Do you like gangsta rap?

[XDel]

Seriously, though, if you just want something that is vulgar and loaded with themes from the rule of the jungle, then you want Kool Keith's latest, Magnetic Pimp Force Field.

If you want to go old school, then I'd have to start with Gang Starr, Public Enemy, or BDP's Criminal Minded. Or you could go on back to, Run-DMC, Grandmaster Flash, The Last Poets and Gil Scott Heron. Of course if you are talking pimps, hoes and such, then you want Ultramagnetic M.C.'s (smack my bitch up).

Moving it forward, Dre went from "Egypt Egypt" to World Class Wrecking Crew, on to NWA, and that was the last of his best as far as I'm concerned. Likewise, NWA only remained relevant to me in their first album, and each of their first solo albums. Beyond that, it began to suck for the most part, maybe Cube being the exception. D.O.C. couldn't help his accident, so that is what that is.

Beyond that, the rest of the gangster scene sucks. Dead Prez is good though, Immortal Technique, Jedi Mind Tricks, Payday Monsanto, El Da Sensei and The Returners, Killer Mike, ELP, Pharoahe Monch, Billy Woods, Super Chron Flight Brothers, Armand Hammer, etc. Not sure what everyone here refers to as "gangster", but it's street, it's life, it's the world, is about solutions rather than mere pollution.

 

[gamefan5]

I love East coast Rap
West side Rap
Old school rap (80's-90's)
Hate the mainstream rap of today (abeit a few exceptions like Eminem and a few others)

 

[flabulousfreddy]

Lots of niggas nowadays don't even know what good rap is. Eazy E and Ice Cube were good rappers.

A-FUCKING-MEN!

A lot of these fucking kids these days think of "gangsta" as a bunch of fucking idiots getting drunk, going clubbing, and talking about all the shit they got. I grew up near Newark. Next town over. I grew up with REAL Gangsta Rap. N.W.A., KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, Biggie(and Junior M.A.F.I.A.), 2Pac and the other shit that wasn't rap, but was a part of the culture like Jodeci, A Tribe Called Quest, etc.

Gangsta rap had soul, it had a message. It was a warning. "This is what I went through, here's why you should try to get out". It was a form of therapy, an outlet.

Now, it's just all bullshit and studio made.

I miss those old days man. We memorized the songs so much, we could spit word for word, even the DIRTY version. We used to spit with the radio and fill in the skips where the curses were.

Let me share one that a lot of people seem to have forgotten. If you remember this, you WERE there for the good old days:

 

[RevPokemon]

A-FUCKING-MEN!

A lot of these fucking kids these days think of "gangsta" as a bunch of fucking idiots getting drunk, going clubbing, and talking about all the shit they got. I grew up near Newark. Next town over. I grew up with REAL Gangsta Rap. N.W.A., KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, Biggie(and Junior M.A.F.I.A.), 2Pac and the other shit that wasn't rap, but was a part of the culture like Jodeci, A Tribe Called Quest, etc.

Gangsta rap had soul, it had a message. It was a warning. "This is what I went through, here's why you should try to get out". It was a form of therapy, an outlet.

Now, it's just all bullshit and studio made.

I miss those old days man. We memorized the songs so much, we could spit word for word, even the DIRTY version. We used to spit with the radio and fill in the skips where the curses were.

Let me share one that a lot of people seem to have forgotten. If you remember this, you WERE there for the good old days:

Makes me sad because although I was born in 96 and missed those days when I started to listen to hip hop I found I liked run dmc , geto boys,tupac, biggie, Beastie boys,wu tang, nwa, lakim shabazz, BDP, and what not then I discovered some good mainstream rappers like eminem,nas,jay z, outkast and Kendrick Lamar in addition to god Indy/underground like run the jewels, el p, slugg, rob sonic, and Aesop rock.
Either way I upsets me my pal will listen to that YMCMB crap but not good stuff

 

[prowler]

i too like nicki minaj

 

[RevPokemon]

i too like nicki minaj

And I suppose you only like her for her musical abilities and nothing else.

 

[purupuru]

Gangsta rap? Is that some kind of joke? Most of those so called gangstas keepin it real are living pampered life styles. Sure they're gangstas

 

[Jayro]

Any fans of Slimthug or Scarface? I love then niggas.:3

 

[RevPokemon]

Any fans of Slimthug or Scarface? I love then niggas.:3

I'm from Houston so I know about those two and can say i love scareface in geto boys and as a single. I'm not a huge slim thug fan but he is better then most of the current crap rappers.

 

[Jayro]

I'm from Houston so I know about those two and can say i love scareface in geto boys and as a single. I'm not a huge slim thug fan but he is better then most of the current crap rappers.

I love geto boys, and have ever since I bought the Office Space soundtrack. :3

 

[RevPokemon]

I love geto boys, and have ever since I bought the Office Space soundtrack. :3

Sweet! Yeah the geto boys are probably the most underrated rap group of all time and what they accomplished was huge plus they were one of the first great groups (or artist for that matter) that wasnt from Cali or NY .

 

[flabulousfreddy]

Any Immortal Technique fans here?

 

[RevPokemon]

Any Immortal Technique fans here?

He is really great easily top 5 indy/underground rappers currently in the game

 

[geishroy]

I'll just leave this here:

 

[RevPokemon]

I'll just leave this here:

Great song but my personal all time favorite BDP song is the bridge is over. The way it samples its still rock and roll to me is truly brilliant.

 

[XDel]

I stand corrected, The Ghetto Boys were good!

Also, Mad Lion is from Texas!

 

[RevPokemon]

I stand corrected, The Ghetto Boys were good!

Also, Mad Lion is from Texas!

Yeah Texas has some good rappers although its still not a rap area like NYC,LA,Chicago ,and Atlanta.

 

[DinohScene]

Money, woman, guns, killing people, police being bastards.
All the rapsongs ever made are about that.

No I don't like rap.
However, there's one song from Ice cube which I do like, mainly cause of it being in GTA SA.

 

[RevPokemon]

Money, woman, guns, killing people, police being bastards.
All the rapsongs ever made are about that.

No I don't like rap.
However, there's one song from Ice cube which I do like, mainly cause of it being in GTA SA.

Thats fact rap a lot of good rap is thought provoking and makes you think (try Aesop rock's none shall pass if you think rap is nonsense about violence)

 

[DinohScene]

Thats fact rap a lot of good rap is thought provoking and makes you think (try Aesop rock's none shall pass if you think rap is nonsense about violence)

Couldn't care less.
Don't like it in general, don't going to listen to it as well.