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Aug 13, 2013 1:31 AM
Good. IMO Hip Hop in the last couple years has gotten really bad, I went from constantly downloading stuff to eventually listening to only country and classic rock basically. I'll still sometimes put on some CD's from a few years ago but wow there is just little coming out of the hip hop world
Aug 13, 2013 1:31am
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Aug 13, 2013 2:39 AM
Classyposter58;1486115 wrote:Good. IMO Hip Hop in the last couple years has gotten really bad, I went from constantly downloading stuff to eventually listening to only country and classic rock basically. I'll still sometimes put on some CD's from a few years ago but wow there is just little coming out of the hip hop world
Last couple years? LOL! It's been bad for a while now. We have people like Lil Wayne that aren't even attempting to put out decent lyrics. As long as it rhymes, they're cool with it. I used to love Hip-Hop, it's just a joke now though.
Aug 13, 2013 2:39am
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Aug 13, 2013 8:33 AM
ny twitter got me rolling...only people to respond so far is joe budden and fabulous
Aug 13, 2013 8:33am
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Aug 13, 2013 8:33 AM
Thuggers gonna Thug...
Aug 13, 2013 8:33am
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Aug 13, 2013 9:05 AM
se-alum;1486117 wrote:Last couple years? LOL! It's been bad for a while now. We have people like Lil Wayne that aren't even attempting to put out decent lyrics. As long as it rhymes, they're cool with it. I used to love Hip-Hop, it's just a joke now though.
if you think Lil Wayne is hip hop now you're out of touch. KA just put out The Night's Gambit and Lil Ugly Mane released 2 mixtapes that are goddamn fantastic
Aug 13, 2013 9:05am
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Aug 13, 2013 11:59 AM
What did he actually say? At work and don't want to click on some hip-hop link that will send me to a webpage full of big booty strippers.
Aug 13, 2013 11:59am
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Aug 13, 2013 12:04 PM
Tell Flex to drop a bomb on this shit
So many bombs, ring the alarm like Vietnam in this shit
So many bombs, make Farrakhan think Saddam in this bitch
One at a time, I line 'em up and bomb on they mom
While she watchin' the kids
I'm in a destruction mode if the gold exists
I'm important like the pope, I'm a muslim on pork
I'm Makaveli's offspring, I'm the king of New York
King of the Coast, one hand, I juggle them both
The juggernaut's all in your jugular, you take me for jokes
Live in the basement, church pews and funeral faces
Cartier bracelets for my women friends I'm in Vegas
Who the fuck y'all thought it's supposed to be?
If Phil Jackson came back, still no coachin' me
I'm uncoachable, I'm unsociable
Fuck y'all clubs, fuck y'all pictures, your Instagram can gobble these nuts
Gobble dick up 'til you hiccup, my big homie Kurupt
This the same flow that put the rap game on a crutch
I've seen niggas transform like villain Decepticons
Mollies'll prolly turn these niggas to fuckin' Lindsay Lohan
A bunch of rich ass white girls lookin' for parties
Playin with Barbies, wreck the Porsche before you give 'em the car key
Judgement to the monarchy, blessings to Paul McCartney
You called me a black Beatle, I'm either that or a Marley
(I don't smoke crack motherfucker I sell it)
I'm dressed in all black, this is not for the fan of Elvis
I'm aimin' straight for your pelvis, you can't stomach me
You plan on stumpin' me? Bitch I’ve been jumped before you put a gun on me
Bitch I put one on yours, I'm Sean Connery
James Bonding with none of you niggas, climbing 100 mil in front of me
And I'm gonna get it even if you're in the way
And if you're in it, better run for Pete's sake
I heard the barbershops spittin' great debates all the time
Bout who's the best MC? Kendrick, Jigga and Nas
Eminem, Andre 3000, the rest of y'all
New niggas just new niggas, don't get involved
And I ain't rockin no more designer shit
White T’s and Nike Cortez, this is red Corvettes anonymous
I'm usually homeboys with the same niggas I'm rhymin' wit
But this is hip hop and them niggas should know what time it is
And that goes for Jermaine Cole, Big KRIT, Wale
Pusha T, Meek Millz, A$AP Rocky, Drake
Big Sean, Jay Electron', Tyler, Mac Miller
I got love for you all but I'm tryna murder you niggas
Tryna make sure your core fans never heard of you niggas
They dont wanna hear not one more noun or verb from you niggas
What is competition? I'm tryna raise the bar high
Who tryna jump and get it? You better off tryna skydive
Out the exit window of 5 G5’s with 5 grand
With your granddad as the pilot he drunk as fuck tryna land
With the hand full of arthritis and popping prosthetic leg
Bumpin Pac in the cockpit so the shit that pops in his head
Is an option of violence, someone heard the stewardess said
That your parachute is a latex condom hooked to a thread
Aug 13, 2013 12:04pm
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Aug 13, 2013 3:12 PM
He said the N word. Multiple times. I hope he gets taken to task by civil rights activists
Aug 13, 2013 3:12pm
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Aug 13, 2013 3:32 PM
He also admitted to selling crack. Arrest him now!!!!
Aug 13, 2013 3:32pm
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Aug 13, 2013 4:08 PM
I've seen him live twice now at Bonnaroo and can tell you he sucks live. He needs the comfort of the studio to be at his best.
Aug 13, 2013 4:08pm
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Aug 13, 2013 4:14 PM
Couldn't believe what I heard when he went in like that. I like it.
Aug 13, 2013 4:14pm
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Aug 13, 2013 4:56 PM
I don't didnt understand 1/3 of that. Maybe more. I must be really white.
Aug 13, 2013 4:56pm
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Aug 13, 2013 5:27 PM
More or less just claiming to be the best out right now. Certainly not trying to start shit, especially when he mentioned both the other two guys on the song. But Kendrick is definitely one of the best doing it. Almost every rapper I saw on twitter was fine with the song.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/kendrick-lamars-control-verse-rappers-604966

