Jay-Z is iLL, cant wait for the blueprint 3
few jay-z updates:
jay-z concert where he freestlyed, in chicago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAO8_otCowE
jay-z interview with tim westwood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuDMC_Hpf-U
The Game brings Jay Z fans on stage @ gig in Hammersmith (LONDON, UK) & disses them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-neGZOCOsk
anywhoo blueprint 3 releases september 11th.
I THINK ILL BUY THIS ONE...SEEMS BETTER THAN AMERICAN GANGSTER
Originally Posted by Sinfix_15
JAY-Z killing all rappers even after 40...
JAY- Z > All...
Yeah I can't wait for this to come out, I'm normally not hyped over hip-hop albums, but this one seems like its gonna be on point... especially after hearing D.O.A. *Death of Autotune*
indeeed.
"I used to think rapping at 38 was ill,
last year alone i grossed 38 mill,
I know im not quite 38, but still,
The flow's so special got a 38 feel"
-jay-z
cant mess with nas..
Will buy
lol, imo
andre 3000>jay-z>nas>lupe fiasco
lol @ Andre 3000....
Dude is wack... He became garbage... thats why you barely hear his name anymore... Matter of fact.. in a real top 10 best rappers of today...
Andre 3000 and Lupe Fiasco would not be on the list..
Both are R&B artist... lol... or atleast thats what they became...
Is Jay-Z really already over 40? Damn I am getting old.
No, I think he is 39 actually... but Always thought how his age is always brought up.. lol , like I did ...
Still old for a rapper. Sill killin it though.
new jay-z single is out called run this town check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ubfS18IPGw
GooKy
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based on creativity andre 3000 is way up there with the best in the game.. top 10 lyrically. you don't hear about him because he has gone a different direction from rap. he has a clothing line that he is focusing on and to be honest i don't think he cares much about the rap game anymore.
lupe is definately one of the better rappers out right now. he brings content to an generation that raps mostly on ignorant stuff. he brings it back like tupac and BIG did. he takes it to the experience in his life and other. he is definately top 10 rappers of today.
GooKy
Formerly known as wTnLeGeNd
blasphemy! lol
ding ding ding, we have a winner
Agreed. Andre better than Jay Z? Or Nas? Lolol. I can't stand Jay Z or Nas, but there is no way he is better than those two. I'll give the "better than Lup" to you, though. That doesn't mean he isn't talented or lyrically gifted, but like so many other artists, he needs to be in a duo/group to be any good. Eazy E? My favorite rapper ever, but without NWA he was wack as fuck. In fact, the only rapper I can think of right now that stayed good/got better on the solo was Busta Rhymes. Some rappers just need that "other half" to be good. Later, QD.
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Busta, was never really in the group because the focus was always on him. The other cats in LONS were just hype men with verses thrown in to give him a water break. When he came out with Tribe back in the day on Arsenio Hall it was a wrap. He tore it up on the stage. Here's the video for those that don't know what I'm talking about. I was like 8 years old back then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BLNQVEEzJE
Anyone who creates a greatest rapper list without Rakim or KRS-One in the Top 5 knows nothing about hip hop. You can go ahead and throw Big L and Biggie in there too. Jay can have the 5th spot cause he got half of his hot lines from Biggie. Big L taught people outside of NY what all the up north slang words meant.
Busta was just another member of the group, dude. They were all equal members. But the group got caught up because folks were paying more attention to Busta and not the group as a whole. They were known to argue about shit in the latter days because of this reason. They were saying that Busta was trying to be the front man. I was 22 years old then.
I never made a top 5 or 10 list. In this thread. I have before. It included Rakim, KRS-1, Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel, Ice Cube among others. But my list doesn't include Biggie. It doesn't include Pac. It would Include Nas and maybe Jay Z. And it certainly doesn't include Big L. Later, QD.
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That second part was not directed towards you or anyone in particular. I was just making a point because I saw people making lists of top rappers and just had to clarify some stuff.
Also you typed exactly what I meant by my point on Busta Rhymes. He wanted to go solo so bad. I guess I should have said in Busta's eyes that's the way it was.
Gotcha on the top part. And gotcha on the second half as well. Later, QD.
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Just because a rapper is in the top 10, doesn't make them good. It just makes them successful. Association =/= correlation. Common is an amazingly talented rapper, don't see him in the top 10 unless he's featured on a song with a "successful" rapper.
But then again, here we are trying to compare who we like (a subjective topic) objectively. Don't you find that vain? The people in the top10 of rap are appealing to a big crowd, thats what makes money, and thats why they're in the top 10. Not because they're good rappers.
There are talented rappers out there that are big, but I still don't like them. Why? Because I don't. Maybe its their style, maybe I believe they aren't bringing anything new to my eardrums (because I don't care about the game)
Rant:
The game has changed, or should I saw the game most rap fanatics are used to is non-existent. With being able to find whatever you want on the internet, you don't have to tolerate listening to sub-par rap, or rap you don't enjoy. If you don't like, skip it. Don't hate because they're getting money. Don't hate because they get hella radio play. (don't listen to the radio). Don't hate because everywhere you go you hear their name. Don't hate because some 15 yr old came up with a catchy jingle and matched a few words together like a 4th grader, and ended up making millions off it. Don't hate because he's destroying "the game", but "the game" ain't there anymore homie. There cannot be another Tupic/Biggie/Big Pun/ or any other rap legend of the past, because that rap is no longer around. Its "played out" if you will. This new generation is about appealing to the masses, because thats where the money is.
Cash Rules Everything Around Me.
Lolol @ overusage (not to mention usage of the word anyway) of the word "hate." Later, QD.
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It is "hatin", =/. If you can dislike someone you've never met and don't know, because they made a cool mil doing something that a kindergardener could have done during arts and crafts, then you're hating.
I ain't got shit against Soulja Boi (for example), but I think his music sucks. =/
So by your definition of "hater," you're a "hater."
That's ludicrous. Just because you don't like something doesn't make you a "hater" of it. Later, QD.
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No, I think your misunderstanding or I'm misconstruing my ideas. I'm saying that, if you don't like Soulja Boi as a person just because his shitty music having made him $$$, then you're a hater. If you dislike Soulja Boi as an artist, you just don't like his music. =/
Saying soulja boi or his music is garbage, doesn't make you a hater. Thats just your opinion.
I agree with that. I don't know of anyone that said they hated/disliked Soulja Boy as a person, though. Later, QD.
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Common is a wack rapper who uses ghost writters... He got to stick to acting.. and he still sucks at that.
Not bad. I like that.
hnm... No, is called Mainstream.
For example,
NAS : Not mainstream, still goes platinum ... hnmm..
There are 3 types of fans..
Those who really get into the actual music and follow an artist through the years.
Those who only listen to the mainstream junk because thats whats in at the moment and makes them fit in.
Those who are haters, like you said.
If someone were to listen to mainstream rap that doesn't mean they are doing so just to make them fit in...Someone out there could actually like the junk.
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