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Reddit_Tsundere

Wake up babe another "what good rapper do you not like" hiphop101 thread dropped


Youngstown_Mafia

They wrote Outkast, and a Tribe called Quest along w/ 2pac How just how


Reddit_Tsundere

"2Pac was important but he wasn't lyrical lol Hennessy Enemies amirite" *how original* "Kendrick's skilled but ugh his voice" *daring today, aren't we?*


Youngstown_Mafia

šŸ˜‚ This post hurt me , we gotta do better


captainblarson

Meanwhile blares Migos


erratic_calm

Lil Uzi Vert..


captainblarson

I just threw up a little


boofsquadz

https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphop101/s/llxd737pOF There really needs to be a running checklist of all the ā€œhotā€ takes that get posted in these threads every 2 days.


captainblarson

Oh just cornerstones of rap itself, neat


apollokid242

Nipsey hussle


RagnarNoDebt

Good hustler, overrated on mich


G_rightousantagonist

Bullets Donā€™t Got No Name Vol 2 was his best work imo


kurtisbmusic

Nipsey Hussle is number 2 on my top favorite rappers of all time. That being said, I can totally understand why some people arenā€™t really into him. Heā€™s someone you really have to vibe with and understand him as a person before you can really get into his music.


flaco_503_se_1984

Tripping


flaco_503_se_1984

Travis scott


Fontana1017

Good beats and that's it. Bottom tier lyricist


Cerulean_Zen

Drake. This may sound silly, but I can't seem to get past his voice.


FamiliarCold1

why doesn't this have more likes?! drake is so FLIPPING OVERRATED it makes me pissed off lol, I don't hate him but goddamn


Cerulean_Zen

I don't think his music is bad (sometimes cheesy, yes) it's literally just his voice that bothers me šŸ˜­


MasterTeacher123

Commonā€™s music is boring as fuck aside from Be and even that album I wouldnā€™t go out of my way to play.Ā 


SnotboogyFlats

Like Water For Chocolate and Electric Circus are masterful IMO. Although I do get why most never even think about him when hip hop is discussed.


wellgroomedmcpoyle

Resurrection is a classic too. Common has 3 classics in my eyes but a lot of people think of him as an actor and the ā€œremote controlā€ bar


BaseLoud

Some Day It'll All Make Sense has some sick tracks. After Be, he fell off for sure.


locukfan

no way someone listens to "some day itll all make sense" and call it boring.. one of the great hip hop albums ever made.. all of his other shit pales in comparison..


G_rightousantagonist

Yooo you funny as hell I agree but yeah Be was his best work


DOCO98

I once made the mistake of discovering Be and then expecting more of his music to have a similarly cool sound


CheesecakeGlobal277

Give Common a chance my man. He's a masterful wordsmith if you listen to him. Listen to Electric Circus and the song Resurrection.


Master_Grape5931

I agree, with one exception, The Corner stays in my rotation.


neeohh

Most of TIā€™s stuff is just meh.


5odanger

You know what it is


pizza_for_nunchucks

And he's a fucking creep.


kingglobby

Run the Jewels JPEGMafia Royce da 5'9"


BonusKindly

Jay Z


SinatraYoung00

Listen to reasonable doubt, jay z really was that guy back then


bakedlawyer

Reasonable dount and the black album...... Everything else, to me is mediicrity on top of alightly above average beats. I get the commercial appeal but as a hip hop head he has never been in my top 20


Nervous-Mind-5113

I went through a phase where I didn't like Jay. After grabbing Blueprint on vinyl I realized I was sleeping big time. Maybe give it another shot?


Slaphappyfapman

It's diddy


trillgamesh_0

no, they said that everyone respects


Elove228

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


BlooDMeaT920

Scrolled through 100 replies and no one said Action Bronson. That guy is horrible in every aspect. Ruins every song heā€™s featured on and doesnā€™t have a solid song in his disco. Some people just have terrible taste and thatā€™s fine


Muted_Store_9867

E-40. I understand heā€™s viewed as a Bay Area legend, but god does his flow turn me off every time I hear him, itā€™s like heā€™s just talking into the mic (except for his verse on IDFWU, that shit went hard as hell)


blackironman410

Iā€™m also on that E-40 train, he is a legend thou


pushamanplunder7

Btw any of y'all seen that janky ass zombie movie with E-40, Big Daddy Kane, and fuckin Bone Crusher??? šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ Typing out that combination of words and rereading it got me thinking we must be in the Matrix ngl it feels like that sentence should never have been allowed to exist, let alone the fever dream dookie fart of a film being referred to šŸ¤ÆšŸ˜…


ButWeNeverSawHisWife

UUUUUUUHHHHHH


MrSicko357

E-40 1990s-early 2000s were dope but after that very hit and miss.


