Who's your favorite rapper? Why? Favorite album/track?
Also General rapper appreciation thread
Denzel Curry / Fire / 32 Zel / Planet Shrooms
>>73125075
I gave him a chance, can't stand him
>>73125138
Just wondering, why? Is it the "nerdy" pop culture refrences or are you not into trap at all? His early tapes with Raider Klan are pretty great Memphis inspired hip hop and Nostalgia64 is one of the best trap albums ever. If you listened too Imperial, it's actually one of his worse albums.
I fucking hate Aesop Rock
>>73125252
He feels "south" the only south rapper I liked was killer Mike and he doesn't sound south anymore. Not in rtj at least
Kendrick Lamar / Childish Gambino.
Both multitalented geniuses with consistent flows and unparalleled word play. IMHO.
>>73125466
hate both desu
Freddie Gibbs is probably the best rapper of this generation. Piñata is possibly my favorite rap album from all time.
>>73125075
32Zel/Planet Shrooms was fucking great, most underrated Denzel Curry release, better than both Imperial and Nostalgia64.
>>73125466
The best thing Gambino did was stop rapping
>>73125466
Did Gambino pull a Kendrick and just make a genre-homage album?
>>73125301
What do you not like?
>>73125601
Aesop Rock
>>73125601
shut the fuck up
>>73125579
Yeah, but it was a warm and cozy listen nonetheless.
Mick jenkins / the waters / comfortable
Honestly, rain is his best song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txQ2yCXIJkg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKNMJAGCiDY
>>73125637
I love Vibe and Healer. I wonder how long he's going to keep up the water theme.
I think Kool AD is really good. His wordplay and punchlines consistently get a smile from me, great taste in beats and music in general, very chill without getting boring, he's able to share positive ideas and genuine POVs without sounding anything close to preachy, he can spit for minutes and minutes without stopping, and he makes a LOT of music. I can understand some people disliking his lolrandom pop culture references, and maybe its just because we grew up in the same area, but his stream of consciousness makes a lot of sense to me, and it carries a lot of personality that I just don't pick up on with most rappers.
If you liked Das Racist at all but never checked out his solo stuff, Word OK is a really great album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rXE8KiQqAk
>>73125719
ya and the whole love theme on his album was fucking stupid. Mick jenkins has the potential to be top 5 rapper. His bars and flow are fucking incredible. He needs to stop fucking singing and start spitting more.
I like m&ms I think he has some pretty good Sangs like "my salsa"
That's a very catchy tune
As of right now its Vince Staples, Earl, and LUCKI Ecks.
Rap has been pretty stagnant. Most people's sounds are overplayed or they're over saturating themselves(--->Travis Scott).
Theres been lots of flops...Blank Face, TLOP, Playboi Carti, ASAP Ferg's most recent project, DAMN.
Specifaclly, i was really upset with Playboi Carti. All he had to do was use the formula he used on tracks like Broke Boi, Speedy Gonzales, and Hollyfield but instead he but to much weight in adlibs and half rapping.
TLDR: In general, most artists aren't expanding things
>>73125772
In what world was Blank Face a flop?
>>73125741
Tbh the only tracks I really liked on THC were Plugged and Drowning. But yeah, he definitely has potential.
>>73125790
if you pay attention to all of the "flops" he posted, they were all reviewed as >7 by anthony fantano
>>73125790
Oxymoron was better. Black Face suffered from the same issues though. Q needs to be way pickier with the guest verses he allows on his projects. Too bad popular hip hop is such a fucking circlejerk and rappers will constantly put out really flawed LPs with all their friends hopping on for a 3/10 verse.
>>73125772
Did you really not like Carti's album? I thought it was one of the best trap rap albums in general. The production on the album is just as beautiful as it was on Broke Boi, specifically Location. And while he does have a lot of adlibs, he does also have quite a few bars that people ignore.
>>73125790
Blank Face was pretty disappointing. Oxymoron wasn't great, but it had a few classic songs. I can not remember much from Blank Face, other than Kanye's Chipotle line.
>>73125737
I feel ya. Love kool ad. Best rapper in the world.
/thread
>>73125864
kool ad kool ad best rapper
best rapper alive
best rapper dead or alive
kooladbestrapper.com
100 years kool ad best rapepr
Moonman
>>73125818
I've haven't watched a Fantano review so I wouldn't know. Never really understood why so many people are interested in him.
>>73125836
I know what you mean. There's tracks on it that Q could've and probably should've cut (specifically Overtime). I think Blank Face with .Paak was supposed to be the closer because it sure feels like it. But yeah, it sold way less than Oxymoron, but I wouldn't call it a flop. Flop is like Joey's album.
