What's so bad about rap?

Back Dat Azz Up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrF1dOf56MQ


Hotwater

 

Anybody who can freestyle like this deserves respect, imo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeMFtCcp-Vg

Also, this is supposedly a freestyle, but it almost seems to complex. Either way, it's talent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPES-Yn475s

 

Mo Money, Mo Problems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FTRAeycmM0



Hotwater

 

Anyone remember Q-Tip :cheers2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyPfKMGGeMw


Hotwater

 

Of course. Classic shit



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46c8AqzjLCg

 

i like rap. i have respect for people who can freestyle too. i listen to it every now and then, my music collection contains quite a lot of it. Sometimes it shits me though when they take the track to another great song and do some shitty rap over it.

 

These are my favoritests rap songs, as rap songs go:

Gangster's Paradise- Coolio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxF-ImXaUdE

The Message - Grandmaster Flash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4o8TeqKhgY

I Got Five on it - Luniz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJzIYv_mE04

Eminem's coo, too

 

Sir Mix-A-Lot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNQU-tVSuw4

Mack 10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx5ipbM45VQ

Bertha Butt Boogie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaUUK2_ED70

 

VH1 Top 50 Rap Songs (as voted by committee)


50 Lil’ Wayne - “Tha Block Is Hot”
49 Boogie Down Productions - “My Philosophy”
48 Nas - “One Love”
47 Young MC - “Bust A Move”
46 De La Soul - “Me, Myself, And I”
45 Geto Boys - “Mind Playing Tricks On Me”
44 Method Man ft/ Mary J. Blige - “I’ll Be There For You/You’re All I Need to Get By”
43 Game, The ft. 50 Cent - “Hate It or Love It”
42 Roxanne Shante - “Roxanne’s Revenge”
41 Funky 4 + 1 - “That’s the Joint”
40 Run-DMC - “It’s Like That”
39 Tone-Loc - “Wild Thing”
38 Coolio - “Gangsta’s Paradise”
37 Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - “It Takes Two”
36 Nelly - “Hot In Herre”
35 Queen Latifah ft. Monie Love - “Ladies First”
34 Cypress Hill - “Insane In The Brain”
33 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - “Tha Crossroads”
32 Puff Daddy & The Family ft/ Notorious B.I.G., Lil’ Kim and The Lox - “It’s All About The Benjamins”
31 Kool Moe Dee - “How Ya Like Me Now”
30 Tribe Called Quest - “Check the Rhime”
29 Digital Underground - “The Humpty Dance”
28 Ice Cube - “It Was A Good Day”
27 Beastie Boys - “Hold it Now, Hit it”
26 MC Hammer - “U Can’t Touch This”
25 Fugees - “Killing Me Softly”
24 Eric B and Rakim - “Paid in Full”
23 Outkast - “B.O.B.”
22 Naughty By Nature - “OPP”
21 Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force- “Planet Rock”
20 Kanye West ft/ Jamie Foxx - “Gold Digger”
19 Ice T - “Colors”
18 50 Cent - “In Da Club”
17 Sir Mix-A-Lot - “Baby Got Back”
16 Missy Elliott - “Get Ur Freak On”
15 Eminem - “Stan”
14 Tupac - “I Get Around”
13 Wu-Tang Clan - “C.R.E.A.M.”
12 L.L. Cool J - “I Can’t Live Without My Radio”
11 Jay-Z - “Hard Knock Life”
10 Kurtis Blow - “The Breaks”
09 Salt-N-Pepa - “Push It”
08 Snoop Doggy Dogg - “Gin and Juice”
07 Notorious B.I.G. - “Juicy”
06 N.W.A. - “Straight Outta Compton”
05 Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - “The Message”
04 Run-DMC ft/ Aerosmith - “Walk This Way”
03 Dr. Dre - “Nuthin But A ‘G’ Thang”
02 Sugarhill Gang - “Rapper’s Delight”
01 Public Enemy - “Fight The Power”



Hotwater

 

This has always been one of my favorites.

"So High" by T-Rock:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BShAGypsyg

 

I dunno son, I don't see Bertha Butt Boogie on this list :toetap05:

 

Actually it's somewhere between 50 to 100 on the list


Hotwater

 

I like some rap.. just mostly underground stuff (like EL-P) - or old school ODB, Wu-Tang-Clan, Fuggees.. and some French shit as well you wouldn't know: IAM, NTM, etc. that shit is good, and I listen to it.

I just hate the commercial shit today. It's talentless.

 

I dont see any Talib or Mos on that list either...i think there is a different VH1 list with Common - I Used to Love H.E.R. in the top 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_DRR87em-4&feature=related
Blackstar shinin bright^

lot of people have misconceptions about hiphop that it is all about bitch this, nigga that, hos and ice - in reality, i'd feel comfortable saying the majority of hiphop is quite different. also theres a big difference in HIPHOP and RAP. rapping is something you do as an MC, but in hiphop there are more than just that and it is a complete lifestyle.

there are 4 essential parts of hiphop life - bboyin, DJing, graffiti and MCin

i agree that the commercial RAP is definitely worthless for the most part.

i saw someone say that they can blame rap for the degenerates of our day? that's wild and preposterous. its like claiming that rock music is the cause for people to beat their kids or wife...

 

I also love these guys. They remind me of college:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp2hvM2LL_4

 

Outkast is the shizz


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRTH9D0epTs

 

Can I suggest Jedi mind tricks and Immortal TEchnique

 

it lacks epicurean quality, and it lacks the ability to communicate with people who actually matter

great, you're marginalized.

so rap makes you feel better with it's sweaty raw energy.

yay for you.

it's like folk music for inner city people. if you have a tractor, you listen to pete seeger, if you have a bus pass, you listen to eminem.

 

I like that Hyphy....that's in large part why I no longer listen to rap, so I definitely see where you're coming from.

Have you ever heard of the Blue Scholars by chance? I haven't heard any of their newer stuff, but when I use to listen to rap/hip hop they were one of my favorites because they actually explored that "subject matter" you speak of. They're from Seattle too, just saying cause you're from the west coast right?

Edit:
(This one's particularly good)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRkhiFmsPHU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIqMIrmpUjc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kI5xc1ggfM

 

response to your first video...sad enough his never shot shit nor anyone.

second video....my 8th grade teacher came with more iller shit then what he raps......and so what its all starts with P's? its not like he made a point? or had good flow.