Im doing one thing I never thought I would do. Ask for ..some rap. >.>

 

 

 

I bet none of you thought I would either.

 

 

 

Anyway, I like the sound of rap / hip hop sometimes... But I hate anything that reminds me of the crap hip hop/rnb/rap kinda crap on radios. So, any suggestions?

 

 

 

Btw wasnt there a stickyfor this?

viewtopic.php?f=77&t=780702

 

 

 

search a little bit. there's a general rap thread where you can look for artists and ask for suggestions.

Check out the Roots, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, the first Nas CD (Illmatic), Run DMC, Common, Jurassic 5, Wu-Tang Clan, etc.

Lupe Fiasco is great.

I second the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy and the first Nas album. Truly great hip-hop.

GZA / Genius - Liquid Swords

 

Madlib - Shades of Blue

 

Madvillain - Madvillainy

 

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing....

 

Nujabes - Metaphorical Music and Modal Soul

 

Dalek - Abandoned Language

 

 

 

GZA and Nujabes are my favourite hip-hop artists.

Lupe Fiasco is great.

 

This is the only hiphop artist I have an album of on my mp3 player.

http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?f=77&t=780702

 

 

 

search a little bit. there's a general rap thread where you can look for artists and ask for suggestions.

 

 

 

I'd rather get a quick few answers before bed so I can download overnight, instead of waiting til after school for answers.

 

 

 

Lupe Fiasco is great.

 

 

 

I remember some of the stuff from him on the radio, surprisingly, it was good :P thats a yes.

 

 

 

Check out the Roots, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, the first Nas CD (Illmatic), Run DMC, Common, Jurassic 5, Wu-Tang Clan, etc.

 

 

 

Havent heard the first 3 wow. I havent heard Nas' first, I've got one song of his :lol: (which is, ironically, the one that made me liking rap/ hiphop again :o )-- I didnt like Run DMC, a friend at school had some o.O, havent heard Jurassic 5, and my brother used to listen to Wu-Tang clan, I'll check them all out.

 

 

 

Thanks :)

I agree with most of those. Especially GZA and Wu Tang.

Get the new Method Man & Redman CD Blackout! 2. It comes out on the 19th. I"m listening to it right now and it is amazing. I'm definitely going out on Tuesday and picking up and actual copy of it .. Check out Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def, Lil Wanye, The Cool Kids, Kanye. There is a lot out of good stuff out there it just takes some looking to find it.

Madvillain. 'nuf said.

Look into Aesop Rock, some people don't like the sound of his voice or something but his lyrics are pretty much amazing.

some of my fave rap songs atm:

 

wu-tang clan - reunited

 

wu-tang clan - triumph

 

wu-tang clan - the mystery of chessboxin'

 

Wu-tang clan - Bring da ruckas

 

GZA - Labels

 

GZA - Liquid swords

 

GZA - Swordsman

 

Raekwon - wisdom body (it's actually all ghostface killah in this song but it's on rae's album)

 

Gangstarr - moment of truth (going way back, but a sickkkk song!)

 

Notorious B.I.G. - Notorious thugs

 

Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy

 

Notorious B.I.G. - I got a story to tell

 

Mos def/Talib Kweli - Definition

 

 

 

And some more mainstream groups/songs (but still really good rap songs, I would never put bad [cabbage] up here anyways...)

 

Bone-thugs N Harmony - Wind blow

 

Lupe Fiasco - The cool

 

Lupe Fiasco - put you on game

 

Wale - W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E.

 

Kid Cudi - can i be

 

 

 

that's all for now...i listen to a [cabbage] ton of rap so that's nothing compared to the many good songs i know, but it's a start... ;)

some of my fave rap songs atm:

 

wu-tang clan - reunited

 

wu-tang clan - triumph

 

wu-tang clan - the mystery of chessboxin'

 

Wu-tang clan - Bring da ruckas

 

GZA - Labels

 

GZA - Liquid swords

 

GZA - Swordsman

 

Raekwon - wisdom body (it's actually all ghostface killah in this song but it's on rae's album)

 

Gangstarr - moment of truth (going way back, but a sickkkk song!)

 

Notorious B.I.G. - Notorious thugs

 

Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy

 

Notorious B.I.G. - I got a story to tell

 

Mos def/Talib Kweli - Definition

 

 

 

And some more mainstream groups/songs (but still really good rap songs, I would never put bad [cabbage] up here anyways...)

 

Bone-thugs N Harmony - Wind blow

 

Lupe Fiasco - The cool

 

Lupe Fiasco - put you on game

 

Wale - W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E.

 

Kid Cudi - can i be

 

 

 

that's all for now...i listen to a [cabbage] ton of rap so that's nothing compared to the many good songs i know, but it's a start... ;)

 

 

 

Mainstream.. You name two artist who haven't even released a single CD as "mainstream". Wale & Kid Cudi have only released mixtapes. B.I.G. on the other hand is/ was a "mainstream" rapper.

 

 

 

I like Aesop Rock's voice. He has a unique sound.

ps Wu Tang Clan also announced today that they are coming out with a new CD on the 30th of June. All new stuff.

some of my fave rap songs atm:

 

wu-tang clan - reunited

 

wu-tang clan - triumph

 

wu-tang clan - the mystery of chessboxin'

 

Wu-tang clan - Bring da ruckas

 

GZA - Labels

 

GZA - Liquid swords

 

GZA - Swordsman

 

Raekwon - wisdom body (it's actually all ghostface killah in this song but it's on rae's album)

 

Gangstarr - moment of truth (going way back, but a sickkkk song!)

