Name rappers that you don't understand why people like.

1. Soulja Boy is cuz his music is good catchy dance music.

2. Lil' Wayne is cuz he's just original, he can appeal highly to the mainstream with what he raps about but he still can spit good bars.

3. Flo-Rida is cuz he made "Low".

Lil Wayne, Eminem, Lupe Fiasco(I like Lupe, but I don't know why people think he's God), Charles Hamilton, The Cool Kids(Bake Sale was cool, everthing after is pretty bad imo)

Just off the top of my head

- Charles Hamilton, Lil' Wayne, and more rappers that OTB hypes up.-PuLse

so the best you guys can do is list some rappers without ever backing up your opinion?

oh joy, what another great thread

so the best you guys can do is list some rappers without ever backing up your opinion?

oh joy, what another great thread

KamMoye

So the best you can do is complain, like you do in every other thread on the board?

Oh joy!

all i'm doing is following the example the OP set

also, could your post have been anymore cliche and unoriginal? step ya game up

all i'm doing is following the example the OP set

also, could your post have been anymore cliche and unoriginal? step ya game up

KamMoye

You talk cliches yet you post the same thing in every topic :roll:

1. Lil Wayne. I listened to his catalogue, not a fan.
2. Notorious B.I.G. I didn't like Life After Death, Ready to Die is hit and miss.

I'm gonna go get my flame shield.

Ready to Die is hit and miss.Toriko42

I'm not gonna lie, I felt the same way a looong time ago. That album grew on me a LOT after really giving it some serious listens. Hopefully the same thing happens to you. :P

Oh, and I forgot

Eazy E: Untalented, can't write, never dropped a really great album (Eazy Duz It was as close as he got) and he was nothing once Dre and Cube dropped their affiliation

Oh, and I forgot

Eazy E: Untalented, can't write, never dropped a really great album (Eazy Duz It was as close as he got) and he was nothing once Dre and Cube dropped their affiliation

Toriko42

He's famous cuz of his affiliation with NWA, his distinct voice, his gangsta-ness, and because a lot of people probably don't know that he didn't write his own rhymes.

Also, this.

Oh, and I forgot

Eazy E: Untalented, can't write, never dropped a really great album (Eazy Duz It was as close as he got) and he was nothing once Dre and Cube dropped their affiliation

Toriko42

Eazy E fails on so many levels. 

[QUOTE="Toriko42"]Ready to Die is hit and miss.TheHimura

I'm not gonna lie, I felt the same way a looong time ago. That album grew on me a LOT after really giving it some serious listens. Hopefully the same thing happens to you. :P

Oh, and I forgot

Eazy E: Untalented, can't write, never dropped a really great album (Eazy Duz It was as close as he got) and he was nothing once Dre and Cube dropped their affiliation

Toriko42

Yup, this is one of the ones I forgot on my list. He's OK, nothing special at all. I don't think he's a legend like most people.

[QUOTE="Toriko42"]

Oh, and I forgot

Eazy E: Untalented, can't write, never dropped a really great album (Eazy Duz It was as close as he got) and he was nothing once Dre and Cube dropped their affiliation

TheHimura

He's famous cuz of his affiliation with NWA, his distinct voice, his gangsta-ness, and because a lot of people probably don't know that he didn't write his own rhymes.

Also, this.

I'm gonna go get my flame shield.

Toriko42

I think I'm gonna need to borrow that...

1. Drake (I don't understand the hype at all)
2. Kid Cudi (I think I only enjoyed 3 songs on A Kid Named Cudi...the rest was meh)
3. Elzhi (only song of his I like is Motown 25, and that's more because of Royce)
4. Most mainstream artists that I assume not many people here like...Soulja Boy, Flo Rida, Gucci Mane, etc

Gucci
Kid Cudi
Eazy E
THE GAME
2Pac (He was coo but.. not one of the greatest)

Gucci
Eazy E
THE GAME
2Pac (He was coo but.. not one of the greatest)
damelokidd124

all of these.. I like Pac tho its just I think he's maaad overrated.. actually he's tha most overrated rapper EVER

[QUOTE="damelokidd124"]
Gucci
Eazy E
THE GAME
2Pac (He was coo but.. not one of the greatest)
tmac200913

all of these.. I like Pac tho its just I think he's maaad overrated.. actually he's tha most overrated rapper EVER

Eazy E: Untalented, can't write, never dropped a really great album (Eazy Duz It was as close as he got) and he was nothing once Dre and Cube dropped their affiliation

Toriko42

Eazy E-Boyz n Da good, tell me he cant write....unless he had that written for him

for me i dont get what all the hype is with lil wayne, people around me say he is better than pac,nas,biggie,

now that i actually read all the posts............can i just ask why so much hate for game?Ryder004

[QUOTE="Ryder004"]now that i actually read all the posts............can i just ask why so much hate for game?TheBigTicket21

i seem to like him. westside story,dreams,dope boys,300 bars,a california vacation, wouldnt get far, gangbagning 101...and many more.

but thats just my opionion

now that i actually read all the posts............can i just ask why so much hate for game?Ryder004

The only problem I have with Game is the fact that some of the things he says are dumb as hell...
"Woke up out that coma 2001, 'bout the same time Dre dropped 2001"
:|

And then there's the name dropping 5 different guys in every song (with Dre usually being one of them), but that doesn't bother me too much.

