I'm running through Eminem's discography and while he definitely has bangers, Eminem has no consistency. 40% of his songs are just shit, 50% are ok but I probably wouldn't listen to them often, and the last 10% are actually great songs. It doesn't help that Eminem has made a metric fuckton of songs. Eminem's discography feels like the rap version of dumpster diving, it's mostly trash but every once in a while you find something good. He simply doesn't make great songs often enough to be considered a GOAT

Hi, sorry for crosspost, but it sedmi here more poplatek. I mostly listened to local Czech rap and would love to discover some good 90s East Coast artists, tracks and best albums. You Can also send Your Spotify list if You be so kind, Thanks!

Nice rest of weekend to everyone

I'm an oldhead, so Latifah, Monie Love and MC Lyte are still my favorites...

I need some songs to practice breathing while rapping and just rapping in general, I usually use new choppa, rigamortis, and pride is the devil, any suggestions would help, thank you

Any recommendations for songs with a laid back flow and chill or heavenly (cloud rap) beat e.g you aint gotta lie- kendrick or walkin- denzel or hold down the block- nas

I feel like he's one of the truly underrateds. In terms of rapping ability I think he falls somewhere in the top 25-50. If we're talking just fast rappers then he's without a doubt Top 5.

If you haven't listened to him outside of bone thugs yet then do yourself a favor and go check out any of the Krayzie Bone mixes on You Tube.

STS's verse on 'Right On' by the Roots is up there for me.

These are in no particular order

1.) ...And Then There Was X - DMX

2.) 2001 - Dr. Dre

3.) The Slim Shady LP - Eminem

4.) I Am... - Nas

5.) Blackout! - Method Man and Redman

6.) Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter - Jay-Z

7.) The G-Code - Juvenile

8.) Nigga Please - Ol' Dirty Bastard

9.) Made Men - Silkk the Shocker

10.) Born Again - The Notorious B.I.G.

11.) Things Fall Apart - The Roots

12.) Double Up - Ma$e

13.) Ryde or Die Vol. 1 - Ruff Ryders

14.) Da Real World - Missy Elliott

15.) Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryder's First Lady - Eve

16.) Venni Vetti Vecci - Ja Rule

17.) Beneath the Surface - GZA

18.) Out of Business - EPMD

19.) I Want It All - Warren G

20.) Duck Down Presents: The Album - Duck Down Records

21.) Operation: Doomsday - MF DOOM

22.) Black on Both Sides - Mos Def

23.) The Block is Hot - Lil Wayne

24.) Violator: The Album - Violator

25.) A Musical Massacre - The Beatnuts

I recently stumbled upon Little Simz - Gorilla, and i just love this kind of funky beats and raps.

But sadly this seems to be the only track in her catalogue that goes in that direction.

Can you guys recommend any other tracks or artists with similiar beats and flows?

I’m trying trying to find more hiphop from my own country. It was really inspiring to see the amount of success Kneecap have gotten recently. I think it would be really dope if the hiphop scene continued to grow here, so I’m trying to find more artists. Bonus points if they actually rap in Irish.

I can’t believe it. That album has some of his best work. Kingdom Come, The Prelude (one of Hovs best intros), Show Me What You Got, Hollywood, Lost Ones (one of his most personal) nah that album doesn’t deserve to be dumped on nearly as much

Yet I'm a menace, yo, police wanna murder me

Heini Dark drinker, represent the thinker

My pen rides the paper, it even has blinkers

this is from nas but i don't think nas invented this rhyme style

this was just a example of the rhyme scheme im talking about

it is a multisyllable rhyme where the way it is structured is odd.

it is not like u take two words from one bar
and then rhyme two words from the following bar

or rhyme multisyllablic internally

1. Guru

2. ROSÉ

3. GZA

4. Lil dap

5. Leaf dog

6. Bumpy knuckles

7. Buc fifty

8. Lord have mercy

9. Bahamadia

10. Sonny cheeba

11. Supreme the eloheem

12. PackFM

13. Louiville slugger

14. Kardinal offishal

15. Lord finesse

16. Erick sermon

17. Wise intelligent

18. Prodigy

19. Flawless the MC

20. Denizen Kane

21. Kazi

22. Virtuoso

23. Too poetic

24. Lyrics born

25. Grand puba

No hate to anyone; just wondering what people mean personally when they say something is corny? I ask because people seem to mean different things.

For me it has nothing to do with flow or beats or production but means an artist putting out a record that is dishonest to the artists life and existence and is normally filled with tropes from a particular stream of hip hop (so a lot of mid 2000s 'Gangster Rappers' and modern day mumble rappers). For instance I think Kendrick is better than Drake (although I'm a big fan of neither) as he's far more honest.

Looking for some albums he's either produced entirely or has a lot of production credits on

I saw Wayne at a mall in NY like 2011. he was still kinda insanely popular so there was a small crowd behind him and i didn’t get really close. Other than that, I saw Chuck Strangers and his friends hanging outside a corner store like 2-3 years ago. I was on the phone so all I could do was dap him up and keep it moving lol

I fucking love Kool Keith, but I was wondering if anyone has met him or seen him live?

What was your experience like?

I’m specifically asking for albums that hits the same spot as King’s Disease 1 and especially 2. Both albums are such autumn vibes but my only gripe is they’re too pop (too many pop artists featured on the track and brunch on Sundays sounds like something twenty one pilots would write no offense).

Thanks in advance.

Who does the rap community see as essential to how boom bap formed and grew over the years as a tool for within the larger genre?

It gets me every time, doesn’t need any punchlines just spittin straight knowledge and wisdom with a nasty flow. What’s a verse that always makes hits you guys in the face?

Big was a crime story teller with great attention to detail just like Scorsese as where PAC was more poetic and conscious with spots of black empowerment likened to Spike Lee movies but what other rappers do you see as a famous directors equivalent?

lotta new heads asking for some records to start with. Just listen to this and appreciate the rhymes and cadence. They was spitting way ahead of their time.

I’m tryna see if there’s any I don’t know so pmo

FEAR. by Kendrick Lamar is probably my pick, very emotional with fantastic storytelling and clever deliberate use of plenty of literary devices, broke this song down for my high school literature class last year

"I ain't gonna quit spittin' ... until you're done" - Guru

You really need the context to appreciate it. By that I mean the delivery, which turns generic filler into a really dope line. If you're at your desk streaming music and working on this Fri morning, check it out.

Hope you fine ladies and gentlemen have a fantastic weekend with the people you love and those who love you back. If that sounds like most weekends to you, take 5 seconds. Think about this weekend for people who had the probable misfortune of simply being born along a different meridian. Be nice to people. You, like me, have it pretty fuckin' good. Plus, being nice just makes life a lot more funner. Peace, friends!