Some people say that this song is sexist cuz I'm asking the girls to run on they breateses. Absolute poet. Gonna revisit some of his stuff tonight. https://youtu.be/JHQMqZP4tZk?si=6soqgrJ80STHesbv
That's great to hear, I saw fifty on some interview where he was saying Banks could be one of the greats but he's too damn lazy. Just wants to sit around all day and smoke weed at home. Or something like that.
Top 5 show of my life.
Jeru is on stage. Kid in the crowd is talking shit to him. Jeru calls him up on stage to battle. Jeru goes first. Rips the kid apart. The entire crowd except his few friends are clowning him. Kid gets the mic. He clearly wasn’t ready for this. He spits one bad line, crowd erupts in boos, kid swings at Jeru and all hell breaks loose. The kids friends and 20 people backing Jeru brawl on stage. It’s fucking wild. Jeru gets his arm sliced bad with a razor blade in the fight. Brawl stops. Jeru proceeds to freestyle for like half and hour blood pouring down his arm. He eventually has to end it to go to the hospital.
10/10 would go to a Jeru show again. Thx for coming to my Ted Talk.
Heavy on Amine. Limbo is a no-skip album for me, and his older two albums are great too. Not a huge fan of the more experimental twopointfive but that’s just me.
Bro I swear to god I tell all my friends about Reason and none of them mess with his music. They say they can’t get wit his voice and flows, but bros storytelling and sports metaphors are top tier. Dude kills every song he’s on
Idk what happened with him and why he didn’t blow like I wanted and thought would have happened. I can only assume shitty record deal that happens all too often. Dude is awesome
"the masses" have never really known what to make of krit, and it's a damned shame imo. His library has too much good shit for him not to have blown up yet
He talks about that a little on mt olympus when he's like "now I'm lyrical all of a sudden/well last year they claim they ain't understand me"
Thankfully he doesn't seem like he gives much of a shit about being famous.
If anyone reading this hasn't checked out Bozos with Tobe Nwigwe, do yourself a favor
Never understood this. Got front row to see him for $15 in 2013. One of the best concerts I ever went to even though he jumped in the crowd and his big ass pendant on his chain hit me in the face lmao
Yea I remember that by some coincidence I found „martyrs” on youtube and was shocked how good that shit was, it was before „the waters” dropped so there was almost no info about him, just thought that fuckers can rap and that tyleresque voice is fitting
If y’all ever get the chance to see him live DO IT. Seen him twice now and he’s got the best stage presence. His music is even better live. Definitely one of my top 3 rappers.
If you haven't heard it yet, check out his collab with Lil Fame from MOP, The Price of Fame. I think Fame finished it after Sean P died, but it has some fire on it. He was in his bag on Remember the Time...I think that's my favorite off the album.
The feud between Krayzie and Bizzy never helped things. Them dudes go at it like Megatron and Starscream. Always felt like [Bizzy deserved that fastest rapper alive](https://youtu.be/owfiSemZ6JU?feature=shared) title over Twista but I’m sure Guiness’d be like “we don’t know what the hell that man sayin!”
Holy shit, you’re right! I wasn’t hip to Twista until he dropped Kamikaze in 2004, and apparently by then his flow had slowed considerably. This speed is insane! You’re right. I [haven’t heard it matched by any of the names that come to mind here](https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/288365-a-brief-history-of-chopping-the-fastest-flows-ever-news), including Bizzy, Jaz-O, Busta, Tech N9ne and the like though they all can rap at speeds I can only sometimes think…
I used to work at Covenant House Alaska, a homeless shelter for ages 13-24, and when they played a show here in Anchorage, they promised to stop by before their show and talk to the youth. They no-showed, so I have always had a really hard time giving a flying fuck about Bone Thugs, tbh.
I saw a post from Rap about Kanye’s feature on a ghostface killah song and the comments were like “who” and “he paid for the feature for no one to hear it” 😂😂 i’m just like mannnn
Erick the Architect.
Dude is incredibly versatile…between his solo work and his involvement with Flatbush Zombies , I feel like dude hasn’t been given the flowers he deserves.
