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binauralsounds182binauralsounds182 Posts: 119
edited November 2011 in Other Music
Just wondering? If so what rappers?
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  • EZ1221CEZ1221C Posts: 2,645
    really like rap. some of my favorite rappers are Kanye, Eazy-E, NWA, Odd Future, Classified, Chiddy Bang, and Blue Scholars.

    Above all though, right now I love love love Macklemore. Check him out, next to Kanye, he has the best lyrics in rap right now. Here's some videos of him:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvNQWQSwmow
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHRkHFxD-xY
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAg3uMlNyHA
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvDQy53eldY
    He's absolutely incredible.
    PLAY THE SOUTH
  • KM43590KM43590 Posts: 298
    I don't listen to Rap, but the rapper "Heavy D" died today, he was only 44, so that stinks!
  • marcosmarcos Posts: 2,112
    Old school, RUN DMC, Tribe Called Quest, Eric B. & Rakim, NWA, & the first Wu-Tang. I don't listen to much new stuff except for Jay-Z's Black Album and occasionally some Roots.

    I was a break dancer with fat shoelaces back in the day, before this PJ and alternative music came along and the focus shifted toward our miserable selves, not what street we lived on or how cool we swore we were :D
  • binauralsounds182binauralsounds182 Posts: 119
    Right on, yeah I love old school rap too. I think Nas is crazy good. And there is new rap that's not bad too, I just downloaded Drake's new album and it's way different from most of the mainstream rap out now. Good stuff!

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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    edited November 2011
    The Roots are one of the greatest bands out there today, any genre.
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  • uninnocent-uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    There's a bunch of rap fans here. Me, I'm into everything Wu, Wyclef, most Anticon artists, Run DMC, some Jay-Z, A Tribe called Quest, NWA and Outkast. There's some good local artists here too, amid the glut of crap.
  • EZ1221CEZ1221C Posts: 2,645
    Forgot about OutKast. They are really good as well.
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,084
    http://forums.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=116467

    kinda the same thing :lol:
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,911
    Hmmm I don't know...Now that you bring it up, I've never really thought about what rap hears like. Very deep thought.
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  • binauralsounds182binauralsounds182 Posts: 119
    mookeywrench wrote:
    Hmmm I don't know...Now that you bring it up, I've never really thought about what rap hears like. Very deep thought.
    Yes I noticed that too after I submitted it, thank you very much! :roll: :D
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  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    i grew up in detroit and loved rap. then i moved away and realized i was white.

    but seriously folks rap/hip hop/r&b is awful these days
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    I listen to indie rock the most, then classic rock, then rap. Some stuff I listen to:

    The Roots
    Kanye
    Immortal Technique
    Mos Def's first few albums
    Some Odd Future Songs
    Talib Kweli
    Jay Z
    Nas
    Childish Gambino
    Drake
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    some. 8-)
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    i listened to Biggie a lot when i was younger, i'm pretty sure i still know the words to all of his songs :ugeek:
  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    nas
    jay-z
    kanye
    common
    mos def
    outkast
    biggie
    pac
    wu tang
    talib
    busta
    so many more...just hate the pop bullshit non lyrical rap
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  • Music For RhinosMusic For Rhinos Posts: 1,693
    I like Outkast. Have their entire discography. Very little else in my collection in the way of rap.

    Don't listen to it much but when I do, it's usually them. I recall an interview from way back in the day in which Stone said something like, "Outkast just put out a great record." He was referring to ATLiens which was released in 1996.
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    I don't expand much on the genre. I stick to what I was introduced to by my brother:

    Tupac
    Biggie
    N.W.A.
    Dre
    Ice Cube
    Older Snoop Dogg
    Westside Connection
    Jay-Z
    Bone Thugs N' Harmony

    you get the jist.
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Music For Rhinos wrote:
    I like Outkast. Have their entire discography. Very little else in my collection in the way of rap.

