OT: Favorite Hip Hop Artist

[RayIsTheGOAT]

As someone suggested in the Mamoudou Diarra thread, start a hip hop thread. Well...

For me, it's Kanye. Dark Twisted Fantasy is one of my favorite albums ever.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Love Kanye, not as high on MBDTF as you, Late Registration is my favorite of his. But for me it's Nas, no rap album will ever top Illmatic. It was hard to follow that up but It Was Written and Stillmatic were still very solid albums too.

 

[huskiesNhoos]

Very random but I've been listening to a lot of Australian hip hop. Hilltop Hoods and Bliss n Eso are my favorites

 

[AdamaNation]

Love Kanye, not as high on MBDTF as you, Late Registration is my favorite of his. But for me it's Nas, no rap album will ever top Illmatic. It was hard to follow that up but It Was Written and Stillmatic were still very solid albums too.

Nas- illmatic & it was written
Biggie
Wu mainly ghost face and the genius not to mention the greatest producer ever
Gangstarr

 

[UConnSwag11]

As someone suggested in the Mamoudou Diarra thread, start a hip hop thread. Well...

For me, it's Kanye. Dark Twisted Fantasy is one of my favorite albums ever.

College dropout, late registration, and graduation I can listen to for days

 

[Robertelamin]

Jay Z Reasonable Doubt has to be up there.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Nas- illmatic & it was written
Biggie
Wu mainly ghost face and the genius not to mention the greatest producer ever
Gangstarr

Moment of Truth is up there with my favorite albums too, got it on vinyl.

 

[UConnSwag11]

my tops are

Lupe Fiasco - almost all his albums but food and liquor is top

Eminem - slim shady lp, Marshall mathers lp, Eminem show

Some others: Immortal technique, jay-z, dmx, childish gambino, mos def, talib kweli

 

[Robertelamin]

@superjohn provided a really good list for the 90's in another thread.

 

[intlzncster]

@superjohn provided a really good list for the 90's in another thread.

Had some huge misses though.

It was a good list.

 

[Ts5034]

Wow. No 2Pac mentions yet??

 

[intlzncster]

Pete Rock & CL Smooth; Eric B & Rakim; Cube; De la Soul;

Depends on my mood though. Sometimes Beasties. Sometimes Dre. Sometimes Tupac. And so on.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Wow. No 2Pac mentions yet??

@superjohn had Pac in his original post. Even though i'm from NY I take Pac over Biggie. Biggie had the flow, Pac's lyrics were incredible.

 

[Robertelamin]

Pete Rock & CL Smooth; Eric B & Rakim; Cube; De la Soul;

Depends on my mood though. Sometimes Beasties. Sometimes Dre. Sometimes Tupac. And so on.

Dre gets kinda forgot about.

 

[Scoe]

 

[huskiesNhoos]

Wow. No 2Pac mentions yet??

2pac had great singles, but i never really thought he had a great album

Dre gets kinda forgot about.

I see what you did there

 

[Horatio]

Top 6:
Guru , Jeru , Nas , Bro. J, Kool Keith, Posdonous

Favorite Album:
Full Clip, Illmatic, The Sun rises in the East,
Madvillian, To the East Blackwards,
It takes a Nation, Stakes is High, People's instinctive travels.Black on both sides

Favorite Crew:
Gang Starr foundation
Boot Camp clik
Wu Tang Clan
Native Tongues

Best recent display of Hip Hop:
Bars in the Booth series

Favorite songs:
Earth bound
Stakes is High
Held down
Put up or shut up
Full Clip
You know my steez
Unbelievable
Hey Brotha man
Microwave mayonnaise
That's Me

Displays of high level Hip Hop:

MASTA ACE - ME & AG FEAT A.G. (Official Video)

 

[Bonesbrigade]

EPMD....Strictly Business is still off the hook.

 

[Horatio]

Pete Rock & CL Smooth; Eric B & Rakim; Cube; De la Soul;

Depends on my mood though. Sometimes Beasties. Sometimes Dre. Sometimes Tupac. And so on.

I forgot to include that " Mecca and the Soul Brotha" album. Smh . Perfection

 

[UconnFanNVa]

Jay-z, Nas, Jadakiss, Redman, eminem, outcast, mos def, killer Mike, biggie, pac, big pun, pharoahe monch, gza (liquid swords) , rza, method man, ghost, reakwon, canibus, sticky Fingaz , Busta rhymes, scarface, Beanie Segal, slick Rick (was dying to Indian girl yesterday), Rakim, phife dawg, q tip... off the top of my head. I'm stuck in the 90s though.

 

[Kitaman]

Just kidding.

 

[TampaHusky78]

Love Kanye, not as high on MBDTF as you, Late Registration is my favorite of his. But for me it's Nas, no rap album will ever top Illmatic. It was hard to follow that up but It Was Written and Stillmatic were still very solid albums too.

Because they can't sing

 

[8893]

Strictly old school for me: Biggie, Beastie Boys, Jurassic 5, A Tribe Called Quest. If G. Love & Special Sauce qualifies, him too.

 

[Thirty Three]

Not gonna go with the obvious choices. Two of my favorite rappers who most people have never heard of...MF DOOM (NYC) and Andre Nickatina (San Fran).

 

[BaZZnBOAT]

Action Bronson.