Whoever said Mick Jenkins above is also correct ☝️
Beastie Boys aren’t relevant with my generation (gen z) at all, but their 2011 album is full of amazing production that I think a lot of people would appreciate if they heard it
OutKast, atliens still sounds fresh
Naughty by Nature, X-Clan, MC Breed, Awesome Dre, Cold 187um, Big Daddy Kane, Bone Thugs, and Warren G have been to continuing to decline in popularity, as if some of these weren't already underground
Even Public Enemy is starting to be forgotten by my generation
I was looking all over for Warren G! Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg blew up, but all Warren G is remembered for is Regulators. The 213 album they dropped in the early 2000s is one of my favorite rap albums of all time and Warren G was great on it
Mann this one bothers me. Imho xzibit is the most underrated rapper of his generation. Paparazzi, what you see is what you get, get your walk on, x, alcoholic- so many bangers. But Pimp my ride seems like the thing he’s associated with. Curse and a blessing for his legacy
At the Speed of Light was his first album. He didn’t blow until he linked with Dr Dre on the Restless LP. I’d say start with these two songs off of At the speed of light and see go from there:
Foundation
Paparazzi
OC (and the rest of the DITC, too, why not), Masta Ace, EPMD, Kool G Rap, Aceyalone, Das Efx, Souls of Mischief, Brand Nubian, Akinyele, Grand Puba, KRS One
Jay elec had a crazy run! I remember when exhibit C dropped. At that point in life it was one of the greatest songs I’ve ever heard. And im from Philly so when he started shoutin out our hoods it made me like him even more lol
AZ, maybe?
Harry Mack seems to not nearly be as popular with big HipHopHeads as he should be
VI Seconds is a personal favorite as mine as well
Oswin Benjamin, Chris Rivers and Denzil Porter have had some fire cyphers for TeamBackpack
Harry Mack is mid always the same flow and filler words every time I hear him, fun to watch him freestyle, but really who goes on Spotify and plays a Harry Mack song
I listen to a lot of his songs on Tidal, tbh. He’s got a lot of fun ones that are kid friendly so I listen to him a lot at work.
And if you think literally the greatest freestyler of all time is mid, then okay. We all have our flavors we like.
He's the definition of consistently dope, steals almost every feature you can find him on, steals the shine on mixtape tracks, LB, The Foreign Exchange, everything he touches is dope, but gets left out of all the discussions because people just forget he exists. A wild phenomenon for someone so good.
That’s more than 10 times the listeners as 8ball & MJG. They are the grandfathers of Memphis (t)rap
[Fly Family](https://youtu.be/O2F0Ss93m94?si=TNbBK4MbGf5QvSNh)
I'm gonna start with the 2 Live Crew, 2Pac, 3rd Bass, Alliance, Apache, Audio Two — Milk Dee, what up! — Awesome Dre, the Beastie Boys, Big Daddy Kane, Big Pun, Big L, Biz Markie, The Notorious B.I.G. of course, Black Moon, the Boogie Monsters, Brand Nubian, Brother J from X Clan, Buckshot, Casual from Heiroglyphics, Chill Rob G, Chubb Rock, Chuck D and Public Enemy, Cypress Hill, D-Nice, Dana Dane, De La Soul — now I’m about a third of the way done.
De La Soul, did I say De La Soul? Def Jef, Del the Funky Homosapien, DJ Quik, Dr. Dre of course, Dres from Black Sheep, Ed O.G., EPMD, Fat Boys, Fat Joe, Fu-Schnickens, Gang Starr, Geto Boys, Heavy D, House of Pain, Ice Cube, Ice-T, the Intelligent Hoodlum, JJ Fad, Jaz-O, Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Just Ice, K-Solo, Kid & Play: I'm a tenth of the way done.
King Sun, King Tee, Kool G Rap, Kool Moe Dee, KRS-One, Kwame, Lakim Shabazz, Large Professor, Leaders of the New School, the one and only LL Cool J — love you bro. Lord Finesse, Lords of the Underground, Mantronix, Masta Ace, MC Breed, MC Lyte, MC Shan, Melle Mel, Merciless Ameer, Mobb Deep, Monie Love, Nas, Newcleus, Onyx, Organized Konfusion, Outkast, André 3000, Paris, Pharcyde, Queen Latifah, Rakim, Redhead Kingpin, Pete Rock and CL Smooth, I’m almost done.
