Help From Hip Hop/Rap Heads

[Po Pimp]

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I would say he is more lyrical in that department. Tell me what is 2Pac more Lyrical in? His vocabularies are average. He had a below average metaphor/punchline. One thing for sure is Pac knew how to tell a story in songs like "Brenda's Got A Baby" , "Dear Mama" & "I Ain't Mad At Cha". He's lyrical in that.

I wouldn't say Pac had an average vocabulary. The dude was plenty well read. Even listening to him in interviews, his vocabulary was extensive. You're probably confusing having a vocabulary to having those "big words" be part of his rhyme scheme. Pac would flip a big word on you when it had nothing to do with the rhyme. I like Biggie too, but I wouldn't even say his vocabulary was higher that 2pac's.

Anyways, back to the topic of the thread, has Kool G Rap been mentioned? Big Daddy Kane? What about my hometown MCs, Common and Twista? Did anyone even mention LL Cool J? Scarface? I could go on and on.

[Po Pimp]

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Okay Here is a List


Nas (It Was Written)
Jay-Z (Reasonable Doubt)
Big L (Lifestyles Ov Da Poor & Dangerous)
Big Pun (Capital Punishment)
Notorious B.I.G. (Life After Death)
Wu Tang - (36 Chambers)
Outkast - (Aquemini)
Goodie Mob - (Soul Food)
Scarface - (The Diary, The Untouchable, Emeritus, Made)
Cee-Lo - (Perfect Imperfections, The Soul Machine)
2Pac - (2Pacalypse Now, Better Dayz, Makaveli, Me Against The World, R U Still Down?, Strictly 4 My Niggaz)

Ice Cube - (Lethal Injection)
Bone Thugz N' Harmony (The Art of War)

Added:
Mac Mall - (Illegal Business)
Devin The Dude (Devin The Dude, To Tha X-Treme)
Mos Def & Talib Kweli (Black Star)

Good list man. Let me add to that:

Bone Thugs n Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal
OutKast - Southernplaylaisticaddilacmusik, ATLiens
Common - Ressurection, One Day It Will All Make Sense, Be
Twista - Adrenaline Rush
Ice Cube - Death Certificate

[BlueNGold]

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Anyone listen to Ya Boy from the bay?

This is old but check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIHYVLUJ8Yg

Good call, I love my West Coast rap . YB is tight. Listen to Kush 2009 if anyone is interested in him.

One of my favorite Ya Boy lines off of "Holla At Ya Boy" --
"Who the truth mama let them know/That I keep two 9's like Gretzky, though"

[gopadres]

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Big Daddy Kane, Ice Cube, Eric B. and Rakim have already been mentioned. Here are several other old school rappers/originators and songs/albums:

Doug E. Fresh - "Ladidadi"
Sir-Mix-A-Lot - "Swass" and "Seminar"
Digital Underground - "Sex Packets" (early 90s, not old school, but still original and influential)
Run DMC - "Raising Hell", "Tougher Than Leather"
Kool Moe Dee - "Knowledge Is King"
Beastie Boys - "Licensed To Ill" and "Paul's Boutique"
LL Cool J - "Bigger and Deffer" and "Walking With A Panther"
Kurtis Blow - "Basketball"
Grandmaster Flash - "The Message"

[APD0290]

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Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens (An absolute must)
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Mobb Deep - The Infamous/Hell on Earth (Both are great)
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Big L - Big Picture/Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous
Brother Ali - Shadows on the Sun
Dr. Dre- The Chronic/2001
Lil Wayne- Tha Carter

Not sure if your into his kind of music but Tech N9NE is pretty much amazing in every album.

[jetercanoturn2]

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Lupe Fiasco- dude is a lyrical genius, one of the most underrated MC's of all time.

Check these out:

Food and Liquor
The Cool

[jmood88]

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Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens (An absolute must)

Finally someone else who recognizes how great this album is.

[justplayin]

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Any and All Tupac Albums (but definitly: Strictly for my *****'s and
All eyes on me)

N.W.A

Eazy E

Ice Cube

Ice T

DJ Quik

[BlueNGold]

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Little Brother - Getback

[500bloc]

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8Ball - (Lost)

8Ball & MJG - (On Top of The World, In Our Lifetime, Vol. 1)

[jmood88]

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Little Brother - Getback

The Minstrel Show is a much better album.