Music Recommendations (Rap)

I want some new rap artists to listen to. I currently enjoy:

Eminem

Kid Cudi

T.I.

Kanye West

Drake

Select Lil Wayne (Lollipop, Steady Mobbin)

Asher Roth

B.O.B

Wiz Khalifa

Hollywood Undead

50 Cent

Being able to understand the lyrics is very important to me as well as having meaningful lyrics. I don't like songs that are overly sexual but that doesn't mean one or two bothers me.It would also be a nice thing if the artists had mixtapes so I could "try before I buy". I also like heavy beats. Thanks in advance.

I want some new rap artists to listen to. I currently enjoy:

Eminem

Kid Cudi

T.I.

Kanye West

Drake

Select Lil Wayne (Lollipop, Steady Mobbin)

Asher Roth

B.O.B

Wiz Khalifa

Hollywood Undead

50 Cent

Being able to understand the lyrics is very important to me as well as having meaningful lyrics. I don't like songs that are overly sexual but that doesn't mean one or two bothers me.It would also be a nice thing if the artists had mixtapes so I could "try before I buy". I also like heavy beats. Thanks in advance.

M13L13S

Lil B, Kreayshawn, and Waka Flocka are pretty good

Lupe Fiasco, his latest album Lasers is amazing. Literally every single track on it is epic. Joker_268

Lil B, Kreayshawn, and Waka Flocka are pretty good

bc1391

Hoodie Allen

2Pac is always great to listen to. His songs are so deep and full of soul. I always recommend him to anyone interested in some good rap.

Life Goes On

Changes

Well I assume mainstream is your favorite so check out Tech N9ne. Probably the best mainstream artist bar none, well he's not really full on mainstream though.

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Lil B, Kreayshawn, and Waka Flocka are pretty good

JustPlainLucas

no Notorious B.I.G???? you are missing out. check him out. my favorite song of his is juicy.

MC hammer of course.

Based God

Lil B

Swag OD

Giggs

Army of the Pharaohs

Odd Future...try the Earl, Mellowhype and Domo Genesis mixtapes

UGK

Curren$y

Big K.R.I.T.

Slim Thug...Bosshog Outlawz - serve and collect

Shad

Dude if you like some sick, chill beats with a NASTY flow check out Curren$y. He only has like 3 studio albums so you have to get his mixtapes which he makes 1 a month. He's affiliated with Wiz but they are completely different. songs to look up by him: Scottie Pippens Sail On King Kong Roasted (that's a good start)gmoneybball91

I've been listening to him and he's awesome.

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Lil B, Kreayshawn, and Waka Flocka are pretty good

gmoneybball91

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Organized Konfusion

Elzhi just released a mixtape, I highly suggest you check him out...

LINK:http://elzhi.com/

Lil B

bc1391

The only real suggestion.

God, I could sit here and name so many artists to check out.

Anyway, seeing how you listed newer and mostly (somewhat) mainstream rappers, i'll list some of the better ones.

Big Sean, his new album Finally famous is really good.

Tayyib Ali, his mixtape Keystone State of Mind is one of the best of the year so far.

Someone already mentioned Lupe Fiasco, yeah he's great.

The Dean's List is probly one of my top 3 favorite groups this year, try their mixtape The Drive-In.

Mac Miller has some good s*** too.

These are all pretty good somewhat mainstream rappers. If you're interested though there's many, many more really special hip-hop artists around right now. Dip you foot in the pool before you jump in.

If you want more recommendations, PM me.

J Cole and Army of the Pharoah's are good. Seriously, check out J Cole.

Max B

French Montana

Currensy

Childish Gambino and None like Joshua are some less mainstream suggestions for y'all.

Crazy Town

Hollywood Undead

those are more rock/rap than anything though.

Yelawolf

Biggie

Tupac

Dr Dre

Big Boi

J. Cole is great, so is Jay-Z.

What little I've heard of Jay Electronica I like too

Blu - Below the Heavens album

Big Krit- Return of Forever mixtape

Freeway - Stimulus Package album

Jay electronica - Exhibit C

I'd recommend Big Sean, Wretch 32, Lupe Fiasco, Paris Jones, Mos Def & of course Curren$y... Jets Fool.

Disappointed there's no mention of CunniLynguists (or their producer, Kno). A rap group with a bunch of exceptionally talented dudes. Oneirology and Death is Silent are two of the better albums of the last 2 years.Lockedge

I would've mentioned them but I figured some people might be getting tired of seeing me bring them up every single time a hip-hop thread pops up :P

But yeah, I definitely second this recommendation. You can even stream their new album for free on their website and it's awesome.