Favorite Rapper and Why is it MF DOOM?

I had a whole rant typed out about people always saying Pac and Biggie, and how I wonder if they’d still be held to such a high regard had they not been murdered, but realized it was a bit whinny. So anyways…

Who’s your favorite lyricists?

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For me, it’s got to be M. Sayyid of Antipop Consortium. No one will convince me otherwise.

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Rakim

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Not a fan of either.

Chuck d, rakim , scroobius pip, q-tip

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Chuck D

KRS One

Edit: Scarface

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sage francis pre bloat… mf doom post operation doomsday … planet asia always … too many to list or choose one in any coherent manner.

goat doesn’t exist if you’re objective about it.

not jay z though. sorry fans.

kool g rap, eyedea, eric sermon, ACEYALONE, I don’t have all day here…

aesop rock

lyrics born, kool keith, el producto, eligh, mac mall, slick rick.

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Gift

Of

Gab

(RIP)

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The Blastmaster is untouchable, agreed

Number one, two, three, four and five

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RIP

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MF DOOM.

As if you didn’t all caps it!

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Jam Baxter. Jehst. Cappo. Kashmere. Dike

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all dope songs should be 2 minutes and 14 seconds long so I can go uuuuuunnhhhhh and get on with the rest of my day.

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That bloke in that dj shadow track … erm …. Hang on I’ll google things.

Run the jewels.

  • Yasiin Bey (aka the artist formerly known as Mos Def)
  • Talib Kweli
  • Nas (AZ was also great, QBs Finest)
  • Guru
  • Wu-Tang

There are more but these come to mind first.

Biggie and Tupac…I understand their importance for hip hop and their impact at the time, but was myself never a fan of either one’s music.

EDIT: I actually think the Wu-Tang Clan’s impact on hip hop globally was more significant than Biggie’s and Pac’s.

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I should not have left out guru. I feel like a toy now.

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Full clip, you don’t wanna mess with it.

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like constellations reflect, at night, off the lake.

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And Roxanne Shante

I’ve not listened to mf doom as far as I remember.

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Sinners…

If ya know ya know.

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start with something easy to digest like gazillian ear, if you like that he can take you anywhere.

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