Favorite Rapper

Who's your favorite rapper? Why? Favorite album/track?

Also General rapper appreciation thread

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Denzel Curry / Fire / 32 Zel / Planet Shrooms

I gave him a chance, can't stand him

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

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.

hate both desu

Freddie Gibbs is probably the best rapper of this generation. Piñata is possibly my favorite rap album from all time.

32Zel/Planet Shrooms was fucking great, most underrated Denzel Curry release, better than both Imperial and Nostalgia64.

The best thing Gambino did was stop rapping

Did Gambino pull a Kendrick and just make a genre-homage album?

What do you not like?

Aesop Rock

shut the fuck up

Yeah, but it was a warm and cozy listen nonetheless.

Mick jenkins / the waters / comfortable
Honestly, rain is his best song
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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.

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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

In what world was Blank Face a flop?

Tbh the only tracks I really liked on THC were Plugged and Drowning. But yeah, he definitely has potential.

if you pay attention to all of the "flops" he posted, they were all reviewed as >7 by anthony fantano

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.

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.

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.

I feel ya. Love kool ad. Best rapper in the world.

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Moonman

I've haven't watched a Fantano review so I wouldn't know. Never really understood why so many people are interested in him.

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.

Not even Groovy Tony/Eddie Kane?

Nashawn.

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.

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.

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

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

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?

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.

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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

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.

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GOAT

The Waters > Healer > Comfortable > Vibe > Jazz > Black Sheep is such a good streak

You're probably not going to get why people are so interested in him if you've never even watched one of his videos

to each their own

>not a single person mentioned the actual GOAT rapper
what the fuck is wrong with you people

This

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.

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Its a bummer that I can't stand this dudes voice.

Really? Never heard that one before, but on that track it's got a bunch of effects.

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Still the case when it's just raw voice?

Probably my fav two.

Oh

MF DOOM / Unparalleled wordplay / Pic related / Accordion

>Gambino
>Good
Does everyone on Sup Forums 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

>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

>One poster
>everyone on Sup Forums
Plus gambino almost always gets shit on here, stop being a retard

>asking Sup Forumstants not to be retards
oh lawd

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>El-P a better rapper than biggie

>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 user

>Biggie being a better rapper than El-P

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.

Sean Price is one of hip-hop's biggest losses imo
same

yeah he's really really white

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.

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

my sides were in orbit when he said I only watch dragon ball z after cell showed up

Sorry to butt in...
Where you from?
What year you born?

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.

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Holy shit, dogg, hivemind, also, :'(

J. Cole probably. I don't listen to him often but he makes really good music I'm realizing slowly but surely. Neighbors bangs.

Just because someone touched pop culture doesn't mean shit. You sound more pop than the guy you are talking to.

>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.

Your top 3 is LOL

I don't like hip-hop very much in general, so I don't give a fuck.

Ye. :'( Can't imagine what magic he would throw out if he were still here.

Del in his prime

Nice sorta-tribute you might like, if you hadn't heard it before:
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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

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.
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just looked up airospace, shit hes good.

Nah, haven't heard it but damn I dig it. The female vocals are pretty cool. Thanks user.

Glad you like it, user. Don't think she works especially well with Aesop, but the contrast is good per se.

DAMN. was a huge success commercially, and actually pretty unorthodox for a mainstream hip-hop album. Far from a flop.

This

Busdriver
Best rapper in the underground, god-tier flow, and great beats too
Imaginary Places
Somethingness

Correct.

Also, post some 2017 hip hop pls.

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

Damn, thats nasty

This gentleman right here.
Favorite current rapper is either Danny or Earl.

E-40

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.

Dude was also a fucking brilliant singer:
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