Rap discussion thread

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Originally Posted by Choofers

maybe it's just me but does anyone else not like earl? I think his flow's terribly boring

very slow feel to his raps...not sure how to explain it. i guess boring would be the word

[A2P]

[boibomb]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmVGjhw2iVg

I forgot Del for some reason. He was just featured on a Figure track which I mess with hard right now.

[Wayward Vagabond]

here's a list of rappers that are some of my favourite that are as good if not better than eminem

aesop rock
atmosphere
orphans of crush
k-OS
Ill Bill
Slaine
Eyedea
Elevated Ruffians
E-Roc
Phi Life Cypher
Illogic
Andre 3000
One-2
tonedeff
Sage Francis
Brother Ali
Common
Mos Def
De La Soul
Gang Starr
Hieroglyphics
Nas
Necros
blueprint
Tech N9ne
Immortal Technique
Busta Rhymes
Hopsin
Cleen
MF DOOM
clipping

[Choofers]

i like how clipping's beats are pretty polarizing (you either hate them or love them), but his flow is pretty accepted by everyone that listens to him

[Choofers]

also apparently childish gambino produced this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5eT6TaEtPI

tried listening to childish gambino's version, can't listen to more than 30 seconds

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how about meek mill? i like a few of his songs. most recently i found out about Dreams and Nightmares (something i guess i looked over, asher showed me it), and damn it's soooo good

[adlp]

Nappy Roots

country rap, listen to album Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz

[Wayward Vagabond]

Speaking of country rap

Gangsta grass

[SKG_Scintill]

Gregorian Rap

[FFR4EVA_00]

rip lil b
also who else actually liked wolf

Originally Posted by Choofers

maybe it's just me but does anyone else not like earl? I think his flow's terribly boring

he got a lot more monotone since he came back from samoa but damn if whoa doesn't have some clever shit in it

[Arch0wl]

been listening to this on repeat

on a side note, I finally found a way to articulate what I don't like about Aesop Rock:

his diction and rhyme structure are really good, but he has very little synergy between the beats and his lyrics most of the time unless it's a collab on someone else's album. the beats and his lyrics are essentially independent of each other, or there might as well not even be a beat.

it strikes me as the equivalent of comedy where the only thing happening is the comedian standing at the microphone telling jokes in a monotone voice, a la Mitch Hedberg or Anthony Jeselnik. and even in that case, the monotone voice usually adds to the comedy; in rap, where the voice lends to the energy of the track, it bugs me when rappers don't emphasize tone and delivery -- the major difference between Eminem and Jay-Z, from my perspective.

I think few people articulate this because wordplay is explicit, and it's a level of complexity easier to express in terms of a system, which when taken to a great extent will hit the listener over the head with its complexity, forcing an "I like it / I don't like it" choice. it's not like tone and delivery, which are readily understandable on visceral terms. good delivery is more akin to good graphic design; it works with a gut response in the listener/viewer, and is difficult to analyze in overt terms.

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Originally Posted by FFR4EVA_00

rip lil b
also who else actually liked wolf


he got a lot more monotone since he came back from samoa but damn if whoa doesn't have some clever shit in it

i originally thought wolf was album of the year for the first 3 weeks it was out and then i couldn't listen to it as much just because tyler's lyrics (again) were not as good as his production. though i thought the album was super cohesive and is holistically great progress for him

yeah but doris will be album of the year no doubt -- not much competition with kanye's garbage and jay-z's mediocre stuff. mac miller did well with his new album and j cole stuck to his roots

[Choofers]

lurker I try to stay based but sometimes I just fall off the track

[FFR4EVA_00]

speaking of lil b i decided to check back up on him
i lost interest in him after pink flame came out
this is what he's doing now

my fucking ears

[dAnceguy117]

lil b is untouchable.




The Cool Kids don't make my favorite rap music. I wouldn't try to make an argument for them being "the greatest of all time" or whatever. I doubt they have anything like that in mind, though, which is pretty dope.

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Johnny Polygon, he's a very unique rapper. he's completely fan-funded as well. no labels no nothin

oh and chance the rapper

[robertsona]

ive never been apart of anti-OF crew but i juts think earl needs to leave Of, needs some more lively, idiosyncratic shit to rap over

like i thought his track with flylo was awesome but idk if hes really brought out his best over tyler shit

[dAnceguy117]

Originally Posted by top

Johnny Polygon, he's a very unique rapper. he's completely fan-funded as well. no labels no nothin

really cool. My Shit sounds kinda retro. I dig it

if anybody else is curious, here, I saved you five seconds.

Saigon anyone?

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lil wayne can rap really fuckin good, but he can also suck really bad i dunno what it is

we outchea - ace hood feat. lil wayne

example of how lil wayne can be awesome. ace hood's good too