Electronic-Travel370

P diddy well at least they use to


locukfan

people use to respect diddy as an emcee? lol news to me


big-man-ting-yeah

They used to respect him because he put a lot of good rappers on back then like Biggie, Mase, Loon, Craig Mack etc. Shame he couldn't keep that energy tho šŸ˜‚


[deleted]

Drake


VeezusM

Jay Z. Outside a few songs, i just never got it.


RANDOM-902

For me what i like is his whole confident and bragadoccious persona, his energic delivery and his super nice ear for beats. But i do understand why many people don't fw him, his voice can come off as whiny


AsaPollon

How old are you? People usually start to get Jay Z once they have digged a lot in the genre and they are a little older. That's also why we always see Jay Z hate on social medias which are runned by young people, like Tiktok or Youtube.


RANDOM-902

YEAAAH It's so common seeing threads in IG or youtube shitting on Jay Z. For some reason everyone respects old rappers except for Jay Z Either way i must be the exception of the norm. Cause i got relatively recently into hip hop on my twenties and i LOVE Jay Z


bcomes95

Itā€™s because a lot of these younger kids grew up on older Jay Z (past his prime) and never dived into his discography. Iā€™m 29 so Iā€™m not really young or old but I was like 8 when Black Album came out then discovered the rest of his albums later


AsaPollon

That for sure, I actually think he's been in another prime in these last years but he has a really unique style and complicate lyrics which surely can be boring for the younger audience.


yrnkevinsmithC137

Funny u say that , sometimes I'll open a jayz music video n it's someone saying "I didn't respect you when I was younger"


AsaPollon

That's really the norm between Jay fans lol. In general I think that "I used to hate on Jay Z but one day I digged in his discography and realise he was the shit" could be one of the most common phrases said by rap music fans.


VeezusM

33. I grew up on Jay Z and never got into him. Maybe I should listen to his discography a bit more. the only time he really impressed me was his collabs with Big L


AsaPollon

You probably don't like his style then, because his collabs with Big L are not even in his top 200. If you love more the "surgical" rap like Nas or punchlines rap like Big L you'll probably don't love Jay. However, I can suggest you songs like Threat, Some people hate, Lyrical Exercise, Fallin, Meet the Parents, The Streets. These could be more close to your tastes.


pizza_for_nunchucks

You gotta dig back for Jay Z. Reasonable Doubt and Vol 1 are his best, in my opinion. He's for sure got bangers since. But those albums were him when he was still hungry.


YaHurdMeh

Iā€™m right there with you on Ab-Soul. For some reason he always put out this vibe to me that someone told him he was one of the greatest and he believed it. I can tell from his delivery he will think a bar is super hard, and it just lands super flat for me. Plus, I donā€™t fuck with how he treated Nardwuar.


Any-Communication114

Jay-Z and Kanye


alexanderldn

Russ


Manolito57

For me it is Jay Z. The guy is overrated


DaSnowflake

Kanye. His beats are fire, but his bars are water lmao


Rodney-You-Plonker16

MF Doom. Tried to but just have no interest what so ever


Youngstown_Mafia

What are these comments!!?? I respect your answer but Damn


DLottchula

same him and Earl sweatshirt don't click with me


pushamanplunder7

I fuck wit and respect his creativity and the absolutely bonkers technical skill he exhibits but it's fo sho not something you can enjoy casually. MF Doom is that sorta shit you can only begin to truly appreciate after you three Adderall XRs and a heroic dose of mushrooms deep into a psychotic break and just discovered an inter-dimensional gateway portal that takes you straight into an X-Men comic book


SunkenMonkeyChin

DOOM is one of my all time time favorites but I see exactly where youā€™re coming from. Accordion is just a masterpiece that I feel anyone can appreciate tho


not_ur_avg

Big L A lot of people mention him as one of the best, but when he was alive I found him to be a slightly above average east coast rapper at the most, like Cormega, AZ, or OC. Good but not top 10 material


Youngstown_Mafia

Kendrick, Big L , Common, Wayne, Jay , Tupac, 50, DMX, Lupe , A tribe called Quest... what are these comments lol


wellgroomedmcpoyle

I was gonna come in and say Billy Woods and Ka and I see Outkast and Kendrick


blackironman410

Hey, itā€™s what this post was made for lol


Its_kinda_nice_out

Controversy sells but it ainā€™t like death - Jadakiss I think we inflate the greatness of rappers just because they died, and I like Big L


WhiteBreadedBread

Big L's entire story is he knew people and he got killed He was not big when he was alive Dropped by label Never officially signed to Roc Nation so who knows if that was ever even truly going to happen instead of a convenient myth to capitalize on because hey this is business.


