GERD

I really liked Agent Orange off Movies For The Blind, great tune. I never really got into the whole album though, not like I did with Hell's Winter(I got the 2 disc with the instrumentals which is pretty cool).

davidlord

I am fondle of listing Hip-Hop music.My ever and ever greatest Hip-Hop artist are:
Doom
Slug
Mos def
Outkast
NAS
2Pack.

larry lurex

not read the whole post- but are the Jungle Brothers in there somewhere?

TunechiBaby

Lil Wayne

period
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no argument necessary

James D Hill

I say none.Rap is the worst form of pop music.They cant sing,they are horrible musicians and they cant speak plain English.I have heard some crap in my time but rap takes the cake.

TunechiBaby

Ignorance..... is it bliss?

You clearly have only heard the likes of Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka etc. smh.

"It Doesn't Make You A Good Person To Criticize Before You Improvise. Doesn't Necessarily Make You A Bad Person Either But The Characteristics Fall Heavily Into Bad Sway" - Weezy

someonecompletelyrandom

Really? I rap. Do you think I'm a horrible musician? I think I'm half way decent. But apparently I must suck because "rap" (it's properly called Hip-Hop, by the way) is talentless. Which is odd because it seems like it took quite a bit of study and diligent practicing to get it down. Huh. Go figure.

You clearly have no idea what goes into making a hip hop song. You equate talent with playing an instrument, I assume. The amount of talent a producer needs to have to make a good track is immense, it takes a lot of work to get this down. Hours and hours on end of studio time perfecting beats.

The rappers themselves aren't talentless either. Do you think rapping is just talking over a beat? Why don't you record yourself doing that and show us the results. Like the piano, rapping can be entry level, but is a tricky vocal technique to perfect and truly master. If you think you can spit for us, right here and right now, and actually present a decent flow - I say go for it. Upload it to youtube and let us watch. Prove to us how talentless rap really is.

The technical aspects of rapping are just one difficult area to master. There's also the immense creative responsibility of crafting lyrics. These are poets and wordsmiths, and even spitting a half way decent bar takes more talent than playing a few crappy guitar chords and singing a few easily recalled lyrics.

By the way, in addition to producing beats and rapping - I also play guitar, bass, piano, flute, and sing. I don't think any of those things takes more talent than the other.

Zer0

If you are judging hip-hop by what appears in the charts these days you are way off the mark. Listen to Public Enemy, DJ Shadow and Dalek and try and tell us that they have no talent.

As regards muscianship and singing, in not just hip-hop but music in general, they don't mean everything. Some artists can say more in one note than others can in 30 notes, for example hardcore-punk bands.

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The Virgin

Lil' Kim is the BEST!!!!

Carded

2Pac is the greatest. Definitely