Who are the best current rappers?

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Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:22:19 Post No. 61607211 [Report]

Who are the best current rappers?

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:24:07 Post No.61607243
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:24:07 Post No.61607243 [Report]

1. Kanye
2. Kanye
3. Kanye
4. Kanye
5. Kanye

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:24:46 Post No.61607252
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:24:46 Post No.61607252 [Report]

Vince Staples.

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:26:03 Post No.61607281
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Slim Jesus

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:28:18 Post No.61607330
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Milo is awesome if you're into that. Freddie Gibbs is one of the better currently active rappers as well.
Personally I think Wiki is one of the best rappers because of his live performances. Ratking is seriously awesome live.

https://youtu.be/Sdn3__jAH64?t=696

knowing /mu/ these days this thread will be filled with gay ass trap artists.

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:29:23 Post No.61607348
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>>61607281
Nathan pls go
Young Thug.

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:31:02 Post No.61607373
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>>61607281
what exactly did two-pack do to rap? Why do people give him so much praise?

Never understood why people praise these """artists""" like tupac, bob marley, etc etc

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:33:51 Post No.61607427
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:33:51 Post No.61607427 [Report]

kanye or kendrick

honorable mention: young thug

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:37:07 Post No.61607496
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>>61607330
>milo
nice

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:37:40 Post No.61607504
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Joey Bada$$

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:38:23 Post No.61607515
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>>61607243
/bread

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:39:43 Post No.61607538
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:39:43 Post No.61607538 [Report]

>>61607496
milo is great but he's much more polarizing and niche than most rappers discussed on /mu/

it's basically nerd rap that doesn't suck ass for once

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:40:36 Post No.61607554
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:40:36 Post No.61607554 [Report]

in reality its kendrick

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:42:24 Post No.61607584
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>>61607538
fuck STFDC is definitely one of the best records from 2015, but he's such a small artist that he gets overlooked

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:43:25 Post No.61607604
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>>61607330
>that small venue
>that dj actually doing something
>those comfy ass NY beats
I've never gone to a hip-hop show live but I'd want it to be like this. Also the crowd seems really into it for the most part.

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:44:08 Post No.61607612
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:44:08 Post No.61607612 [Report]

Kendrick Lamar
Joey bada$$

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:44:54 Post No.61607629
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>>61607504
rap game micheal cera

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:45:43 Post No.61607654
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>>61607612
>>61607504
joey bada$$ just piggybacks on 90's nostalgia

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:46:09 Post No.61607667
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:46:09 Post No.61607667 [Report]

1. riff raff
2. jody highroller
3. the neon icon

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:47:13 Post No.61607692
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:47:13 Post No.61607692 [Report]

Nas is the best rapper imo but his recent stuff has been sub par
nas' flow is untouchable

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:48:59 Post No.61607746
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>>61607373
From my understanding Tupac brought production into rapping. So it wasn't just a HARD HEATING BEAT YO, there was actually some level of music behind the song.

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>>61607604
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRq50g5iuoo
>you will never be at a show this chill
>ratking just fucking around on the mic with Sub Luna City
>Sporting Life laughing and talking with people hanging out in the background
>the rest of the crowd just chilling with their friends
I would enjoy this over some hyped up bullshit any day

Anonymous 2016-01-09 20:54:57 Post No.61607863
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>>61607746
kek thats why his music sounds like shit then

Anonymous 2016-01-09 21:23:37 Post No.61608470
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 21:23:37 Post No.61608470 [Report]

>>61607654
1999-era Joey, yeah. But now he does his thing.
>ex: that G Herbo feature

Anonymous 2016-01-09 21:34:51 Post No.61608693
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>>61607330
Saw Ratking live. The crowd was shit and their shit broke but they still played a great set!