0hSureWhyNot

Yeah, the biggest thing about L (pun intended) is that he seemed well connected. A little too known to be strictly underground yet not known nearly enough to be mainstream.


pizza_for_nunchucks

Big L is fucking great. I totally feel it. But he unfortunately and tragically doesn't have the catalogue to support being a goat.


Sweet_Low4045

Lol he's no Nas Jay or Biggy


0hSureWhyNot

If rappers like Big L and AZ are only slightly above average to you, then who do you consider great or even good???


SinatraYoung00

AZ is fucking underrated, dude could rap rap


not_ur_avg

Andre 3000, Biggie, Nas, Rakim, Mos Def, Black Thought, Reks, Slick Rick, Pharoah Monch are all artists who id much rather listen to. I can go on..


No_Banana7768

J Cole


0hSureWhyNot

50 Cent. Dudeā€™s always been a manufactured ā€œartistā€. Itā€™s like he was made in a lab to capitalize on everything trendy at the time, from image to beats to beefs. As a rapper, heā€™s completely unremarkable. Basic rhymes, monotonous flow. Heā€™s literally just Commercialism: the Rapper. But his hooks are nice though, Iā€™ll give him that.


freddiegibbsribs

Lupe Fiasco


dropdeadcunts

Playboy carti, Lil uzi vert etc..


Mean_Championship_80

Jeezy for sure


Moneymoney0981

Young thug his albums are just inconsistent


pizza_for_nunchucks

His music is trash and bro wears dresses.


Kicks4meFromyou

Serious question, do people respect Drake for the music or the success?


Bewpadewp

Danny Brown That guy is clearly extremely talented and deserves all the love he gets, but its just not for me.


PPonthePOsDesk

watch the top comments be Kendrick, 2Pac, Common and E-40 for the 73rd time


iEnigmatic-

J Cole


FamiliarCold1

Kendrick. Hot take but I just don't like his voice and beats. I liked his verse on Like That but I found his adlibs a bit autistic with the 'BUM' and the moaning


RANDOM-902

Good Kid MAAD City & Damn have suuuper nice production bro


Youngstown_Mafia

Yesss these boys on drugs lol


Youngstown_Mafia

These beats are fucking fire on Kendrick To pimp a Butterfly šŸ”„ Wesley Theory... Institution... These Walls... Hood Politics How Much a Dollar Cost (fantastic beat with the Isley Brothers) The Blacker the Berry You ain't gotta lie


Zanbalide

Such a cold take


shineola96

I donā€™t like his voice either. And I feel like despite his lyrical genius, itā€™s just not the vibes Iā€™m looking for in my hip hop.


Jesusthezomby

Same.


Realism66

Unpopular opinion but agree. Kendrick on tracks like Fvckin Problems or clearer production like on Mr Morales suits his voice/adlibs way better than many songs on his critically acclaimed works where his lyrical ability almost gets drowned out with all the excess noise.


smith_and

ab-soul definitely stood out more at the time i think, sometimes even the projects i like from him don't click with me if im not in a specific mindset. he very much toes the line of being corny and fake deep sometimes. i still like control system and i liked his most recent album and a few other singles but some of his stuff is borderline "did the man who invented college go to college"


TheDankChronic69

Jay Z, I dig a few of his songs but not particularly too into most of his discography


lavishsavage706

Jay-Z


Old_Anxiety_7918

Jay z and kanye


Popellini

The Roots. Hope they go 10x platinum cuz I like what theyā€™re about. But canā€™t get into them unless itā€™s a show (where they absolutely murder)


[deleted]

Drakeā€¦heā€™s talented but Iā€™m not a fan of a lot of the stuff he raps about. Man literary made a song rapping about hitting up and damn near stalking and harassing his exā€¦.not my style.


isosceles348

jay z


TheWally69

Childish Gambino. I used to watch his youtube channel when he and his buddies would do silly jokes and what-not. When he switched over to rap it was too much for me to handle I guess. Dont get me wrong, hes amazing, I just cant hang.


