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Been studying MF DOOM and Aesop Rock. Who are some other rappers who quickly jump from topic to topic in a loosely threaded narrative?
Literally what are they about and what’s going on. I don’t understand a word of any of the tweets or any of the explanations and I don’t know what the photos are showing but everyone’s reacting like they understand
Edit: I found a good explanation here https://www.reddit.com/r/KendrickLamar/s/5LDojjPvF0
Opinion on goat female rapper?
Obviously people get pressed when I say that Missy Elliot is my goat female rapper. She might be one of the best artists of all time to me.
She’s in the Kanye boat for me, while both aren’t goated Mc’s like others, they make up for their slight lack thereof with incredible creative direction which elevates their music.
In terms of talent, I’m picking Nicki or Lauryn. But Missy’s discography is one no female rapper has reached yet.
Thoughts?
Write a hit song, using Metros own beat. Win the 10k and another free beat.
Would at least be funny.
Snoop has:
Biggie has:
This is a tough on for me because Doggystyle and Ready To Die are some of hip hop's best albums but I'm going with Biggie.
The way J cole tore into Lil Pimp was legendary and one of the best diss tracks to this date.Can’t believe no one brought it up!
I watched an interview with Rubi Rose where she implied that she has dated 21 Savage and Travis Scott when she was underage but they weren’t. Kendrick said that Drake hangs out with other creeps and stuff, so that would make sense. That being said, Kendrick isn’t really saying any other names but Drake’s. I feel like this isn’t new information that Kendrick has learned about Drake, which makes me realize that he was just okay with sitting on this information and going about his life until Drake did something that pissed him off. Everyone is acting like Kendrick has a moral high ground, but are you really that moral if you just ignore something until you can weaponize something like that for a rap beef. If you’re against this type of stuff, why not name drop other predators in the industry and why didn’t you do it a long time ago?
These are in no particular order
1.) Children's Story - Slick Rick
2.) Stan - Eminem
3.) Dance With the Devil - Immortal Technique
4.) I Gave You Power - Nas
5.) I Got a Story to Tell - The Notorious B.I.G.
6.) Regulate - Warren G
7.) Da Art of Storytellin' Pt. 1 - OutKast
8.) It Was A Good Day - Ice Cube
9.) Ms. Fat Booty - Mos Def
10.) I Used To Love H.E.R. - Common
11.) I Seen a Man Die - Scarface
12.) Rewind - Nas
13.) The Hilton - Ghostface Killah
14.) Stray Bullet - Organized Konfusion
15.) Three Sides to a Story - Joe Budden
16.) Brenda's Got a Baby - 2Pac
17.) The Art of Peer Pressure - Kendrick Lamar
18.) 6 N The Mornin' - Ice T
19.) Renee - Lost Boyz
20.) Warning - The Notorious B.I.G.
21.) The Waitress - Atmosphere
22.) Bitch Bad - Lupe Fiasco
23.) Suicide Note - Scarface
24.) Misunderstood - Common
25.) Fast Money - Big Punisher
26.) 4 Your Eyez Only - J. Cole
27.) Undying Love - Nas
28.) Guilty Conscience - Eminem
29.) S.N.I.T.C.H. - Pusha T
30.) Meet The Parents - Jay-Z
31.) More Trife Life - Mobb Deep
32.) Hellucination - Smif-N-Wesson
33.) Casualties of a Dice Game - Big L
34.) In The Trunk - Tech N9ne
35.) Hip-Hop Saved My Life - Lupe Fiasco
36.) Something 2 Live 4 - WC
37.) Murder Was The Case - Snoop Dogg
38.) Duckworth - Kendrick Lamar
39.) Keisha - Dave East
40.) Wet Dreamz - J. Cole
The shit you guys post, sexy redd, ice spice, coi leray make me wish I was never a fan
What song is on your list?
Eminem sat down in an old interview with Sway and told him that “Drake will always be in my good graces because he did something for one of my daughters that I will never forget.”
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLVu9pxp/
Eminem also sat down with Sway and said that “Kendrick is on the top tier of lyricists of all time.” He also performed with him and Dr. Dre at the Super Bowl Half Time Show.
https://youtube.com/shorts/NlDt20ivgs0?si=uTKyY1WEX97dTpVc
What do you think Eminem thinks about this? Whose side is he on?
Long-time fan of his solo stuff on a nutcase to nutcase level. Anyone else, especially more modern type stuff, with similar energy? People in that vein you’d think the average person wouldn’t know about?
Style could and preferably does vary: it’s the vibes here.
Speakerboxxx has a lot of GREAT songs, but i feel like ‘Unhappy' isn’t talked about enough. The lyrics delivered by Big Boi and that chorus is amazing!! What do you guys think 🤔
Is underground rap battles still a thing?
If so, can anyone send a yt link so I can watch?
It's officially a matter of the historical record! https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/11/opinion/kendrick-lamar-drake-battle-winner.html
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I find the timing and title (slant face killah) of conway the machines album odd considering ghostface just dropped his album (set the tone) on the same day.
The only thing that I can't wrap my head around is conway has two wutang features on the album and I doubt method man and especially Reakwon would work with him if they were beefing.
To be more specific, what were newstations and such saying about it whenever it came out?
They all killed it
Is Meth the best feature rapper alive currently? He's killed both with Conway and Ghost that dropped Friday and its been like this for a few years...
I took a break from listening to hip hop for awhile after working at night clubs for years the production just got on my nerves in a major way. I used to be big on underground hip hop so a lot of the artists that I used to listen to a lot are popular now still but I get sick of people easily and want to find something new especially since I stopped listening to new stuff one or two years ago. Do you listen to any newer artists that don’t have that terrible travis scott autotune sound that is so popular now? The “newest” person I listen to who I really like is probably Bigxtheplug. I am going to find more now but thought I would ask for some recommendations too lol they don’t have to be popular. thank you!!
I know their songs but don't listen to them...I was a late teen growing up in the late 90's/early 20's and was blessed to be able to grow up and listen and live through to the golden age of hip hop until my late 20's.
Basically I'm 42 years old now.
This has been some fun stuff to follow in a long time. I was a late teen growing up when Biggie and Pac was going on. This doesn't have the intensity or imminent violence attached to it that Biggie/Pac had but it's gotten nasty. I'm loving it.
I really appreciate all the receipts I'm seeing on Drake...fuck that pedo.
Thank you all to who do all the digging and posting of the goods. Looking forward to see what comes next.
Its funny, Drake bites the rap game like Ja Rule bit his whole look from DMX and Pac, tried to pay for street ties and use it as leverage for a rap beef, then got bodied by 50 for being a total character with no history in his hood. Hip Hop has to clean house sometimes, wondering how drake's career is finna look in 5 yearss
I'm mostly in to heavy metal and punk, but I fell in love with RTJ. now I'm looking for more of that.
He's one of the best producers in my eyes and no one talks about him enough
I got bars like you wouldn't believe.
When it comes time to show even the Illest hip hop heads what you got in the collection there is a playlist we all have. Today I got 2 little known bangers. FUCK YOU by Canibus, and Super Lyrical by Pun and Black Thought. Warmed my heart😂What’s that random dope shit you got that nobody else got?
If every producer you know got into a solo against all war based on the sound of their beats, who would win? They could be rappers who make their own beats, producers who make beats for other people, etc. What producers make the best beats in your opinion?