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Let's be clear about one thing, first and foremost, just to clarify. Hip Hop is the culture of which rap is a piece of. Rap is the actual act of spittin rhymes on a beat.
Having been born and raised in the home of Hip Hop (the Bronx, all be it the northwest bronx), I was constantly bombarded by rap. It wasnt until seventh grade (i am a freshman in college now) that i started listening. The first, and to be honest only, album i bought was sisqo's unleash the dragon... Luckily for me, my tastes have since improved. Let me list some of the artists on my top rated list on itunes:
2Pac (of course)
A Tribe Called Quest
Black Star (Mos Def and Talib Kweli make a good team. They need to get another album out!)
Dr. Dre (The Chronic being one of the best rap albums ever along side with Straight Outta Compton)
Nas (Hip Hop is Dead is pure fire, basically)
Notorious Big (nuff said)
NWA (only with Ice Cube. Their follow up to Straight outta compton, without Ice Cube was garbage, imo)
Mac Dre (straight out of the bay (San Fransisco and Oakland in cali. He is some good stuff if you like your rap with some out of the norm beats and not too serious lyrics. The bay sound is way different than anything in La or in the east, which is why i like it so much)
Snoop Dogg (he still can spit with the best of them)
Mos Def
Talib Kweli (gotta list these guys individually)
Too $hort (a real OG. He was in GTA: San Andreas, to give you guys some perspective, with the song 'The Ghetto')
Some stuff i dont like is Dip Set because they all are trash. Most stuff from the south especially Lil' Wayne. I like my music to be mostly about storytelling and lyrics with a strong beat which most of the above are about in some way or another, with their own twist. My favorite kind of club rap has to be hyphy music. (look on urbandictionary.com for the best definition)
Anyone else a fan of any kind of rap or hip hop?
Having been born and raised in the home of Hip Hop (the Bronx, all be it the northwest bronx), I was constantly bombarded by rap. It wasnt until seventh grade (i am a freshman in college now) that i started listening. The first, and to be honest only, album i bought was sisqo's unleash the dragon... Luckily for me, my tastes have since improved. Let me list some of the artists on my top rated list on itunes:
2Pac (of course)
A Tribe Called Quest
Black Star (Mos Def and Talib Kweli make a good team. They need to get another album out!)
Dr. Dre (The Chronic being one of the best rap albums ever along side with Straight Outta Compton)
Nas (Hip Hop is Dead is pure fire, basically)
Notorious Big (nuff said)
NWA (only with Ice Cube. Their follow up to Straight outta compton, without Ice Cube was garbage, imo)
Mac Dre (straight out of the bay (San Fransisco and Oakland in cali. He is some good stuff if you like your rap with some out of the norm beats and not too serious lyrics. The bay sound is way different than anything in La or in the east, which is why i like it so much)
Snoop Dogg (he still can spit with the best of them)
Mos Def
Talib Kweli (gotta list these guys individually)
Too $hort (a real OG. He was in GTA: San Andreas, to give you guys some perspective, with the song 'The Ghetto')
Some stuff i dont like is Dip Set because they all are trash. Most stuff from the south especially Lil' Wayne. I like my music to be mostly about storytelling and lyrics with a strong beat which most of the above are about in some way or another, with their own twist. My favorite kind of club rap has to be hyphy music. (look on urbandictionary.com for the best definition)
Anyone else a fan of any kind of rap or hip hop?
