Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

[mike24forever]

Re: Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

Not a single person you have ever posted would even be allowed to wash the **** off the shoes of Em, Jay, Tupac, Biggie, etc.

I would love to see the full list of 20 people you can come up with that'd even deserve to be mentioned in the same thought as any of the classics. And yes, those four and others mentioned in this thread are classic, all time greats whether you've listened to every rapper out there or not.

Could not agree with you more.

[LetThatBoyCook]

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Wale and J. Cole are two of my favs in the game right now, but no way they came close to how poetic Tupac was.

[Chrisksaint]

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As far as going against some unpopular opinions:

-I think Eminem's "Recovery" is his best CD top to bottom.

It's hard to really say for me as I loved the Eminem Slow and Slim Shady LP was solid too, but I think the whole Recovery album is still on my iphone which I don't usually do with albums as I just pick a few songs.

Tupac/Biggie are to me 2 of the greatest of all times, I haven't heard too much Biggie but there hasn't been a single song of them I haven't liked. Still think I haven't heard one or of 2 Tupac albums either

[justblaze09]

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Guys, y'all do realize that Biggie only got to put out 2 albums right? All he had to do was not go out to Cali, and I know for a damn fact his catalog would be as long as Jay-Z's and just as good.

[areobee401]

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Not a single person you have ever posted would even be allowed to wash the **** off the shoes of Em, Jay, Tupac, Biggie, etc.

I would love to see the full list of 20 people you can come up with that'd even deserve to be mentioned in the same thought as any of the classics. And yes, those four and others mentioned in this thread are classic, all time greats whether you've listened to every rapper out there or not.

Music is subjective. Just because so and so is widely recognized as being a "legend" doesn't mean someone has to rank them as such. While I don't agree with the list Fly posted, that's his list and you have to respect that.

I can guarantee my top 20 list would look completely different and leave people shaking their head in disagreement.

And Eminem should never be mentioned in the same sentence as Jay, Tupac or Biggie.

Guys, y'all do realize that Biggie only got to put out 2 albums right? All he had to do was not go out to Cali, and I know for a damn fact his catalog would be as long as Jay-Z's and just as good.

Can you imagine the club bangers Biggie would have put out in the 2000's. Same thing with Big Pun. **** would have been amazing.

Also would have been interesting to see what kind of music Big L. would have made with Rocafella. Unfortunately we will never know.

[LionsFanNJ]

The fact Big L JUST got the deal before being put to rest was a major bummer. I know I was hype when it was said he signed a deal to the Roc.

[Chrisksaint]

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And Eminem should never be mentioned in the same sentence as Jay, Tupac or Biggie.

I don't really agree with this statement, but i've never really been a big fan of Jay-Z so meh

[Jdoug312]

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Whoa whoa, wale and cole are more poetic? By what standards?

Off the top of my mind:

Ambitious Girl
Ambitious Girl 2
The War
DC or Nothing
Diary
The Problem
Theory 11.1.11

J. Cole isn't poetic, I mentioned him (Wale is in this category as well) as rapping about society's issues. Pretty long list, will post if you want.

[TheShizNo1]

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Awesome

[jmood88]

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20 of my favorites:

GZA
Nas
Max B
K-Rino
Z-Ro
Aesop Rock
Lil Flip
Plies
Jay Electronica
MF DOOM
Young Dro
Blu
Earl Sweatshirt
Young Jeezy
Lauryn Hill
Curren$y
RZA
Hurricane Chris
Lecrae
Danny Brown

Meh, just a rough list. Em and Biggie may crack in there on some days. Tupac and Jay just bore me. Sorry.

DOOM, Aesop Rock, Nas, RZA, Earl, and Blu are actually better than Jay, Pac, and Biggie technically. With Em, you could argue.

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[kingkilla56]

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The Hurricane **** caught me off guard; seriously though Fly?

[jvalverde88]

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20 of my favorites:

GZA
Nas
Max B
K-Rino
Z-Ro
Aesop Rock
Lil Flip
Plies
Jay Electronica
MF DOOM
Young Dro
Blu
Earl Sweatshirt
Young Jeezy
Lauryn Hill
Curren$y
RZA
Hurricane Chris
Lecrae
Danny Brown

Meh, just a rough list. Em and Biggie may crack in there on some days. Tupac and Jay just bore me. Sorry.

DOOM, Aesop Rock, Nas, RZA, Earl, and Blu are actually better than Jay, Pac, and Biggie technically. With Em, you could argue.

[phenom1990]

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If Biggie didn't get shot, how much of an impact do you think it would have had on Jay Z and Nas career path?

[ProfessaPackMan]

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You're on Bath Salts and Dippas if you think V-Nasty and Kreayshawn are very good female rappers, unless your standards for female rappers are reallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll low, LOL.

The Hurricane Chris part ****ed me up too just for the fact that I wasn't expecting that at all.

Even Lil Flip caught me off guard because Flip last hot joint was The Leprechaun and that was over 12 years ago and I'm not counting his crap he put out once he went mainstream status.

DOOM, Aesop Rock, Nas, RZA, Earl, and Blu are actually better than Jay, Pac, and Biggie technically. With Em, you could argue.

What do you mean technically? Either they are or they're not.

Can you imagine the club bangers Biggie would have put out in the 2000's. Same thing with Big Pun. **** would have been amazing.

I don't know man, people forget Cash Money/Slip N Slide had the Clubs on lock(outside of the Northeast obviously). I do think Biggie/Puffy would've eventually split up though.

But yeah:

-Big L is/was the best rapper to come from NY with Biggie a close second.
-Jay Z has 2 classic albums(Reasonable Doubt and Blueprint). Everything else has either been average or mediocre.
-P.Diddy and the Family-The Saga Continues is an underrated album.
-Restless by Trae Tha Truth is a classic album that never gets enough credit.

[Jdoug312]

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If Biggie didn't get shot, how much of an impact do you think it would have had on Jay Z and Nas career path?

Why would he have had any impact? Honest question.