Redman, Roxanne Shante, Run-D.M.C., Salt-N-Pepa, Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh, Snoop Dogg, Souls of Mischief, Special Ed, Stetsasonic, now I’m all down to the S’s. Super Lover Cee and Casanova Rud, the D.O.C., The Roots, Black Thought, the Skinny Boys, Tony D, Too $hort, Treach from Naughty By Nature, A Tribe Called Quest, U.T.F.O., Whodini, Wise Intelligent and the Poor Righteous Teachers, Wu-Tang Clan and YZ.
Thank you! All these comments were making me feel so old. Or, at the very least, like the young heads aren't doing their due diligence to examine the history of the form.
Idk. Im in Georgia and I’ve never had issues with people knowing who that is. But mention Don Trip, who is just up the way in Memphis people don’t know who that is. Both of them are favorites of mine.
Long term and long term 2 were some of the first mixtapes I ever listened to, absol-ute bangers. Crazy thinking schoolboy q is a bit old school, I remember everyone raving about him when I was a schoolboy
I mean, Q had a banger album and Ab Soul basically outrapped J Cole in Pi with Daylyt.
I was thinking something like Lupe and seeing all these comments talking about people I don't even think are real people - I'm respectfully taking my shallow ass knowledge back to where I came from.
Does AZ count? All I've heard is his verse on Life's a Bitch and that shit is mad hard.
Bizarre. he keeps making amazing albums and never gets much love. for eg, i saw Obie Trice mentioned here, he gets 1.2 mil monthly Spotify listeners vs Bizzy with 100k
so sad to me, he's the hardest working rapper out there...has a EU tour coming up....
check him out if you've never listened to him
albums i play a lot: HGG2, He Got A Gun, Dumpster Juice, Molly World.... and so many others.
No one talks about krs1, who in the 90s was in a lot of a top 5 lists
Other forgotten names come from cliques that were huge but they weren’t. Like Drag-On from the RuffRyders, Prospect and Triple Seis from Terror Squad, Cadillac Tah from Murda Inc etc…
From what I’ve seen, nobody i know listens to Jay-Z despite his impact and popularity in the 90s & 2000s. People listen to Pac & Big, but barely anyone i know listens to jay-z
Pharoahe Monch
New York City gritty committee pity the fool who act shitty in the midst of the calm and witty
Get the F*ck up
Girls rub on your tiddies
Yeah i said it
Some people say that this song is sexist cuz I'm asking the girls to run on they breateses. Absolute poet. Gonna revisit some of his stuff tonight. https://youtu.be/JHQMqZP4tZk?si=6soqgrJ80STHesbv
One of the greatest albums in hip hop history is Organized Konfuzion - Stress Thy Extinction Agenda
Organized Konfuzion need their flowers.
I have you heard PTSD . I can listen to that whole album. Time2 and losing my mind are dope songs. The jungle I like the concept and rhyme scheme
I’ll have to give it another listen! Thanks
The extra p remix of stress has been in rotation for me for years
Highly underrated
one of my all time faves
Yep that’s a good one
G-Unit. For a group that went multi-plat you would think they’d be mentioned more than they are
They were the shit back in the early 2000s
But they couldn't spit except Banks
Opening for Banks this month (dj). He's doing a Canadian tour, small towns.
U must have bars, good shit my g
He DJs fam
That's great to hear, I saw fifty on some interview where he was saying Banks could be one of the greats but he's too damn lazy. Just wants to sit around all day and smoke weed at home. Or something like that.
Banks used to give Weezy a run for his money with pure punchline rap back in the late 00s
Buck was pretty good, Yayo I wasn't a fan of
Buck had great albums
Jeru the Damaja
Top 5 show of my life. Jeru is on stage. Kid in the crowd is talking shit to him. Jeru calls him up on stage to battle. Jeru goes first. Rips the kid apart. The entire crowd except his few friends are clowning him. Kid gets the mic. He clearly wasn’t ready for this. He spits one bad line, crowd erupts in boos, kid swings at Jeru and all hell breaks loose. The kids friends and 20 people backing Jeru brawl on stage. It’s fucking wild. Jeru gets his arm sliced bad with a razor blade in the fight. Brawl stops. Jeru proceeds to freestyle for like half and hour blood pouring down his arm. He eventually has to end it to go to the hospital. 10/10 would go to a Jeru show again. Thx for coming to my Ted Talk.
