"real" hip hop

of course everyone has their own opinion of what "real" hip hop is... no one can really define what the word real means, especially with hip hop expanding as a genre. but here are some of my favorite artists, feel free to contribute...

a tribe called quest
aesop rock
beastie boys
blackalicious
busta rhymes (early stuff)
common
eminem (some)
j-live
jay-z
jurassic 5
k-os
kanye west
lauryn hill (when she was a rapper)
MF doom and madlib (madvillain)
missy elliot (yeah, the beats are hot)
mobb deep
mos def
nas
notorious BIG
outkast
people under the stairs
the roots
royce da 5'9
snoop dogg (early stuff)
talib kweli
tupac
wu-tang

 

The Pharcyde
Spearhead (Michael Franti)
Cypress Hill (Not the rock stuff)

 

i thought 2pac was pretty good but some of his stuff is..repetpetive or whatever haha and yes snoop was good back then..now he sucks and hes on a whole buncha lame commercials haha! and jay-z thinks hes like the best rapper alive. oh and nas is alright sometimes and I like nappy roots

 

Guru

 

Only hiphop I listen to regularly is Spearhead...

 

hmmm,
Afroman, his lyrics are out way out there.
Eminem, well a lotta ppl hate his guts but you cant deny that he is one of the most skilled rappers on the planet. The only person that I can think of that would be able to hang with his freestyle would be Lil' Flip.

Master P (early stuff)
50 cent (another one with good lyrics)

 

i'd be willing to show you some new stuff man, maybe you'd enjoy it.

 

There's so much good hip-hop apart from the shit-hop on MTV.

De La Soul
The Herbaliser
Public Enemy

Hip-Hop dj wise
Q-Bert
Dj Craze
Scratch Perverts
Cut-Chemist
Dj Shadow etc etc.

I saw Michael Franti play a festival in Ireland last year, he was brilliant, there was a real energy about his performance.

 

endtroducing is a sick album bro...

 

Yeah man, it's fan-fuckin-tastic! Have his secong album Private Press aswell which is pretty cool aswell. He has a savage mix cd called Brainfreeze he did with Cut-Chemisst, the two of them on 4 decks and 2 mixers mixing all 7" soul records, it's fuckin superb, check it out if you get a chance. Also Q-bert did a Dj Shadow megamix which is well worth checking out, came as the second cd on Shadows Pre-Emptove strike album.

 

I cant believe that you guys can say REAL hiphop and completely forget about "the teacher" KRS-one, by far the greatest lyricist of all time when it comes to hiphop. As for Jay-Z.... he does nothng but bite rhymes, he has no skill, over-rated rapper if i've ever seen one, and 50cent??? damn another waste of good talent gone to mainstream, he was good when he was underground, then mtv/eminem had to ruin it. Oh another REAL hiphop star DJ Screw, the inventor of "Chopped and Screwed" what the south is famous for

 

amg
doc
masta ace
heiro
living legends
souls of mischeif
kool keith
ultramagnetic emcees
black moon
boot camp clik
COLD CRUSH!

 

Yeah.... I like Franti and Spearhead... they're really great. They're different from others in the genre.

 

you forgot krs 1
spearhead

 

Goddamn! No one's said Public Enemy!

 

You, my friend, have just impressed me! I didn't expect anyone on this site to know about DJ Screw or chopped and screwed music. I'm from Houston so I listen to alot of Houston rap (Chamillionaire, Slim Thug, Trae, Z-Ro, 50/50 and a bunch of others).

 

Mos Def is one of the few rappers that I actually respect.

 

Yea, if i listen to any rap anymore, which is pretty rare these days, im listening to nothin but the south, swisha house and all them boys, the south is full of unsigned hype, and i hope it stays that way, then they always will be keeping it real, unlike all these east/west coast rappers that sell out the minute they hit the light....

as a side note.... sad that the south lost one of their greatest duos to the east coast.... 8ball & MJG

 

shit man, i know all about krs...

sometimes i make these posts and don't really list everyone that i have on my playlist. sorry bro...

 

Gotta love the southern rap...Screw, South Park Mexican
I find SPM to have very clever lyrics, with fresh beats. Pharcyde too, always fresh. Lots of people down here LOVE all the Lil Scrappy, Lil John, and Trillville stuff. I'm still warmin up to it, we like to smoke while listenin to the southern rap