>>73125847
Not even Groovy Tony/Eddie Kane?
>>73125737
Nashawn.
>>73125973
I'm not so sure that Joey's album was really meant to be this commercial darling, but I guess this is post-TPAB so maybe.
>>73126013
He's big enough now to be expecting more, I think he sold less than B4DASS. But getting sandwiched between Drake and Kendrick doesn't help anyone's cause.
>>73125790
There was nothing new or interestig on imo. It was a one time listen thing and nothing made me really wanna come back...I'd give it a 6/10
>>73125847
Carti's album was 50/50...New Choppa, Magnoilia, Locations, Broke Niggaz, and another one were tough, then there was the rest where i kinda just blanked out and skipped
>>73125818
Lol true. I tend to agree or nearly agree with Fantano on rap releases. Imo, most rap these days doesn't really deserve above a 6...Migos release was pretty fucking tough tho
Speaking of rap lately I've been trying to make my own tracks and I've been trying really hard to pay close attention to the construction of the tracks that the best rappers use does anyone have suggestions for rappers that have especially creative tracks they rap over?
>>73126222
Aside from the usual Verse/Hook song form, theres a form where the hook is the center of the song. Like 16 bars for the hook, 16 for a verse, and then finish the song with the hook again.
The intro and outro are optional.
Examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ackI4JNQAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6g-yDitPz8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq81qz-iA-o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJXNk00KpZE
These songs are generally less than 2:30 long.
In Lucki's song its kinda just one long verse. It works well cause he's usually xan'd out and raps slow.
DOOM
>>73124904
Well-known?
Top three are probably Cudi, Gambino and Chance.
I enjoy Kanye and Kendrick as well.
Indie/more obscure?
MC Ride and this nigga right here. Airospace makes some good shit, even though ear gauges are fucking stupid.
>>73125637
The Waters > Healer > Comfortable > Vibe > Jazz > Black Sheep is such a good streak
>>73125973
You're probably not going to get why people are so interested in him if you've never even watched one of his videos
>>73125138
to each their own
>not a single person mentioned the actual GOAT rapper
what the fuck is wrong with you people
>>73128168
This
>>73128168
Biggie is one of the main reasons hiphop commercialised and turned radio friendly in the first place. Can't deny that he was a great rapper but he sure hurt the culture. Also lacks material to be GOAT, probably would have fell off if he didn't die, in the same way a lot more people would consider eminem GOAT if he died after MMLP.
But this thread isn't about GOAT but personal favorite. Sean Price is mine. Made some top tier material with Heltah Skeltah/Boot Camp. Pretty hardcore but still a goofy bastard, punchline GOAT and good freestyler. Plus no bullshit.
https://youtu.be/ozcaDR7KkKg
>>73128403
Its a bummer that I can't stand this dudes voice.
>>73128602
Really? Never heard that one before, but on that track it's got a bunch of effects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR-ndBko8TQ
Still the case when it's just raw voice?
Probably my fav two.
MF DOOM / Unparalleled wordplay / Pic related / Accordion
>>73125466
>Gambino
>Good
Does everyone on /mu/ have shit taste or is that just their supposed hip-hop heads?
My personal favourite rapper would be E-Dubble, his music really spoke to me
>>73128168
>Biggie being the GOAT
Fuck off, Ice Cube alone was already miles better, don't get me started on people like El-P, Kanye or Andre 3000
>>73130416
>One poster
>everyone on /mu/
Plus gambino almost always gets shit on here, stop being a retard
>>73130458
>asking /mu/tants not to be retards
oh lawd
>>73130445
>El-P a better rapper than biggie
>>73130487
>Debut with Company Flow is an absolute underground classic / masterpiece
>Solo debut is a certified classic
>Second album is one of the best rap albums ever made
>3rd album is good as fuck
>Producess like an absolute god throughout his career
>Starts RTJ and drops 3 back to back excellent albums
>Showering in critical acclaim
>More than 20 years of career, showing no signs of stopping
Meanwhile Biggie one classic album, one alright double-disc album and huh... oh shit yeah that's about it
Welp good try anon
>Biggie being a better rapper than El-P
>>73124904
Is Aesop Rock considered a white rapper? Because white people shouldn't rap.
Danny Brown / Monopoly / XXX
One of my favorite voices in hip hop that he can switch up however he pleases, also incredibly diverse with pop influences, boom bap influences and industrial influences to name a few.
>>73128403
Sean Price is one of hip-hop's biggest losses imo
>>73130484
same
>>73130571
yeah he's really really white
>>73130571
Rap has nothing to do with race and everything to do with what the individual can feel inside the space of the rhythm and project their heart or intellect.
