I'd just like to know the people at SEN who listen to rap/hip hop. Go ahead and share your favorite artists/songs/albums. Song link if possible.

I'll start off with CunninLynguists.

One of my favorite songs from their first album is Lynguistics. (Album: Will Rap for Food)

I really only like alittle bit of old school stuff like Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and the Sugarhill Gang, but I also haven't exposed myself to enough.

It's alittle disappointing how easily the genre tanked into really violent, macho, homophobic, sexist capitalist crap, but that always happens when big money gets involved.

I like alot of that old-school stuffs...

Dammit, Wilhelm countered my Rap-bashing before it came out.

All contemporary rap sucks ass. Most current underground raps are an ear sore.
If you want good rap listen to these groups or rappers.
Gang Starr
A Tribe Called Quest
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Nas
AZ
KRS-One
Common
and many others.

Today's rap is all about money and other stupid things that no one really has an idea about. The corporation really controls them based on what makes money. So the pubic is basically musically retarded.
The only artists I really like today is The Game, and the old Kanye West.
I'm hoping Dr. Dre and Eminem will bring it back up, although Eminem's new promotional single, Crack a Bottle sucked ass.
I did like the song Stronger by Kanye West from Graduation.

I listen to all of these.

I'm hoping Dr. Dre and Eminem will bring it back up, although Eminem's new promotional single, Crack a Bottle sucked ass.

I doubt Dr. Dre will bring it back. Crack a Bottle does suck. The lyrics are terrible! Shame on Eminem.
Nas is my favorite rapper. His first album, Illmatic, is the best rap album ever.
Wu-Tang is good too, but again, I think their first album is the best of all of theirs.


Fucking Lil Wayne....

I agree with that. It takes some time to find the good ones.

I forgot one of my favorite rappers from Wu-Tang Clan.
He's coming out with a new album called Only Built for Cuban linx II.
Several of his songs are already out. I'm counting on him big time to bring back rap.



And my favorite so far with Method Man


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Artist: Akira The Don
Album: Thieving

Not on that album, but my favorite,
Song: Clones ft. Bashy
from, Album: When We Were Young

My fave is Lupe Fiasco ;o.

Best song imo from him is: The Instrumental

^It's not an actual instrumental. Just the name

I'll listen to just about any rap as long as it's not Lil Wayne. Ugh I can't stand his voice. Unfortunately, him and his songs are all over the radio.

http://www.homestarrunner.com/rapsong.html

I love Coach Z! I remember watching Home Star Runner a long time ago. Memories..

I thought that album was already released.

EDIT: O. Number 2.

Grieves - Identity Cards

Biggie Smalls all the way.

Since when did Hip Hop = Rap???

Hip Hop = Culture
Rap = Hip hop music
Therefore Hip hop music = rap.

I disagree, personally I view hip-hop as being the precursor to rap, often with different rhythmic, rapping, lyrical and composition styles, and also rap being a component, rather than the defining performance, of hip-hop, which often has back-up bands and musicians, a dj beat-matching and scratching, etc., with generally a higher degree of musical interplay (as opposed to rap artists who are performing over sample tapes and who only mix in another rapper, which is such a tired old trick).

I am really not a fan of rap at all. But I've liked some Eminem in the past. I don't expose myself to much of it. Some of the popular songs that they play at dances are better than just tolerable. Recently I've discovered that I like some Afroman and Wu Tang stuff.

Yeah, old Eminem was great, but now it's all hippity and contemporary.

The Cool Kids, Jedi Mind Tricks, Immortal Technique, Mos Def, Kanye, Mac Dre, Andre Nickatina.

I hate Immortal Technique, except for his song Dancing with the Devil. He might be a political rapper but his freestyle sucks and he's pretty overrated for an "underground artist".