Fuck yeah! I LOVE this song and every bar by heart. The production is so sparse, but it just comes together perfectly with the rapping.
And since one good GZA track deserves another...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=yOQGhC5nzus
I was never exactly a big fan of The Marshall Mathers LP. As a whole I find it to be a bit sloppy and unfocused (going from something as solemn The Way I Am to goofy like The Real Slim Shady was off). But when the album was firing, it was firing on all fucking cylinders.
A pretty good response track, though hoestly, Deuce made it pretty easy for them. The guy did more whining than dissing. He should've take… moren a page from Ice Cube's book.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=jShaZKIODS0
THIS is how you dismantle your former crew! Cube dropped No Vaseline and N.W.A split up almost instantly.
Most is bullshit. Real Hip-Hop Artist talk about the shit they seen and tell stories so people can see what happens and what they seen and to give some consciousness about the shit going on.
and there is thrash that mostly plagues the fucking radio
I want to shift gears for a change and discuss a prominent issue that resides in the genre of rap... Violence.
Is rap a genre that glorif… moreies, to a certain extent, violence and gang culture or is something that is often overly blown out of proportions?
For me, there's no denying that rap asserts its more violent themes more than a lot of other genres. However, being someone who has quite an elective taste in music, I can for sure confirm that certain genres and sub-genres delve far more offensively into violence than mentioning a drive-by or a glock being strapped to one's side.
The reason I'm curious is because rap is a genre that is constantly under scrutiny and surveillance from many-a-critics and being the fastest growing genre out right now even breaking out into mainstream radio, it's a genre a lot have both admiration and skepticism towards.
Certain rappers like the drill and trap rappers for sure glorify killing and shootin… [view original content]
But with social media and the internet being so much more predominant than it has been, is it exactly necessary for rappers to continue to be socially conscious by use of violence when all information is readily available for anyone?
For example, using Kendrick's newest album (which I have been bumping since I purchased it a week ago). A lot of what he talks about has to do with racial stereotyping and gang violence being in a loop. Is it still a necessary of pertinent topic nowadays when we have a much more extensive level of knowledge at our fingertips?
Most is bullshit. Real Hip-Hop Artist talk about the shit they seen and tell stories so people can see what happens and what they seen and t… moreo give some consciousness about the shit going on.
and there is thrash that mostly plagues the fucking radio
Yes. Powerfully worded first person accounts tell a much more thorough and alarming story than news and social media. Information is useless if people aren't interested in seeking it out.
Just playing devil's advocate here.
But with social media and the internet being so much more predominant than it has been, is it exactly… more necessary for rappers to continue to be socially conscious by use of violence when all information is readily available for anyone?
For example, using Kendrick's newest album (which I have been bumping since I purchased it a week ago). A lot of what he talks about has to do with racial stereotyping and gang violence being in a loop. Is it still a necessary of pertinent topic nowadays when we have a much more extensive level of knowledge at our fingertips?
Indeed it was, indeed it was. I recently listen to the album front to back and it was great...with a few exceptions.
My problem with MMLP was some of the featured artists and posse cuts. Remember Me was the only song with featured artists that I liked. Bizarre was trash on Amityville. Bitch Please II sounded like a leftover from Dre's 2001.
The D12 joint just pissed me off. It came right after the horrifyingly climactic spectacle that was 'Kim'. The album should've ended right there, but they just had to put that fucking D12 song immediately afterward. Ugh.
The LP is still one of my all time favorites though.
I was never exactly a big fan of The Marshall Mathers LP. As a whole I find it to be a bit sloppy and unfocused (going from something as sol… moreemn The Way I Am to goofy like The Real Slim Shady was off). But when the album was firing, it was firing on all fucking cylinders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=v9Y-CSQor5s
Case in point, Kill You was such a great opening rap track.
This is Chance the Rapper., Think Ol' Dirty Bastard but slightly less violent and self-destructive. He's got the same propensity for half-singing his raps and more mannerism than you could shake a stick at. He's also surprisingly good at crafting catchy hooks.
great question, really great. Now i love hip-hop, but am not like some that live hip-hop so i cant really answer that fully or i doubt my opinion holds that much weight. there is still much bullshit that a lot of this people go through (just to clarified i dont mean only black people, i mean in general everyone that's low class and mostly non-white..).and again not every rapper talks about violence, a lot have done real inspirational songs about being better and not going into violence to resolve shit. but i guess that most talk about violence because thats what they experience.
really i wish i could write a much better response, but since your questions is such, um, composite (?) you know? it has a lot that goes into it.
