Rappers you never "got"

[MakaveliTheDon]

I always thought he was seen as the GOAT. Whatever it's not like I think he's GOAT anyways...

[DrRapid]

I guess I could count Rakim. I do like "Holy Are You", "Walk These Streets", "When I Be On The Mic", "The Mystery" and some in Paid In Full but generally I can't get into him that much.

I never got into Pac either, he's just boring

I'm actually suprised by that if you meant it. 2Pac is precisely one of my favorites because through his voice (not in all songs though) I feel like he was going through something. Me Against The World is a prime example of him going through shit and being emotional. Then again, I do find it annoying when he says Hennessey rhymed with enemies and thug nikkas rhymed with drug dealers.

[NicoleEM]

Lil wayne(he might have good rhymes but his voice irritates me as hell),Kid kudi,Drake,Canibus,Soulja boy...these are high on my "don't listen" list.There are probably more i only heard once by accident but they don't really count.

[classthe_king]

I guess I could count Rakim. I do like "Holy Are You", "Walk These Streets", "When I Be On The Mic", "The Mystery" and some in Paid In Full but generally I can't get into him that much.

I never got into Pac either, he's just boring

I'm actually suprised by that if you meant it. 2Pac is precisely one of my favorites because through his voice (not in all songs though) I feel like he was going through something. Me Against The World is a prime example of him going through shit and being emotional. Then again, I do find it annoying when he says Hennessey rhymed with enemies and thug nikkas rhymed with drug dealers.

It's not his voice, obviously he had great emotion. He's just not lyrical enough to keep me interested.

[DrRapid]

It's not his voice, obviously he had great emotion. He's just not lyrical enough to keep me interested.

I know what you mean, most of his rhymes were rather simple and he did repeat himself often later in his career.

[Yah-hah]

I think it all has to do with where you grow up and at wat time. I startin listenin in the 90's around Pac so I naturally grew to like him. I think he has great emotion and its hard when your a big fan of music like Copywrites' to compare it to 2pac with more simple rhymes and a hell of alot less punches. But in Kansas (the midwest) Tech nine is HUGE. I've seen him in concert twice and everyone here listens to him and strange music.

I kinda can get into Kid Cudi but only when Im in the mood for it. I am tryin to get into Copywrite and Bekay, just havent had the time lately to give them a fair listen.

[Yah-hah]

And Nas. now I know Im gonna catch shit from the Up east people but I just never really grew up listenin to him so I dont really get into his music. To be honest he's not in my top ten. This isnt based on his ability as an artist just in my eyes he isn't as good as most hip hop fans say sorry lol

[MakaveliTheDon]

I think it all has to do with where you grow up and at wat time. I startin listenin in the 90's around Pac so I naturally grew to like him. I think he has great emotion and its hard when your a big fan of music like Copywrites' to compare it to 2pac with more simple rhymes and a hell of alot less punches. But in Kansas (the midwest) Tech nine is HUGE. I've seen him in concert twice and everyone here listens to him and strange music.

I kinda can get into Kid Cudi but only when Im in the mood for it. I am tryin to get into Copywrite and Bekay, just havent had the time lately to give them a fair listen.

Kansas got mad love for the Ninna

[Bistnal]

lil wayne.
mos def & talib kweli. they're good but I just find them soo boring to listen to aside from a few songs.
biggie-I can see why he's rated as he is..but I just can't enjoy his music..
& rakim before he released 18th letter.
oh & GURU.

[MakaveliTheDon]

Eminem

Not sure if serious ?


For me :


1. Jay - Z
2. T.I
3. D-12 (Not including Eminem)
4. Royce
5. Dr.Dre
6. 50 Cent

All to be honest

nikka you mad as hell.

[Bistnal]

^ Nope. I am like addicted to Eminem, if I try to listen to anybody else, I would want to turn that fucking shit off right away. This is being serious too.

That's unfortunate. There are a lot of rappers just as good as Em (like Tech N9ne in Makavelli's sig.) . Just give it time and you'll need more rap than just Em. We were probably all like that at one point.

[MakaveliTheDon]

^ Nope. I am like addicted to Eminem, if I try to listen to anybody else, I would want to turn that fucking shit off right away. This is being serious too.

That's unfortunate. There are a lot of rappers just as good as Em (like Tech N9ne in Makavelli's sig.) . Just give it time and you'll need more rap than just Em. We were probably all like that at one point.

Word. I used to be an Em only stan. But, one day I opened my eyes and now I have 1,439 songs of pure rap songs on iTunes.

Oh and Tech N9ne is the best rapper of all time imo so check him out

[ShadyNarkoticz]

Tech Nine (reminds me of ICP and Kottonmouth Kings, I don't like either)
Nicki Minaj

[Atone]

if i could only listen to one rapper for the rest of my life it would be tech n9ne

but to answer the question by the thread starter, my answer would have to be nas

[ThomasJ]

Every white rapper besides Eminem and Asher Roth.
Underground rap.
Horror-core rap.
That Tech N9ne strange music (?) rap.

That's about it.