Anonymous 2016-01-09 21:41:07 Post No.61608827
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 21:41:07 Post No.61608827 [Report]

Kendrick, Drake, Kevin Gates, Travi$ Scott, and Montana of 300 the best new cats making noise right now.

Best older (10+ years) cats still making noise right now would be Kanye, Game, and Lupe.

Anonymous 2016-01-09 21:42:23 Post No.61608850
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 21:42:23 Post No.61608850 [Report]

LUPE FIASCO

Anonymous 2016-01-09 21:43:04 Post No.61608864
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>>61607654
Stop saying this like it's an inherently bad thing.

Anonymous 2016-01-09 21:50:39 Post No.61609028
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 21:50:39 Post No.61609028 [Report]

Kendrick
Mick Jenkins
Lupe Fiasco

Anonymous 2016-01-09 21:51:43 Post No.61609058
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>>61608827
You have bad taste

Anonymous 2016-01-09 21:53:18 Post No.61609091
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 21:53:18 Post No.61609091 [Report]

>>61609058
Who are yours?

Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:02:59 Post No.61609276
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>>61607330

>milo

Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:04:39 Post No.61609317
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>>61609091
Better than yours, friend.

Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:04:40 Post No.61609319
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>>61607330
Wiki is way up there on my list

Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:10:10 Post No.61609425
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>>61609276
LOL

Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:18:56 Post No.61609611
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:18:56 Post No.61609611 [Report]

All of Black Hippy
Killer Mike
Young Thug
Denzel Curry
Wiki
Milo
Vince Staples
Earl Sweatshirt

Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:20:18 Post No.61609642
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:20:18 Post No.61609642 [Report]

Kill the vultures are decent

Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:21:02 Post No.61609657
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>>61607243
only the right answerrr

Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:21:23 Post No.61609662
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:21:23 Post No.61609662 [Report]

>>61609611
>All of Black Hippy
but ab soul sucks

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>who are the best rappers out?
You can not name a better artist than lock smith. YOU CAN NOT.
>great songwriting
>fantastic emotional delivery without being corny or melodramatic
>straight Fire when he wants to spit
>incredible flow control
>strong grasp of english vocabulary, grammar tricks and poetic devices
he has it all.
PROOF:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KASoWqfpR7s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6tFtHzGVLE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyUkRs4jqNo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6tFtHzGVLE

Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:29:03 Post No.61609802
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:29:03 Post No.61609802 [Report]

ME, MYSELF, AND I .

BITCH.

Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:29:26 Post No.61609815
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>>61609662
his last record was a flop but Control System is amazing
>>61609276
tell me more

Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:31:25 Post No.61609845
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>>61607211
Busdriver.

Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:48:30 Post No.61610219
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>>61609276
>troll him
>he gets mad

wow what a huge surprise

don't really agree with him on the death grips thing though, it's not like the title "niggas on the moon" was really aimed at black people.

If you get offended by a death grips album cover, then it's had the desired effect.

Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:52:32 Post No.61610308
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>>61607746
Listen to more hip hop kid

Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:53:24 Post No.61610331
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>>61607243
Kanye doesn't even rap tho

Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:57:22 Post No.61610425
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 22:57:22 Post No.61610425 [Report]

In no particular order (kendrick #1 right now tho)
Kendrick
Kanye
Milo
Busdriver
Open Mike Eagle
Freddie Gibbs
Joey Bada$$
El p./Killer Mike
Ab Soul

Probably forgetting some, idk

Anonymous 2016-01-09 23:06:35 Post No.61610641
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>>61607373
He represented the genre. The guy wasn't just a decent rapper, he was an icon to hip-hop as well. His attitude, his voice, his personality, everything he stood for essentially became engrained in hip-hop culture. He was the first rapper to really do that.

Anonymous 2016-01-09 23:07:20 Post No.61610660
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 23:07:20 Post No.61610660 [Report]

Young Thug is the greatest artist of our time.