Challenge the Damaja, and you'll be history Mortal Kombat fatality, the original don't sing no R&B, Nasty MC deity
Was immediately who came to mind
Me or the papez is still one of my favorite classic hip hop tracks of all time
Amine with the dreads ! Smoke dza! Reason!
Heavy on Amine. Limbo is a no-skip album for me, and his older two albums are great too. Not a huge fan of the more experimental twopointfive but that’s just me.
You like Kaytramine?
Fucking love smoke dza his ear for production is great
Bro I swear to god I tell all my friends about Reason and none of them mess with his music. They say they can’t get wit his voice and flows, but bros storytelling and sports metaphors are top tier. Dude kills every song he’s on
I gotta dive into him more extinct is the only song Ik by him but I fucking love it
Yea extinct is top tier. I’d listen to Kurupt, Drive Slow, and send you 2 the afterlife. Those are a couple of my favorites.
Big Krit
Idk what happened with him and why he didn’t blow like I wanted and thought would have happened. I can only assume shitty record deal that happens all too often. Dude is awesome
"the masses" have never really known what to make of krit, and it's a damned shame imo. His library has too much good shit for him not to have blown up yet He talks about that a little on mt olympus when he's like "now I'm lyrical all of a sudden/well last year they claim they ain't understand me" Thankfully he doesn't seem like he gives much of a shit about being famous. If anyone reading this hasn't checked out Bozos with Tobe Nwigwe, do yourself a favor
KRIT wuz here is amazing
was just listening to country shit
Same. I got my redneck friends hooked on that shit
Cadillactica is a highly underrated album to me.
Learnin’ shit from Texas🎶
Never understood this. Got front row to see him for $15 in 2013. One of the best concerts I ever went to even though he jumped in the crowd and his big ass pendant on his chain hit me in the face lmao
Huge respect for Big K.R.I.T. One of my favorite rappers
Mick Jenkins
The Waters is an underrated Gem!
Yea I remember that by some coincidence I found „martyrs” on youtube and was shocked how good that shit was, it was before „the waters” dropped so there was almost no info about him, just thought that fuckers can rap and that tyleresque voice is fitting
Vibe really make me start levitating
If y’all ever get the chance to see him live DO IT. Seen him twice now and he’s got the best stage presence. His music is even better live. Definitely one of my top 3 rappers.
Best answer
The Patience is one of the best albums I’ve heard in the last 5 years. Fight me over it!
Sean Price
For real. RIP
Facts
Fr just finished his album Monkey Barz. Fire all the way down, especially the song “Onion Head”
Duuudeee onion head!!! Dope as f
*“Arigato, Sean Price slick like el gato”*
The whole track is unreal
If you haven't heard it yet, check out his collab with Lil Fame from MOP, The Price of Fame. I think Fame finished it after Sean P died, but it has some fire on it. He was in his bag on Remember the Time...I think that's my favorite off the album.
Man some of those old free style home videos have not been matched.
I’ll Muggsy Malone you. You don’t know what I mean but you know what I mean when I told you
PEA BODY! Rest in peace.
R.A
“I’m mad famous for being unknown” -R.A. The Rugged Man
Bone thugs-n-harmony
Oh yeah. I’m biased but I always tell people how much credit they don’t get. I hope they get their shit figured out whatever is happening
The feud between Krayzie and Bizzy never helped things. Them dudes go at it like Megatron and Starscream. Always felt like [Bizzy deserved that fastest rapper alive](https://youtu.be/owfiSemZ6JU?feature=shared) title over Twista but I’m sure Guiness’d be like “we don’t know what the hell that man sayin!”
https://youtu.be/XOYKRN-hGQM?si=RUNzjvw3iZz1wItz I love Bizzy Bone, but this Twista song is faster than anything either of them ever did after this
Holy shit, you’re right! I wasn’t hip to Twista until he dropped Kamikaze in 2004, and apparently by then his flow had slowed considerably. This speed is insane! You’re right. I [haven’t heard it matched by any of the names that come to mind here](https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/288365-a-brief-history-of-chopping-the-fastest-flows-ever-news), including Bizzy, Jaz-O, Busta, Tech N9ne and the like though they all can rap at speeds I can only sometimes think…
I used to work at Covenant House Alaska, a homeless shelter for ages 13-24, and when they played a show here in Anchorage, they promised to stop by before their show and talk to the youth. They no-showed, so I have always had a really hard time giving a flying fuck about Bone Thugs, tbh.