He called out better rappers in 2010 on this song, which is pretty fucking good:

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I’m the best rapper alive! (x3)
Tell Wayne to swallow his pride
Ya niggas talking that jive
I’m talking that Malcolm X
Martin Luther hustles through ya ripping through ya fucking set
I’m the best rapper alive! (x3)
Jigga man should’ve retired
I’m going after Kanye, Lupe Fiasco and Nas
Snoop Dogg and mister Andre, Eminem, Busta Buss Rhymes
Y’all better bust no more rhymes
I’ma start busting your ass
This one just came out a few weeks ago and is pretty pop-ish, but I liked it.

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Collard Greens and the Black Hippy U.O.E.N.O Remix were two of my favorite hip-hop songs of the summer, mostly thanks to K-Dot.

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Aug 13, 2013 5:27pm
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Aug 13, 2013 5:37 PM
Schoolboy Q is great. I like Black Hippy a lot.

While the quality of rap isn't anywhere close today to where it was at the height of the '90s, there are still a few talented storytellers out there. None that could do it like Biggie -- he could turn a simple rap into a motion picture -- but not all is lost. Kendrick, Eminem, Cudi, Kanye and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are examples of rappers still carrying the torch. I also really like lesser-known artists such as Charles Hamilton, T11 and Childish Gambino. These guys deserve to be heard.

