Hip hop that doesn't suck

[noctuary]

It's rare, isn't it? Since I don't think this idea has been done, here's a thread to talk about the hip hop music you might like. I anticipate a quick death. Anyway, here's my list:

Viktor Vaughan (MF Doom, Mad Villain)
MC Chris
Styles of Beyond
Eric B and Rakim
NWA
Wu Tang (old)
MC Frontalot

Anyone else?

[The STE]

I like Outcast, Kanye West, ICP, Twiztid, and a couple others

[urgeok]

black sheep
tribe called quest
de la soul
jungle brothers

[alkytrio666]

Danger Doom.

[sinistar]

there's some decent hip hop/rap out there, but you usually don't find it on MTV or mainstream radio... it's the underground stuff you'll hear on college radio... and they're always groups I never remember the names of...

[Elvis_Christ]

Originally posted by noctuary
NWA
Wu Tang (old)


I listen to those guys heaps at the moment. Old Public Enemy is pretty down too and I like Gravediggas. But yeh Im just discovering this stuff myself....

[The_Return]

Buck 65

Very, very cool artist. Almost a mix of rap, rock and country...Im diggin' him lately.

[VampiricClown]

:eek: You mean they actually make some that's worth listening to?? OMG!

[cheebacheeba]

Lewis Logic
Twiztid
Grand Buffet
Chamillionaire
Jamie Fox
Kool Keith
Marz
The Pharcyde

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by cheebacheeba

Jamie Fox



He sings doesn't he.

[cheebacheeba]

He released a hiphop/rnb album yeah, called...unpredictable, I think. Pretty damn solid and some fine supporting acts for a first album...

[AUSTIN316426808]

Originally posted by cheebacheeba
He released a hiphop/rnb album yeah, called...unpredictable, I think. Pretty damn solid and some fine supporting acts for a first album...


I know about the album and like the 3 songs I've heard from it. But since you put it on a rap list, I guess what I was trying to do is ask if there's some songs on there where he flat out raps? Not the half and half thing where he's not quite singing but kinda just harmonizing the rhymes.

[cheebacheeba]

Hip hop that doesn't suck
Not rap...true, his stuff is more towards rnb, an he doesn't rap HIMSELF, some of the artists on the ALBUM rap though (Ludacris, Twista, snoop, the game among a few others)...but I definately think the ALBUM comes under hiphop on the whole.
But, that could just by by my own definitions. To me, there's rap and rnb each on different ends of the scale, hiphop can fall anywhere between...combining or containing elements of either or both.
Yeah, like I said, it's more TOWARDS the rnb side of the scale, but yeah to me, the album's hiphop, and it doesn't suck...

[AUSTIN316426808]

I get what you're saying, hip hop is more of a generalization than rap.

[GOODandEVIL666]

danger doom, some of outkasts stuff is ok, n the lower grade underground rap is ok the ones that noone knows about

[GOODandEVIL666]

then again i dont think youd find me listening to it alone

[Korpse]

NWA
Public Enemy
MC Lars
Har Mar Superstar
Goldie Lookin Chain
Wu Tang

[knife_fight]

nwa, public enemy, old wu tang, tribe called quest, de la soul, jurassic 5, kool keith (in his many incarnations), and some of that "chopped and screwed" shit too

I guess that's about all I like. I'm sure there's some more good stuff out there, I'm just more apathetic about music, and especially hip hop, than I was 5 to 10 years ago.

[Paul Is Dead]

I like the Beastie Boys, but I'm not sure if they count or not. :D

[The Mothman]

i tend to like hip hop that sucks, like Old Dirty bastard (RIP)

[kpropain]

Originally posted by The Mothman
i tend to like hip hop that sucks, like Old Dirty bastard (RIP)

Old Dirty Bastard is one of the only few rap/hip hop artist I can appreciate.

[ItsAlive75]

Jurassic 5
De La Soul
Dr. Octagon