Some of the better lyricists and musicians in rap and hiphop?
Going old school, I’ve always admired Chuck D’s powerful voice and his lauded expression and articulation in his delivery. Along those lines, Outkast’s voices and hooks are classic. And Nas’s lyrics are as good as anything ever released in the genre. You combine PE’s Nation of Millions with Nas’ Illmatic and sprinkle in some "Ms. Jackson" and you have the first 20 years of hiphop.
Nowadays Anderson .Paak delivers beautifully, as did Mac Miller (rip).
Please note the topic and add constructively to the conversation.
Would it doom thris thread if I mentioned Gil Scott-Heron? LOL. Certainly Robert Glasper could be considered an amazing musician who dabbles in the genre.
Quincy Jones, and countless other musicians who the Rap-haters would likely consider to be "legitimate", have also incorporated Rap into their music.
This place is getting sad. Same people repeating same blather over and over desperate for attention at expense of others.
Hopefully if this thread gets trashed and deleted as has every other rap thread recently the root cause will be addressed and deleted not just the evidence. Hopefully the thread survives and its the proven hate mongers get the axe.
Would it doom thris thread if I mentioned Gil Scott-Heron? LOL. Certainly Robert Glasper could be considered an amazing musician who dabbles in the genre.
Millercarbon, where did those "Rappers" come from; did you walk out your door one day and it was raining "Rappers".
No, they are descendants of slaves. How did slaves get here? That's far enough for now.
Why was the Republican Party founded? To end slavery. By the time of the Civil War not a single republican owned a slave. Who actually ended slavery? Republican president Abraham Lincoln. Hillary Clinton, who was her greatest role model? Democrat Senator Robert Byrd, former Grand Dragon in the KKK.
Let's go more recent. Which president made stopping human trafficking a priority? Republican Donald Trump. Who opened the border creating a huge financial incentive for it to return? Democrat Joe Biden.
Don't bring this stuff up, make your one uninformed comment and then say that's far enough. I never start these things. It is always SJW snowflakes so incapable of actual virtue all they can do is wave their virtue signals. Well fine, but if you do that maybe you need to learn your warped world view really is pathetic and warped. I mean, a freaking KKK Grand Dragon, served his whole life a democrat, and you have the gall.... beyond the pale.
I was telling my students that country and rap have in common the ability to deliver a great metaphor or play on language that makes you look at things differently.
Good approach. I never gravitated to either genre, but learned plenty through just modest exposure.
I was telling my students that country and rap have in common the ability to deliver a great metaphor or play on language that makes you look at things differently.
Like in "Django Jane" when Janelle monae is talking about being devalued as a female rapper by the entertainment industry and "I cut em off, I cut em off, I cut em off like Van Gogh." Followed by " move back, take a seat, you were not involved And hit the mute button Let the vagina have a monologue…"
Yes! My former wife introduced me to MC Solaar. She was a French teacher and thus could understand his lyrics. I could not, but his music and delivery really hooked me.
You guys are nothing if not persistent. However notice every single time actual rap lyrics are posted someone complains and they are removed because they are RACIST, PROFANE, and MISOGYNIST!
The one exception was one that was in FRENCH! But even that one, if anyone bothered to figure it out, the woman went with an abuser of women because she was a masochist. So like I said, MISOGYNIST!
Carry on fellas, in your little echo chamber, but do it without me. The mods should remove this one JUST LIKE THE OTHERS which exist for no reason other than to gaslight people into thinking the most PROFANE, RACIST and MISOGYNIST music ever is actually really just all fine and dandy.
It ain’t. You admire it, you ain’t either. That simple.
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