Modern rap is shit, but Aesop can rap.
>>73130534
If you're going to use critical acclaim to settle if Biggie or El-P is better you're on shallow water. Production is unrelated to the discussion at hand. Ready to Die alone carries more influence and impact than El-P ever has done or ever will do.
It makes sense that Biggie's discography is as limited as it is, but both ready to die and life after death are enough to prove he was an extremely talented rapper, huge mic presence, top flow, etc. I like El-P more than I do Biggie as an artist, El-P is a good songwriter, and you're right his albums are good, as is RTJ, however none of them are widely regarded as classics and you're deluded if you think they are. In addition, this argument is in regard to being a rapper, and if you take El-P's rap skills at face values he's got a boring flow, lack of energy and certainly lacks traits of a good MC.
or in other words fuck you weeb trash take your backpack and go home to minnesota where someone might agree with you
>>73126454
my sides were in orbit when he said I only watch dragon ball z after cell showed up
>>73130688
Sorry to butt in...
Where you from?
What year you born?
>>73124904
I like technical rapping with cuh-razy rhyme schemes and shit like that, so my favorite rapper is prolly Eminem. I don't even give a fuck he hasn't made anything half decent since Eminem Show, I like his modern day nonsence bars barrage.
Also MF DOOM, dr. octagon, Earl Sweatshirt and Kendrick are honorable mentions. I would say Slaughterhouse but no, it's just eminem worship but worse
3 Top-1 rap albums:
Eminem - Marshall Matthers LP
Kanye West - MBDTF
dalek - absence
Because he was a lyrical genius. Favourite album would be either By The Throat or The Many Faces of Oliver Hart. Can't decide. Burn fetish is my favourite track by far. Feels right up my alley.
>>73130789
Holy shit, dogg, hivemind, also, :'(
>>73124904
J. Cole probably. I don't listen to him often but he makes really good music I'm realizing slowly but surely. Neighbors bangs.
>>73130688
Just because someone touched pop culture doesn't mean shit. You sound more pop than the guy you are talking to.
>>73130688
>if you take El-P's rap skills at face values he's got a boring flow, lack of energy and certainly lacks traits of a good MC
You sound like one of those colossal brainlet faggots that likes Wu Tang but hates Liquid Swords.
>>73130784
Your top 3 is LOL
>>73130846
I don't like hip-hop very much in general, so I don't give a fuck.
>>73130790
Ye. :'( Can't imagine what magic he would throw out if he were still here.
Del in his prime
>>73130887
Nice sorta-tribute you might like, if you hadn't heard it before:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x90x3cLjapc
>>73125737
this.
I've been listening to das racist / heems / kool ad / swet shop boys nearly nonstop for the past few months and I think theyre some of the most underrated rappers of this decade. They can be serious when necessary, but almost always drop some lighthearted bars and references to literally everything. Sit Down, Man is one of the best mixtapes ever, with nehru jackets & the natural right behind it
>all this talk about the GOAT rappers
>no one mentions the true GOAT
>>73130934
If you listen to rap for pop culture references then you are a cornball.
Realest nigga in the game/Jay-Z/Prodigy(Mobb Deep)
El-P. Dude has produced/written some of the best Hip-Hop ever made and still does "decent" stuff today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1d7mGufLbk
>>73126373
just looked up airospace, shit hes good.
>>73130930
Nah, haven't heard it but damn I dig it. The female vocals are pretty cool. Thanks anon.
>>73131116
Glad you like it, anon. Don't think she works especially well with Aesop, but the contrast is good per se.
>>73125772
DAMN. was a huge success commercially, and actually pretty unorthodox for a mainstream hip-hop album. Far from a flop.
>>73125510
This
Busdriver
Best rapper in the underground, god-tier flow, and great beats too
Imaginary Places
Somethingness
>>73125075
>>73125466
>>73126361
>>73128168
>>73128870
Correct.
Also, post some 2017 hip hop pls.
>>73125510
I'm so fucking excited for the next project between Gibbs and Madlib, i get the feeling that Bandana is coming real soon. Supposedly some of the songs were written while Freddie was in jail for that false rape charge
>>73130731
Damn, thats nasty
This gentleman right here.
Favorite current rapper is either Danny or Earl.
E-40
>>73124904
i remember liking Tyler the creator rapper style and he's brother earl but i feel like they didn't know how big their music were going to get at. im listening to freddie gribbs and ugly mane at the moment
Probably, Scarface.
>>73131116
Dude was also a fucking brilliant singer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiiTCjXDMCY
>>73130571
No he's jewish
lil ugly mane
>>73131564
bruh i didn't even know simon says, thanks for posting Pharoahe Monch, any more you could recommend?
