LETS TALK RAP

[Fuzzy Fred]

cuz i'm thug as hell

and bored. what rappers y'all listening to? i've been really big on danny brown, despot, asap rocky and kendrick lamar lately, motherfuckers that can freestyle impress the shit out of me

[foomanfat]

Doomtree
Das Racist
MC Chris
some Mos Def
Astronautalis

That's about it for me.

[snipelfritz]

Immortal Technique is probably the only rapper who has ever really impressed me with his lyrics.

Otherwise I just listen to hip hop for the beats (which are 99% lazy shit)

[jfrey]

(Including related genres)

Blue Scholars, Macklemore, CunninLynguists, Common Market, Guru, Ackryte, Broke, Repeat Pattern, Chinese Man, Shabazz Palaces, Moe Pope, A Tribe Called Quest, Edamame, Blue Sky Black Death, Gorillaz

[mutmoo]

Danny Brown
Bg K.R.I.T.
Lil B
El-P
Killer Mike
Big Baby Gandhi
Dr. Octagon
Kanye West (as always)
Billy Woodz
Main Attrakionz
SPACEGHOSTPURRP
Cannibal Ox
Company Flow
Common

[snipelfritz]

Kanye West (as always)

My opinion on your music tastes is on a roller coaster right now. First recommending some awesome afrobeat in another thread, but then this!

Kanye = the gold standard of non-interesting self-centered rapping.

On a different note, does anybody else avoid the word Rap as a noun at all costs (gerunds don't count)? Rap is just a vocal style that typically accompanies Hip-Hop music.

[mutmoo]

Kanye West (as always)

My opinion on your music tastes is on a roller coaster right now. First recommending some awesome afrobeat in another thread, but then this!

Kanye = the gold standard of non-interesting self-centered rapping.

On a different note, does anybody else avoid the word Rap as a noun at all costs (gerunds don't count)? Rap is just a vocal style that typically accompanies Hip-Hop music.

[colin]

The new EL-P and Killer Mike albums are both really good.

[nieh]

Does Death Grips count? Surprised no ones mentioned them. I've been listening to Exmiltary sooo much.

[Muse FTW]

Kanye = the gold standard of non-interesting self-centered rapping.

[Bellyheart]

Vince Staples
Danny Brown
Odd Future
ASAP Rocky

[Wes Mantooth]

Doomtree
Astronautalis

That's about it for me.

We got some good rappers here in Minneapolis

I've seen Doomtree live a few times and POS even more, they never fail to impress. Best rap crew out there right now. Check out each members individual albums as well, all are excellent.

Astronautalis put on the best show I've ever seen at Soundset this year and I don't see any band or artist beating that for quite sometime. Also one of the best at freestyling, like mind blowingly good. At most shows he has the crowd pick topics for him to rap about and then he freestyles for 5-10 minutes straight. It's impressive.

Saw Kendrick and Danny Brown at Soundset too. Kendrick was meh but he sounds better live so thats good. Thought Danny Brown just had an awfully annoying voice so I left

More for you:
Toki Wright
Brother Ali
Audio Perm
Prof
Macklemore
Pac Div
I Self Devine

That's a list with a little bit of variety as far as subject and style go

[Wes Mantooth]

Also people actually enjoy listening to Lil B?

That's just fucking masochistic

[nuclearfamily]

I've really been digging Shabazz Palaces. Black Up was so cool.

Also this:


It was fiiiinally reissued

[kbit]

Lately its been Death Grips and Kanye for me.
& Drake's track "Take Care."

I usually hate mainstream hip hop, but Kanye uses some great beats, which is the main reason I listen to hip hop.
Sometime his arrogance/persona/materialism is annoying, but I like the contrast between his antics and his self-criticism.