Your preferred rap style

Geeno · 10-25-2008, 08:11 AM

When it comes to straight rapping, all beats aside, I can't get away from things from NYC.

I'm just sitting here listening to It Was Written and it's hella underrated.

Besides Nas I'd say this style is exemplified by Big L, Jay Z, Mobb Deep, Capone N Noreaga, Jadakiss, Styles P.

I also decided I hate swizz beats. Guy completely sucks, almost ruined the lox.

mmonsieurr · 10-25-2008, 08:38 AM

Yeah, i think "it was written" was wack to be honest, did you peep the new Akrobatics album, now that shit is hella tight. Also the new Devin The Dude is sick as hell.

wanderlust · 10-25-2008, 09:11 AM

I prefer hip hop with real instruments backing it instead of just turntables and electronic beats. It sounds a lot better live that way as well.

Geeno · 10-25-2008, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by wanderlust

I prefer hip hop with real instruments backing it instead of just turntables and electronic beats. It sounds a lot better live that way as well.

i said all beats aside

slapstick · 10-25-2008, 09:25 AM

I prefer the poetic side, which I won't list because I don't wanna get pwn'd again. I will mention del tha funkee homosapien though, because most of his stuff reminds me of nerd rap. also, pirate rap, like captain dan and the scurvey crew.

wanderlust · 10-25-2008, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Patrick Rue

i said all beats aside

well I was/am high so I couldn't be bothered with the whole thorough reading thing

Geeno · 10-25-2008, 09:37 AM

^thats fine

slapstick · 10-25-2008, 09:47 AM

also, I'll second Jay z. one of the very few mainstream I can stand.

Waves · 10-25-2008, 02:20 PM

i love early 90s-mid 90s lyricists, specially the shit coming out of NYC. intelligent message, smart original lyrics not centered around the genre cliche of bitches and guns, that shit was real.

take beats into account and they still got it. jazz samples. wish people still used jazz samples today.

also, the west coast scene in the late 80s, early 90s. all rap/hip hop since then has been rooted in these two groups ive described imo.

msicidron · 10-25-2008, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Waves

i love early 90s-mid 90s lyricists, specially the shit coming out of NYC. intelligent message, smart original lyrics not centered around the genre cliche of bitches and guns, that shit was real.

take beats into account and they still got it. jazz samples. wish people still used jazz samples today.

agreed. i mostly listen to 90s stuff...the pharcyde, tribe, del, ... moostly laid-back style with witty, intelligent ryhmes

most importantly:...

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btw poeple still use jazz samples

guru's jazzmatazz?? (just to name an obvious one)

Waves · 10-25-2008, 03:50 PM

if you could direct me to any good hip hop that uses jazz samples i'd be delighted. im not familiar with ALOT of rap/hip hop. such a huge genre now, and alot of the mainstream stuff is trash.

Grieves · 10-26-2008, 12:44 AM

ive been all about the jazz-hop latley...j-live, blu & exile, ohmega watts, giant panda, artoffical, etc...

kingmotherfuckinmidas · 10-26-2008, 07:48 AM

it all depends on the mood i'm in. If i'm home chillin blazed on my own i might listen to cannibal ox or sage francis. if i'm high but doing shit like making beer or working on my car i like wu tang, jay z, or some old nas. it varies very heavily from time to time. i have these mix cds in my car that go from triple six mafia to cunning linguists to sean price to aseop rock and so on like that.

The SARS Volta · 10-26-2008, 06:34 PM

I don't have a dominant preference. While I also love Nas and Styles P, I have to give it to Project Pat, Big L, Geto Boys, Eric B. & Rakim, WTC--the only style I stay away from entirely is rap-metal or rap-rock. Walk This Way (Run DMC and Aerosmith) is as bad as it gets IMO.

_tyranT · 10-26-2008, 09:10 PM

I like Project Pat cause he doubles up, and lil wayne i feel like dying is tight.

real trippy backwards climbing bars lol...

HansyPants · 10-27-2008, 02:11 AM

First of all. I'm gonna come out and say I'm primarily a beats guy. Secondly, I am, by no means, a rap aficionado I just dabble in it. But those aside I'd have to say I really like the southern drawl T.I. deal where it just sounds effortless. Flow gets defs plus points in my books.
Oh yeah, and I'm a sucker for anything mainstream nowadays that doesn't straight up embrace the auto tune as a bona fide instrument haha.

sput·nik · 10-27-2008, 06:53 AM

I can't agree more Rue. NYC was where the game was at before big Producers became the ticket to platinum.

There were constant mind-expanding joints in the dorm room back in 2000... Nas, AZ, Cormega, Prodigy chairing the sessions. Enlightenment constantly streaming in from Napster every 15 minutes or so.. thick haze of goodness chillin in the air.

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Geeno · 10-27-2008, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cormega

Son I'm on a bench high eatin chicken wings and french fries, some crackhead fuck spent his last bucks on six dimes. I'm one grab from bigtime, a spliff away from overdosin, my heart is broken my man started smokin again

Quote:

Originally Posted by Prodigy

Out of town niggas know what time it is, and if they don't, they need to buy a watch word up

Lloydy · 10-27-2008, 07:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The SARS Volta

Walk This Way (Run DMC and Aerosmith) is as bad as it gets IMO.

girls aloud cover ftw

Geeno · 10-27-2008, 07:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The SARS Volta

I don't have a dominant preference. While I also love Nas and Styles P, I have to give it to Project Pat, Big L, Geto Boys, Eric B. & Rakim, WTC--the only style I stay away from entirely is rap-metal or rap-rock. Walk This Way (Run DMC and Aerosmith) is as bad as it gets IMO.

