The best Rappers LIST

Originally posted by Deathblow
in no order:

Slug
Deacon The Villian
Tre Hardson
Aesop Rock
Ice Cube
Sage Francis
Prodigy
Ikon The Hologram (before he reverted to calling hiself Vinnie Paz again)
Nas
Eyedea
Sole
Canibus

mind changing time

Slug
Deacon The Villain
Tre Hardson
Aesop Rock
Ice Cube
Sage Francis
Prodigy
Nas
Eyedea
Illogic
Chuck D
Kool Keith
Black Thought
Ill Bill
Daniel Dumile (and aaaaall of his many alter-egos)

Originally posted by Deathblow
mind changing time

Slug
Deacon The Villain
Tre Hardson
Aesop Rock
Ice Cube
Sage Francis
Prodigy
Nas
Eyedea
Illogic
Chuck D
Kool Keith
Black Thought
Ill Bill
Daniel Dumile (and aaaaall of his many alter-egos)

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except Aesop Rock

whats wrong with Aes? cry

I know he's confusing at times, but listen to songs like No Regrets, and he's inspiring ✅

yes i've heard many of his songs. he's great, but he doesn't make sense most of the time 🙁

Originally posted by HockeyHorror
yes i've heard many of his songs. he's great, but he doesn't make sense most of the time 🙁

It's not that he doesn't make sense, it's just that he's very cryptic. Aesop Rock always makes sense. That's been his problem since the beginning, sometimes he's too smart for his own good. Listen to No Regrets. That's his most simple song out there.
That's why I like Aesop, he's abstract. He finds many ways of expressing himself. Unlike practically every other MC out today.

Its not just his rhymes, absolutely everything about Aes, right down to his image, is pretty abstract, it's excellent.

i dunno...he's great but i wouldn't say abstract. but thats my opinion. 🙂

Ah, dirty, dirty destiny
Birded murders with a burn gurshin a peasantry
Nervous flux flirtin' with hurley burly chemistry
Graffiti burner urchin merchant with a certain urge jerkin' served and centerpiece
My zig-zag bully balance gallops with a fiery outline
Ban and bomb y'all pastel poets belly up.

thats pretty abstract if you ask me 😖

and even his simplest song is about the life of a hermit girl who only communicates through her drawings on the sidewalk.

but does he make sense? Daylight was very hard to make sense out of. love the tune. loved the lyrics...but did they make sense 😬

im smart but maybe not THAT smart...but i honestly doubt it makes sense...

or if it does make sense...can someone explain it...

He almost always makes sense, but I also read an interview with him ages ago, and he said something that really opened my eyes.

(interviewer)
The most common critiscim you tend to recieve is that your lyrics are often abstract to the point of indecipherable. What's your response to those who accuse you of not making sense?

(Aes)
Well, I know that my lyrics make sense, cos when I write, I write about things that mean somethin personal to me, you know? Its just when I put pen to paper, the story or experience i'm trying to relay won't come out as straight as like, a narrative or whatever. I twist it and f*ck it up and throw in metaphors to make it more interesting right, but I always keep the same thread runnin through my songs, and i never stray far from the core of the story. Sure I spice it up a little, but when it comes down to it, i'm just spinnin a story, and people who listen to my music can interpret what i say however they want. Every song I write means somethin special to me, and you ask some of my fans at the show, if they don't get a song, they read into the lyrics and get somethin else out of it. Somethin true to them, even if its totally different from what i intended, but it's cool cos that way, I can touch anyone anywhere with my words, as they can visualize what i'm sayin. Sometimes making sense is a pretty arguable term, ya know. Some cats get me, some don't, thats all.

interesting

Damn, Ikno. How did Dre and Juvenile make that list? 😆
Here ya go, pimp'n.

The Genius
Pharaoh Monch
Eminem
Tash - from The Liks
Big Boi & Andre
Black Thought
E-40
Talib Quali
Mos Def

😆 I'm still laughing about Juvenile. 😆

pretty good list. Gza is great.

i hope Monch doesnt' change his lyrics now that he's with Shady.

Monch is with Shady?!! That should be interesting. I don't know if folks heard of E-40, outside of the bay, but he said that he just signed a deal with Lil John. Fonzerreli's trying to do big, big thangz. More power to him.

erm...

Mike Skinner
Wyclef Jean
Thievery Corporation*
Arrested Development*
Huey of Fun Lovin Criminals
Missy Eliott for her amazing style.

That would be it. Well, Mike Skinner again, cuz he's absolutely amazing.

*can't write just one, thay all rock

Number one jadakiss 50 cent juvenile cant rap worth shit and deserve to sit the hell down. Number two right on Hockeyhorror those are all great rappers and i cant believe youve heard of immoratl tech. anyway there are many other rappers that can be added to the list such as Talib Kwel\i, J5, underground twista/kanye, hieroglyphics, mos def,
i can go on, anyway you dont know anything about rap you only know of shit that is done by any thug kid from the city

by the way comparing jadakiss with Nas, or Kweli is like comparing Van Gogh to a retarded childs sketches

Originally posted by Deathblow
mind changing time

Slug
Deacon The Villain
Tre Hardson
Aesop Rock
Ice Cube
Sage Francis
Prodigy
Nas
Eyedea
Illogic
Chuck D
Kool Keith
Black Thought
Ill Bill
Daniel Dumile (and aaaaall of his many alter-egos)

holy shit I just realied who I missed 😬

Q-Tip
Black Thought
Canibus
Raekwon (earlier stuff)
Del T.F.H

i always forget about Slick Rick.

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Yo Hockey what's your aim I'd like to get some songs from you if you wouldn't mind.

For me....

Mf Doom
Abstract Rude
Aesop Rock
Awol One
Buck 65
Masta Killa
Sage Francis
Aceyalone
GZA
RZA
Quasimoto
C-Rayz Walz
Devin The Dude
Living Legend members
Sunspot Jonz
Dizzee Rascal
El-P
Vinnie Paz
J-Zone
Kool Keith
K-Otix
LMNO
Louis Logic
Luckyiam PSC
Zion I
Main Flow
Moka Only
Murs
Ill Bill
Goretex
Big Boi
Q-Unique
Son Doobie
Swollen Members guys
..............