Who is the best rapper ever?

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Originally Posted by Choofers

indicud was shit

there were a couple good songs, but overall it was a little disappointing i agree

[Snowcrafta]

How has nobody mentioned Slo Mo?

[korny]

Mac mutha fuckin dre

[ssbmchamp]

Originally Posted by mi40

so u understand bang's lyrics and think they are good????? what the fuck??? that shit isn't even considered proper rap in korea
i fucking lol'd

also asking the question who is the best rapper ever?? is the stupidest shit i've heard in quite a while since all you're gonna get are mostly and only western names

but if i had to give an unbiased who is the best rapper ever it would be G.O.D from the 90s

There is no way you're in college because you honestly might be the dumbest person on this site....I posted that song because you seemed to think I only listened to American artists which you based solely on the fact that I liked Eminem. As dumb as you might think it is, the point of this thread was to see what rappers others thought were really good, in hopes of finding new music to add to my itunes. I don't care if you hate Bang, that's your opinion, which doesn't matter at all since you're a douchebag.

[korny]

Originally Posted by ssbmchamp

There is no way you're in college because you honestly might be the dumbest person on this site....I posted that song because you seemed to think I only listened to American artists which you based solely on the fact that I liked Eminem. As dumb as you might think it is, the point of this thread was to see what rappers others thought were really good, in hopes of finding new music to add to my itunes. I don't care if you hate Bang, that's your opinion, which doesn't matter at all since you're a douchebag.

Damnnn so true

[codcrille]

Dudes from Flight of the Conchords. They pretty much hit it spot on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOgC8qp_I2Y

[Coolboyrulez0]

Sam already repped MF DOOM but I'm here to second that... 4 pages and only 1 mention of fucking DOOM? damn ffr...

[Arch0wl]

Any criterion you use to establish a metric of superiority for a rapper (lyrical complexity, novelty, variety, delivery) will invariably just be some field you could put on a slider and slide to be more or less important depending on individual preference. "Lyrical complexity" itself is a nebulous thing anyway since it's not clear if you're talking about, say, rhythm or rhyme or semantic content.

Glorifying complexity of meaning in rap lyrics can be futile because there is only so much you have to work with; after a certain level of complexity, your flow sucks, and the only way to ramp up the complexity factor without making it a stilted piece of shit is to render it beatless poetry. Pragmatic complexity can be just as, if not more interesting. That's basically all Kanye is; his raps are pretty 'easy' but he's a Turducken of context, which is why so many music critics like him.

[infinity.]

earl is the best rapper out there right now


in the recent past?
earl
aesop
p.o.s
grieves
busdriver

[Choofers]

Originally Posted by ssbmchamp

There is no way you're in college because you honestly might be the dumbest person on this site....I posted that song because you seemed to think I only listened to American artists which you based solely on the fact that I liked Eminem. As dumb as you might think it is, the point of this thread was to see what rappers others thought were really good, in hopes of finding new music to add to my itunes. I don't care if you hate Bang, that's your opinion, which doesn't matter at all since you're a douchebag.

lmao you got trolled fucking hardcore

[SurdifiableOne]

Originally Posted by Coolboyrulez0

Sam already repped MF DOOM but I'm here to second that... 4 pages and only 1 mention of fucking DOOM? damn ffr...

Only reason I didn't say MF DOOM was because it was already mentioned, but I'm a huge fan of MF DOOM, especially when he's in Madvillain because Madvillainy was my favorite project involving MF Doom.




I also just discovered The Underachievers and I think they're pretty good imo

Snow Tha Product is a great female rapper with a sick flow and beats pretty much any female rapper out there, especially Shitty Minaj

Rittz is also a rapper that I think is good. His flow is either fast or really fast which I think is pretty entertaining.

I'm surprised nobody said R.A. The Rugged Man

[mi40]

Originally Posted by ssbmchamp

There is no way you're in college because you honestly might be the dumbest person on this site....I posted that song because you seemed to think I only listened to American artists which you based solely on the fact that I liked Eminem. As dumb as you might think it is, the point of this thread was to see what rappers others thought were really good, in hopes of finding new music to add to my itunes. I don't care if you hate Bang, that's your opinion, which doesn't matter at all since you're a douchebag.

snooze

[infinity.]

Originally Posted by SurdifiableOne

Only reason I didn't say MF DOOM was because it was already mentioned, but I'm a huge fan of MF DOOM, especially when he's in Madvillain because Madvillainy was my favorite project involving MF Doom.




I also just discovered The Underachievers and I think they're pretty good imo

Snow Tha Product is a great female rapper with a sick flow and beats pretty much any female rapper out there, especially Shitty Minaj

Rittz is also a rapper that I think is good. His flow is either fast or really fast which I think is pretty entertaining.

I'm surprised nobody said R.A. The Rugged Man

underachievers are on the come up, but there lyrics aren't that strong yet -- huge production level tho

[.Layne.]

awwwwww

yes

[TheSaxRunner05]

The best raper ever:

Hey
I just met you
and this is crazy
so here's my semen
so have my baby

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tupac btw

[SurdifiableOne]

Originally Posted by top

tupac btw

I'm going to go ahead and guess this was a serious post. I might get a lot of hate for this, but 2pac was extremely overrated. He made good music, but not as good as people made it out to be.

[FontSize72LOL]

I'm guessing by rap you're including hip hop.

Enimem
Lupe Fiasco
Tech N9ne

Like I'm not going to lie, I usually heavily dislike rap/hip hop but these are artists i can stand, and will actually listen to from time to time.

[korny]

Tupac had that soulful gangsta sound that I feel has never been reproduced and in that regard alone I feel puts him in his own tier. Tupac was and still remains a humongous influence worldwide. You might not vibe with his style or sound like I or others do, but that doesn't make him extremely overrated at all he was indeed quite good at what he did and will forever be one of the greatest rappers of all time.

[Arch0wl]