what made you get into hip hop?

The Chronic and Doggystyle were the first albums I had. Then I got into PE and NWA and went on from there. What really got me into it though were a couple of friends I met during high school. They knew way more than I did and put me on to lots of stuff.

when i was about 4 yrs old i'd always see r&b and rap videos on tv since my older siblings would watch and by 5 i got my first album which was N.W.A, i never really understood it but still liked it and then from then i jus got into hip-hop culture and listened to alot of artists up to this day and will always like itmal_251

My bro got me into it.

Started listening to alot 2pac and got fascinated with his music, then it lead to me listening to all sorts of artists like NWA, SPice1, Dre Dog, Mobb Deep, Lost Boyz, Outkast, DPG, Snoop, Dre, Nas, Biggie, and so on.

Mkavanaugh77

same with me...

i'm not really into hip hop... infact, i don't like a lot of rappers, cos they talk too much BS

i like good music.. and good vocals, regardless of genre.. hip hop, rock n roll, classical, country, i listen to a lot of different types of music, i appreciate talent

eminem :P I started liking rap/hip-hop at the age of 10, when he released "without me"nigel777

[QUOTE="nigel777"]eminem :P I started liking rap/hip-hop at the age of 10, when he released "without me"Lakersman2000

The decline in the quality of rock music...

...It's not that I coiuldn't stand hip hop...i just felt whats the reason to latch onto something...I was perfectly fine with just listening to rock...

but then...after the early 90s...rock music began is really suck...and i changed my radio station on my clock to Q107 classic rock instead of 1-2.1 the edge...and without new rock music...I branched out into Rap...starting with blackstar and eminem...and the rest is history.

the first rap song i remember enjoying was Biggie & Puff - More Money More ProblemsDaDukies

My sister listened to it for alittle while...so thats what really exposed me to it. And then I remember seeing videos and stuff and liking it.
Didn't really get into the underground stuff until a few years ago.

[QUOTE="Lakersman2000"][QUOTE="nigel777"]eminem :P I started liking rap/hip-hop at the age of 10, when he released "without me"HaSheeSh_basic

Not until 2002 or 2003. Here is how it happened: I wasn't liking any kind of music at all, none. I thought rock sucked, Rap sucked (ah but it was the mainstream crap) and nothing did it for me, except Bob Marley. Then Chappelle's Show came. When I first saw The Food performed by Common, I was thinking, "Where was this Hip-Hop?" and I was hooked. Now pretty much all he listens to I listen to. The Roots, Talib Kweli, Common, A Tribe Called Quest, Slum Village and others and I found them almost all at one time. I also looked into the History and loved Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa, Public Enemy, Run DMC and others. After I found Okayplayer.com I found MF Doom, Madlib, and J Dilla and I was set. Ever since I have been continuing to find more of the true Hip-Hop that I love.tuff_gong92

[QUOTE="HaSheeSh_basic"][QUOTE="Lakersman2000"][QUOTE="nigel777"]eminem :P I started liking rap/hip-hop at the age of 10, when he released "without me"Eragon_11

[QUOTE="Eragon_11"][QUOTE="HaSheeSh_basic"][QUOTE="Lakersman2000"][QUOTE="nigel777"]eminem :P I started liking rap/hip-hop at the age of 10, when he released "without me"eightball88

[QUOTE="eightball88"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"][QUOTE="HaSheeSh_basic"][QUOTE="Lakersman2000"][QUOTE="nigel777"]eminem :P I started liking rap/hip-hop at the age of 10, when he released "without me"Giangio

It was pretty much the only music on the radio that did not want me to cut my own ears off. :P

It's somewhat ironic considering most rap that is on the radio now is garbage! Probably was back then aswell but I was to young and stupid to notice! :P

[QUOTE="Giangio"][QUOTE="eightball88"][QUOTE="Eragon_11"][QUOTE="HaSheeSh_basic"][QUOTE="Lakersman2000"][QUOTE="nigel777"]eminem :P I started liking rap/hip-hop at the age of 10, when he released "without me"TheBigTicket21

I don't know, I guess it's an environment thing.

In my neighborhood, all I heard coming from the cars and boomboxes was rap.  If it wasn't for my dad, I probably wouldn't have known anything about rock until I met a rock fan personally.  I didn't learn about country until I was like 10, when my aunt started watching me afterschool, and sometimes watched me at her home... a trailer... and yeah, trailer parks are generally filled with country-music loving trash, lol, but there were some nice people too.

They all thought my brother and I were crazy, because we brought rap and hip-hop culture with us when we went over there.  There is one good thing I got out of that though, I was taught how to fish over there, and to this day I love fishing, though I rarely get a chance to do so, living in an urban setting.

I don't know, I guess it's an environment thing.

In my neighborhood, all I heard coming from the cars and boomboxes was rap. If it wasn't for my dad, I probably wouldn't have known anything about rock until I met a rock fan personally. I didn't learn about country until I was like 10, when my aunt started watching me afterschool, and sometimes watched me at her home... a trailer... and yeah, trailer parks are generally filled with country-music loving trash, lol, but there were some nice people too.

They all thought my brother and I were crazy, because we brought rap and hip-hop culture with us when we went over there. There is one good thing I got out of that though, I was taught how to fish over there, and to this day I love fishing, though I rarely get a chance to do so, living in an urban setting.

SunJian18