ugly duckling perhaps.



-k.

I wasn't aware that there were any good hip-hop/Rap albums, bitches and hoes withstanding.

Huh?

Que?

Oh there are good ones... I just need to find them

there out there... I just know it

You might get more luck having people tell you if you ask in a different way

No, I meant rap music sucks ass, albeit in a lengthier fashion.

Okay, anyone know any good hip-hop/rap albums that don't sound like the song "Crank Dat" by Soulja Boy?

Nas - Streets Disciple

yes. yes I do. This might take a second. But they are coming

Anything by Will Smith :)

The Sugar Hill Gang - Rappers Delight

Oh, you are funny, fatheed.

Kanye West. He's nice and preachy.

Twista is pretty accessable.

I know one, but it's in Japanese, look for TIGARAH

Right, Sugar Hill Gang, I forgot about them. I'll look them up later (not will smith though, he's better off as an actor).

Good rap music is like good gang rape: it doesn't exist. (But each to his own, as they say.)

i suggest ugly duckling







theyre fun.

taste the secret is the only album i can think of off the top of my head



-k.

De La Soul- Three Feet High and Rising, De La Soul is Dead

A Tribe Called Quest- The Low End Theory, Midnight Marauders

MC Paul Barman- It's Very Stimulating, Paulellujah!

The Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique (one of the best pop albums of all time!), Hello Nasty

Blackalicious- Blazing Arrow

Busdriver- Roadkillovercoat

Common- Finding Forever

Danger Mouse and Jemini- Ghetto Pop Life

Deltron 3030- S/T

Dizzie Rascal- Boy in Da Corner

Dr. Octagon- Dr. Octagonycologist

Gang Starr- Paid in Full

Handsome Boy Modeling School- White People

Ice Cube- Death Certificate

Jeru the Damaga- The Sun also Rises in the East

Kanye West- Late Registration

M.I.A.- Arular

Madvillian- Madvilliany

Outkast- Stankonia

P.O.S.- Ipecac Neat

Princess Superstar- Last of the Great 20th Century Composers

The Roots- Phrenology, Game Theory

Sage Francis- A Healthy Distrust

Saul Williams- S/T

The Streets- Original Pirate Material



Just a quick sampling through my itunes....seriously, listen to a few of these and enjoy actual rapping and skillz instead of chest puffing and rhymes about dollah dollah bills.

there are too many albums to list... but i'll try to tell you a few artists to check out...



mos def, talib kweli, el-p, aesop rock, common, nas, blu & exile, camp lo, deep rooted, del tha funkee homosapien, edan, murs, mf doom, nyoil, pharoahe monche, ra the rugged man, rob sonic, lupe fiasco, swollen members...



that's not a lot... but i need to stop before i go crazy.



good hip-hop does exist. there's a whole world of it out there and it will blow your mind.



good luck. =)

Lupe Fiasco. He is T-total, positive messages etc. Jay-Z says he's a genius. So there.



His new album is out this month I think. May already be out - called 'The Cool'

I didn't know you listened to rap, Evan.

Common is a good candidate. Very soulful

oh, and geewally hasn't the foggiest what he's talking about here.

Man, geewally, you must hate rap as much as an antelope hates lions.

lol....i listen to everything G. Wall-e! I listen to anything that tries its best to provoke thoughts from me...

They let you put a swear word in your name and you're worried about bitches and hos?



You could try Aussie acts like Hilltop Hoods or Butterfingers.

Oh, man. Don't forget Jurassic 5!

I don't know, I just don't call a drum loop and fast talking music. But people like it.

i'm not a big rap/hip hop enthusiast, but i do enjoy Kanye (though he is a dick)

Also - Look up DJ Format. I know his sister! He works with Jurassic 5.

there are a lot of good suggestions in here

f'realz



-k.

Wow, this is great, thanks a bunch. And keep making suggestions if you all have any... except geewally who doesn't like rap nor hip hop.

I forgot about Lupe. He's decent, but his voice and rap style grates on me after a while. jurassic 5 is good, laid-back creatvie stuff.



And even the Black Eyed Peas first and second albums are real quality- before they cashed in their rapping credentials, slummed the pop depths for Fergie and decided to sell their souls to white girls in malls who wish to feel "freaky".

Gnarls Barkley

Haha. Yeah. Early Black Eyed Peas and De La Soul

I'm like the one white guy I know who doesn't like rap or hip-hop. And I know some pretty white-bred people.

iDanSimpson on Jan 22 '08 at 3:23am

i'm not a big rap/hip hop enthusiast, but i do enjoy Kanye (though he is a dick)



I feel the exact same way about him, Billy Corgan, the Gallaghers. They are such pompous a-holes, but their stuff is so good, I can't help but give them a free pass b/c unlike 99.5 of the current rap stars, their talents match or exceed their egos.

I don't like rap, but I like Gorillaz and Gnarls Barkley. I don't know if they count as rap, but they might be something a rap fan would meet me halfway on. They're both Danger Mouse projects I believe and FA mentioned him before.

KBS- I'm digging the schtuff you likes.



Aesop Rock's song "Lucy" is one of the best story songs of the past decade.

SquatterJ, both of those acts kinda bridge the gap between a lot of good kinds of musical styles and make an intoxicating sonic brewsky with the tiny bits here and there, so it would be safe to call them rap. Gorillaz's albums are both great, but as an album, Demon Days is such a cohesive well-done piece of art whereas the first Gorillaz functions as a set of fun art-pop.

brand nubian, ladybug mecca, queen latifah, monie love, lauryn hill, the fugees, marco polo, public enemy, EPMD, sean price, slum village, wax tailor, atmosphere, living legends, the roots!!!....

I kinda like "Clint Eastwood" but I don't actually own it. But rap in general gives me a headache after 30 seconds.

Some of Gorillaz's songs count as rap.

Brand Nubian, atmosphere, Monie "in the middle" love, yes!

I also kinda like that one song by Fort Minor, but I don't think Mike Shinoda is counted as real rap.

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