You should check out Percee P.

Hell I need to check out more Percee P

10-25-2008, 09:25 AM	#5 (permalink)
slapstick serial time killer Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: las cruces, New Mexico Posts: 406 Thanks: 75 Thanked 105 Times in 86 Posts	I prefer the poetic side, which I won't list because I don't wanna get pwn'd again. I will mention del tha funkee homosapien though, because most of his stuff reminds me of nerd rap. also, pirate rap, like captain dan and the scurvey crew. __________________ ^ nigga went to "dont know what the fuck is going on" college - GHM "well, they say that life is a joke. so try not to wait til the last moment to laugh at it." -verklingen

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slapstick serial time killer Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: las cruces, New Mexico Posts: 406 Thanks: 75 Thanked 105 Times in 86 Posts	also, I'll second Jay z. one of the very few mainstream I can stand. __________________ ^ nigga went to "dont know what the fuck is going on" college - GHM "well, they say that life is a joke. so try not to wait til the last moment to laugh at it." -verklingen

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Waves Duderino Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: chiburbs Posts: 15,475 Thanks: 991 Thanked 4,021 Times in 2,219 Posts	i love early 90s-mid 90s lyricists, specially the shit coming out of NYC. intelligent message, smart original lyrics not centered around the genre cliche of bitches and guns, that shit was real. take beats into account and they still got it. jazz samples. wish people still used jazz samples today. also, the west coast scene in the late 80s, early 90s. all rap/hip hop since then has been rooted in these two groups ive described imo. __________________ On this life that we call home The years go fast and the days go so slow Last edited by Waves; 10-25-2008 at 02:26 PM.

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Waves Duderino Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: chiburbs Posts: 15,475 Thanks: 991 Thanked 4,021 Times in 2,219 Posts	if you could direct me to any good hip hop that uses jazz samples i'd be delighted. im not familiar with ALOT of rap/hip hop. such a huge genre now, and alot of the mainstream stuff is trash. __________________ On this life that we call home The years go fast and the days go so slow

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Grieves Biblioburro... Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Terra Sancta Posts: 11,588 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,903 Thanked 2,559 Times in 1,424 Posts	ive been all about the jazz-hop latley...j-live, blu & exile, ohmega watts, giant panda, artoffical, etc... __________________ "And no matter what they said dollar is not your friend and it's the feelings that are hard to know are the feelings that all come slow No matter what they said dollar is not your friend and these feelings that so hard to know are the feelings that wont let go No don't let go, till you find a home World Unite and I'll love you forever"

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mmonsieurr YaHookan Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yeah, i think "it was written" was wack to be honest, did you peep the new Akrobatics album, now that shit is hella tight. Also the new Devin The Dude is sick as hell.

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wanderlust Old School Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: various places in CO Posts: 1,276 Thanks: 45 Thanked 31 Times in 20 Posts	I prefer hip hop with real instruments backing it instead of just turntables and electronic beats. It sounds a lot better live that way as well.

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kingmotherfuckinmidas hps God Bless Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: on mars, under a rock, with my fingers in my ear Posts: 1,383 Thanks: 37 Thanked 40 Times in 33 Posts	it all depends on the mood i'm in. If i'm home chillin blazed on my own i might listen to cannibal ox or sage francis. if i'm high but doing shit like making beer or working on my car i like wu tang, jay z, or some old nas. it varies very heavily from time to time. i have these mix cds in my car that go from triple six mafia to cunning linguists to sean price to aseop rock and so on like that. __________________ none like us, so none like us. i got a real problem with stealing from whores.

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_tyranT Old School Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: ohio Posts: 1,574 Thanks: 12 Thanked 41 Times in 29 Posts	I like Project Pat cause he doubles up, and lil wayne i feel like dying is tight. real trippy backwards climbing bars lol...

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HansyPants Self-destructing Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 301 Thanks: 76 Thanked 36 Times in 30 Posts	First of all. I'm gonna come out and say I'm primarily a beats guy. Secondly, I am, by no means, a rap aficionado I just dabble in it. But those aside I'd have to say I really like the southern drawl T.I. deal where it just sounds effortless. Flow gets defs plus points in my books. Oh yeah, and I'm a sucker for anything mainstream nowadays that doesn't straight up embrace the auto tune as a bona fide instrument haha.

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sput·nik denizen Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: the blackest lodge Posts: 3,660 Thanks: 142 Thanked 137 Times in 102 Posts	I can't agree more Rue. NYC was where the game was at before big Producers became the ticket to platinum. There were constant mind-expanding joints in the dorm room back in 2000... Nas, AZ, Cormega, Prodigy chairing the sessions. Enlightenment constantly streaming in from Napster every 15 minutes or so.. thick haze of goodness chillin in the air. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q0PccPy_pTM&hl=en&fs =1"></param><param name="allowFullScree n" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q0PccPy_pTM&hl=en&fs =1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="tru e" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> __________________ and those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music . . .

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