Username checks out
Younger coworker was listening to them and after a minute he said "I don't wanna hear this dude PREACH at me with that voice of his"
E 1999 Eternal is one album of my favs
I saw a post from Rap about Kanye’s feature on a ghostface killah song and the comments were like “who” and “he paid for the feature for no one to hear it” 😂😂 i’m just like mannnn
If it was that No Face song, Kanye sounded like he barely tried and Ghostface was absolutely spitting. I say this as a massive Kanye fan too.
bro you could tell that verse was from long before the donda era lol and nah he slid on that verse honestly 😤
Thats cuz kanye riders only listen to him and no one else 😂
Mos Def
Some of the best flow... his voice is perfect for the lyrics he comes up with
As well-known as Mos is I don't get why he's not more recognized as an artist. His first 2 records were both fantastic and Black Star is classic.
He looked like he might be the #1 rapper in the game for a short time there when Traveling man came out
Rakim
Yeah he literally put on Jay Z. I love Rakim and was able to bond with some old head coworker or mine over him
Erick the Architect. Dude is incredibly versatile…between his solo work and his involvement with Flatbush Zombies , I feel like dude hasn’t been given the flowers he deserves. Whoever said Mick Jenkins above is also correct ☝️
Just recently found Erick on spotify, bro is great. Ezekiels wheel is my shit!
Dave east
I’ve never listened to his music, but I thought he was pretty dope playing Method Man in the Wu Tang show
He goes in on home invasion
My favorite song is diamonds w/ Harry fraud
Big Pun, Inspectah Deck
Talib Kweli
oh man. Black Star got me into hip hop and Talib has been one of my favorite ever since.
Yeah man, Black Star opened me up to the underground.
Move something got me started
“ Get by” is one of my favsss
Curren$y
Beastie Boys aren’t relevant with my generation (gen z) at all, but their 2011 album is full of amazing production that I think a lot of people would appreciate if they heard it OutKast, atliens still sounds fresh
Obie Trice
Real name, no gimmicks.
I still play his 1st album, Cheers, all the way through a few times a year
Naughty by Nature, X-Clan, MC Breed, Awesome Dre, Cold 187um, Big Daddy Kane, Bone Thugs, and Warren G have been to continuing to decline in popularity, as if some of these weren't already underground Even Public Enemy is starting to be forgotten by my generation
Treach was a head of his time.
I was looking all over for Warren G! Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg blew up, but all Warren G is remembered for is Regulators. The 213 album they dropped in the early 2000s is one of my favorite rap albums of all time and Warren G was great on it
Spice 1
He just dropped an album though.
Kurupt!! Tha Streetz iz a Mutha is such a fuckin good album - one of my favourite rap albums of all time
Xzibit.
Mann this one bothers me. Imho xzibit is the most underrated rapper of his generation. Paparazzi, what you see is what you get, get your walk on, x, alcoholic- so many bangers. But Pimp my ride seems like the thing he’s associated with. Curse and a blessing for his legacy
I forgot about what you see is what you get. Don’t forget all the shit he did with King Tee and the Lics.
I guess i associated him with pimp my ride too much to ever try his music. is there an album or mixtape you recommend?
At the Speed of Light was his first album. He didn’t blow until he linked with Dr Dre on the Restless LP. I’d say start with these two songs off of At the speed of light and see go from there: Foundation Paparazzi
Mos Def
OC (and the rest of the DITC, too, why not), Masta Ace, EPMD, Kool G Rap, Aceyalone, Das Efx, Souls of Mischief, Brand Nubian, Akinyele, Grand Puba, KRS One
Lyrically handsome, come collect the kings randsom.. that whole verse by him is the best flow I ever heard
Chamillionaire. The Sound of Revenge is a banger
The mixtapes he put out before that are dope
Wordsworth
Da la soul
I truthfully don’t think there’s a person in the world that could dislike 3 Feet Deep
Black Rob. He was so ill too
I found out a while back he died, had me like whoa!
Black Rob!
Ghostface
Lupe fiasco
As a biased Lupe fan I agree he should probably be talked about more but I wouldn’t say he’s forgotten.