Just playing devil's advocate here.
But with social media and the internet being so much more predominant than it has been, is it exactly… more necessary for rappers to continue to be socially conscious by use of violence when all information is readily available for anyone?
For example, using Kendrick's newest album (which I have been bumping since I purchased it a week ago). A lot of what he talks about has to do with racial stereotyping and gang violence being in a loop. Is it still a necessary of pertinent topic nowadays when we have a much more extensive level of knowledge at our fingertips?
This is Chance the Rapper., Think Ol' Dirty Bastard but slightly less violent and self-destructive. He's got the same propensity for half-s… moreinging his raps and more mannerism than you could shake a stick at. He's also surprisingly good at crafting catchy hooks.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=h8nIHZ-0kS4
FUN FACT : He sometimes records while high on acid. Could you tell? :P
Ok, so this is something I've always disagreed with to a certain extent. But I hated Kim (the song).
I think that horrorcore is great, I can enjoy an intensely hateful and vile rap song, but the theme it centered around always scratched me the wrong way. It's especially funny cause I find '97 Bonnie and Clyde to be an almost beautifully imagined revenge piece about the love of his daughter after he commits such a heinous act to his wife, it was a great comparison he drew and helped the mood feel almost relaxed making it more disturbing.
But him just screaming drunkenly for almost seven minutes at himself playing duel roles and the dumbass bridge being laughable at best. I thought Kim was a bore. And that "NOW BLEED BITCH BLEEEEEEEEEEEEED!" Line was cringe worthy as fuck. The serenity of his original "killing my wife" song was what made it great. Kim was a bore and had nothing to show but that he was angry at her.
But I did love Under the Influence, something about some of those lines were fire. (I'm like a fucking wasp lost in the hospital stinging the fuck out of everything I come across...) Love that shit.
Indeed it was, indeed it was. I recently listen to the album front to back and it was great...with a few exceptions.
My problem with MML… moreP was some of the featured artists and posse cuts. Remember Me was the only song with featured artists that I liked. Bizarre was trash on Amityville. Bitch Please II sounded like a leftover from Dre's 2001.
The D12 joint just pissed me off. It came right after the horrifyingly climactic spectacle that was 'Kim'. The album should've ended right there, but they just had to put that fucking D12 song immediately afterward. Ugh.
The LP is still one of my all time favorites though.
I too find tracks like Dance with the Devil to be far more informative and impactful than a relegated news cast about displayed savagery being shown among the cops for the thirteenth hour in a day.
It's more about painting a picture than showing a photo.
Yes. Powerfully worded first person accounts tell a much more thorough and alarming story than news and social media. Information is useless if people aren't interested in seeking it out.
Ok, so this is something I've always disagreed with to a certain extent. But I hated Kim (the song).
I think that horrorcore is great, I … morecan enjoy an intensely hateful and vile rap song, but the theme it centered around always scratched me the wrong way. It's especially funny cause I find '97 Bonnie and Clyde to be an almost beautifully imagined revenge piece about the love of his daughter after he commits such a heinous act to his wife, it was a great comparison he drew and helped the mood feel almost relaxed making it more disturbing.
But him just screaming drunkenly for almost seven minutes at himself playing duel roles and the dumbass bridge being laughable at best. I thought Kim was a bore. And that "NOW BLEED BITCH BLEEEEEEEEEEEEED!" Line was cringe worthy as fuck. The serenity of his original "killing my wife" song was what made it great. Kim was a bore and had nothing to show but that he was angry at her.
But I did love Under… [view original content]
This is one of my favorite tracks from Kendrick's Section.80 EP. The instrumentation is great and the lyrics feel like an odd mix between rapping and spoken word poetry.
But do you prefer Kim or '97 Bonnie and Clyde out of curiosity? Since they're part of the same story, something that's a bit of a recurring theme in MMLP.
But do you prefer Kim or '97 Bonnie and Clyde out of curiosity? Since they're part of the same story, something that's a bit of a recurring theme in MMLP.
I think I'm in love xD. But seriously just found this awesome female rapper I really like. Found her through a song she did with Twiztid and other rappers.
Love this song plus I hear she is an awesome person.
Now as for the discussion on violence in rap - A lot of rappers in the 90s were actually (or claimed to be) part of gangs. However a lot of the violent lyrics was obviously put on for entertainment purposes. This is my problem with the whole real vs fake thing... why should anyone really care as long as the music sounds good?
