Thread: question for those of you who listen to rap/hiphop

Originally Posted by PappyMason

what do you guys prefer

gangsta rap of the 90s - early 2000 (stop snitching, teardrop tats etc)

or the current trend of skinny jeans/ drake type rap

Ask Madmann...

He is a fan of the gangsta lean...

Beastie Boys, De La Soul, Digable Planets, Pharcyde, Aesop Rock, PM Dawn, Tribe Called Quest. I like some of the new stuff Kid Cudi, Lupe Fiasco, N.E.R.D..... Wu-Tang is probably the only hardcore hiphop I can dig. I like some old school gangsta rap just for the nostalgic value of having grown up with it, but I'm more into the positive more humorous and witty stuff, with great wordplay and more poetic....

Rap died with eazy E

Old Triple Six Mafia! Juicy J and DJ Paul still put out some bangers.

Original ugk.

skinny jeans

Slayer are my favorite rap band!




Okay, I was being a smart-ass, but Kerry King (Slayer's guitar player) did play on a couple of Beastie Boy tracks.

I find the early 90's "gangsta" rap very boring. However, I find the current main stream rap mostly talentless and shallow. Drake is a really good rapper, his problem is over-exposure.
I live in the south which is not the best place for hip hop scholars, the "dirty" south rap bullshit is cancer to the industry with the exeption of a few. My playlist will contain neither 90's Ice Cube nor will it contain Lil wayne. Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Brother Ali, Murs, Strong Arm steady, Jay z, Eminem, J Cole, to name a few, would all make it on my ipod if I had one.

rap is like wine, the older..... the better. No social commentary in todays rap , fuck that.

Originally Posted by HialeahChico305

rap is like wine, the older..... the better. No social commentary in todays rap , fuck that.

That's not accurate at all, all the rappers I mentioned (the ones I would put on my playlist) have been known for exactly that.

Originally Posted by Gissurjon

That's not accurate at all, all the rappers I mentioned (the ones I would put on my playlist) have been known for exactly that.

Social commentary was hip-hop back in the days, whole point of hip-hop is to express whats going on within the minorities. Todays hip hop has been destroyed by loud electronic beats and mercenary type lyrics. Rappers you've mentioned are mostly underground rappers ( OLD school rappers) in addition there is no new blood doing the social commentary now in hip-hop.
Main stream hip-hop is Garbage.

I hate Hip-Pop Bubblegum rappers....

Originally Posted by PappyMason

what do you guys prefer

gangsta rap of the 90s - early 2000 (stop snitching, teardrop tats etc)

or the current trend of skinny jeans/ drake type rap

i prefer old school hip, it doenst have to be gangster rap. Back then the mosic had soul, it had a message or a story behind it. Old school nas is the shit stuff liket that. Also today there are many many great hip hop artists, some who tell stories, some who speak a message and some who are just lyrical insane and some who do all three. I like j cole, cassidy, papoose, joey jihad much more underground. guys who realease more mixtapes then albums stuff for the streets and real hip hop lovers. 99% of the time if it plays on the radio i dont listen. Point blank

Tech n9ne goes pretty hard. a sick album was a collab by eminem and royce da 5'9, bad meets evil.

Originally Posted by HialeahChico305

rap is like wine, the older..... the better. No social commentary in todays rap , fuck that.

Sir, your statement was (look at highlighted), you didn't say mainstream rap, in which case, I almost completely agree with you.
However ,none of the rappers I mentioned would be considered old school rappers, the "old school" refers to the earliest wave of rappers (late 70's-mid 80's) . As a matter of fact, Run-DMC are considered to mark the end of the old school.

J cole, Eminem, Jay z, and arguably Mos Def (with his recorded billboard success) are not underground rappers.

And yes there are new rappers that talk about social issues, J cole being one.

Originally Posted by Gissurjon

Sir, your statement was (look at highlighted), you didn't say mainstream rap, in which case, I almost completely agree with you.
However ,none of the rappers I mentioned would be considered old school rappers, the "old school" refers to the earliest wave of rappers (late 70's-mid 80's) . As a matter of fact, Run-DMC are considered to mark the end of the old school.

