My friends listen to mostly hip-hop (rap) - kanye west, kendrick lamar, tyler the creator, etc...
now I tried these following albums: (some they told me to listen to, others i picked from Sup Forumscore)
- Quasimoto - The Unseen
- Madvillain - Madvillainy
- Kanye West - MBDTF
- watch the throne
- Nas - Illmatic
- DANGER DOOM - The Mouse and the Mask
- Kendrick Lamar - Good kid M.a.A.D City
there might be more, ill try to remember.
point is I didn't like any of them, and I've given each at least 3 listens, now I know that I'm not supposed to force myself to like anything, but I'm sure there has to be at least a few records in this genre which are not shit? I mean I like some instrumental hip-hop artists, but I just can't seem to grasp the idea of rap hip-hop, except for Death Grips which I like 3 albums (ex-military, the money store, jenny death), and the rap parts in Gorillaz ain't that bad, but maybe that's just because they are short and the rest of the song is not rap).
tl;dr: post rap music for people who are not fans of rap music (i intentionally dont say hip-hop).
Also no "funny" skits, the ones on Madvillainy, Danger Doom and WTT gave me cancer.
My friends listen to mostly hip-hop (rap) - kanye west, kendrick lamar, tyler the creator, etc
36 Chambers
Holy crap you didn't like The Mouse And The Mask? Mutha fucking Benzi Box? Nah it's all good bro. What you are discovering is that taste is subjective. I love that album. You just don't like the style at the moment at least, you don't like the vibe that goes through many of those artists. What you need to ask yourself is "What am I looking for?". "What turns me on in music?". Clearly you don't get off on just on clever lyricism otherwise you would have seen some merit in DOOM or Kendrick, and it sounds like slick, head nodding hip hop grooves don't do it for you either. If you really love Death Grips you are probably more into much harsher, unpredictable styles. Not that this is particularly that but maybe try some more angry gangsta shit like NWA, Public Enemy, well to be honest this is slightly out of my field but yeah try some real fucking dark heavy shit
wow since when was kanye west gay?
Hopsin.
If Illmatic and MBDTF don't do it for you, you're lost. I mean, I guess try The Infamous. Also you're autistic for purposely not calling it hip hop... What is the point? Is this some form of rebellion?
no, it's because there are hip-hop artists I do like, which don't feature rap in their music
Try Kill the Vultures' self titled
The Life of Pablo
Understandable. My bad.