Good Rap

[Lewisx]

I used to hate rap but over the past few years I've started to appreciate it more and more...don't agree? whatever you gotta be open, here's some good ones, add to the list if you want...

Eazy-e "Creep Crawl"
Eazy-e "Real Mother****in G's"
Nas "Undying Love"
Lost Boys "Renee"
Dr Dre. Eminem "Guilty Conscience"
Jay z "Dead Presidents"
The Game "300 Bars"
Tupac "Thug Love"
Bone Thugs n' Harmony feat Biggie "Notorious Thugs" (sick ****ing song)
Tupac "Hit em Up"
Gangstarr "Full Clip"
Wu Tang "CREAM"
Bone Thugs n' Harmony "East 1999"
Geto Boys "Still"

[antiant]

http://musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=375699 there's already a thread

[Robert Crumb]

Whenever I hear "Thug Love" I get all nostalgia for whatever year it was that The Art of War came out. Oh, halcyon days.

[Never Never]

There is some pretty awsome hip hop going around but the difference beetweween it and other types of music is that the desent stuff doesnt have verymuch backing and is underground. You have to hunt for this, a good place is http://www.freethewalls.com there is so much good hip hop in other countries too. Check out some of the pics from oz!

[Dave de Sylvia]

I'm waiting for the "Bad Rap" thread.

[DesolationRow]

I personally love Deltron 3030, and Del Tha Funkee Homosapien for that matter. Other hip hop that i like is A Tribe Called Quest, Common, Dan The Automator, Latyrx, and Nas.

[Illmatic]

I'm waiting for the "Bad Rap" thread.

all rap is bad dont u understand

[Styrofoam]

i normally hate rap, all the mainstream crap is too gangsta and thugged out.
although, something like dr. dre i can listen to.
theres also a group from my area, they have a few CD's and radio releases, call swollen members, theyre worth checking out.

[Aramis]

Personally I dig the 80's and 90's rap/hip-hop stuff, so I'll give you a bit of what's on my playlist. . .it consists of both somewhat old school material and somewhat modern tunes.

Master P - Make 'Em Say Uh
Snoop Dogg - Ain't Nothin' But a G Thing
DJ Kool - Let Me Clear My Throat
Ginuwine - Pony
Montell Jorden - This Is How We Do It
Naughty By Nature - OPP
Tupac - Thug Mansion (acoustic)
Ghetto Boyz - Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta
Clipse - When's the Last Time
David Banner - Get Down (Like a Pimp)
Del the Funky Homosapien - Good Hygiene
Obie Trice - Got Some Teeth
Trick Daddy - Take It To the House
The Neptunes - It's Almost Over Now
M.O.P. - World Famous
Jurassic 5 - What's Golden

[KuroTheBassist]

I reckon the only good stuff is Anticon.

[Dave de Sylvia]

i normally hate rap, all the mainstream crap is too gangsta and thugged out.
although, something like dr. dre i can listen to.
Hmmm.

[EightMilesHigh]

I totally agree TS, just let me check the five million other rap threads.

[faith and fiction]

Jedi Mind Tricks
Project Pat
South Central Cartel
2 Live Crew

[Matt?]

j-live

[Kyle]

I think you named some really poor examples of good rap there TS.

[Mr Observations]

A Tribe Called Quest - Excursions

There that's my favorite. This thread is full of dorks, until now.

[WorstBassist]

I used to hate rap but over the past few years I've started to appreciate it more and more...don't agree? whatever you gotta be open, here's some good ones, add to the list if you want...

Eazy-e "Creep Crawl"
Eazy-e "Real Mother****in G's"
Nas "Undying Love"
Lost Boys "Renee"
Dr Dre. Eminem "Guilty Conscience"
Jay z "Dead Presidents"
The Game "300 Bars"
Tupac "Thug Love"
Bone Thugs n' Harmony feat Biggie "Notorious Thugs" (sick ****ing song)
Tupac "Hit em Up"
Gangstarr "Full Clip"
Wu Tang "CREAM"
Bone Thugs n' Harmony "East 1999"
Geto Boys "Still"

Nice list

[form]

i normally hate rap, all the mainstream crap is too gangsta and thugged out.
although, something like dr. dre i can listen to.


Agreed. Except I would like to add Tupac, and Biggie.

I still like Kanye West though, cause he doesn't rap out his shoes and cars really.

And I like Three6Mafia <.<

[black guy]

I still like Kanye West though, cause he doesn't rap out his shoes and cars really.

but damn, them new loafers hurt his pocket.

