Rap About Nothing: Hip Hop Chat Thread

[finessence]

Cut it out, quit it G, you hurting my kid-ineysssss

 

[finessence]

N_ Kanye naturally funny

 

[Master Zik]

Kanye was mainstream as hell going platinum on major tours and signed to Rocafella/Def Jam

The only people who thought he was backpack were people not in to underground rap. Dude didn't fool anybody.

There aren't just two lanes, gangsta and backpack or pop and underground.

I don't automatically associate backpack with underground. Even then Kanye was doing songs with Little Brother when nobody else would.

To me Lupe was a backpack rapper and went platinum and on tours too.

Now Ye could've been thinking he was faking it but dude blended in with the rest of them. Those first 2 (3 really) albums don't scream super mainstream or commercial rapper. Especially when he linked up with Common.

He may have been aiming for that Mase lane but he didn't really start there. To me he always stuck out among Jay-Z, Beans, and Cam on the Roc.

There's definitely more than one lane but what was Kanye when he came out then?

 

[wavycrocket]

Auntie
Auntie

 

[kingfoamnyc]

Auntie
Auntie

Probably the greatest song of all time.

 

[Master Zik]

Auntie
Auntie

 

[WipeMeDown23]

"I grind with ambition and hustle with a passion"
Payroll be talking that talk.

 

[finessence]

Him and Currensy the best game spitting rappers of this era. No one comes close. It kind of reflects how this era lacks smooth guys like too short or the 8ball, Mjg types.

I love it

 

[$tacy]

Smh how dare y’all disrespect tight eyez the krump legend and call him jay Jenkins. At least eyez the goat at his craft. I see y’all ****** wasn’t watching rize back in high school.

 

[finessence]

Cuz that along with krumping is wack. S**** weak

We jook in my hood

 

[finessence]

 

[6pac]

 

[finessence]

I love it!

 

[ShoeGameBoss]

Him and Currensy the best game spitting rappers of this era. No one comes close. It kind of reflects how this era lacks smooth guys like too short or the 8ball, Mjg types.

I love it

Add Larry June and Dom Kennedy to this list of game spitters.

 

[Master Zik]

 

[HNL HI]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

brendasdeadbaby

 

[brendasdeadbaby]

brendasdeadbaby

Mom

 

[Maximus Meridius]

One of the most impactful hip hop records ever. Pac got a few of those.



Shout out Dave Hollister singing on there too.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Auntie
Auntie

That'll do it

 

[illphillip]

 

[kungfu koala]

Auntie
Auntie

doing too much, just buss it...

 

[Peep Game]

I’ve been jokingly saying Common, GLC, Kweli, and Really Doe were his ghost writers for years but I know this is very accurate

 

[Deleted member 107398]

 

[rbk93]

More of a T6M fan, but then again, never listened to a whole Bone Thugs album. Should be good though.