Favorite Rappers? Or lines.

[Kakarot]

the South ruined HipHop..

I hate when folks say this. Especially when there's good southern hip hop out there.

But anyways, my personal favs, are:

Big Krit

Tito Lopez

Phonte/Little Brother

Big Boi/Outkast(he just dropped a decent album..a tad bit experimental, but I liked it)

UGK

[panther4life]

Not sure how old you are and how far back you've gone but here's some of my fav's (mostly their early 90's and eary 00's). This is from a guy that could care less about 90% of the rap to come out in the past 10 years, but loves a ton of the stuff from the 10 years before that. Some of the rappers I list are still going today but their best work has been out for years.

Groups.

The Lox(Jadakiss and Styles did some nice solo albums as well)

Bone

Outkast

Mobb Deep

Fugees

Wutang(9 deep of former solo artist that all did good work on their own)

G-unit( 50 and his boys...of these young buck and llyod banks had the best solo albums)

3 6 mafia(this is just catchy rap that appeals to you the most when your intoxicated)

Solo Artist(parenthesese includes some of their best artist on their label)

Jay-z-memphis Bleek, Beanie Sigel

Pac(Outlawz)

Nas

Eminem

Dmx

Snoop

Dre

Big

50 Cent( Get rich or die trying album)

Game (first 2 ablums only)

Jeezy(first 2 albums)

Some old "no limit" poo, this includes Master P,Soulja Slim, Mystikal,Juvenille, etc.

Ja rule(venna vetta vicci album only, then he started getting all poppy after that and sucked).

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

Also, nobody has mentioned Lupe yet, and I think his originality and political awareness garners him a nomination.

The Cool and Food & Liquor are two of the best albums of the 2000's.

Lasers was a label pushed letdown, but it still has a few gems (All Black Everything, Words I Never Said)

Food & Liquor II was very solid too, but it almost felt like the politics were too pushed and apparent.

None the less, he's brilliant.

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

One of my favorite verses on F&L II...

As archaeologists dig in the deserts of the east

A pit a hundred meters wide and a hundred meters deep

They discover ancient cars on even older streets

And a city well preserved and most likely at its peak

A culture so advanced, and by condition of the teeth

They can tell that they were civil, not barbaric in the least

A society at peace. With liberty and justice for all

Neatly carved in what seems to be a wall

They would doubt that there was any starvation at all

That they pretty much had the poverty problem all solved

From the sheer amount of paper, most likely used for trade

Everything's so organized. They had to be well behaved

Assumed they had clean energy, little to no enemies

Very honest leaders with overwhelming sympathies

Religions kinda complex, kinda hard to figure out

And this must be the temple

This White House

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

And a few Cudi bars. Just throwing stuff on here while listening to music now.

I know it's easy to imagine, but it's easier to just do

See, if you can't do what you imagine

Then what is imagination to you?

Just a waste of space in your brain

To take the place of hate or things all the same

[scarface]

Biggie (favorite)

2Pac

Eminem

Jay-Z

Kanye

Nas

Tech N9ne

Wu-Tang

Fugees

Outkast

Bone Thugs

Beastie Boys

as far as new rappers I like:

Kendrick Lamar

J.Cole

Hopsin

Childish Gambino

[h0llywood]

http://youtu.be/1TDaOb-S9yQ?t=1m28s

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

http://youtu.be/1TDaOb-S9yQ?t=1m28s

Ahh, yes. Although this is my favorite...

[Dpantherman]

Just wanted to pass this along for those that didn't see it. Kendrick killed on SNL last week.

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

How can any self respecting hip hop fan not mention this PIONEER!

but seriously Tribe Called Quest, EPMD, the Pharcyde, Outkast, Kid Cudi, Eric B and Rakim..heck I even like X Clan, Public Enemy and NWA but I feel so old naming groups that are really old school.

no Brian Austin Green

[VGcollector]

My favorite rapper right now is childish gambino.

[Wolf Stansson]

Ice T

Ice Cube

[Falcons1stPanthers2nd]

And the south didn't kill rap. White kids in the suburbs who buy the albums ruined hip hop. Consumer demands. Consumer gets.

UGK

Outkast

Pastor Troy

Scarface

Geto Boys

8 ball and MJG

Goodie Mobb

Nappy Roots

2 live crew

Dirty

Some old 3 6 poo.

[Kakarot]

And the south didn't kill rap. White kids in the suburbs who buy the albums ruined hip hop. Consumer demands. Consumer gets.

UGK

Outkast

Pastor Troy

Scarface

Geto Boys

8 ball and MJG

Goodie Mobb

Nappy Roots

2 live crew

Dirty

Some old 3 6 poo.

That's a hell of a list right there. You've got some good taste, dude. I forgot about Nappy Roots...one of my favorite groups as well. I might take a ride to Charlotte today listening and just vibe to some of these artists. My road rage will be too high if I play some P Troy or old 3 6 haha.

Edit: and another rapper I left off my fav rappers list is Freddie Gibbs.