Who's into rap here?

[2dimes]

I'm just learning about this fabulous new style of music. I think it has some potential to really catch on. I don't know too many artists yet.

Rev_Kyle put me on to this guy.

http://www.freshie.ca/

I guess he's like his favorite singer or something. He seems to be ok.

[alex_white101]

Rap is the most rubbish excuse for music ever invented. fact.

[pancakemix]

Rap is the most rubbish excuse for music ever invented. fact.

[dcowboys055]

I am.

[hecter]

Rap is the most rubbish excuse for music ever invented. fact.

[Alexwales93]

Excuse me, but since when has 'Rap' counted as music?
lol

[Sammy gags]

Since it has been sold in cd stores as a genre of music?

[Serbia]

Rap is the most rubbish excuse for music ever invented. fact.

[red bull]

music is like candy ... you throw that rappers away

[spurgistan]

It all depends on who you listen to, most (def not all) mainstream rap these days is pablum, but beneath the Lil' Jons of the world lie an extroardinarily intelligent underground hip/hop scene.
/trying to get into underground hip-hop.

[Aegnor]

Retards
Attempting
Poetry

[Ronaldinho]

Rap is teh bomb, gfy.

[red bull]

Rap is teh bomb, gfy.

go back to the flame wars

[reverend_kyle]

Rap is teh bomb, gfy.

go back to the flame wars

where do you think he learned his skill.

its all about makin hos lern ya know?

[willis]

Some mainstream rap is good, I do like a lot of underground rap too

[Alexwales93]

Ron starys through the walls of flame, and stares around, dumbfounded, at all the normal people around, and he hears no swearing.
'Where am I?' he gasps, and stumbles around, scared.
'Need help?' says a helpful CCer, but Ron pushes him away, as if asking for help was the highest sin.
'GFY.' he shoutes, and walkes back through the wall of Flames.
'Home sweet home.'

[Ronaldinho]

Ron starys through the walls of flame, and stares around, dumbfounded, at all the normal people around, and he hears no swearing.
'Where am I?' he gasps, and stumbles around, scared.
'Need help?' says a helpful CCer, but Ron pushes him away, as if asking for help was the highest sin.
'GFY.' he shoutes, and walkes back through the wall of Flames.
'Home sweet home.'

LOL!! yeah something like that. But serious Rap is actually really good, lyrics from most rappers come from the heart, on real experiances, you sometimes have to look past the clothes and hype that they come with.


*drifts back to the flame wars, ahhhh this is better*

[reverend_kyle]

Ron starys through the walls of flame, and stares around, dumbfounded, at all the normal people around, and he hears no swearing.
'Where am I?' he gasps, and stumbles around, scared.
'Need help?' says a helpful CCer, but Ron pushes him away, as if asking for help was the highest sin.
'GFY.' he shoutes, and walkes back through the wall of Flames.
'Home sweet home.'

LOL!! yeah something like that. But serious Rap is actually really good, lyrics from most rappers come from the heart, on real experiances, you sometimes have to look past the clothes and hype that they come with.


*drifts back to the flame wars, ahhhh this is better*

and you make hos lern right?

[Ronaldinho]

Your learnt you lesson dident you ?

[Hugh.G.Rection]

Some mainstream rap is good, I do like a lot of underground rap too

Watcha talking about Willis ??

[2dimes]

Some of them seem to have funny names after tools and candy and stuff.

M&M

Hammer, that guy might get pretty famous, he has funny pants, cool shades though.

[willis]

Some mainstream rap is good, I do like a lot of underground rap too

Watcha talking about Willis ??

Rap

[MeDeFe]

Crap

Coincidence? You decide...

[DirtyDishSoap]

cant spell Crap witout Rap lol

[Guiscard]

I'm gonna weigh in here as a hip-hop DJ and producer and defend my lifes passion.

Underground rap is intelligent, political, musical, poetic... it can evoke any emotion you care to name... it can open your eyes to myriad subjects you never considered before... its taken me around the world, given me a passion and a job...

What most of the posters in this thread refer to as 'rap' is most likely commercial American rap. Basically, its like saying 'I hate all guitar music because I just listened to Avril Levine and it sucks ass!' Rapping is simply a lyrical tool. There are more genres than I'd care to name, really, and 85% of them don't get airplay.

If people are looking at getting into undergound rap, firstly I'd 100% recommend the Indiefeed Hip-Hop Podcast (just type it into Itunes). Every few days they give you a new track from underground hip-hop artists, and I can't tell you how many dope MCs and producers I've discovered through it.

As for modern (as opposed to old school) artists I'm feeling at the moment...

In the US check out Masta Ace, El-P, Talib Kweli, immortal technique, Butta Verses, Aceyalone, Cunninglynguists, Punchline & Wordsworth, Leak bros, Jedi Mind Tricks, The Roots, Rasco, Asamov,

And for the classics: De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, Souls of Mischief, Main Source, Brand Nubian, Pharcyde, Heiroglyphics, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Wu Tang Clan, Lords of the Underground, KRS-One, Mos Def, Big L, Gangstarr, Jeru Tha Damaja...

And in the UK: Klashnekoff, Terra Firma crew, Jehst, Yungun, Rodney P, Braintax, Broke'n'English, Foreign Beggars, Joe Buddah (a producer), Lewis Parker, Phoenix Quarter, Plan B, Skinnyman, Roots Manuva, Skitz, Sway, Taskforce, Verb T & Harry Love...