Fuck yeah! I LOVE this song and every bar by heart. The production is so sparse, but it just comes together perfectly with the rapping.
And since one good GZA track deserves another...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=yOQGhC5nzus
Run The Jewels are awesome. Their production has a very rough trap vibe to it, but the rhymes are lava. And that bass, damn! If you have speakers or good headphones, do yourself a favor and listen through those.
I saw these guys in concert a few months ago and things got crazy when this song started. It practically turned into a mosh pit and we were thrown around the venue. It was insane.
I think I'm in love xD. But seriously just found this awesome female rapper I really like. Found her through a song she did with Twiztid and other rappers.
Love this song plus I hear she is an awesome person.
https://youtu.be/iXgystvujFc
Welcome! I'm also a fan of the artists you mentioned.
As for this song, the verses are really good, but that hook is atrocious. Somebody needs to tell Em that he should NEVER SING. He's more than rich enough to hire talented singers for that, so there's no excuse!
I personally enjoy Eminem, Logic, Slaughterhouse, Yelawolf. They're all great artist (just my opinion). I will leave the latest track made by Eminem.
Eminem - Phenomenal
I don't find it that bad, but Eminem singing isn't that good anyways. I believe that's one of the main reasons he rapped his part in the song featuring Yelawolf 'Best Friend'. Some people complained about it, but I find it great the way it is.
Welcome! I'm also a fan of the artists you mentioned.
As for this song, the verses are really good, but that hook is atrocious. Somebod… morey needs to tell Em that he should NEVER SING. He's more than rich enough to hire talented singers for that, so there's no excuse!
Cryptic still hasn't gotten his dues which pisses me off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ol4qCj5da-Q
Hilarious yet surprisingly skilled MC.
I've been listening to a lot of mainstream rap the past few days, and dear god, things are getting terrible. To commemorate this awful dip in quality, I present to you the first edition of Rappers On My Shitlist.
Why did the first blind rapper have to be this hack? He can neither sing, nor rap, so he sticks to this auto-tuned warbling that's inexplicably making a comeback. His breakthrough single is about making crack with his girlfriend, because of course it is.
Yay! More ear piercing auto tune! You'd never guess Rae Sremmurd are in their twenties, because they both look and sound like twelve year olds. Their "music" is obnoxious club fare about money they probably don't have. (They were homeless before their first single got big). Here's hoping they make just enough money to live comfortably and then gracefully leave the rap scene (small fucking chance).
Sage is the face of modern Northerm Cali rap. A style that consists exclusively of borin, pseudo-trap beats and muttered vocals that make it sound like the rapper downed a quart of codeine cough syrup on the way to the studio. The result is some of the most stiff, boring rap I've heard. And holy fuck, was that video awful or what?!
So, what do you think of these rappers? Anyone going to play devil's advocate and tel me why I'm wrong? What rappers do you despise? (They can be mainstream or underground.)
First, I suspect these clowns won't last too long on the charts. So get all the listening of their shit material out now because in a few months time, their material will be forgotten.
Now, Fetty Wap (what a fucking ABYSMAL name for a rapper. What does the name instill? Diarrhea?) from what I've heard, Fetty became big partially because of a viral meme that came out of WorldStar and all the promotion with artists such as Kanye West being a big reason as to his sudden climb to popularity with mouth breathers and helmet wearers alike as well.
Rae Sremmurd are already rapidly declining in their popularity so it's safe to assume they'll be a very small brown stain in the history of an otherwise strong rise of good artists that have broke out in the past ten years.
And I haven't heard Gas Pedal, although I think I've heard a sound bite of it on a vine somewhere at one point.
Great first set. Now though, what are your thoughts on Young Thug? Words aren't enough to describe...
I've been listening to a lot of mainstream rap the past few days, and dear god, things are getting terrible. To commemorate this awful dip … morein quality, I present to you the first edition of Rappers On My Shitlist.
Contestant #1 : Fetty Wap (of Trap Queen fame.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=i_kF4zLNKio
Why did the first blind rapper have to be this hack? He can neither sing, nor rap, so he sticks to this auto-tuned warbling that's inexplicably making a comeback. His breakthrough single is about making crack with his girlfriend, because of course it is.