Lupe Fiasco: Why are people still on this guy's jock? People got so caught up with a decent mainstream artist getting exposure that they now hype Lupe Fiasco up as some great emcee. Dude is the definition of corny. He's like, the christian rocker, or the kidz bop commercial hip hopper. His songs, more often than not cannot be any more boring, or cliche.

Blu/Elzhi: There's only one word to describe both. Yawn. Too many people here love technical emcee's that rely on having great lyrics. The problem with most of these guys is that they lack in just about every other major category musically. Mic prescence, flow, production, topics...all boring. 

Mobb Deep: lol, I know I'll catch flack for this but I've always thought these guys were boring. Beats all sound the same, topics all sound the same. I've never been a huge fan of the grimey, hardcore production/rapping as it is, and these guys seem to embody it. They actually remind me a bit of Wu-Tang in a sense...the difference being the execution in their albums. Wu-Tang proves to be entertaining, while Mobb Deep just seems boring.

Dr. Dre: I like Dre and all...a lot actually. But I can't place albums like the Chronic, or Chronic 2001 as classics. I think both are ridiculously overrated.

[QUOTE="Toriko42"]

Eazy E: Untalented, can't write, never dropped a really great album (Eazy Duz It was as close as he got) and he was nothing once Dre and Cube dropped their affiliation

Ryder004

Eazy E-Boyz n Da good, tell me he cant write....unless he had that written for him

for me i dont get what all the hype is with lil wayne, people around me say he is better than pac,nas,biggie,

lol at people jumping on Colt for not liking Lupe. The ones he should be catching the most flack about are obviously Mobb Deep and Dr. Dre.

The Q-Tip beats on the Infamous are easily distinguishable from Havoc's so I dunno how all their beats sound alike...

lol at people jumping on Colt for not liking Lupe.

Orlando_Magic

Nah its just when people say they dont like Lupe lyrically, I question if they heard anything outside of The Cool & F&L.. His unreleased material and his first 2 mixtapes,,

To answer why people like Lupe, for me its the fact that more times than not he's hiding meanings in his verse, craming thought provoking metaphors in his verses and a lot of his metaphors have 2 or 3 meanings.. Especially on his unreleased stuff and stuff not on his albums.. I love both albums but its his other stuff that made him one of my favorite rappers.. On top of his metaphor/punchline/hidden meanings, he has the ability to  change up his flow and talk about pretty much anything.. I like ttelling myself "Nah he didnt say that" and go back and be like "Wow, I never thought of that".. His approach lyrically isnt straight forward and it goes over people's head and I like rewinding and googling and figuring out what he means after hearing a song for the 5th time..Thats fun to me..Thats all I want in a lyricist..

I honestly cannot understand how someone that like Wu-Tang, Nas, and Pharoahe Monch can't like Mobb Deep:|-Halftime-

idk how many times I've listened to The Infamous...but each time I get to about track 5 or so, and wish to listen to something else. The difference between them, and every act you listed before is that the other guys excute better....better production, better deliveries.

Nah its just when people say they dont like Lupe lyrically, I question if they heard anything outside of The Cool & F&L.. His unreleased material and his first 2 mixtapes,,

To answer why people like Lupe, for me its the fact that more times than not he's hiding meanings in his verse, craming thought provoking metaphors in his verses and a lot of his metaphors have 2 or 3 meanings.. Especially on his unreleased stuff and stuff not on his albums.. I love both albums but its his other stuff that made him one of my favorite rappers.. On top of his metaphor/punchline/hidden meanings, he has the ability to  change up his flow and talk about pretty much anything.. I like ttelling myself "Nah he didnt say that" and go back and be like "Wow, I never thought of that".. His approach lyrically isnt straight forward and it goes over people's head and I like rewinding and googling and figuring out what he means after hearing a song for the 5th time..Thats fun to me..Thats all I want in a lyricist..

damelokidd124

As far as Lupe goes, dude is CORNY. Like, beyond corny. Hip Hop has saved my life? He say, she say? Sunshine? Go Go Gadget Flow? :lol: What a cornball. Please don't make me post lyrics to these songs, the titles tell enough. I have the stuff hat was supposed to be on the original F&L, but honestly those songs, F&L, and The Cool don't inspire to check out anything else by him. I'll probably get his 3rd album, because there are usually some good songs on there, and his albums are usually listenable...but the fact that anyone even anticipates his albums = lol.

Dr. Dre: I like Dre and all...a lot actually. But I can't place albums like the Chronic, or Chronic 2001 as classics. I think both are ridiculously overrated.

 

Colt45fool

Colt, you sure you're not missing anyone else from that list? :P

and Lupe is corny....

How are you gonna say Lupe is corny than turn around and have a Charles Hamilton avatar and sig? :|-PuLse

Colt, you sure you're not missing anyone else from that list? :P

and Lupe is corny....

iHeartCali

Lol @ Charles bein better than Lupe.. Hes not lyrically better than Lu.. The second verse on Go Go Gadget Flow is corny? You can say what you will about his personality and song titles but lyrically hes not corny.. Hes better than a lot of rappers.. ALOT of them..

[QUOTE="-PuLse"]How are you gonna say Lupe is corny than turn around and have a Charles Hamilton avatar and sig? :|IamHush

His best work? Theme Music To A Drive-By, Mean & Vicious, Accept The Troubles, Kick Push II, 4 Real, Hold It Down, etc>>>Anything my boy Charles has ever made.. And those arent even Lupe's best songs.. Every verse on those songs is tuff.. Bar for bar, Lu>>>Chuck.. He'll tell you that himself..