Submitted by NoPotatoes in AskRaddle
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existential1 wrote
Accept that you're a rap game youngin.
existential1 wrote
Instead of giving a general top 5, I'll give the anarchist-sentiment-amenable top 5...in no particular order.
- KRS-One
- Lupe Fiasco (None of those top 40 tracks, lmao)
- Immortal Technique
- Del the funky homosapian
- Dead Prez (Stic Man if you had to choose one of the two)
celebratedrecluse wrote
some that I like are ruby ibarra, stic.man, Isiah Rashad, Cardi & Megan, Rot Ken
NoPotatoes OP wrote (edited )
Mos Def is pretty great. I have not listened to much of his discography, though. I been sleeping.
Also killer mike bs, what is that about?
NOISEBOB wrote
On a more serious note, i'd throw in Nas and 2pac. Yes, i am old
NOISEBOB wrote
GZA > RZA
zoom_zip wrote
i was gonna add gza but then i remembered i only really like liquid swords
NOISEBOB wrote
Yeah.. same here.
I stopped listening to any wu related raps because of the misogyni (especially ghostface)... Odb is still fun because he was such a weirdo.
zoom_zip wrote (edited )
everyone gonna put mf doom on their list
kin wrote
Now I want a list of the best MF Doom's pseudonym
OdiousOutlaw wrote (edited )
Ehhh, I'll just give 5 that I really like alongside my favorite album of theirs. In no particular order.
- Immortal Technique (Revolutionary Volume 1)
- Sole (Selling Live Water)
- MF DOOM (Operation: Doomsday)
- MC Dälek (From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots)
- Tech N9ne (All 6's and 7's)
Rap groups and Duos actually shift the list around dramatically, so I'll give them their own list. Again, in no particular order.
- Onyx
- Geto Boys
- Champion Sound
- Gravediggaz
- Ho99o9
metocin wrote
I am a hip hop fan that doesnt listen to mf doom AMA
Catsforfun wrote
It's debateable that singing over trap beats is rapping re:lil peep
moonlune wrote (edited )
Peter fox is a pretty dope german rapper. (and the only one whos name I remember)
fbiemailaccount wrote
gotta say tom mcdonald 🐐. no other rapper beats him or compares to him so he's 1-5 on my tier list
fbiemailaccount wrote
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NoPotatoes OP wrote
Found an interesting article about it.
https://scalawagmagazine.org/2021/06/killer-mike-police-reform/
I definitely hadn't heard about that. Thanks for pointing it out.
kin wrote
Maybe I need to check Lupe, bc your top 5 is pretty much what I heard already
existential1 wrote (edited )
Dude literally put a track called "American Terrorist" on his "debut" album "Food and Liquor".
Because some of his shit has mass appeal, he gets away with some shit nobody else even tries. He has a track called "Dumb it Down" on his 2nd album that addresses that.
I love his whole catalogue, but i am partial to his mixtapes before he signed and his first two albums cuz that's when I first heard him. My fav track of his, perhaps of any rap song, is "The Coolest" from his 2nd album. You might be able to find a vid of him performing it a cappella...dope stuff.
The song requires first listening to a track from the first album called "The Cool" and understanding that Lupe's 2nd album uses a concept with a cast of characters who all make an appearance in the song "The Coolest". There's Michael Young History (AKA - My Cool Young History), a zombie hustler...there's "The Streets", a personification of all the things hustlers dream of accumulating...and there's "The Game", a simultaneous personification of the rulemakers and the rules themselves.
Again...dope shit. Nobody else even comes close to building shit like this. My man was world-building in multiple albums.
NoPotatoes OP wrote
My shortlist would be:
What should I do with this info?