Contestant #2 : Rae Sremmurd
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wzMrK-aGCug
Yay! More ear piercing auto tune! You'd never guess Rae Sremmurd are in their twenties, because they both look and sound like twelve year olds. Their "music" is obnoxious club fare about money they probably don't have. (They were homeless before their first single got big). Here's hoping they make just eno… [view original content]
Fetty means money. Wap is a bastardization of guwop, which is also slang for money. Fetty is a clever one, you see.
I agree that Fetty is probably a 1-2 hit wonder, but I wouldn't count Rae Sremmurd out just yet. Their first album had 3 bonafide hits and high profile remixes with the likes of Nicki Minaj and Pusha T (why, Pusha?!). Our saving grace is that they're identities aren't strong enough to make it as solo artists, so when money drama hits (as it always does), they're finished. Sage's prospects are pretty good. He might not last on the national stage, but the Bay Area is fiercely loyal to their rappers, so he'll probably never be out of work. (Hell, E-40's still big, two decades past his prime).
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I'm sparing Young Thug the list for now. It's not nice to pick on the mentally handicapped. Big Sean and Rich Homie Quan are next on the chopping block.
First, I suspect these clowns won't last too long on the charts. So get all the listening of their shit material out now because in a few mo… morenths time, their material will be forgotten.
Now, Fetty Wap (what a fucking ABYSMAL name for a rapper. What does the name instill? Diarrhea?) from what I've heard, Fetty became big partially because of a viral meme that came out of WorldStar and all the promotion with artists such as Kanye West being a big reason as to his sudden climb to popularity with mouth breathers and helmet wearers alike as well.
Rae Sremmurd are already rapidly declining in their popularity so it's safe to assume they'll be a very small brown stain in the history of an otherwise strong rise of good artists that have broke out in the past ten years.
And I haven't heard Gas Pedal, although I think I've heard a sound bite of it on a vine somewhere at one point.
Great first set. Now though, what are your thoughts on Young Thug? Words aren't enough to describe...
Ab Soul raps from the heart on this track.. This song is a eulogy to Soulo's girlfriend, who took her life shortly before his album dropped. It's powerful and personal without being too emo (which is a huge accomplishment given the circumstances).
I feel like a lot of Juggalo rappers get a bad rep. The thing is though, rappers like Blaze and R.O.C. are truly a force to reckoned with. Even if there are some less than favorable rappers that also belong to the label.
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Liquid Swords was a spectacular album, so many great bangers.
A breakout performance from the most slept on MC in the clan.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9yLPRsCST8A
I was never exactly a big fan of The Marshall Mathers LP. As a whole I find it to be a bit sloppy and unfocused (going from something as solemn The Way I Am to goofy like The Real Slim Shady was off). But when the album was firing, it was firing on all fucking cylinders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=v9Y-CSQor5s
Case in point, Kill You was such a great opening rap track.
'Nother rapper added to my shelved interests of artist I need to check out.
Very nice for sure.
LOVE Pun, its a shame he ate his ass to death
Cube went in
Damn shame.
But he'll always be a legend. I at least take solace in that.
Most is bullshit. Real Hip-Hop Artist talk about the shit they seen and tell stories so people can see what happens and what they seen and to give some consciousness about the shit going on.
and there is thrash that mostly plagues the fucking radio
yep shame.and he is great.
also one of the reason why Fat Joe and to some point Joell Ortiz lost some weight
Just playing devil's advocate here.
But with social media and the internet being so much more predominant than it has been, is it exactly necessary for rappers to continue to be socially conscious by use of violence when all information is readily available for anyone?
For example, using Kendrick's newest album (which I have been bumping since I purchased it a week ago). A lot of what he talks about has to do with racial stereotyping and gang violence being in a loop. Is it still a necessary of pertinent topic nowadays when we have a much more extensive level of knowledge at our fingertips?
Yes. Powerfully worded first person accounts tell a much more thorough and alarming story than news and social media. Information is useless if people aren't interested in seeking it out.
Indeed it was, indeed it was. I recently listen to the album front to back and it was great...with a few exceptions.
My problem with MMLP was some of the featured artists and posse cuts. Remember Me was the only song with featured artists that I liked. Bizarre was trash on Amityville. Bitch Please II sounded like a leftover from Dre's 2001.
The D12 joint just pissed me off. It came right after the horrifyingly climactic spectacle that was 'Kim'. The album should've ended right there, but they just had to put that fucking D12 song immediately afterward. Ugh.
The LP is still one of my all time favorites though.