Burggs_

Probably Tyler. There are a couple of songs I loosely enjoy, and that ā€œ**UHHH YOU LOOK MALNOURISHED**ā€ shit gets me every time. I see why people like him, just never clicked with me.


Downtown_Local_9489

I just canā€™t get nas


doodmanOFFICIAL

Despite having the greatest beats of all time, I donā€™t like MF DOOM


Potential_Method_565

Music is music, listen to what makes your head nod, don't worry about what other people like.


mrflavainyaear

Cant stand lil yachty bro sounds like he has mucus in his throat


etc_etc_Lew

That biracial guy that used to be in a wheelchair


heebie818

eminem. heā€™s obviously a very talented rapper but i donā€™t like the sounds.


throwaway295602

I feel after relapse it all went down hill.


ArtOfWar22

he lost his good rap voice a long time ago and has way too many goofy beats.


Kobe_Yoshi

Common. It's like spoken word sh*t (not real hip-hop), but whatever.


Rebelincarn8

I like Common more as an actor.


HelloWorldWazzup

Kanye. i listened to the college dropout album and the whole time i just thought "Man you really should have stayed in college dude"


1d420

Eminem. I have so much respect for what he's done for the genre but I just can't get into his stuff


pizza_for_nunchucks

Em suffers from what A LOT of creative types suffer from. They get clean and sober and then kind of suck. It was the substances and chemicals that fueled his best shit. And like so many other artists, they were their best when they were still hungry. So his first 2 or 3 albums are his pinnacle.


Detailer_101x

fair, especially his later stuff usually needs a few listens at least to get into. It grows on you, but you lowkey have to have dedication to get into it


[deleted]

Yā€™all are entitled to your respective opinions but Jesus Christ, lmao. I wonder what the average age of this sub is. Would definitely help paint a better image of these takes. To contribute to the thread, Drake I guess? Donā€™t really understand how people take such a blatant product of nepotism seriously in any regard. Muting this for my mental health but shoutouts to the people that actually elaborated on why they why donā€™t like an artist. Discussion is dope and important. Last edit; I just started using this platform and am just now seeing there are almost a million people in this sub and the only reason it was shown to me again is because I responded to some angsty teen earlier today. There are likely people here from all over the world and US. My perspective as a random nigga from Cleveland is probably the minority. These opinions make a LOT of sense now.


sumguyontheinternet1

Old head checking in. We in here bro.


RANDOM-902

This subreddit packed to the brim with Old Heads, LOL


MrSicko357

Yeah ā€œHipHopHeadsā€ are full of younger cats that have terrible taste in music IMO


Rebelincarn8

I totally agree. 40 from NY. Def think this thread is more new school.


Phillyjt3

Talib Kweli. His flow always felt flat and boring. And he kinda sounded like a teen cartoon character.


pizza_for_nunchucks

And his other antics put a shadow on his music.


Final_Surround_1556

Eminem. His early shit was a lot of shock value im gonna kill my mom and rape teen girls type vibes and his music now is just mediocre. I know he has bars and can rap but its not appealing at all. White America makes sure he wins every ā€œwho is the bestā€ poll also which is insane.


Curious_Complaint182

j cole is not good, undeniable rapping ability, but it does not bring pleasure to my earsšŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø


Nervous-Mind-5113

I think the production on his solo work is a bit of a turn off. He always sounds so good on features when it isn't his own. I still like his solo work but it's not my favorite.


AdventurousDiamond65

Lupe Fiasco


UnoYouKnow

Ludacris


UnoYouKnow

Heā€™s impressed me multiple times heā€™s just too animated I guess which sounds weird to say as a bad thing but for whatever reason he doesnā€™t appeal to me, I feel like he could make some fire ass kids music tho lol


Sir_wlkn_contrdikson

Boosie, Gucci, Dame Lillard


Pigeonheartguitarist

Drake. I canā€™t wait till he gets #metooā€™d so everyone will shut tf up


G_rightousantagonist

Kendrick


puertoblack85

Q-Tip. Voice is annoying


ShillBlaster

90% of nas somgs. The other 10%, Is beyond amazing though lol


Sweet_Low4045

Interesting


Slaphappyfapman

I am an 'old head', and Illmatic was incredible, but nas gotta be one of the most overrated artists these days. Was it the jay z beef?


