Let's talk great songs by non-so-great rappers
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Let's talk great songs by non-so-great rappers
I don't just mean rappers who flat out suck, but also rappers who might be talented but struggled to translate those talents into songs and rappers who might have been fine in groups or as weed carrier guests, but then shit the bed when it came to recording their own solo shit.
Some examples with some personal faves of mine:
Jae Millz - Sober
Best Max B swaggerjack ever from the archetypal amazing battle rapper who previously couldn't record a good song to save his life.
Cali Swag District - Teach Me How To Dougie
God has already taken 2 members of Cali Swag District back to the essence because they couldn't anything else that was anywhere near as bumpin' as this classic.
The New Style - Scuffin' Those Knees
The only banger by the group formed by Treach, Vin Rock & DJ Kay Gee in 1988 before they changed their name to Naughty By Nature in 1990, but what a banger.
Whistle - (Nothin' Serious) Just Buggin'
Top 5 dance record of all time, a Hyphy record 20 years before Hyphy existed. Also had an influence on Jerk.
Kirko Bangz - What Yo Name Iz?
R.I.P Drake, you were bodied with your own style by a 17 year old Texan midget (no The Brow during his teen years.)
House Of Pain - Shamrocks & Shenanigans
Everlast is the lesser talented Tarrie B, and plastic paddy Irish Americans are some of the most embarrassing people on the planet, but a banger is a banger.
Tyga - Rack City
I really like Tyga as a weed carrier on Young Money posse tracks like Roger That, The Motto and Senile but, yeah, this is his only jam thus far.
L Fudge - Liquid
L Fudge recorded 1 great song with Liquid and 1 aiight song with Show Me Your Grattitude, which puts him way ahead of that fucking hack Mos Def in the Rawkus canon.
Some examples with some personal faves of mine:
Jae Millz - Sober
Best Max B swaggerjack ever from the archetypal amazing battle rapper who previously couldn't record a good song to save his life.
Cali Swag District - Teach Me How To Dougie
God has already taken 2 members of Cali Swag District back to the essence because they couldn't anything else that was anywhere near as bumpin' as this classic.
The New Style - Scuffin' Those Knees
The only banger by the group formed by Treach, Vin Rock & DJ Kay Gee in 1988 before they changed their name to Naughty By Nature in 1990, but what a banger.
Whistle - (Nothin' Serious) Just Buggin'
Top 5 dance record of all time, a Hyphy record 20 years before Hyphy existed. Also had an influence on Jerk.
Kirko Bangz - What Yo Name Iz?
R.I.P Drake, you were bodied with your own style by a 17 year old Texan midget (no The Brow during his teen years.)
House Of Pain - Shamrocks & Shenanigans
Everlast is the lesser talented Tarrie B, and plastic paddy Irish Americans are some of the most embarrassing people on the planet, but a banger is a banger.
Tyga - Rack City
I really like Tyga as a weed carrier on Young Money posse tracks like Roger That, The Motto and Senile but, yeah, this is his only jam thus far.
L Fudge - Liquid
L Fudge recorded 1 great song with Liquid and 1 aiight song with Show Me Your Grattitude, which puts him way ahead of that fucking hack Mos Def in the Rawkus canon.
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The Game - Put You On The Game & Hate It Or Love It (2nd one barely counts)
Lord Jamar & DJ Vlad - White People Are Guests In The House Of Hip Hop
Erick Sermon - React & Music
Reflection Eternal - 2000 Seasons & The Blast
Lord Jamar & DJ Vlad - White People Are Guests In The House Of Hip Hop
Erick Sermon - React & Music
Reflection Eternal - 2000 Seasons & The Blast
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smh @ Shamrocks & Shenanigans. I was recently reminded of What Ya Wanna Do and some of Ice-T's weed carriers werent exactly blinding you with science but they sounded like Posdnous once that Cyril O Reily cunt popped up.
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Ill Al Skratch - Where My Homiez
Ahmad- Back In The Day
Nine - Whatchu Want
E-Rule - Listen Up
these might be more like one hit wonders. possibly not Ahmad & E-Rule, who were really good but never lived up to potential. Some of those Nine & Ill Al beats were way out of their leagues.
Ahmad- Back In The Day
Nine - Whatchu Want
E-Rule - Listen Up
these might be more like one hit wonders. possibly not Ahmad & E-Rule, who were really good but never lived up to potential. Some of those Nine & Ill Al beats were way out of their leagues.
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Everlast might have been corny but I fucks with On Point, Fed Up, and the Legend & Word Is Bond Remixes.
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Edit...tried to post vids but most the links didn't take...
CPO -Ballad of a menace
Bashton- More cheese
Madkap-Da whole kit and kaboodle
Slimm Calhoun- It's okay
Dred Scott- Can't hold it back
Darc Mind- Outside looking in
Finsta and Bundy- Spirit of the boogie
Jusitn Warfield- K sera sera
CPO -Ballad of a menace
Bashton- More cheese
Madkap-Da whole kit and kaboodle
Slimm Calhoun- It's okay
Dred Scott- Can't hold it back
Darc Mind- Outside looking in
Finsta and Bundy- Spirit of the boogie
Jusitn Warfield- K sera sera
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We're just going to be OK with somebody calling Eric Sermon "not so great?"
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Excellent call.Blockhead wrote:Edit...tried to post vids but most the links didn't take...
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Dids wrote:We're just going to be OK with somebody calling Eric Sermon "not so great?"
Let Jaz Down wrote:rappers who might have been fine in groups or as weed carrier guests, but then shit the bed when it came to recording their own solo shit.