>>73131239
this
>>73133415
his discography isn't that big, pic related is a 10/10 album IMO. Monch's verse on Bring It On is sick and the fact that Prince Po doesn't get completely outshined speaks for how good of a rapper that guy is as well.
>>73125510
Gangsta Gibbs the GOAT.
Loving Zuse, especially Till I Die. Fucking love deep voiced rappers
>>73133528
yo thanks my dude, giving it a listen now
>>73133613
me too, I love me some Rock from bootcamp click
K.R.I.T.
Return is a classic. Guy puts out so much quality material.
Is Montana of 300 the king of punchline rap?
>>73133528
>Bring it On
that and this are my favOK tracks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQwzNG48usY
>>73134020
I personally think Releasing Hypnotical Gases is the best track off their debut, but good choice.
kendrick lamar
i also like blu, the infamous, illmatic, jesus piece, some 2pac
>>73125352
if the only rapper you like from the south is killer mike then you chose wrong. Killer mike is watered down big boi
>>73125510
Piñata is only good because of Madlib.
There's a reason all of Gibbs' other projects are forgettable.
Big Daddy Kane doesn't get enough love.
wiki/ lil me/ hit the l (feat. HAK)
>>73131177
>This what God feel like, huh, yeah
>Laughin' to the bank like, "A-ha!", huh, yeah
>Flex on swole like, "A-ha!", huh, yeah
>You feel some type of way, then a-ha!
>Huh, yeah (a-ha-ha, a-ha-ha)
>>73135035
Madlibb did have some phenomenal beats all over the album, but I don't think there is another rapper who could have rapped over those beats as well as Gibbs did, at least not today. And Cold Day in Hell is a good mixtape, Pronto is a perfect short EP, and You Only Live 2wice was a great release post-prison. Shadow of a Doubt was pretty bad though, and a disappointing follow up too Piñata.
Ice Cube
G Rap
Guru
the list goes on
I'm boring like that.
>>73135074
so fucking underrated
wiki is insanely talented
>>73125737
Been a fan since 2010-11. Sky Ladder it's a great album, for real. American Gods it's his most experimental project to date. I just love his style and in the bottom of my heart I desire a DR reunion even tho I know that's not gonna happen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IaIQTLvHpY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpE3IBzpF7s
>>73126454
who's this?
>>73133954
¿What about the Flatbush ZOMBiES? They have a project with UA called Clockwork Indigo, check it out if you haven't already. They're one of my favorite groups to be honest.
>Flatbush ZOMBiES - This Is It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxplVYIN1Fc
>Clockwork Indigo - Butterfly Effect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHkwikPsdsk
>>73135570
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNQq_SbVLXY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSX9EERpfhw
>>73135035
Gonna throw in a strong disagree on this one.
>>73125737
KOOL AD BEST RAPPER IN THE WORLD
>>73130445
>Cube
>better than Biggie
>kanye
>better than Biggie
>Andre 3000
>better than Biggie
this is advanced bait from another dimension
I love MF Doom flow
otherwise Deacon the Villain / Natti are fucking dope
>>73135035
Gibbs is a great rapper. His solo projects suck because has an awful ear for beats.
Blu is consistently forgotten because everyone wants another below the heavens, he's misguided and crazy now but I still love him
>>73136474
Good to be home is still good tho
>>73136546
ye i wouldn't have mentioned him if i didn't really like Her Favorite Colour, Give Me My Flowers, Jesus tape, and York!.. Good to be home is alright too
He needs to collab with Exile again.
>>73136474
>Dope rapper
>Troubled man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uek4ZxbBW4
^This dude deserves more hype. Last three albums were dope. New album sounds like its gonna be fire
>>73136214
No its a bad pointless bait and youre too autistic to get it
>>73130784
If you like complex rhyme schemes you should listen to some Gift of Gab.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs-19C3FDN4
pic VERY related
>>73135077
>Quoting easily the worst song on the album
Yeah ok
>>73137858
dis some gud shit
>>73130571
aesop rock is the least corny white rapper other than Tedy Andreas
>>73131260
Brockhampton's new singles are really good, especially Gold, Star, and Face.
aesop thread 100%
>>73140582
He said on Twitter he's got more material coming out soon. Plus the Impossible Kid is one of his best albums
>>73130789
>>73130790
So much angst though. He talks about some seriously deep shit but I have to be in the mood for it
E&A is the GOAT duo with the exception of Outkast imo
Thugger
youtu.be/T4H7LCr0cM0
>>73126454
death grips is racist
Danny Brown/Outer Space/ XXX
Knows a lot about every genre. Never presents heavy subject matter naively. He doesn't take him seriously and over all stays relate-able and witty.
