skin.

Yo, who wrote this up?

[ScoobySnax]

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I don't think it has anything to do with one being accepted a little more because he's light or dark skinned. Actually, that's huge stretch. Wale just made a weaker album in my opinion. I keep going back to More About Nothing because that's when I was introduce to Wale. That mixtape was GOLD! I would put it right up there with The Warm Up and Friday Night Lights. He was still rapping about coming up in the game and the people embraced it because it was quality. In the end, that's all that matters. The music will speak for itself.

[areobee401]

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I'm not really a fan of either one. Guess I'm odd though because I think J. Cole is the better of the two.

Now onto more important stuff.

HEAT

Common - Sweet

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Edit - Jukeman clearly has the best avatar on OS. Fred Savage reppin that #JetLife. With that bad ***** Winnie Cooper by his side.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I don't think it has anything to do with one being accepted a little more because he's light or dark skinned. Actually, that's huge stretch. Wale just made a weaker album in my opinion. I keep going back to More About Nothing because that's when I was introduce to Wale. That mixtape was GOLD! I would put it right up there with The Warm Up and Friday Night Lights. He was still rapping about coming up in the game and the people embraced it because it was quality. In the end, that's all that matters. The music will speak for itself.

That's not the point he was saying though(although the part about light skin-dark skin is very true especially under today's standards).

What he's basically saying is that they're basically the same rapper and talk about the same stuff except one works with an Artist that not too many people like and thus consider that person to be a sellout.

Almost like how someone likes Lupe but not like Nas?