This is Chance the Rapper., Think Ol' Dirty Bastard but slightly less violent and self-destructive. He's got the same propensity for half-singing his raps and more mannerism than you could shake a stick at. He's also surprisingly good at crafting catchy hooks.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=h8nIHZ-0kS4
FUN FACT : He sometimes records while high on acid. Could you tell? :P
great question, really great. Now i love hip-hop, but am not like some that live hip-hop so i cant really answer that fully or i doubt my opinion holds that much weight. there is still much bullshit that a lot of this people go through (just to clarified i dont mean only black people, i mean in general everyone that's low class and mostly non-white..).and again not every rapper talks about violence, a lot have done real inspirational songs about being better and not going into violence to resolve shit. but i guess that most talk about violence because thats what they experience.
really i wish i could write a much better response, but since your questions is such, um, composite (?) you know? it has a lot that goes into it.
Trippy lol, but it's a great song.
Been getting into Rap and hip hop a little more and gotta say I'm growing to like really like Lecrae
https://youtu.be/soopwMciQj8
Ok, so this is something I've always disagreed with to a certain extent. But I hated Kim (the song).
I think that horrorcore is great, I can enjoy an intensely hateful and vile rap song, but the theme it centered around always scratched me the wrong way. It's especially funny cause I find '97 Bonnie and Clyde to be an almost beautifully imagined revenge piece about the love of his daughter after he commits such a heinous act to his wife, it was a great comparison he drew and helped the mood feel almost relaxed making it more disturbing.
But him just screaming drunkenly for almost seven minutes at himself playing duel roles and the dumbass bridge being laughable at best. I thought Kim was a bore. And that "NOW BLEED BITCH BLEEEEEEEEEEEEED!" Line was cringe worthy as fuck. The serenity of his original "killing my wife" song was what made it great. Kim was a bore and had nothing to show but that he was angry at her.
But I did love Under the Influence, something about some of those lines were fire. (I'm like a fucking wasp lost in the hospital stinging the fuck out of everything I come across...) Love that shit.
Agreed.
I too find tracks like Dance with the Devil to be far more informative and impactful than a relegated news cast about displayed savagery being shown among the cops for the thirteenth hour in a day.
It's more about painting a picture than showing a photo.
I'll agree to disagree on this one. I've just never liked D12 (besides Proof and he's dead).
Bit preachy, but the beat is good!
This is one of my favorite tracks from Kendrick's Section.80 EP. The instrumentation is great and the lyrics feel like an odd mix between rapping and spoken word poetry.
In other words, Ab Soul at his finest.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=gtUsEbbVBuo
But do you prefer Kim or '97 Bonnie and Clyde out of curiosity? Since they're part of the same story, something that's a bit of a recurring theme in MMLP.
Bonnie and Clyde. I liked Kim, but I'll take a nuanced story over a cathartic revenge fantasy.
But damn, if I was the sound engineer while Em was recording Kim, I would've been freaked the hell out.
I think I'm in love xD. But seriously just found this awesome female rapper I really like. Found her through a song she did with Twiztid and other rappers.
Love this song plus I hear she is an awesome person.
https://youtu.be/iXgystvujFc
Yeah, the whole album was pretty great.
Now as for the discussion on violence in rap - A lot of rappers in the 90s were actually (or claimed to be) part of gangs. However a lot of the violent lyrics was obviously put on for entertainment purposes. This is my problem with the whole real vs fake thing... why should anyone really care as long as the music sounds good?
Run The Jewels are awesome. Their production has a very rough trap vibe to it, but the rhymes are lava. And that bass, damn! If you have speakers or good headphones, do yourself a favor and listen through those.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=G-S9mtYowPY
I saw these guys in concert a few months ago and things got crazy when this song started. It practically turned into a mosh pit and we were thrown around the venue. It was insane.
I personally enjoy Eminem, Logic, Slaughterhouse, Yelawolf. They're all great artist (just my opinion). I will leave the latest track made by Eminem.
Eminem - Phenomenal
I dig the moral of the song, I've always liked when a rapper can show humility and put some self-deprecating humor in there.
I'll have to get some of her work.
Welcome! I'm also a fan of the artists you mentioned.
As for this song, the verses are really good, but that hook is atrocious. Somebody needs to tell Em that he should NEVER SING. He's more than rich enough to hire talented singers for that, so there's no excuse!
