The God MC himself...30 years ago places you at about the time he changed the genre forever.

"Favourite track of all time is still Warran G - Regulate"

Banger

comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 15 seconds ago
"Favourite track of all time is still Warran G - Regulate"

Banger
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There's a good mix of that song and Michael McDonald singing his part of the original song on YouTube

That is the "Jamming remix" off the single, which also included 2Pac songs Pain and Loyal to the Game from the Above The Rim soundtrack

Too many amazing hip-hop to list, so I'll just go on a chain of consisousness of my favourite individual rappers.

Nas
Jay-Z
Andre 3000
Mos Def
MF DOOM
Kanye West
RZA
GZA
Inspectah Deck
Ghostface Killah
Raekwon
Blu
Lupe Fiasco
Common
Black Thought
Kendrick Lamar
Big Boi
Q-Tip
GoldLink

I don't really like Eminem, however talented he is.

Still missing out consistent and witty lyricists like T.I., Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, (one of the best wordplay and similie rapper OAT), Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Cam'ron and Juelz Santana.

My favorite songs of the last few years are..

King Kunta - Kendrick Lamar
Forever - Drake
Rap God - Eminem (insane technique)

Grew up as a wee kid with Eminem as my favorite artiste. The pop culture satire was funny. Think the genre peaked in the 90's when it had more socially conscious roots. The vulgar exhibitionism of many acts in more recent times bragging about their "blings" and cadillacs and sheite would eventually put me off.

Forever will always be a great song to me because it has Ye, Wayne both near the peak of their popularity and quality, and I have to admit Em comes through with a show stopping verse. I personally love Drake but for what he is and he isn't the strongest MC but he can lay down a hard verse when he wants to. He has gone down the pop route a lot recently however.

The "blings" and cadillacs and sheite were there in the 90s as well.

Kanye, Kendrick, Eazy, Snoop, Dre, Cube, Eminem, Chuck D

Not quite rap but... Anderson .Paak, Frank Ocean, NX Worries.

Anyone into the west coast stuff should check out anderson .paak, for sure... He did alot of colabs on Dre's Compton album.... Such a talented guy.

Malibu is still the best release of this year

Rap God - Eminem (insane technique)
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He has about 4 different flows on that.... insane technique and great beats too.

hip ops not music its an attitude

Anderson .Paak is incredible. I see him more of an vocalist however.

comment by Firmino Can Karius {Proud owner of the 5 000 000th comment} (U2720)
posted 22 seconds ago
Malibu is still the best release of this year
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yea mate, amazing album (though 22, a million - bon iver - holds my top spot for the year)

Put Me Thru by .paak is the epitome of cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK2-XuLByuQ

comment by Who's Kissing Cameras. (U1703)
posted 2 seconds ago
Anderson .Paak is incredible. I see him more of an vocalist however.
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No doubt, but his work on "Compton" and parts of "Venice and "Malibu" is pure hip hop still.... just not rap.

He's not hip hop...but the influence is in his music....sort of like The Weeknd.

Hip hop and R&B will always have close links.

nana nana na
it's the one and only P-R-I-D-E

For such an idiot, Kanye Wests music is pretty awesome.

Kanye's true genius is in his production, much like Dre.

It is a shame the he is a diick in public, as it puts some people off giving his music a chance. Even non hiphop fans could enjoy alot of it.

comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - where my muthaf'king dominoes at (U2958)
posted 27 minutes ago
comment by Who's Kissing Cameras. (U1703)
posted 2 seconds ago
Anderson .Paak is incredible. I see him more of an vocalist however.
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No doubt, but his work on "Compton" and parts of "Venice and "Malibu" is pure hip hop still.... just not rap.
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Completely agree.

"Miss Right" on Venice is almost undefinable... funk, soul, hiphop, r&b, rock, dance... all in one groove.

btw - new album from tribe called quest has some good tracks...

some of it is too hard and east coast for me... but still some magic there.

Also, my angry teenage self wants to give a shout out to Onyx!

comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - where my muthaf'king dominoes at (U2958)
posted 1 minute ago
"Miss Right" on Venice is almost undefinable... funk, soul, hiphop, r&b, rock, dance... all in one groove.
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My favourite song on Venice has to be "Might Be", with "Miss Right" coming in at 2nd. It's a beautiful album.