    Don't listen to it much but when I do, it's usually them. I recall an interview from way back in the day in which Stone said something like, "Outkast just put out a great record." He was referring to ATLiens which was released in 1996.
    Yeah, from what I've read Stone is quite partial to rap & hip-hop.
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  • wtf-is-this-worldwtf-is-this-world Posts: 40
    I went through a phase where I really liked rap some 8 years ago or so, both US rap and French (I live in France and the rap scene used to be just wild over here in those days). Now the rap I still like is the old school stuff, I really don't like any of the more recent hip hop/rap stuff: I don't find much of a message in what they say and the sexist attitude just bores me to tears.

    here's a couple of links to some cool French rap bands, IAM and NTM
    http://youtu.be/H84coue0Wvw
    http://youtu.be/inyq9rqeqGA
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  • tremorstremors Posts: 8,051
    EZ1221C wrote:
    Above all though, right now I love love love Macklemore. Check him out, next to Kanye, he has the best lyrics in rap right now. Here's some videos of him:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvNQWQSwmow
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHRkHFxD-xY
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAg3uMlNyHA
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvDQy53eldY
    He's absolutely incredible.

    When I was visiting Seattle in the Summer I met a kid who was really really into Macklemore. He said "this is what we relate to", and he had a look in his eye like people used to get talking about Eddie Vedder in the early days. He was urging me to check him out - but then I couldn't remember the name until I saw your post. I looked at those vids, and yeah, I can see it. He is saying something. He's good.......
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  • fall by the waysidefall by the wayside Jericho, VT Posts: 757
    I love rap and listen to it frequently.

    Jay-Z
    Nas
    Mos Def
    Murs
    J. Cole
    The Roots
    Kid Cudi
    Public Enemy
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  • jjflashjjflash Posts: 4,959
    No rap list is complete w/o a mention of Eric B. & Rakim. Paid In Full is one of the greatest albums ever IMHO. Others that come to mind: Beasties, BDP, De La Soul, Digable Planets, EPMD, older Ice Cube stuff, Jay Electronica, Jay Z, Jurassic 5, Kanye, Madlib, MF Doom, Mos Def, Biggie, Outkast, People Under the Stairs, Raekwon, DMC, Shabazz Palaces, Tribe
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    Do the Beastie Boys count?
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  • EZ1221CEZ1221C Posts: 2,645
    tremors wrote:
    EZ1221C wrote:
    Above all though, right now I love love love Macklemore. Check him out, next to Kanye, he has the best lyrics in rap right now. Here's some videos of him:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvNQWQSwmow
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHRkHFxD-xY
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAg3uMlNyHA
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvDQy53eldY
    He's absolutely incredible.

    When I was visiting Seattle in the Summer I met a kid who was really really into Macklemore. He said "this is what we relate to", and he had a look in his eye like people used to get talking about Eddie Vedder in the early days. He was urging me to check him out - but then I couldn't remember the name until I saw your post. I looked at those vids, and yeah, I can see it. He is saying something. He's good.......
    I absolutely love him. I almost relate to his music as much as I do Pearl Jam's. The effect he has had on me is incredible.
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Yep. Old School!
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  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Music For Rhinos wrote:
    I like Outkast. Have their entire discography. Very little else in my collection in the way of rap.

    Don't listen to it much but when I do, it's usually them. I recall an interview from way back in the day in which Stone said something like, "Outkast just put out a great record." He was referring to ATLiens which was released in 1996.
    ATLiens is one of my 'Desert Island' albums. I also loved Goodie Mob, 8ball & MGJ, UGK, Biggie, PA, some Wu-Tang, Run DMC, Public Enemy. Mostly old-school or southern stuff.
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  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    I barely listen to any rap at all. However, the Canadian rapper/singer/songwriter K-OS is quite awesome. The dude is ridiculously talented:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edZQ8Br7soA&ob=av2e
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    Public Enemy
    Brother Ali
    P.O.S
    GZA
    Wu Tang
    Westside Connection
    WC
    Roots Manuva
    Dot Rotten
    Aesop Rock
    Cypress Hill
    MF Doom (or whatever he goes by these days)
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