Good rap music

Mirandag275
Mirandag275 Posts: 7 Member
edited November 18 in Chit-Chat
I enjoyed rap from the 90s and 2000s.I also like some new work and am looking for recommendations.

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  • HazyEyes93
    HazyEyes93 Posts: 89 Member
    Basically everything Watsky has ever done Sloppy Seconds is my favorite song right now, seriously
  • STLBADGIRL
    STLBADGIRL Posts: 1,693 Member
    If you can get passed all the drug talk....I love Future's songs

    Stick Talk
    Draco

    and a few honorable mentions:

    Kendrick Lamar
    Chance The Rapper
    Kodak Black
    Drake
    Young Thug
  • Hungry_Angler
    Hungry_Angler Posts: 175 Member
    edited May 2017
    Kendrick Lamar's Humble is good stuff. Kodak Black's Tunnel Vision is on par.

    Oh and you gotta have Vince Staples' War Ready.
  • sw33tp3a1
    sw33tp3a1 Posts: 5,065 Member
    K Camp
    Childish Gambino
    6lack
  • ClubSilencio
    ClubSilencio Posts: 2,983 Member
    Coolio

  • Cerealsensei
    Cerealsensei Posts: 1,625 Member
    Mirandag275 wrote: »
    I enjoyed rap from the 90s and 2000s.I also like some new work and am looking for recommendations.

    Who are some of your favorites? I can point you in the right direction if I can get an idea of you like.
  • ClubSilencio
    ClubSilencio Posts: 2,983 Member
    Chick Corea
  • FabulousFantasticFifty
    FabulousFantasticFifty Posts: 195,832 Member
    The only good Rap is the original stuff from the 70s, 80s, Kurtis Blow & The Sugar Hill Gang.

    And Eminem aka Slim Shady ;)
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Isn't that an Oxymoron?
  • BedsideTableKangaroo
    BedsideTableKangaroo Posts: 736 Member
    edited May 2017
    i didn't move beyond ll cool j, kool moe dee, schoolly d, run dmc. you know, the 80's.

    except de la soul, who might be my all time fave. and they're still around.

    edit...and i can't forget the beastie boys.
  • Cerealsensei
    Cerealsensei Posts: 1,625 Member
    I'll just drop a few gems and try to cover all bases in terms of different styles of rap. some of these will be recent and some a few years past.

    If you're a fan of that 90's boom bap New York lyrical style then check out

    Joey Bada$$-B4 Da $$= This album has Wu Tang Clan written all over it. Listen to tracks like No 99, Christ Conscious and On & On

    Blu & Exile-Below The Heavens= This has a really soulful boom bap sound to it, tracks to check out would be Simply Amazin, Dancing In The Rain, Soul Amazin

    Barrel Brothers (Skyzoo & Torae)=Both of them have really good solo projects by themselves as well as being in a group. Listen to Talk Of The Town, Memorabilia, Triangle offense

    If you want something that's really content driven with a message

    Oddisee-The Iceberg=This has a real jazzy sound to it, lots of instrumentation. Listen to Waiting Outside, Digging Deep, Rain Dance

    Mick Jenkins-The Healing Component=Has a real spacious atmospheric feel to it. Listen to Strange Love, Love Robert Horry & Fall Through

    Brother Ali-The Beauty In This Whole Life=This album just came out and I honestly havent even heard a lot of it but if it's anything like his other works I Know its good

    If you want something with more of a main stream accessible sound without sacrificing too much in terms of lyrics or content then check out

    Big Krit- He can do club tracks, introspective tracks and pretty much anything in between. Check out Meditate, Mt Olympus, The Vent, Me And My Old School

    Logic- Hes like a mini hybrid Of J Cole & Kendrick which can be a good thing and a bad thing. From him I'd say listen to Buried Alive, Nikki, Young Jesus & Paradise

    Kendrick Lamar-Just listen to his last album Damn. it's a bit of a heavy listen but it's pretty good.

    Lupe Fiasco-Whatever you do dont listen to Drogas Light, that album was terrible. But some of his project before that are fair game. His sound has lately gotten easy on the ears but he's still probably one of the best wordsmiths. Tetsuo & Youth was a really good album as well as The Cool

    And most of all don't forget the legends. People dont check for them but some of the old groups from way back when are still out putting out quality music. A Tribe Called Quest put out a really good project last year. Dudes like Raekwon and Ghostface from Wu Tang are still active and putting out projects, actually Raekwon released another album this year. People like Redman are still putting albums, Dilated Peoples, De La Soul etc...

    There's a ton of good music out there.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Beastie Boyyyyyz

    *end of thread
  • denversillygoose
    denversillygoose Posts: 708 Member
    Curtis Plum. Particularly the song Vin Diesel.
  • STLBADGIRL
    STLBADGIRL Posts: 1,693 Member
    Yessss Beastle Boys - but that's old. It's so much more variety out here now.
  • mechell007
    mechell007 Posts: 97 Member
    Eminem. Luda. Busta Rhymes.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    STLBADGIRL wrote: »
    Yessss Beastle Boys - but that's old. It's so much more variety out here now.

    the new stuff.... they're simply chasing old skool, with no hope of catching up
  • ZodFit
    ZodFit Posts: 394 Member
    edited May 2017
    LIL DICKY

    CES CRU
    Die Antwoord
    Childish Gambino
    Drake
    RIFF RAFF
    Logic
    BIGSEAN
    Drake
    Eminem
    LUPE fiasco
    Kid cudi


    If I'm feeling older stuff beasties, tupac, missy
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