DDD's Greatest and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artists

mrsamtotheg · **Joined:** Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:09 am **Posts:** 349

Yngtchie Blacksteen wrote:

I've heard some older rap songs that I thought were cool, and I heard an Eminem album recently that had some songs I liked. I would like to hear some of the classic releases, the ones that modern day rappers and hippity-hoppers find inspirational. I bought a Public Enemy album called It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, but it hasn't really grabbed me yet.

what do u like in yer music thats not hip hop like, the lyrics the sound , the tempo, aggression etc....

Bones · **Posted:** Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:52 pm

I'm actually someone who takes Biggie over Pac.

mr2cool4u · **Joined:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:13 pm **Posts:** 35

heres a list of some of my favorites off the top of my head in no particular order for now

Nas
Icecube(early)
geto boys
public enemy
masta ace
kool G rap
de la soul
a tribe called quest
jeru the damaja
cypress hill
rakim
big daddy kane
craig g
main source
common
eminem
big l
Az
notorious b.i.g
krs one
immortal technique
3rd bass
wu tang
2pac

my favorite producers are

dj premier
prince paul
the bomb squad
dj muggs
marley marl
larger professor
pete rock
rza
q tip
the beatnuts

my favorite songs that were sampled have been

bob james nautilus
ahmad jamal the world is ghetto
sly johnson different strokes
ahmad jamal dolphin dance
bob james look alike
bob james sign of the times
steve miller band fly like an eagle
tramp by lowell fulson

pave · **Posted:** Thu Mar 14, 2013 7:28 pm

we really should have a "favorite rap songs" and "favorite rap albums" thread here. mine...

albums:
Eminem - MMLP
Eminem - Eminem Show
Eminem - Slim Shady LP
Black Star - Black Star
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Dr. Dre - The Chronic 2001
Jay Z - The Blueprint
Kanye West - Late Registration
Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

pave · **Posted:** Thu Mar 14, 2013 7:28 pm

songs:
Lil Wayne - A Milli
Jay Z - 99 Problems
Big L - Ebonics
Mos Def - Mathematics
Kanye West - Gone
Big Pun & Black Thought - Super Lyrical
Mos Def - Quiet Dog Bite Hard
Eminem - Till I Collapse
Lil Wayne - 6 Foot 7 Foot
ODB - Brooklyn Zoo

pave · **Posted:** Thu Mar 14, 2013 7:30 pm

and lastly, artists:

Eminem
Mos Def
Jay Z
Kanye West
Big L
Big Punisher
MF Doom
Lil Wayne
Redman
OutKast

a second ten:
UGK
Dr. Dre
ODB
Notorious B.I.G.
2Pac
Talib Kweli
Eric B. & Rakim
Kool G Rap
Method Man
Wu-Tang Clan

Bones · **Posted:** Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:07 pm

Pave, do you happen to be a fan of "Infinite"? I think that's Eminem's most underrated album.

pave · **Posted:** Fri Mar 15, 2013 11:16 pm

Bones wrote:

Pave, do you happen to be a fan of "Infinite"? I think that's Eminem's most underrated album.

well it has to be his most underrated because it was barely rated at all to begin with. but yeah, i like it. but i think he sounds like an AZ clone and has almost no personality, no true storytelling ability, and his voice doesn't cut through the beat nearly as nice as it does on his major label albums. the rhymes are killer though. in terms of multisyllable stuff, its his best rhyming for sure. although i like the variation in his later rhymes, having multiple internal rhymes going on at once. just a personal preference.

Bones · **Posted:** Sat Mar 16, 2013 2:19 am

pave wrote:

Bones wrote:

Pave, do you happen to be a fan of "Infinite"? I think that's Eminem's most underrated album.

well it has to be his most underrated because it was barely rated at all to begin with. but yeah, i like it. but i think he sounds like an AZ clone and has almost no personality, no true storytelling ability, and his voice doesn't cut through the beat nearly as nice as it does on his major label albums. the rhymes are killer though. in terms of multisyllable stuff, its his best rhyming for sure. although i like the variation in his later rhymes, having multiple internal rhymes going on at once. just a personal preference.

Yeah I like how he sounds kinda 'gangsta' if you know what I mean. Well that was 1996... :lol:

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