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What Is This Place For?

  • Sharing & Learning about the history and culture of the four main pillars of hip hop:
  1. Rapping, Spitting, Cyphering, Rhyming, MCing

  2. DJing, Beatmaking, Turntablism

  3. Breakdancing, B-Boying, Popping, Locking

  4. Graffiti, Tagging

  • Discussing about hip hop music and sharing the classics

  • Sharing music playlists within discussion

How Should I Post?

  • You need 10 comment Karma to post. Learn how to get Reddit comment Karma here.

  • You need 100 comment Karma to share playlist links from platforms such as Spotify.

  • Keep titles simple and to the point.

  • Any specific questions you have concerning artists, albums, or hip hop music subgenres should be in the title of a post, or as a reply to a post. You can expand on your question in the body of the post.

  • Guides on hip hop related topics are heavily encouraged and you may be awarded with a "Quality Post" flair and added to r/hiphop101's Wiki page.


What Shouldn't I Post?

Do not post your own music here.

  • If you want music feedback, try r/makinghiphop, but make sure to follow their rules.

No self-promotion or networking.

  • This includes either your own or your friend's music, music video, youtube channel, podcast, website, and anything along those lines decided by r/hiphop101's moderation team. That includes the /r/hiphop101 chatroom. This also includes asking to collaborate (networking).

  • Not following this rule is most likely to result in a permanent ban, even more likely if there is a history of spamming multiple subreddits.

No personally attacking people for their opinions or gatekeeping.

  • It is completely okay to talk about somebody else's opinion and offer your take on it. But, it is against the rules to personally attack people. Calling people names or starting inflammatory arguments to rile people up may result in a temporary ban. Continuing this behavior after a temp ban may result in a permanent ban, depending on post history.

  • Gatekeeping is someone deciding who does and does not belong here. Excluding other hip hop fans and discouraging their taste in hip hop is not allowed. This also includes bringing up the race of another user in any context.

  • Please report this behavior. It helps alert the mods to negativity that may be ruining the experience for everyone here.

Topics should stay on the discussion around Hip Hop

  • r/hiphop101 is a place first-and-foremost to talk about and discuss Hip Hop. Any talk about other topics such as politics, religion, or other issues should be centered around the main topic of Hip Hop. These issues are important to Hip Hop, but anything out of bounds of that is for other subreddits and does not belong here.

  • Moderators have discretion to remove any posts or comments that deviate from Hip Hop discussion. And temporary to permanent bans may be warranted depending on severity.

Generally avoid posting new hip hop news/music videos.

  • r/hiphop101 is not r/hiphopheads. There is a reason we do not allow link posts. Posts that sound like news headlines or music video titles will be removed.

Ignoring these rules may lead to a permanent ban. Consider the rules before posting.


Most Importantly

  • This is a place to ask questions/recommendations without worrying about any kind of backlash, so if you know something someone does not, politely educate them rather than berate them.

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2024/05/12
05:00 UTC

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Who are some good "non sequitur" rappers to study?

Been studying MF DOOM and Aesop Rock. Who are some other rappers who quickly jump from topic to topic in a loosely threaded narrative?

2 Comments
2024/05/12
02:25 UTC

3

Can someone explain the EbonyPrince tweets?

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

1 Comment
2024/05/12
02:53 UTC

17

Opinion on Greatest female rapper

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?

104 Comments
2024/05/12
01:59 UTC

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Drake should just write a hit song to Metros BBL drizzy

Write a hit song, using Metros own beat. Win the 10k and another free beat.

Would at least be funny.

23 Comments
2024/05/12
00:09 UTC

7

Who had the better prime: Snoop in 92-95 or Biggie in 94-97?

Snoop has:

  • Deep Cover
  • The Chronic (w/ Dr. Dre)
  • Doggystyle
  • Murda Was The Case Soundtrack
  • His work on Dogg Food (Dogg Pound)

Biggie has:

  • Ready To Die
  • The Conspiracy (w/ Junior Mafia)
  • Life After Death
  • His work on No Way Out (P. Diddler)

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.

27 Comments
2024/05/11
22:30 UTC

6

In light of all the dissing news lately how come no one has mentioned 1985(intro to “the fall off”?

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!

8 Comments
2024/05/11
21:04 UTC

0

How do we feel about the fact that the only reason Kendrick is exposing Drake is due to them beefing?

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?

8 Comments
2024/05/11
11:33 UTC

80

What's the best story told on a Hip-Hop song?

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

220 Comments
2024/05/11
19:57 UTC

0

Where's all the good women rappers?

The shit you guys post, sexy redd, ice spice, coi leray make me wish I was never a fan

41 Comments
2024/05/11
18:14 UTC

40

What Is Your Favorite Song By The Beastie Boys?

What song is on your list?

129 Comments
2024/05/11
17:08 UTC

0

What side is Eminem on? Drake or Kendrick?

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?

15 Comments
2024/05/11
16:55 UTC

25

Artists with similar energy to ODB?

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.

65 Comments
2024/05/11
16:48 UTC

8

Unhappy is one of Outkast’s best songs

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 🤔

1 Comment
2024/05/11
16:39 UTC

7 Comments
2024/05/11
16:04 UTC

3

Underground rap battles

Is underground rap battles still a thing?

If so, can anyone send a yt link so I can watch?

0 Comments
2024/05/11
15:10 UTC

562

New York Times: Kendrick Lamar defeats Drake

279 Comments
2024/05/11
14:29 UTC

49

Who is the best feature artist of all time?

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257 Comments
2024/05/11
14:05 UTC

0

Do Ghostface and Conway the machine have beef?

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.

5 Comments
2024/05/11
13:32 UTC

53

When Em's White America came out, what was the public's reaction?

To be more specific, what were newstations and such saying about it whenever it came out?

61 Comments
2024/05/11
12:01 UTC

3

Who had the best verse on Third Eye Sh*t on 1999??

They all killed it

5 Comments
2024/05/11
11:15 UTC

33

Method Man

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...

35 Comments
2024/05/11
11:00 UTC

2

Any new artists who use zero autotune lol?

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!!

17 Comments
2024/05/11
10:29 UTC

49

Underground hip hop dude checking in...this beef is what I needed in my life.

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.

51 Comments
2024/05/11
06:09 UTC

0

Drake is literally just Ja Rule 2, truly wondering if this is the Back Down that starts the downfall

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

101 Comments
2024/05/11
05:22 UTC

7

looking to add some rap to playlist

I'm mostly in to heavy metal and punk, but I fell in love with RTJ. now I'm looking for more of that.

10 Comments
2024/05/11
05:13 UTC

23

Mr. Porter doesn't get talked about enough when people ask "who's the best producer?"

He's one of the best producers in my eyes and no one talks about him enough

32 Comments
2024/05/11
04:03 UTC

0

Can Samoans rap?

I got bars like you wouldn't believe.

11 Comments
2024/05/11
03:38 UTC

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When “play all songs random” pulls a song from your collection you ain’t heard in years.

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?

27 Comments
2024/05/11
02:06 UTC

6

What producers have the best beats?

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?

68 Comments
2024/05/11
01:43 UTC

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