>>73124904
The Notorious B.I.G.
Unmatched flow to this day, nobody has been close in impersonating his style accurately. Favorite album Ready To Die, favorite track probably Respect.
Literally the GOAT
earl sweatshirt
>>73141715
i dont like shit, huey or sunday
K. Dot, Kung-Fu Kenny and Kendrick Lamar are probably the best right now
>>73125352
How can you dislike 3k?
Childish Gambino is the best rapper evar!! He's so deep and raps about REAL SHIT! Not fucking hoes and money like all the other rappers. I wish more people in my middle school would listen to this underground genius.
>>73142626
>>73138441
What's the consensus on Tedy? I've never seen him discussed on here aside from the meme album cover.
Pusha T is up there as one of my favorites. He's definitely got some of the best wordplay of the 2010's
>>73124904
Kanye West, his lyrics are profound and relatable.
>>73125510
Pinata sounds like liquid garbage.
If this thread is evidence of anything it's that white people have absolutely terrible taste in hip-hop, holy shit.
Y'all tone deaf as fuck.
>>73128870
Pusha T sucks.
>>73130647
>Rap has nothing to do with race
>>73126327
This can also be said about the last Earl Sweatshirt album
>>73131564
This is correct
>GET THE FUCK UP
>SIMON SAYS GET THE FUCK UP
greatest hype song of all time
>>73131093
When I download his songs on Bandcamp, I actually pay for them.
He's the only artist I think I've ever done that for since I started listening to music.
Analogues and 戦場ヶ原 ひたぎ [vol. II] are fucking tight as shit.
His samples, own mixes, flow and lyrics are all on point. Also, he has cute anime grills as his album cover art.
>>73135581
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix8kLAPQsjE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiytmJRh2BM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQNMREn_z40
Their first two mix tapes are hip hop mix tap essentials
Also underachievers go hard as fuck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MpLpgGiR7o
I hope one day the underachievers, flatbush, and pro era make an album.
>>73128870
I legit thought that bucket hat in the background was Pepe. Haha.
best rappers are not rapping
FACTS
Oddisee / The Good Fight / Belong to the World (or Counter-Clockwise)
>>73131239
>>73126454
Good choices.
Bones / His aesthetics are relatable af / Unrendered / DawsonsCreek
>>73137893
if he counts then seconded
Ghostemane / Fire, and chill ass dude / Plagues / Euronymous
Charles Hamilton
The greatest
>flaunting about skills in a way that backs it up and is fun to listen to if you enjoy wordplay
>perfected the sound of the early to late 00
>in doing so influenced the sound of childish gambino, lil b, odd future and kendrick though they won't admit it
>didn't want to put out brooklyn girls rehashes
>takes you on the journey of pissing away a record deal and spiraling out of control
>punished sonic
>would probably rap forever if you let him
>always brings something new to the table
>knows music theory
>>73126454
>Death Grips is racist
>I support cops getting killed
I love his raps, but I fuckin hate his guts
>>73151506
>I love his raps, but I fuckin hate his guts
opposite for me
>>73151109
Gambino and Tyler are better than Charles Hamilton.
Aesop Rock
Aesop Rock
Aesop Rock
Aesop Rock
https://youtu.be/OWDwiIM-1vQ
>>73125466
>unparalleled word play
wew, you must listen to a lot of rap
>>73141632
Our boy is coming out of retirement for another Ugly Mane album
Watsky's kind of good.
>>73139738
true that
>>73125772
>rap has been stagnant
We are literally in the rap renaissance right now
>>73130811
i dont know if you are kidding or if this is bait, probably bait.
All time favorite is tough to choose. Been listening to a lot of Kool Moe Dee recently, and I really like his shit, but I don't know if I would call him my favorite. It's a shame that his beef with LL Cool J was a big factor in the demise of his career, Dee was an amazing lyricist and changed the paradigm of rap battles, but at the end of the day he couldn't compete with the amount of hype surrounding LL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7xlMcYkxGA
Not really a fan of current mainstream hip hop (which led me back to old school rappers like Moe Dee and Rakim), but I do listen Elzhi and Aesop Rock from time to time. I haven't listened to enough underground stuff to know if there's anyone else I like more.
>www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJDjB79CGb8
These days I'm all about Danny Brown and Action Bronson
>>73156438
>changed the paradigm of rap battles
word up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wipb37LGe4U
if you listen to the original recording, you can hear busy bee screaming "stop, stop" and "shut up! shut up!" like a lil bitch