Dose One (cLOUDDEAD etc): best live rapper I’ve ever seen.
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I’ll add to this already world class list but some of best MCs I’ve ever seen live include,
Eyewear (RIP)
Blueprint (I have no idea if Blueprint the singer is also the MC I’m referencing here, but the MC Blueprint could Rio it live).
Jurassic 5
People Under The Stairs (RIP)
Common (Audiotistica 2001?)
Hip Hop shows can be hit and miss and I’ve seen some really great MCs who did not transition well live, but the above just slayed it.
Now I’m getting off topic.
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Doom
(got more soul than a sock with a hole)
Kool g rap
Treach
Nas
Gza
Black thought
Kool Keith
Pharaoh Monch
And I don’t know what happened to Dinco D from leaders of the new school but I liked him too.
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Busdriver
Eyedea
Touch A.C.
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Kick push kick push kick push coooaassttt
Lupe
Ya know I never heard of MF DOOM until he died. Not bad though. I never been big into hip hop but I do like it. I guess this is one of my favourites:
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Jeru tha Damaja has always been my favorite solo rapper then Guru
Duos: Tribe, Blackstar, and the goat duo of all time is Method Man and Redman
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Aesop Rock FTW!
I really don’t care much for rap, but I really dig Aesop.
He’s pretty clever with his word selection, and I enjoy the stories he tells in his songs.
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“Mural” by Lupe is maybe the ultimate “lyrical” hip hop track ever. The metaphors unfold like a never-ending fractal
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Mikah9
Jean Grae
Kool Keith
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Predator era Ice Cube or Jurassic 5 for me.
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West side till I die!
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Oh yeah, or him
Party Music still gets regular spins for me, definitely feel like he doesn’t come up enough in these conversations.
Surprised we got so many posts in before he got a mention.
My top in no particular order
MF DOOM
Pharoahe Monch
Guru
Aesop Rock
A Tribe Called Quest(I’m not picking one member)
Black Thought
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Global Phlowtations
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This is a very appropriate video for this thread:
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In no order…
Big Daddy Kane
Ice T
Edan
Guru
Shock G
And many, many more…
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thugcore cowboy is one of the greatest sample gems of all time fight me
I listen to that (instrumental) all the time. surprised to see a jehst mention on here though. love jehst
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