[Robert Crumb]

I blame "Make 'Em Say Uh" for all of the evils in this world.

[Rounder]

i like rap that uses something lonnger than 4 mumbled words as a hook and tries to educate and creat art. Which means about 2 rappers. I like old Busta, he was very original. Most def, other intelligent rappers like that. I dont own any of their cd's, But I respect and appreciate it when I see/hear it.

[faith and fiction]

Three 6 are better than most s'hit out today. I don't care if they're not out there to educate or not. They come up with some of the best hooks out there.

[6stringslinger]

Even though I like Juevenile it was that peroid around 1998 when rap started sucking bad. When the song "Bling Bling" came out by Cash Money Records it seemed to nosedive.

Perhaps it was the ambitious assembly line of No limit albums coming out every 7 days that played a part in it.

Too Short's album with the song "Getting It" and the classic jewel put together by the Goddie Mob "Still Standing" was the last shining moments.

Outkast and a few others can keep it alive.

RIP good Rap 1979-1998


then again there is a HUGE underground rap scene...

[antiant]

nothing "nosedived" why accept what the mainstream media has accepeted or not accepted? there is plenty of good hip hop out there, just because you don't see it being played on the radio or don't see it in some popular context/format doesn't mean it "nosedived" it's still alive and well

[JonM]

I only got one thing to say.

http://www.public.iastate.edu/%7Ehansenc/outkast_-_atliens_%281996%29-front.jpg

[Zappa]

I reckon the only good stuff is Anticon.

And I reckon they make groove-less, intensely pretentious crap with no regard for the history of the artform they're exploiting.

[Illmatic]

Even though I like Juevenile it was that peroid around 1998 when rap started sucking bad. When the song "Bling Bling" came out by Cash Money Records it seemed to nosedive.

Perhaps it was the ambitious assembly line of No limit albums coming out every 7 days that played a part in it.

Too Short's album with the song "Getting It" and the classic jewel put together by the Goddie Mob "Still Standing" was the last shining moments.

Outkast and a few others can keep it alive.

RIP good Rap 1979-1998


then again there is a HUGE underground rap scene...

yeah too bad outkast is apparently abandoning hip hop entirely because andre wants to be the next wyclef for some ungodly reason.

oh and you're wrong too.

[Rams]

Outkast makes really bad albums.

[KuroTheBassist]

And I reckon they make groove-less, intensely pretentious crap with no regard for the history of the artform they're exploiting.

Groove-less... not as groovy as funk, but certainly not devoid of it. Pretentious... I haven't noticed, but hell I like Ephel Duath so I wouldn't. No regard... I'm not entirely sure what you mean.

DJ Signify - Sleep No More : simply awesome.
Sage Francis - Personal Journals : brilliant rhymes and extremely funny.
Sixtoo - Almost a dot on the Map : thoughtful & intelligent.
Buck 65 - Weirdo Magnet/Chin Music/any album : always cool and clever in Buck's distinctly alt style.

Anticon was the first non-mainstream hip-hop I found, and I've not found anything else good since..... Show me something better.

[Jacaranda]

Master P - Make 'Em Say Uh
Snoop Dogg - Ain't Nothin' But a G Thing
DJ Kool - Let Me Clear My Throat
Ginuwine - Pony
Montell Jorden - This Is How We Do It
Naughty By Nature - OPP
Tupac - Thug Mansion (acoustic)
Ghetto Boyz - Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta
Clipse - When's the Last Time
David Banner - Get Down (Like a Pimp)
Del the Funky Homosapien - Good Hygiene
Obie Trice - Got Some Teeth
Trick Daddy - Take It To the House
The Neptunes - It's Almost Over Now
M.O.P. - World Famous
Jurassic 5 - What's Golden
Now that is a good list, sept for the Neptunes song is called Rock Star, I think. I don't listen to 'underground' rap because it is boooring. I'll take gunz, hoez and drugz plz.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Everytime I come in here I see more people I want to hit.

[Jacaranda]

Everytime I come in here I see more people I want to hit.
/looks at last poster.