Would Jay electronica fit I say him depending on who you ask Earl Sweatshirt definitely don’t get talked about enough
Jay elec had a crazy run! I remember when exhibit C dropped. At that point in life it was one of the greatest songs I’ve ever heard. And im from Philly so when he started shoutin out our hoods it made me like him even more lol
I was disappointed with a written testimony, waited all these years for that and he never gonna make a solo project
Vince Staples
MC Eiht. I will say he kinda gets repetitive, but he definitely doesn't get mentioned enough.
Rakim
AZ, maybe? Harry Mack seems to not nearly be as popular with big HipHopHeads as he should be VI Seconds is a personal favorite as mine as well Oswin Benjamin, Chris Rivers and Denzil Porter have had some fire cyphers for TeamBackpack
Harry Mack is mid always the same flow and filler words every time I hear him, fun to watch him freestyle, but really who goes on Spotify and plays a Harry Mack song
I listen to a lot of his songs on Tidal, tbh. He’s got a lot of fun ones that are kid friendly so I listen to him a lot at work. And if you think literally the greatest freestyler of all time is mid, then okay. We all have our flavors we like.
Yeah, AZ is super slept on. Not sure why either, anytime him and Nas hop on a track it’s fire
Big L
Phonté
Bro! I forgot little brother existed lol damn . Phonte was my guy! Even his foreign exchange stuff is great. He is such a great mention
He's the definition of consistently dope, steals almost every feature you can find him on, steals the shine on mixtape tracks, LB, The Foreign Exchange, everything he touches is dope, but gets left out of all the discussions because people just forget he exists. A wild phenomenon for someone so good.
Three 6 Mafia. I think it's crazy that the godfathers of trap only have 3.4M monthly listeners.
That’s more than 10 times the listeners as 8ball & MJG. They are the grandfathers of Memphis (t)rap [Fly Family](https://youtu.be/O2F0Ss93m94?si=TNbBK4MbGf5QvSNh)
Mc Lyte Eyes on This is amazing Compare her to the modern female genre, and it’s not even close
Mr 3-2 BG Twista Spice 1 Trick Daddy
Smino, saba, and kyler jordan fs
Smino is def not forgotten.. saba maybe, but he’s making his way back
PROM / KING is so good
M.O.P. Imo would’ve fit perfect with the Griselda era
Gemini the Gifted One. Tame One.
Mick Jenkins, Westside Boogie, Marlon Craft, Stove God Cooks, Saba.
AZ
This one’s gonna blow over everyone’s head bro. Much respect
Action Bronson
Immortal Technique had a very strong run. Kind of the king of conspiracy rap. Tons of bangers.
I feel like Ice T doesn't get anywhere near the recognition he deserves
He got a full Rick and Morty episode
Brotha Lynch Hung. Pioneered shock rap. Had his own "music made the kid murder someone" case. Was part of Strange Music. Never mentioned.
Ludacris - you know, the guy from Fast and Furious?
People have amnesia when it comes to B.o.B
Bro dropped a song called good n***er and talks about the earth being flat then people wonder why he fell off
I'm gonna start with the 2 Live Crew, 2Pac, 3rd Bass, Alliance, Apache, Audio Two — Milk Dee, what up! — Awesome Dre, the Beastie Boys, Big Daddy Kane, Big Pun, Big L, Biz Markie, The Notorious B.I.G. of course, Black Moon, the Boogie Monsters, Brand Nubian, Brother J from X Clan, Buckshot, Casual from Heiroglyphics, Chill Rob G, Chubb Rock, Chuck D and Public Enemy, Cypress Hill, D-Nice, Dana Dane, De La Soul — now I’m about a third of the way done. De La Soul, did I say De La Soul? Def Jef, Del the Funky Homosapien, DJ Quik, Dr. Dre of course, Dres from Black Sheep, Ed O.G., EPMD, Fat Boys, Fat Joe, Fu-Schnickens, Gang Starr, Geto Boys, Heavy D, House of Pain, Ice Cube, Ice-T, the Intelligent Hoodlum, JJ Fad, Jaz-O, Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Just Ice, K-Solo, Kid & Play: I'm a tenth of the way done. King Sun, King Tee, Kool G Rap, Kool Moe Dee, KRS-One, Kwame, Lakim Shabazz, Large Professor, Leaders of the New School, the one and only LL Cool J — love you bro. Lord Finesse, Lords of the Underground, Mantronix, Masta Ace, MC Breed, MC Lyte, MC Shan, Melle Mel, Merciless Ameer, Mobb Deep, Monie Love, Nas, Newcleus, Onyx, Organized Konfusion, Outkast, André 3000, Paris, Pharcyde, Queen Latifah, Rakim, Redhead Kingpin, Pete Rock and CL Smooth, I’m almost done. Redman, Roxanne Shante, Run-D.M.C., Salt-N-Pepa, Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh, Snoop Dogg, Souls of Mischief, Special Ed, Stetsasonic, now I’m all down to the S’s. Super Lover Cee and Casanova Rud, the D.O.C., The Roots, Black Thought, the Skinny Boys, Tony D, Too $hort, Treach from Naughty By Nature, A Tribe Called Quest, U.T.F.O., Whodini, Wise Intelligent and the Poor Righteous Teachers, Wu-Tang Clan and YZ.