J cole, Eminem, Jay z, and arguably Mos Def (with his recorded billboard success) are not underground rappers.

jcole was underground hes now starting to get bigger, he is very talented and tells a story in his raps and doesnt just ryme abouts car drugs and jewelry

If you dig no deeper than what they play for you in the media, everything will look watered down. Do some research.

Originally Posted by sofargone561

jcole was underground hes now starting to get bigger, he is very talented and tells a story in his raps and doesnt just ryme abouts car drugs and jewelry

so are 99% of rappers in the beginning, every rapper is underground before being discovered.... He has been signed with Jay Z since 09' at which point it would have been very hard to consider him underground.

ok Beastie boys WU- Tang , Meek Millz, Jarassic 5, Diolated peoples, Biggie, mobb deep,

jay Z, Kanye is crazy but very talented he does all the beats too thats what he was first doing with jay z now he's as big as him! Beanie Segiel, Eminem,
rakim, cool hurc, EPMD, 36 mafia , wow there so many that are good not like these dudes today the onlyone i like is meek and joey jihadand jayz and kanye , from today i hate skinny jeans
hmmm Big L, capone and noreaga, Naz fuck i left out more older stuff to

Originally Posted by Kirk B

ok Beastie boys WU- Tang , Meek Millz, Jarassic 5, Diolated peoples, Biggie, mobb deep,

jay Z, Kanye is crazy but very talented he does all the beats too thats what he was first doing with jay z now he's as big as him! Beanie Segiel, Eminem,
rakim, cool hurc, EPMD, 36 mafia , wow there so many that are good not like these dudes today the onlyone i like is meek and joey jihadand jayz and kanye , from today i hate skinny jeans
hmmm Big L, capone and noreaga, Naz fuck i left out more older stuff to

You just described the late 90's in my room....or headphones

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Originally Posted by Kirk B
ok Beastie boys WU- Tang , Meek Millz, Jarassic 5, Diolated peoples, Biggie, mobb deep,

jay Z, Kanye is crazy but very talented he does all the beats too thats what he was first doing with jay z now he's as big as him! Beanie Segiel, Eminem,
rakim, cool hurc, EPMD, 36 mafia , wow there so many that are good not like these dudes today the onlyone i like is meek and joey jihadand jayz and kanye , from today i hate skinny jeans
hmmm Big L, capone and noreaga, Naz fuck i left out more older stuff to


You just described the late 90's in my room....or headphones


bro i listen to fat joe older shit he's a beast he went to main stream bu thats where the money is and he still was good tho so idk big pun listen to a song called firewater its on big puns shit youtube it you be like oh shit on fat joes part



i listen to everything tho i can't just do one kind of music bro i love metal 90 grunge 70s classic shit Bob Marley depends the mood ya kno

And just to be an asshole about it, social commentary will always present itself in Art, music especially. The rappers rapping about cars and chains and becoming successful by doing so, tells the listener ALOT about the society of which they pander to. society today revolves exactly around that, material possessions. So if you ask me, today's commercial hip hop is pretty damn accurate in their presentation of the minority group mentality.

If you travel to places where material things matter less, you will usually find little interest in commercial hip hop.

def right when there up and comming there the shit hungry talent money changes them

oh i forgot redman how meth too well he's Wu so


wu Tang and diolated people are some of the best intelligent ones if you really listen

Originally Posted by Gissurjon

And just to be an asshole about it, social commentary will always present itself in Art, music especially. The rappers rapping about cars and chains and becoming successful by doing so, tells the listener ALOT about the society of which they pander to. society today revolves exactly around that, material possessions. So if you ask me, today's commercial hip hop is pretty damn accurate in their presentation of the minority group mentality.

If you travel to places where material things matter less, you will usually find little interest in commercial hip hop.

like if i got rich and on id buy a house and put the money in the bank get 1 car not 20 and put money for the kids collage take care of mom and pop shit like that all the young boys destroyed rap

fuckers
lol

i miss the old shit so bad

but i burn cds and but old classic so thats all i'll play and rock and 70 rock so i'm good they still have stations that play 70s rock still tho so thats not hard to find in the car

Shit goes hard in the gym. I know not lyrical but it gets me pumped.