 

Notorious B.I.G. - Notorious thugs

 

Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy

 

Notorious B.I.G. - I got a story to tell

 

Mos def/Talib Kweli - Definition

 

 

 

And some more mainstream groups/songs (but still really good rap songs, I would never put bad [cabbage] up here anyways...)

 

Bone-thugs N Harmony - Wind blow

 

Lupe Fiasco - The cool

 

Lupe Fiasco - put you on game

 

Wale - W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E.

 

Kid Cudi - can i be

 

 

 

that's all for now...i listen to a [cabbage] ton of rap so that's nothing compared to the many good songs i know, but it's a start... ;)

 

 

 

Mainstream.. You name two artist who haven't even released a single CD as "mainstream". Wale & Kid Cudi have only released mixtapes. B.I.G. on the other hand is/ was a "mainstream" rapper.

 

 

 

I like Aesop Rock's voice. He has a unique sound.

 

Does being a mainstream rapper make them less talented than a rapper that hasn't released a CD as mainstream or something?

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some of my fave rap songs atm:

 

wu-tang clan - reunited

 

wu-tang clan - triumph

 

wu-tang clan - the mystery of chessboxin'

 

Wu-tang clan - Bring da ruckas

 

GZA - Labels

 

GZA - Liquid swords

 

GZA - Swordsman

 

Raekwon - wisdom body (it's actually all ghostface killah in this song but it's on rae's album)

 

Gangstarr - moment of truth (going way back, but a sickkkk song!)

 

Notorious B.I.G. - Notorious thugs

 

Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy

 

Notorious B.I.G. - I got a story to tell

 

Mos def/Talib Kweli - Definition

 

 

 

And some more mainstream groups/songs (but still really good rap songs, I would never put bad [cabbage] up here anyways...)

 

Bone-thugs N Harmony - Wind blow

 

Lupe Fiasco - The cool

 

Lupe Fiasco - put you on game

 

Wale - W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E.

 

Kid Cudi - can i be

 

 

 

that's all for now...i listen to a [cabbage] ton of rap so that's nothing compared to the many good songs i know, but it's a start... ;)

 

 

 

Mainstream.. You name two artist who haven't even released a single CD as "mainstream". Wale & Kid Cudi have only released mixtapes. B.I.G. on the other hand is/ was a "mainstream" rapper.

 

 

 

I like Aesop Rock's voice. He has a unique sound.

 

Does being a mainstream rapper make them less talented than a rapper that hasn't released a CD as mainstream or something?

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No. Kid Cudi is has actually become one of my favorite rappers. I was trying to say that it is hard to call someone mainstream when they haven't actually released a studio album. I was NOT trying to say that mainstream music is bad.

Mobb deep - Shook ones pt2

 

Mobb Deep - Survival of the fittest

 

Jurassic 5 - Whats golden

 

Jurassic 5 - Jurass finish first

 

Wu-Tang clan - Protect ya neck

 

Wu-tang Clan - Triumph (Inspectah deck is sickkk)

 

Gang Starr - Code of the streets

 

Public Enemy - By the time i get to arizona

 

Jedi mind tricks - Storm of swords

 

Erick b and Rakim - My Melody (a classic diss line in there)

 

Mr Hyde - Street veterans pt2 (one of my favorites)

 

Twiztid - Die mfer Die

 

Twiztid - Hom sha bom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just some of the tracks i have taht i enjoy anytime. Just a quick note, Twiztid runs with the psychopathic crew. It is classified as "horrorcore rap" but these two are good nonetheless. Twiztid is also the best lyrical duo on the label

 

 

 

Rap is veery hot or miss.

Didnt get to download anything from last night because of my rushing and I woke up 20 mins til school..

 

 

 

Gonna start with Lupe Fiasco, just cause I remember a few songs I liked.

 

Then I'm going to Nas' album, same reason.

 

Maybe then onto Wu Tang clan.

 

 

 

Anyone who has all of:

 

 

 

Lupe's first album,

 

Lupe's second album,

 

And Nas' album, Illmatic,

 

 

 

How large are each in Megabytes?

 

I gotta know so I can be sure to cram what I want into my 4gb Zen :P

 

 

 

EDIT: First Lupe album was 98mb. I got all info I need I guess - no need for this thread.

 

 

 

Thanks all.

Food & Liquor for me is 99.3MB; The Cool is 134.6MB. I thought I had the NAS CD but I guess I had gotten rid of it.. But I'm sure it was no more then 90MB.

Try and look up hearitfirst or hiphopdx if you're looking for new unreleased music. Other than that some of my favorite artists are:

 

 

 

Lil' Wayne

 

Gorilla Zoe

 

Akon

 

Keak Da Sneak

 

Birdman

 

Traxxamillion

 

Mistah F.A.B.

 

E-40

 

The Game

 

DJ Khaled

 

Rick Ross

 

R. Kelly

 

 

 

Theres more but meh. I don't listen to old hip hop CAUSE IVE HEARD IT ALREADY. So leave me alone lol -.-

I don't listen to old hip hop CAUSE IVE HEARD IT ALREADY. So leave me alone lol -.-

 

Your logic makes no sense.

Cage

 

Sage Francis

 

Aesop Rock

 

Atmosphere

 

Eyedea and Abilities

 

Murs

 

Brother Ali

 

Buck 65

 

 

 

Kgo.

also, A Tribe Called Quest

People Under the Stairs, Mos Def, Gang Starr, MF Doom are some of my favorites