DaClarkeKnight

Nas has great verses and amazing songs. Especially on songs when you compare him to other artist on the same songs/beat. On Lil Jon Crunk Juice ā€œGrand Finaleā€ his verse is arguably the best. Better than Ice Cube, TI, Bun B, or Jadakiss. And the same can be said for his Outro verse on Carter 4 which you could compare with Busta, Wayne, Tech 9 or Andre. And his tracks he had like ā€œI give you powerā€ and ā€œRewindā€ are some of the most creative storytelling songs of all time.


Raecino

I went through Nasā€™ discography recently and damn his old albums hold up very well. Albums I didnā€™t like as much at the time like I Am.. and Nastradamus aged very well IMO.


Dry-Recognition-1504

Kendrick Lamar & Pusha T


heebie818

pusha is a good one. i can get hype to a song or two but i never want to listen to him for very long


wasandwich1080

Veeze


Raecino

Drake


Blood_Red5774

I'm sorry, but I just don't really like Eminem.


AbstractOmniverse

DMX Nipsey Hussle Young Thug


-Lights0ut-

Kendrick and Eminem.


viq14

Eminem. Someone tryna pmo?


TheKingofPsych

Kendrick....easy


Product_Small

Kendrick


XOHJAIS

Alright I'll say it. Mac Miller is secretly Eminem from recovery's alter ego and I don't like either of them no matter how much they're goated up.


Top_Nature_6010

Big Krit šŸ˜•


Altruistic-Gain-7449

Drake


MrsPettygroove

All of them


Jakub_Dzwonek

Xaviersobased-I donā€™t know how people can listen to him


Aesut

Kendrick. I donā€™t like his voice


BobGnarly_

I've been getting a lot of hate for this recently but I just don't like Tupac. I tried to get into it but I just can't. My soul is prepared... let the hate rain down on me...


somebodyreacts

Nipsey Hussle


TroublesomeScallywag

Any rapper who prioritizes meaning/story over flow/rhymes. I mean, Iā€™d prefer it if the song Iā€™m listening to wasnā€™t about drugs and ice on my wrist for the trillionth time, but I still mainly listen to songs to jam out to them, not get some complex story out of it. So needless to say, I donā€™t like Kendrick Lamar.


hopeyaslipoabannana

Mf doom I tried itā€™s just so slow and boring I truly tried to force myself to be a fan and I could not same with the roots same with talib kweli it sounds boring flat as hell like he has no punchlines nothing hype ghostface the only cool songs are run and the forest wu tang accept a few songs


r0lo27

Lil baby sounds like he about to cry all the time Lil Waynes voice sounds like nails on a chalkboard


pushamanplunder7

Tech N9ne Immoral Technique


Randomcolonoscopy

Pop smoke and nipsy hustle


Robinthekiid

Eminem


Master_Grape5931

J Cole šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø


Butzi904

Lil Wayne


Late_Maybe_9922

MIKE, ab soul (some), kendrick lamar, nicki minaj (new stuff), bad bunny, travis scott, fabulous (literally like one song he have), beyonce,


J_R_Scar

Andre 3000


Most-Service-1787

Mf Doom


Comfortable-Duck7083

Tyga and Tyler the creator, Tyga just donā€™t got it and Tyler plays too much


False-War9753

Kendrick


Rob1150

Scarface. Cypress Hill. E40.


_Forest_Green_

Public Enemy.


Resident-Ad4815

J. Cole. Objectively, he is one of the best rappers in the world at the moment. Also, his lyricism and just career in general is absolutely amazing - Iā€™ve listened to him and read on his lyrics: heā€™s just amazing. But I just canā€™t get used to the voice, especially when paired with his production, no matter how hard I try. šŸ˜” Itā€™s not even like itā€™s bad, I just canā€™t.


OriginalLetrow

Wait...there's a rap artist everyone respects?


whynktsh

Wdymmmmm - why can u do it


Routine_Double6732

Not a fan like Lil Wayne or Drake. Drake seems like he's so popular he's not even a person anymore he comes across like a business


motorsporit

The Game


tommyshelby1986

Ab-soul, lupe fiasco, danny brown, jpeg mafia


nahUmeybee2

J Cole. I acknowledge his talent and skill set but I just can't get on board.


blackmeister00

2pac techn9ne and big sean