a lot of ignorant people like to generalize and say that every rap song is the same. lets talk about some good rap artists, ill throw a couple out there...

DEL tha funkee homosapien
youve probably never heard of him but like his name, he is indeed quite funky. he was the guy rappin on the Gorillaz hit song "Clint Eastwood", and hes got this crazy sci-fi album where hes a rapper in the year 3030, rappin about mechas and stuff!

Jurassic 5
one of very few rap groups that DONT rhyme about hoes and jewelry lol.. they have a lot of up beat songs that a lot of people can really get into


examples of bad rap, people that get radio play all day... ( -_- )

Rick Ross
this guy has no talent and every1 loves him

Soulja Boy
created a stupid ass dance with a stupid ass song, thats all he did!

Hurricane Chris
im not even sure if thats his name, but i heard 1 of his songs and now i wish he was dead

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The last two you listed are not rap, they are pop.


And I listen to Common, Mos Def, Blackalicious, Lyrics Born, Gangstarr, and The Roots, plus many, many, many more.

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i know del but i dont listen to him, gimme: MURS from living legends, Aesop Rock, Slug from atmosphere for the rhymesayers.

as for regular elites: blu & exile, joe budden, outkast, lupe fiasco, wu-tang clan.

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"Hip-hop was set out in the dark. They used to do it out in the park"

I really don't listen to any new rappers besides Lupe Fiasco.Other than that it's older rappers and albums fromt he 80s and 90s.Ultramegnetic MCs,Rakim,Kool G. Rap,Wu,Boot Camp Clik,Jay,Nas & BIG.

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I don't generalize anything^^
But I still don't like rap..
Not that I say it all sounds the same, I just don't like it.
I think I've enjoyed some of eminem's(is that how your spell his name?... no?..) songs a few years ago..

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depends on the listener, some people listen to the lyrics, others skim through it looking for simple and catchy beats present in other forms of music. Common Sense is like the William Blake of the hip hop age.

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"Hip-hop was set out in the dark. They used to do it out in the park"

I really only listen to Eminem, K-os, Ice Cube and Outkast.

There are some great rap groups and rappers out there but you don't hear about them alot. Some of my favorites would have to be Cannabil Ox, Outcast, Wu Tang, A Tribe Called Quest, Atmosphere, People Under the Stairs, Deltron 3030, and Kottonmouth Kings.

I usually differentiate between "rap" and "hiphop", rap as the mainstream crap and hiphop as the stuff that true fans appreciate. Right now on my playlist I've got:

Jedi Mind Tricks
Immortal Technique
DL Incognito
Nas
Cannibal Ox
Mos Def
Mr Lif
Talib Kweli
The Roots

Last summer I went to Rock the Bells in New York City, saw Jedi Mind Tricks, Immortal Technique, Mos Def, Mr Lif, Talib Kweli, The Roots, Wu Tang.. it was amazing, over 35,000 people packed together to watch the show for 10+ hours. The odd band out was Rage Against the Machine, they were performing there as part of their comeback tour, but they aren't really hiphop..

As the great teacher, KRS-One says, rap is something you do, hip hop is something you live.

Jealous of you because I was supposed to see ROTB in SF, but I couldn't get tickets. Rage Against the Machine is unique though, a mixture of metal, punk and hip hop.

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this year rock the bells got the wu, pharcyde, tribe, mos def, de la soul, MURS, kidz in the hall, immortal, wale, dead prez, jay electronica, nas, and rakim and its hosted by B-Real.

pharcyde and tribe on da same stage, dats a must see.

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"Hip-hop was set out in the dark. They used to do it out in the park"

I thought I was the only one to listin to Del/Deltron. They say there is a new Deltron album on the way

Hip-hop 4 Life

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That is the list i was going to post basically...
I'd add MF Doom, Astronautalis, Madlib and Quasimoto

this is the whole list of everybody that was at ROTB on July 28+29th

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it was pretty crazy, baking in the sun for 10 hours, we managed to get into the second section (very front section was separated from the rest by a barrier so they didn't get crushed by everybody behind them). Saw a couple people collapse from heat stroke or something, definitely a shortage of water (for 3.50 a bottle )

These groups were truly skilled, Supernatural and Rahzel were the MCs for the day. Supernatural currently holds the world record for freestyling, at over 9 hours straight It was something else. Plus, who doesn't love being in NYC