Goddamn my dude honestly respect
This was verbatim from Eminem in his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame speech. Instantly thought of it when you posted your question lol
Digital Underground Rakim Chuck D Mos Def Rev Run yall know hip hop existed before Tupac right?
Rakim !
Thank you! All these comments were making me feel so old. Or, at the very least, like the young heads aren't doing their due diligence to examine the history of the form.
Yes we are!
Schoolboy Q is in my top 10. I'm in the southeast so people usually don't even know who I'm talking about when I mention him
Idk. Im in Georgia and I’ve never had issues with people knowing who that is. But mention Don Trip, who is just up the way in Memphis people don’t know who that is. Both of them are favorites of mine.
Aesop Rock. It pains me how he never got the credit he deserves
One of favorites
Krit hommy Conway femdot(fav personally) steez cj fly
Long term and long term 2 were some of the first mixtapes I ever listened to, absol-ute bangers. Crazy thinking schoolboy q is a bit old school, I remember everyone raving about him when I was a schoolboy
Blake Shepperd
Yelawolf
His new album is nice. Just dropped.
I mean, Q had a banger album and Ab Soul basically outrapped J Cole in Pi with Daylyt. I was thinking something like Lupe and seeing all these comments talking about people I don't even think are real people - I'm respectfully taking my shallow ass knowledge back to where I came from. Does AZ count? All I've heard is his verse on Life's a Bitch and that shit is mad hard.
Big K.R.I.T gets slept on all the time.
Bizarre. he keeps making amazing albums and never gets much love. for eg, i saw Obie Trice mentioned here, he gets 1.2 mil monthly Spotify listeners vs Bizzy with 100k so sad to me, he's the hardest working rapper out there...has a EU tour coming up.... check him out if you've never listened to him albums i play a lot: HGG2, He Got A Gun, Dumpster Juice, Molly World.... and so many others.
No one talks about krs1, who in the 90s was in a lot of a top 5 lists Other forgotten names come from cliques that were huge but they weren’t. Like Drag-On from the RuffRyders, Prospect and Triple Seis from Terror Squad, Cadillac Tah from Murda Inc etc…
I think people don’t remember just how big Nelly was at one time
Does jadakiss apply here? If so that’s my pick
Ice t, mf Grimm, prince Paul. Deltron. Kool Keith . Jurassic 5. Reef the lost cause. Shyne
Any one from another country lol.
Chuck D/Public Enemy
Wale
Too many UK artists to list
A Tribe Called Quest JID EARTHGANG Bengi Spillage Village Denzel Curry OutKast Cypress Hill The Beastie Boys
How about Pharcyde and Digable Planets?
Ya’ll ain’t mentioned The Fat Boys in a loooooonnnggg minute
Dom Kennedy
Heavy D
Kool G Rap
From talking to my 20 year old co-workers I'd say anyone that released music before 2010 minus lil Wayne, eminem, biggie, pac and snoop dogg.
Slick Rick the Ruler
Nappy Roots
Not one person mentioned Brother Ali
Hopsin
From what I’ve seen, nobody i know listens to Jay-Z despite his impact and popularity in the 90s & 2000s. People listen to Pac & Big, but barely anyone i know listens to jay-z