Oh really? I see how it is. :mad:

[Lewisx]

Immortal Technique is one rap artist who uses the english language well and has a good vocabulary.

try these:

"Harlem Streets"
"Dance with the Devil"
"Peruvian Cocaine"
"Industrial Revolution"
"The Prophecy"

[Lambert110]

I don't really like most hip hop but I do like Will Smith and JammX. Especially JammX though, they are such talanted artists for their age. I like Eminem from time to time as well. Especially the video "Just Lose It" (because it has jammx members in it!) you should check out their site at www.jammx.com (just incase you dont have google lol)

[zabbit82]

The only good rap I can think of is Matisyahu. Religious beatbox reggae is what I like to think of it, and he's actually pretty good. Stuff like King Without A Crown, Warrior, anything else on Live at Stubb's is sweet. I gotta go pick up his new album soon...

[purplefeet]

Personally I dig the 80's and 90's rap/hip-hop stuff, so I'll give you a bit of what's on my playlist. . .it consists of both somewhat old school material and somewhat modern tunes.

Master P - Make 'Em Say Uh
Snoop Dogg - Ain't Nothin' But a G Thing
DJ Kool - Let Me Clear My Throat
Ginuwine - Pony
Montell Jorden - This Is How We Do It
Naughty By Nature - OPP
Tupac - Thug Mansion (acoustic)
Ghetto Boyz - Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta
Clipse - When's the Last Time
David Banner - Get Down (Like a Pimp)
Del the Funky Homosapien - Good Hygiene
Obie Trice - Got Some Teeth
Trick Daddy - Take It To the House
The Neptunes - It's Almost Over Now
M.O.P. - World Famous
Jurassic 5 - What's Golden

Even though some of the song titles are messed up, its still a pretty solid list :thumb:

Im going to add some tracks that I love:

Dr.Dre - Xxxplosive
Basically anything off Eminems 1st album.
Snoop Dogg - Snoop Dogg
Eve - Love is Blind ; I think she is a dope female rapper
Tag Team - Whoomp, there it is!
House Of Pain - Jump around
Llyod Banks - Im so fly
Three 6 Mafia - I gotta stay fly
Eminem and Nate Dogg - Til I Collaspe
Notorious BIG - Juicy
Ja Rule - Put it On Me ( I dont like him too much but I love this track)


Those are just some off the top of my head. I have a billion more but I think you all have a good idea.

In addtion to commercial rap, I really enjoy listening to the freestyles that are spun throughout jungle music. For those of you who are familiar with Jungle (with MCs), I suggest you check out Dillinja and Freaky Flow.

[lucky luciano]

I'm waiting for the "Bad Rap" thread.

Thats way too general. This narrows it down pretty damn well.:thumb:

[Mediator]

Ohh I see some Jammx love in here, thats cool I know they are getting some recognition from being in an eminem and missy elliot vid. I have 2 nephews that just adore the jammx kids here.

[Interstate]

Immortal Technique is one rap artist who uses the english language well and has a good vocabulary.

try these:

"Harlem Streets"
"Dance with the Devil"
"Peruvian Cocaine"
"Industrial Revolution"
"The Prophecy"

Immortal Technique is awesome. Revolutionary Vol. 1 & 2 are two of the best hip hop/rap albums I've heard in a long while.

[sketchyjoe]

MC Hawking is where it's at. He's got mad science skills and mad rap skills.

Check out:
The Hawkman Cometh
All My Shootings Be Drivebys
Entropy
E=MC Hawking
What We Need More of is Science
**** the Creationists

[antiant]

sketchyjoe you got any links or any idea where i can find this stuff?

[sketchyjoe]

There's a video for What We Need More of is Science here (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/233937) and a few mp3s and lyrics here. (http://www.mchawking.com/multimedia.php?page_function=mp3z) You can find his greatest hits on Soulseek.




Also, Public Enemy > all other rap.

[antiant]

haha cool on one of the sites it had the infidelguy :)

[antiant]

i may have to juist check that out @forum...lot broader musical selections (well sort of, no "other" section for all the rest of the genres in which they can't fit into what you got listed) (were you the same person who advertised this? a new music forum? in this "other" section?)

[i am thw walrus]

Immortal Technique
Jedi Mind Tricks

[sketchyjoe]

i may have to juist check that out @forum...lot broader musical selections (well sort of, no "other" section for all the rest of the genres in which they can't fit into what you got listed) (were you the same person who advertised this? a new music forum? in this "other" section?)
What?

[Bartender]

He's responding to a post now deleted.

[POINTLESS5448]

all tupac and wutangs **** is amazing. i like newer rap like dem franchise boys, three6mafia, and chamillionaire too. the white rappers are cool too. eminem has a couple of good songs, atmosphere is sick, and paul wall is too.

[gaslight]

Jehst is great.