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looking for some good rap songs to listen to
hillkill:
--- Quote from: Taciturn on August 02, 2017, 10:14:08 PM ---Most stuff my Biggie Smalls, Tupac, Wu Tang Clan, idk who else
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only song i really liked of tupac's was changes for some reason.
BubbaGum:
The Autobiography by Vic Mensa just came out and I'm really pleasantly surprised with it. It makes me really emotional esp. this song
I think it's all true stuff (hence the name) which makes it that much more touching
Also Tyler the Creator focuses a lot on lyrics and telling a story and while I personally don't like the newest albums (Cherry Bomb, Flower Boy) I really like Wolf and Bastard.
Childish Gambino's Because the Internet is another good album and I think it's supposedly really deep and has an entire script and stuff but I never really got into that. This is actually the song that first got me into rap. I've probably listened to this song well over 200 times.
I've been listening to a lot of Joey Bada$$ recently and I think he and his group Pro Era are all really talented. Try listening to his most recent album All American Bada$$. it slaps
MF DOOM is a little bit more old style rap but I think he was one of the first people to take rap to a new level of storytelling and I know Tyler the Creator was influenced by his work.
Here's my favorite album by him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbpEnkDQnhk
Anyway a lot of "underground" rap is also really focused on lyrics. Some examples are Atmosphere, Brother Ali, and Aesop Rock If I remember correctly, Aesop Rock has the biggest vocab variety of any rapper. https://pudding.cool/2017/02/vocabulary/index.html - Here's an interesting chart on unique vocab used by rappers.
ALSO MOST IMPORTANTLY:
--- Quote from: Frankie² on August 02, 2017, 08:41:27 PM ---anything by kendrick lamar tbh
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This!!!!! I suggest you listen to all the work he's ever made, it's all really fantastic and he oozes talent
PhantOS:
pro era was cool back in 2012. sad when steez died, i saw him a couple times on my way to school
Køtt:
--- Quote from: BubbaGum on August 02, 2017, 10:25:20 PM ---Also Tyler the Creator focuses a lot on lyrics and telling a story and while I personally don't like the newest albums (Cherry Bomb, Flower Boy) I really like Wolf and Bastard.
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what do you think of goblin?
BubbaGum:
--- Quote from: PhantOS on August 02, 2017, 10:37:40 PM ---pro era was cool back in 2012. sad when steez died, i saw him a couple times on my way to school
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I get too emotional when I listen to his stuff. Its so loving sad dude he had so much talent and such a good voice and flow.
--- Quote from: Køtt on August 02, 2017, 10:44:49 PM ---what do you think of goblin?
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Most of the songs are good but a few suck