I don't find it that bad, but Eminem singing isn't that good anyways. I believe that's one of the main reasons he rapped his part in the song featuring Yelawolf 'Best Friend'. Some people complained about it, but I find it great the way it is.
Eminem ft. Yelawolf - Best Friend
Even the sun goes down / heroes eventually die / horoscopes often lie....
https://youtube.com/watch?v=K4ziWLxcjk8
Awesome chill song.
Like silk, very nice.
Cryptic still hasn't gotten his dues which pisses me off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ol4qCj5da-Q
Hilarious yet surprisingly skilled MC.
That video is just....cringe.
The rap is pretty damn good, but I can see why he's strictly underground.
I've been listening to a lot of mainstream rap the past few days, and dear god, things are getting terrible. To commemorate this awful dip in quality, I present to you the first edition of Rappers On My Shitlist.
Contestant #1 : Fetty Wap (of Trap Queen fame.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=i_kF4zLNKio
Why did the first blind rapper have to be this hack? He can neither sing, nor rap, so he sticks to this auto-tuned warbling that's inexplicably making a comeback. His breakthrough single is about making crack with his girlfriend, because of course it is.
Contestant #2 : Rae Sremmurd
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wzMrK-aGCug
Yay! More ear piercing auto tune! You'd never guess Rae Sremmurd are in their twenties, because they both look and sound like twelve year olds. Their "music" is obnoxious club fare about money they probably don't have. (They were homeless before their first single got big). Here's hoping they make just enough money to live comfortably and then gracefully leave the rap scene (small fucking chance).
Contestant 3: Sage The Gemini
https://youtube.com/watch?v=X8LUd51IuiA
Sage is the face of modern Northerm Cali rap. A style that consists exclusively of borin, pseudo-trap beats and muttered vocals that make it sound like the rapper downed a quart of codeine cough syrup on the way to the studio. The result is some of the most stiff, boring rap I've heard. And holy fuck, was that video awful or what?!
So, what do you think of these rappers? Anyone going to play devil's advocate and tel me why I'm wrong? What rappers do you despise? (They can be mainstream or underground.)
First, I suspect these clowns won't last too long on the charts. So get all the listening of their shit material out now because in a few months time, their material will be forgotten.
Now, Fetty Wap (what a fucking ABYSMAL name for a rapper. What does the name instill? Diarrhea?) from what I've heard, Fetty became big partially because of a viral meme that came out of WorldStar and all the promotion with artists such as Kanye West being a big reason as to his sudden climb to popularity with mouth breathers and helmet wearers alike as well.
Rae Sremmurd are already rapidly declining in their popularity so it's safe to assume they'll be a very small brown stain in the history of an otherwise strong rise of good artists that have broke out in the past ten years.
And I haven't heard Gas Pedal, although I think I've heard a sound bite of it on a vine somewhere at one point.
Great first set. Now though, what are your thoughts on Young Thug? Words aren't enough to describe...
Fetty means money. Wap is a bastardization of guwop, which is also slang for money. Fetty is a clever one, you see.
I agree that Fetty is probably a 1-2 hit wonder, but I wouldn't count Rae Sremmurd out just yet. Their first album had 3 bonafide hits and high profile remixes with the likes of Nicki Minaj and Pusha T (why, Pusha?!). Our saving grace is that they're identities aren't strong enough to make it as solo artists, so when money drama hits (as it always does), they're finished. Sage's prospects are pretty good. He might not last on the national stage, but the Bay Area is fiercely loyal to their rappers, so he'll probably never be out of work. (Hell, E-40's still big, two decades past his prime).
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I'm sparing Young Thug the list for now. It's not nice to pick on the mentally handicapped.
Big Sean and Rich Homie Quan are next on the chopping block.
Ab Soul raps from the heart on this track.. This song is a eulogy to Soulo's girlfriend, who took her life shortly before his album dropped. It's powerful and personal without being too emo (which is a huge accomplishment given the circumstances).
https://youtube.com/watch?v=awRG6iCKWPQ
Somebody give this man a fucking hug!
Really awesome song and I gotta agree with Everybody'sClemInTime that Cryptic is pretty great as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7KiR9LXxMA
I feel like a lot of Juggalo rappers get a bad rep. The thing is though, rappers like Blaze and R.O.C. are truly a force to reckoned with. Even if there are some less than favorable rappers that also belong to the label.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=yHSIoYrS67A
To this day, 1 Less G In Da Hood is one of my favorite ignorant G-slanging let-loose rap albums out there.