Rap is still here. It's just harder to cut through all the noise to find it.
Aug 13, 2013 5:37pm
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Aug 13, 2013 5:45 PM
reclegend22;1486487 wrote:Rap is still here. It's just harder to cut through all the noise to find it.
I think most of that is due to the fact the the radio plays the songs that will get them the most listeners, and right now, that's Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Future, Nicki Minaj, Drake, etc... Every once in a while, a good song will make it to the mainstream, but if someone listens to the radio in order to hear rap/hip-hop, they aren't going to find much quality. I blame the consumers more than anything.
Aug 13, 2013 5:45pm
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Aug 13, 2013 5:49 PM
GOONx19;1486490 wrote:I think most of that is due to the fact the the radio plays the songs that will get them the most listeners, and right now, that's Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Future, Nicki Minaj, Drake, etc... Every once in a while, a good song will make it to the mainstream, but if someone listens to the radio in order to hear rap/hip-hop, they aren't going to find much quality. I blame the consumers more than anything.
Good post
Aug 13, 2013 5:49pm
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Aug 13, 2013 6:01 PM
GOONx19;1486490 wrote:I think most of that is due to the fact the the radio plays the songs that will get them the most listeners, and right now, that's Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz, Future, Nicki Minaj, Drake, etc... Every once in a while, a good song will make it to the mainstream, but if someone listens to the radio in order to hear rap/hip-hop, they aren't going to find much quality. I blame the consumers more than anything.
It's for that very reason I haven't listened to the radio in about 10 years. I remember when hip-hop stations in Toledo used to play Tupac and Jay-Z. Now the hourly lineup is Drake, Will.I.Am, Drake, Drake, Rick Ross, Drake, Will.I.Am, Drake. SMH.

Somewhere along the way, pop became associated with hip-hop and changed the way the more mainstream "rappers" produced their music. There is at least hope that this trend is fading, however. Nicki Minaj, for example, who, when actually rapping, is a decent artist who can go just as hard as Lil' Kim once did, recently stated that she is moving away from the pop scene and returning to her rap roots. I look forward to a new female voice. I loved Lil' Kim in Junior Mafia and Minaj has a similar sound.
Aug 13, 2013 6:01pm
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Aug 13, 2013 6:03 PM
Better watch it with Eminem, dude will flip his shit.
Other than that I'm cool with it.
Aug 13, 2013 6:03pm
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Aug 13, 2013 6:14 PM
Kendrick's new rap is cool, but he's not going to shoot any of his competitors in the pelvis. That's ridiculous.

As for who is the best current rapper out there today, Kendrick Lamar is surely not him. I don't think anyone has kicked Eminem off his throne, let alone Kendrick. When it's all said and done, I think Kid Cudi could be that guy. Unfortunately, his stuff is too different for most, which is a shame.
Aug 13, 2013 6:14pm
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Aug 13, 2013 7:05 PM
reclegend22;1486500 wrote:I think Kid Cudi could be that guy.
and all credibility lost
Aug 13, 2013 7:05pm
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Aug 13, 2013 7:08 PM
Mohican00;1486521 wrote:and all credibility lost
Kid Cudi is great. I'm guessing you don't like him because he is something entirely different than you are used to. He's real.
Aug 13, 2013 7:08pm
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Aug 13, 2013 7:13 PM
reclegend22;1486523 wrote:Kid Cudi is great. I'm guessing you don't like him because he is something entirely different than you are used to. He's real.
he's emo, brah
Aug 13, 2013 7:13pm
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Aug 13, 2013 7:23 PM
Mohican00;1486527 wrote:he's emo, brah
I'd agree that he is an artist without a set genre, but he is not emo. His roots are in hip-hop. Comparing Kid Cudi to My Chemical Romance is ridiculous. He is a rapper who just so happens to record mellower and -- at times -- more downbeat music than most of his peers. There are many rappers who venture into that territory from time to time.
Aug 13, 2013 7:23pm
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Aug 13, 2013 7:38 PM
reclegend22;1486532 wrote:I'd agree that he is an artist without a set genre, but he is not emo. His roots are in hip-hop. Comparing Kid Cudi to My Chemical Romance is ridiculous. He is a rapper who just so happens to record mellower and -- at times -- more downbeat music than most of his peers. There are many rappers who venture into that territory from time to time.
It is unique, I'll give you that. Unique, emo, backpacker shit
Aug 13, 2013 7:38pm