Best rap songs?
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Agree. I use to love rap before it turned to pop.
We had BIG (the best), 2PAC, Eminem, Dre, Snoop, DMX, Wu Tang, Nas, Red Man, Lauryn Hill, etc. The 90s really were the golden age for rap.
We still got Em but I feel like he past his peak 10 years ago. He hasn't done anything real good in 5+ years... like Jay Z. And when he raps these days it sounds like he's rapping the same song over and over with different words. He said that himself in his most recent track (which was shit). And when you go as mainstream as he is it's hard to stay relevant unless you keep collab'n with younger artists. I just see Em at 43 moving to the legacy stage of his life aka retired.
Dre's just producing. He'll never stop that and can stay relevant as long as he wants. Will prob be releasing new shit when he's 80.
The rest, Snoop, DMX... as Timberlake said to TI "just dead and gone". Jay Z I think will fade out like Em.
So all we're really left with are Kanye, Lil Wayne & Drake? LOL. I have no fucking clue where Drake even came from. Like 1 day he was a noname. Nobody fucking knew him. The next day he strikes a deal with Sprite. Suddenly his face is all over YT. After that he was famous. Which is why I don't drink Sprite anymore.
Then there's the young up & comers like BankRoll Fresh, DRAM, Cousin Stizz, Maxo Cream... I'm c&p these stupid fuckn names from complex cause I have no idea who any of them are.
The real obvious issue is I don't follow rap like I use to. I'm only 33 but the older I get the harder it is to follow younger dudes. Cause when I think of "rap" I think of just 1 person, BIG. When I think of a truly authentic rap song, I think of "Gimmie The Loot." That 1 song represents everything rap was intended to be. Hard as fuck, little to no instrumentals, just a fat angry fuck on the mic with the meanest voice & flow I ever heard shouting about killing pregnant women, cops, everyone.
And ultimately I blame the 2nd best rapper who ever lived (PAC) for raps demise. Cause he couldn't keep business and personal life separate. He literally killed rap with his 1 track "Hit Em Up." He was just a loud, dramatic, egotistical 120lb punk who turned the whole East Coast on his ass & got himself killed. Then BIG who was a really humble and talented dude gets killed over nothing. It should have been PAC, Suge and P Diddy who died. BIG never wanted anything to do with the drama, tried to stay out of it but PACs dumb ass just couldn't STFU.
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BreaknBrix, I think it goes deeper than just a song feud. There was REAL POWER that was being developed by the hip hop of the 90s. Tupac and Biggie were capable of movements. I don't think they died, along with TRUE HIP HOP, as coincidence. Call it conspiracy to commit mental murder. Look at the non-thought-provoking garbage everywhere. Music is powerful, it can transcend social barriers. Now, all genres, have gone to complete shit. The hardest song to come out of the post 90's was by Rihanna - So Hard.
To stay on topic, I've given up on anything new. 1999 is the cutoff date of any genre I'll let play through. Unless Tool.
To stay on topic, I've given up on anything new. 1999 is the cutoff date of any genre I'll let play through. Unless Tool.
Capo Dei Capi
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Even 2pac and biggie music was mostly mindless garbage it just didn't look stupid like what most of rap has become today.
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I don't think such a blanket statement is fair. They both talked about overcoming struggle. And THAT is where the power blossoms.
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Their music helped to brainwash a generation of certain persons and kept them from overcoming struggle.
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soldier of Allah also not bad
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I don't think you understand what you are talking about. But that's okay. I guess Irish Rap is where it's at? lmfao
Capo Dei Capi
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Alot of countries have superior rap to what is here in the states. All it is here is pretty much clown music or pro cop killing music.
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Yes. This is the case. After those two died, the rap industry was geared to materialistic goals, shooting bros, and "pimping hos," . Yes even whitey can sell a rhyme, in today's market now.
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Just to throw some substance...
This, is real hip hop. It doesn't get churned out on a yearly basis, because it's more than the chains and rides...
This, is real hip hop. It doesn't get churned out on a yearly basis, because it's more than the chains and rides...
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The thing is that before you didn't have to look for good rap, because the main stream was good for the most part. Now, look around...
Real hip-hop is definitely dead, at least as we know it.
You can find good performers nowadays too, but that's not it.
All the main stream US stuff is trash now, must be some decent less known guys about though.
I always listen to UK rap, not really hip hop though its a lot faster like:
Loads of good rappers about here: devlin,skepta,ghetts,chipmunk,bugzy malone,english frank etc
I always listen to UK rap, not really hip hop though its a lot faster like:
Loads of good rappers about here: devlin,skepta,ghetts,chipmunk,bugzy malone,english frank etc
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1morenoob, I'm really big into DnB, and the one thing I HATE is the MC's over from UK that just puke over these bad ass tracks. But it's because they fall off the beat. Some of them though, are INCREDIBLE.
I wish the bad dudes, like Immortal Technique, and Lowkey would put more stuff out. It's been about 5 years each. But they both refuse to sell their souls to these record label devils!
I wish the bad dudes, like Immortal Technique, and Lowkey would put more stuff out. It's been about 5 years each. But they both refuse to sell their souls to these record label devils!