another "anyone like?": hip hop & rap??

Of course rap music wasn't really written for me, was it??

(I'm of course speaking regardless of the humorous statistic that we
all know: 70% or more of rap sales are middle class white male young
adults)

But sometimes my past experience with music makes it such that I can't
help but feel the groove and punk-like attitude of artists like N.W.A.,
Ice Cube, and Eazy-E, A Tribe Called Quest, Tupac, and sometimes the
Geto Boys and a few others. I also have gotten into as well as some
underground stuff here and there like The Bloods. The occasional modern
rapper also catches my ear. I tend to like The Game, C-Murder, and a
couple others ... but mostly I like the old school stuff because I like
the elements of groovy jazz and r&b that come through in the old
stuff.

Anyone else like "golden age" hip hop and rap? Or any kind of rap, really?

Discuss!

I like some songs by NWA, Tupac, Snoop Dogg, Biggie Smalls, Ice Cube, but the 2 rappers i really dig are Dr Dre and Eminem

I also like old school Rap like Sugarhill Gang, and stuff like that

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I liked it in the 80's before the "gangsta rap" infection. I liked Eric B. and Rakim the most. Loved them!

I don't really like hiphop and rap.
I do like watching people breakdance.

Addy wrote:

I like some songs by NWA, Tupac, Snoop Dogg, Biggie
Smalls, Ice Cube, but the 2 rappers i really dig are Dr Dre and Eminem

I also like old school Rap like Sugarhill Gang, and stuff like that

Oh yeah, oldschool rap is great! I only know a few bands though. The
Sugarhill Gang is great & classique ... I also like Grandmaster
Flash, The Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Run-DMC (which has made for
a very ridiculous yet strangely interesting VH1 TV-show ... or was it
MTV?? I don't keep track of these things...) and some others whose
names are escaping me right now.

EDIT: BTW, I'm surprised how many of you answered in the affirmative!! I had no idea anyone else here dug rap.

We should start up a freestyle thread in the nonsense room ...

I like most styles of music, I normally tell people i can find at least 1 song in almost any genra that I like

No Thanks! Sorry! I HATE it!!!

Addy wrote:

I like most styles of music, I normally tell people i can
find at least 1 song in almost any genra that I like

My hypothesis on the subject is this:

There is no style of music about which there is nothing good to say.
MOST styles of music are saturated by bad ripoffs and copycats ... and
you must dig to find the true innovators and the gems. Rap is no
exception. For a middle class white guy like myself, gangsta culture is
a world away. But I find that if I respect the fact that it truly
wasn't written for people like me, then I can enjoy the attitude of it,
as I said above.

Plus there's always somethin to be said for some good dope beetz and lyrical skillz, word?

It like my beetz to come from heavy twisted Techno like My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult and Eat Static!!!

Nope never liked it at all!

Wargod48

NP: Attila - Rolling Thunder

I like some old RUN DMC or PUBLIC ENEMY in small doses, but for the most part, I spell rap with a "c".

c a p ?

You confuse me, old man!

/sarcasm 8)

I listened to some when I was in 6th & 7th grade...The Fat Boys, UTFO, Kurtis Blow, Run-DMC...

Today I had songs by Ice Cube and Notorious BIG playin in my car

I enjoy:

Beastie Boys
Public Enemy
and the classic: Original Gangster - Ice T

I think Timbaland is an amazing producer and drops the dopest beats I've ever heard.

I hear some rap the other day but then the light changed and the Honda scraping the ground took off.

Youll find copycats and ripoffs in most music but i think its more so in Rap

There are some good ones out there Not many but a few good ones, not counting the Old Skool though like Beasties and RUN DMC

I actually like the old school stuff Kid n Play, JJ fadd, De la soul, EPMD.
New Rap and hip hop just isnt very interesting

Homes that is hardcore street shit mattafakka

You know how to roll!

LOL