Anonymous 2016-01-09 23:07:50 Post No.61610672
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 23:07:50 Post No.61610672 [Report]

>"rappers"
>sigh

Jonathan Mathis

Anonymous 2016-01-09 23:08:20 Post No.61610680
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>>61607654
Early on yeah sure but he's been switching things up recently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUlFpy04ksA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH_OtqtdX-g

Tbh that boom-bap revival thing was NYC trying to rediscover its sound after being under the radar for so long. The grimey boom-bap style of hip-hop is a staple of New York hip-hop.

Anonymous 2016-01-09 23:13:43 Post No.61610820
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In order of best to worst
1. Lupe
2. King Los when he freestyles
3. AFRO when he finally releases that album
4. Killer Mike and El P
5. Kendrick

Not much else out there, wish Hopsin didnt turn into such a faggot. He never shoulda gone into feels shit, he was a freestyle lyrical king kinda guy. I felt he maybe coulda raised the game up but just fell off into irrelevancy. 2010 and after the game has been pretty dry, the fact Kendrick is looked to as the best atm just goes to show that.

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>>61610820
Backpacker, the post

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>>61608864
It is when it's 16 years after the 1990's.

Anonymous 2016-01-09 23:27:34 Post No.61611148
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>>61610930
White guy who listens to gangster rap even though hes in college for womans studies: the post

Anonymous 2016-01-09 23:27:36 Post No.61611152
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 23:27:36 Post No.61611152 [Report]

Definitely not the best right now but I reckon now that he's left Funk Volume, Dizzy Wright could go on and become a force. He's got mad talent, Hopsin was holding him back.

Anonymous 2016-01-09 23:29:10 Post No.61611181
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Anonymous 2016-01-09 23:29:10 Post No.61611181 [Report]

MC Ride easily.
If you disagree with me you're a hipster nigger.

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>>61611152
>mad talent
>Wiz Khalifa 0.2

Anonymous 2016-01-09 23:35:03 Post No.61611322
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>>61611181
He can lay down a good flow but 'hipsters' aren't going to disagree with you, rap fans will tho.

Anonymous 2016-01-09 23:35:36 Post No.61611334
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>>61611261
Literally the only similarity they share is that they both smoke a shit ton of weed.

Dizzy is lyrically, musically, and technically a better rapper than Wiz.

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>>61608827
>Montana of 300

Anonymous 2016-01-09 23:39:55 Post No.61611442
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>>61611334]
>Lyrically
Same desu senpai

I feel I'm the shit cause everybody talkin
I know I'm the shit cause everybody watchin uh!
I'm tryna make it to the top, but the top seems far when everybody is stallin
Yeah, young man tryna stand out, and I'm tryna be the best. hands down
I rep the vegs so I'm more than just a man now
I'm makin dough and now everybody got there hand out
Damn, ya'll niggas trippin, niggas see the money comin in and wanna kick it

>Musically
Lmfao when diz comes out with something half as catchy as black/yellow tell me

>Technically
Aight he beat Wiz in this but hes like 5% better, still a joke. Thats like saying you got better ryhmes than officer Ricky, like congratz?

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>>61607211
LIL UGLY MANE FTW

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>only 1 mention of Earl Sweatshirt

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>>61612870

>only 1 mention of Jonathan Mathis

https://soundcloud.com/jonathanmathis217/01-throw-your-hands-up-1

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Me when people are pretending there's any answer besides Lil Debbie

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Denzel Curry has the most potential to become huge in my opinion. He is very talented, and has a admirable aesthetic. I can see him becoming big.

>>61607252
He's worth a mention.
>>61607330
Milo is great, but Freddie Gibbs is probably one of the best rappers in this time period.
>>61609611
Good list

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>>61612925
This song is really good anons...

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>>61613632
hell yeah
denzel's the goat

WE DONT TAKE KINDLY TO THREATS NIGGA WE DONT TAKE KINDLY TO THREADS

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show sum love for daniel pls

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