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day & night - kid cudi
flawless - pfife
nobody - ruste juxx
every day is war - ali vegas
make this pussy nut - coco brown
flawless - pfife
nobody - ruste juxx
every day is war - ali vegas
make this pussy nut - coco brown
def a standout on his first album but game has too many bangers to qualify for this listLarry2times wrote:The Game - Put You On The Game
1. Nas
2. Drake
that's pretty much it fam.
2. Drake
that's pretty much it fam.
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Ali Vegas has way more bangers than gameEMCEE DARTH MALEK wrote:day & night - kid cudi
flawless - pfife
nobody - ruste juxx
every day is war - ali vegas
make this pussy nut - coco brown
def a standout on his first album but game has too many bangers to qualify for this listLarry2times wrote:The Game - Put You On The Game
#justsayin
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i feel like not enough people know about "The Cut Song" by Slimm Calhoun.
i've listend to "Mail" by Stitches way too many times in the last month, so I'll make that part of my list.
i've listend to "Mail" by Stitches way too many times in the last month, so I'll make that part of my list.
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Hell to the muthafuckin' no. Sermon had some joints, homie.Larry2times wrote:Dids wrote:We're just going to be OK with somebody calling Eric Sermon "not so great?"Let Jaz Down wrote:rappers who might have been fine in groups or as weed carrier guests, but then shit the bed when it came to recording their own solo shit.
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Blockhead wrote:Edit...tried to post vids but most the links didn't take...
CPO -Ballad of a menace
Bashton- More cheese
Madkap-Da whole kit and kaboodle
Slimm Calhoun- It's okay
Dred Scott- Can't hold it back
Darc Mind- Outside looking in
Finsta and Bundy- Spirit of the boogie
Jusitn Warfield- K sera sera
that whole dred scott - breakin' combs album was dope as shit to me.
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can we just put Jim Jones whole career into here
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I revisited it recently and it doesn't really hold up that well. When it came out I rocked like 4 or 5 joints off it though. But one of them was "My mind is driftin'" which is so corny now , i'm embarrassed I ever liked it.the dead poet wrote:Blockhead wrote:Edit...tried to post vids but most the links didn't take...
CPO -Ballad of a menace
Bashton- More cheese
Madkap-Da whole kit and kaboodle
Slimm Calhoun- It's okay
Dred Scott- Can't hold it back
Darc Mind- Outside looking in
Finsta and Bundy- Spirit of the boogie
Jusitn Warfield- K sera sera
that whole dred scott - breakin' combs album was dope as shit to me.
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The beats hold up nicely in my opinion, the rapping does notBlockhead wrote:I revisited it recently and it doesn't really hold up that well. When it came out I rocked like 4 or 5 joints off it though. But one of them was "My mind is driftin'" which is so corny now , i'm embarrassed I ever liked it.the dead poet wrote:Blockhead wrote:Edit...tried to post vids but most the links didn't take...
CPO -Ballad of a menace
Bashton- More cheese
Madkap-Da whole kit and kaboodle
Slimm Calhoun- It's okay
Dred Scott- Can't hold it back
Darc Mind- Outside looking in
Finsta and Bundy- Spirit of the boogie
Jusitn Warfield- K sera sera
that whole dred scott - breakin' combs album was dope as shit to me.
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Hell no, Jim Jones got joints for daysdrizzle wrote:can we just put Jim Jones whole career into here
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my joint. i stanned millz throughout the smackdvd days.Let Jaz Down wrote:
Jae Millz - Sober
Best Max B swaggerjack ever from the archetypal amazing battle rapper who previously couldn't record a good song to save his life.
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that awkward moment when you realize you and Escobar have the same avatar.drizzle wrote:can we just put Jim Jones whole career into here
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hence 'great songs by not so great rappers'.........Race Car Bed Sleeping Rapist Virgin wrote:Hell no, Jim Jones got joints for daysdrizzle wrote:can we just put Jim Jones whole career into here
http://www.steadybloggin.com - some of these are my thoughts yo
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Pretty much. You could say that about most of that kind of rap from that era. People "styling" rarely ages well.Race Car Bed Sleeping Rapist Virgin wrote:The beats hold up nicely in my opinion, the rapping does notBlockhead wrote:I revisited it recently and it doesn't really hold up that well. When it came out I rocked like 4 or 5 joints off it though. But one of them was "My mind is driftin'" which is so corny now , i'm embarrassed I ever liked it.the dead poet wrote:Blockhead wrote:Edit...tried to post vids but most the links didn't take...
CPO -Ballad of a menace
Bashton- More cheese
Madkap-Da whole kit and kaboodle
Slimm Calhoun- It's okay
Dred Scott- Can't hold it back
Darc Mind- Outside looking in
Finsta and Bundy- Spirit of the boogie
Jusitn Warfield- K sera sera
that whole dred scott - breakin' combs album was dope as shit to me.
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That's not the concept of the thread. The concept is rappers that are just ok and struggle to translate their talent into solo songs, but have an exception of one or 2 great songs in an otherwise sub par solo catalog.drizzle wrote:hence 'great songs by not so great rappers'.........Race Car Bed Sleeping Rapist Virgin wrote:Hell no, Jim Jones got joints for daysdrizzle wrote:can we just put Jim Jones whole career into here
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fair enough
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Have you heard his first album Double Or Nothing?Larry2times wrote:Dids wrote:We're just going to be OK with somebody calling Eric Sermon "not so great?"Let Jaz Down wrote:rappers who might have been fine in groups or as weed carrier guests, but then shit the bed when it came to recording their own solo shit.
Whether to Jason of Philaflava or John Podesta, I will speak my fucking perspective openly
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Had this on last night. Still bumps.
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