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Best rappers you don't like

hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
edited September 2011 in Strut Central
Speak on 'em.

For me, it's gotta be Ludacris and Twista. Those dudes certainly can rap, but I haven't heard anything by either in years that I wanted to hear a second time.

Side bet: How long before someone catches feelings in this thread?
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  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    hogginthefogg said:
    Side bet: How long before someone catches feelings in this thread?

    The first mention of Tupac.








    b/w

    Tupac
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    DB_Cooper said:

    Tupac

    Busta
    Common
  • GrandfatherGrandfather 2,303 Posts
    common,
    EMINEM (HATE HIM IN FACT)
  • HollafameHollafame 844 Posts
    co-sign on Em. Hot garbage since the soundbombing days.

    Also...Lil Wayne. Just can't connect with the hype
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    Luda, definitely. Hate his flow.

    Too Short

    T.I.
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,537 Posts
    bassie said:
    DB_Cooper said:

    Tupac

    cam'ron
  • barjesusbarjesus 872 Posts
    Jay-Z
    :necessary:
  • StoneHandsStoneHands 341 Posts
    Andre 3000

    is that blasphemous?
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    hogginthefogg said:
    Speak on 'em.

    For me, it's gotta be Ludacris and Twista. Those dudes certainly can rap, but I haven't heard anything by either in years that I wanted to hear a second time.

    Side bet: How long before someone catches feelings in this thread?

    Soon as you said Twista. I'm not your friend anymore.
  • hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
    Reynaldo said:
    Luda, definitely. Hate his flow.

    Too Short

    T.I.

    Too $hort has never been considered a "great rapper," has he? I love him, but his flow is not what I'd call super technical.

    And yeah, Eminem is pretty much the king of this category.
  • hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
    HarveyCanal said:
    Soon as you said Twista. I'm not your friend anymore.

    Feelings caught!
  • AlmondAlmond 1,427 Posts
    Eminem was the first to come to mind. Cannot stand his emo rapps about his dysfunctional family life and beefs with Mariah. 10-15 years later and he's still rapping about the same crap, with the same juvenile writing style.

    Nelly.
    Common.
    Master P.
  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,473 Posts
    bassie said:
    Busta

    I know this dude has plenty more "Don't Touch Me"-level cuts in him. I just know it. But he gets lazy and unfocused. Still, when he's on it, he's fantastic.

    For me, it's probably Wayne. I'm in the "Juvenile >> Wayne" contingent for sure.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    DJ_Enki said:
    I'm in the "Juvenile >> Wayne" contingent for sure.

    That's not a contingent. That's just reality, always has been.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Akways wanted to like him, but Banner pretty much sucks to me.

    And of course Jay-Z and Eminem go without saying.
  • ketanketan Warmly booming riffs 3,170 Posts
    Jay-Z (mid-to-late-period)
    Common (LWFC is fine)
    Beastie Boys (Licensed To Ill is fine)
    Aesop Rock
    Talib Kweli
    Kanye West

    I can't totally dislike Lil Wayne and Eminem - I've always been a sporadic fan.

    "Too $hort has never been considered a "great rapper," has he? I love him, but his flow is not what I'd call super technical."

    I'm not disagreeing with you about $hort Dog not being a very technical rapper, but it begs us to descend into an unwinnable argument about what a "great rapper" is.
  • TheKindCromangTheKindCromang 1,463 Posts
    ketan said:
    it begs us to descend into an unwinnable argument about what a "great rapper" is.

    Not to mention, if it's a rapper you don't like, chances are they aren't making your list of "Best Rappers" either
  • shooteralishooterali 1,591 Posts
    barjesus said:
    Jay-Z
    :necessary:
    This & Eminem
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    can we stick to rappers considered BEST instaed if whom u dont like?

    Talib Kwali, Ludacris and Twista have never been considered top 25 rappers.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    batmon said:
    can we stick to rappers considered BEST instaed if whom u dont like?

    Talib Kwali, Ludacris and Twista have never been considered top 25 rappers.

    What I've seen is that Twista has indeed within the past 10 years worked his way into that conversation.
  • ketanketan Warmly booming riffs 3,170 Posts
    ^ So what's the list of rappers considered to be top 25?

    I think all of those that you mention are known for their skills, rather than as "flash-in-the-pan ass rappers". That's good enough for me...some people think they are genuinely GOOD rappers, but I can't hang...
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    batmon said:
    can we stick to rappers considered BEST instaed if whom u dont like?

    Talib Kwali, Ludacris and Twista have never been considered top 25 rappers.

    I think Twista is up there.
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,537 Posts
    if we're starting with "greatest rappers" and going backwards from there.....

    ...... i've always been on the fence with sadat x. love/hate kinda thing.
  • neil_somethingneil_something 993 Posts
    Tupac, obviously.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    smh.
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,537 Posts
    HarveyCanal said:
    smh.

    are you mad that we're not hating texas raps enough?!?!


    CLASSIC.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Naw, I've always frowned at those who can't appreciate 2Pac.

  • staxwaxstaxwax 1,474 Posts
    Tupac
    Eminem
    50 Cent
    Jay Z
    Andre 3000
    Ludacris
    Twista
    E40
    Kanye
    Common
    Bussabus
    Lil Wayne etc.
    TI
    Master P
    Nelly


    Im sure im forgetting a few
    I wouldnt blink if any of their catalogues were wiped out

    and a special shoutout goes to all those emorappy singsong rappers. rapsinging is as cringeworthy as musical flash mobbing. GTFOOHWTBS
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    ...and transmitting live from Planet Bankrupt.
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    I can appreciate and hate at the same time. File under Tupac and Em. I can see why people rate them high, but I think they are unbearable.

    I'm disconnected - is the general hip hop consensus that Kanye is a great rapper?
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