The Rap/Hip-Hop Thread

[Byron The Bulb]

I need to listen to early Wayne

Not "early" per se, but this basically covers him at the peak of his powers

Lil Wayne --Walk In #1

Lil Wayne - Tha Mobb

Lil Wayne - Fly Out

Lil Wayne - Georgia Bush

Lil Wayne Famous

LIL Wayne Real Rap 08 Video That real shyt yall

Lil Wayne - Ride For My Niggas

Lil Wayne - Upgrade U Freestyle

Lil Wayne I'm Me/1000 Degrees (Unofficial)

 

[still fly]

Nah listen to Bling Bling and Shine.

 

[Byron The Bulb]

Don't let anyone fool you, from like 05-07 Lil Wayne was genuinely the best in the business. He lost that title in 2008 when PAPER TRAIL came out. Then T.I. went to jail and now there isn't a best rapper alive anymore.

 

[Brocklock]

I need to listen to early Wayne

Not "early" per se, but this basically covers him at the peak of his powers

Lil Wayne --Walk In #1

Lil Wayne - Tha Mobb

Lil Wayne - Fly Out

Lil Wayne - Georgia Bush

Lil Wayne Famous

LIL Wayne Real Rap 08 Video That real shyt yall

Lil Wayne - Ride For My Niggas

Lil Wayne - Upgrade U Freestyle

Lil Wayne I'm Me/1000 Degrees (Unofficial)

I appreciate the videos Byrone. I just want to see what the appeal is for this guy and why so many people are so passionate about his music. I'm too drunk to listen to this now so I'll spin this tomorrow. Wayne's music seems like it would be great/amusing when drunk or high and horrible when sober. Now aside from 808's I dig me some Kanye. His last album was super self indulgent and silly at points but I still liked it a lot. I mean Goblin is a really self indulgent album (Should be 25 minutes shorter), but it's still a top 5 album of the year.

Okay, listening to all of these Wayne songs and if he still rapped like that I could understand the appeal. The delivery is still kind of grating, but that's his style. T.I. stomps Wayne easily though. I'm late to the bandwagon and bought King and Paper Trail a couple of weeks ago and was like .

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

Yelawolf - No Hands + Download Link Official Uncensored

 

[Brocklock]

Yelawolf - No Hands + Download Link Official Uncensored

Good shit.

 

[Byron The Bulb]

T.I. stomps Wayne easily though. I'm late to the bandwagon and bought King and Paper Trail a couple of weeks ago and was like .

(02) T.I. - I'm Illy

Four years later and this is still jaw-dropping. It's too bad he can't stop getting arrested

 

[Brocklock]

I played Paper Trail first and when this hit, I was immediately got the hype.

 

[KOAB]

T.I. should easily be considered the goat of this era.

 

[Brocklock]

T.I. should easily be considered the goat of this era.

Especially considering how lame the latest crew of mainstream rappers have been. T.I. seems like the only motivated mainstream rapper around from the last 4 years or so. I enjoy a bunch of Kanye songs from the past five years, but I don't see any of the passion or fire of T.I. If Tyler The Creator trims his albums down, he could be the GOAT of the next era. I think I like him more than T.I. already, but I never think "this is pretentious as fuck" during a T.I. song whereas I think that about a lot of Tyler songs. Then I forget about it when I laugh about a rape joke/Flapjack or Adventure Time or any goofy cartoon refence or a wanting to fuck Taylor Swift thought and I think about how amazing the beats are so he easily has it locked up. Still, any Odd Future member could turn out to be the next GOAT in rap, it's just that Tyler's deep voice and work ethnic makes him my fave.

If Death Grips inexplicably becomes popular with the MTV/Facebook/Twitter/Mainstream crowd, angrier Krazy Horse Bennett wins the rap game. I want this to be the best possible scenario.

 

[snuffbox]

Brother Ali's the GOAT of this era. Let the mainstream fuck itself.

 

[Brocklock]

Brother Ali's the GOAT of this era. Let the mainstream fuck itself.

Me run off and download a bunch of Brother Ali albums.

Fuck it KOAB can be I and Skinny Fat Tits can be me. I'm drunk as knob and don't care.

 

[Precious Roy]

TI is overrated as shit

Royce da 5-9 blows him out of the water, just randomly grabbing a name out of the air

 

[Brocklock]

TI is overrated as shit

Royce da 5-9 blows him out of the water, just randomly grabbing a name out of the air

I dug the fuck out of him in the songs Royce Da 5'9 was featured in on this thread. I grew up with a brother 14 years older than me that loved 80's -00 rap and hated everything else and is still like that. So the only rap I listened to up until like a year ago was that. I also was a metalhead for many years and none of my friends listened to hip hop. I always had a soft spot for it. Aside from like 12 artists (nearly all of them not mainstream), I've been ignorant towards modern rap. So, I appreciate any mention of a relevant rapper from the past ten yars.

 

[Byron The Bulb]

Brother Ali's the GOAT of this era. Let the mainstream fuck itself.

lol

 

[Lord of The Curry]

Almost as funny as Tyler being mentioned in the same breath as T.I or Kanye.

 

[Brocklock]

Almost as funny as Tyler being mentioned in the same breath as T.I or Kanye.

I didn't mean now, I meant in few years time.

 

[Byron The Bulb]

Best of the 00s was Cam'ron and it's not even debatable. Peace.

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

For the record, Eminem released the Marshall Mathers LP and Eminem Show in the 2000s. Just saying.

 

[Byron The Bulb]

Actually I think I gotta give it to Jeezy. He may be a terrible rapper with nothing interesting to say, but he kinda weirdly caught the zeitgeist better than like anyone else except maybe Kanye. The Recession gets more relevant by the day.

Young Jeezy-Crazy World


P.S I'm only half-joking

 

[Byron The Bulb]

Young Jeezy - My President is Black [ft. Nas] Music Video

I still remember playing this on an endless loop for like the whole week after the election. It's really a genuinely beautiful song that perfectly captures the fleeting, exhilarating optimism of that moment. OBAMA FOR MANKIND.

 

[snuffbox]

Rolling Stone said Kanye was a lot like Jesus. He has to be the best since Rolling Stone is as lowest common denominator as you can get.

 

[KOAB]

Brother Ali's the GOAT of this era. Let the mainstream fuck itself.

I can Get behind this.​

 

[KOAB]

For the record, Eminem released the Marshall Mathers LP and Eminem Show in the 2000s. Just saying.

Good one​

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

For the record, Eminem released the Marshall Mathers LP and Eminem Show in the 2000s. Just saying.

Good one​

It's true though.

 

[Mickey Massuco]

What is the sample on Im Illy? That sounds like a really familiar hook.

 

[Ripper]

TI is overrated as shit

Royce da 5-9 blows him out of the water, just randomly grabbing a name out of the air

This. TI has some great songs but his albums generally sucks. What does "this era" include anyway?

Btw....lol at Cam. The last time Cam was decent, Eminem was incredible.

 

[Precious Roy]

I like Cam, but he's far from being a "great" rapper. Juelz Santana is the best from the Diplomats crew

 

[still fly]

Late 90's/Early 2000 Cam is a helluva lot better than Juelz. Hell, I even think Purple Haze is a widely underrated album. Julez had a couple hot singles and appearance, but Cam's body of work is much richer.

 

[Jaxxxson Mayhem]

Late 90's/Early 2000 Cam is a helluva lot better than Juelz. Hell, I even think Purple Haze is a widely underrated album. Julez had a couple hot singles and appearance, but Cam's body of work is much richer.

Purple Haze is great. It really is overlooked.