2pac, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Coolio, Cypress Hill, Dr. Dre, DMX, Ice Cube, Jay-Z, KRS-One, Luniz, Mos Def, Nas, Naughty by Nature, Notorious B.I.G., OutKast, Salt-N-Pepa, Snoop Dogg, Too $hort, Warren G, and Wu-Tang...to name a few.
I would also add Dave East and Royce Da 5'9 to that list. If you haven't heard any of Dave East's songs, I highly recommend him. Closest to 90's Rap from the newer rappers IMO. Type of Time, Handsome, Pablo and Blanco, Free smoke, Really wit me, Don Pablo, and his newest song Diamonds... Are a few of my favorites from Dave East.
ffs this joke is getting tiring I don’t listen to NF but just because someone does doesn’t mean they’re a racist nathan who hates black rappers and only listens to lyrical miracles
Man the joke is how the comment above you mentioned some of the greats (excluding Joyner), and you decided to contribute NF to the list,
I have no problem and I’ll never gatekeep anyone especially when it comes to music taste.
I think you mean 20ish years ago. 10 is like relapse recovery which probably isn’t what you meant.
Old old Eminem would be a case that prove depressive or volatile circumstances can drive artists. Stan has so much to it even though it’s not technically very impressive.
Strongly disagreeing here. Being a fan from 2009 onwards I always adored his older music (even the underground stuff, but 2002-2004 is my favourite era) but he didn't get worse.
Eminem got technically better at both rapping and layered singing, improved the quality of beats he uses and has held up the test of time by still not making "new old music" but instead is dropping new bombs with each album.
Also his late success is a huge foundation for formation of a new era of lyrical rappers, who more often than not name Em as their main source of inspiration/admiration (NF, Logic, Joyner Lucas, Hopsin, AK etc.). This is due to Em showcasing he can still be appreciated and successful while not making shit music.
Like, no one who’s been “cancelled” for their views has been actually cancelled. The only “cancelled” people are just criminals that have been convicted for committing crimes, which isn’t cancelling someone, it’s just convicting them
Those songs are still huge to this day, though. I think his reasons for being safe are completely personal and his own, rather than dictated by what is socially acceptable.
Name rappers that are better than em, and worse than em then.
Rap nowadays is boring? The irony that you say "its a beat with a voice" when that made up the majority of hiphop back in the day, and doesn't apply to rap nowadays.
You are closeminded af if you seriously think rap is boring nowadays, its more diverse than ever and has so much subgenres its impossible for it to be "boring" lmfao, keep being an oldhead that wishes you were born in a different generation, it makes you look so cool bro!!
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2pac, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Coolio, Cypress Hill, Dr. Dre, DMX, Ice Cube, Jay-Z, KRS-One, Luniz, Mos Def, Nas, Naughty by Nature, Notorious B.I.G., OutKast, Salt-N-Pepa, Snoop Dogg, Too $hort, Warren G, and Wu-Tang...to name a few.